Bandos (horse)

Bandos (1964 – September 1987) was a gray Arabian stallion with Crabbet ancestry.[3] He was sired by Negatiw, a Tersk bred stud, out of Bandola, who was known by the title of "Queen of Poland".[4] Bandos was a sire in Poland for 11 years, and in 1982, he was imported to the United States.

Bandos
BreedArabian horse
SireNegatiw
GrandsireNaseem
DamBandola
Maternal grandsireWitraz
SexStallion
Foaled1964
CountryFoaled in Poland, imported to the United States in 1982
ColorGray
BreederJanów Podlaski Stud
OwnerDavid Murdoch[1][2]
Record
2/12{3-0-3-3}

Life and career

Bandos was foaled at Poland's Janow Podlaski Stud in 1964. He was sired by Negatiw, who was by the Skowronek son, Naseem, and out of the Polish-bred mare, Bandola. His dam was a full sister to Bask, a sire of significance.[1] Bandos himself, at a young age, was nicknamed the "King of Janow".[4] Bandos was considered to be one of the most influential Saglawi-type stallions. Those who knew him described him as, "Very pleasant and quiet in the stall, however, when brought out, full of fire and very animated."[2] Bandos stood as a Janow Podlaski stud for seven years, moved to Michalow Stud for another two years, then Kurosweki Stud for another year. For the 1981 breeding season he was returned to Janow.[2]

In September 1982, Bandos was sold for $806,000 to Ventura Farms of California during the Polish Prestige Sale at Janow Podlaski Stud.[4] He was imported to the United States by truck and plane and spent the rest of his life there until his death in September 1987.[3][4]

Offspring and legacy

Bandos sired 129 foals during his years in Poland, many of which went on to become champions themselves.[2] They were sold over a three year period at the Polish Prestige Sales for an average price of $49,000. He went on to sire three Derby winners and ten Polish National Champions.[2][3] One of his most notable offspring was Eukaliptus, whose dam was Eunice, the daughter of Comet.[2]

Pedigree

Naseem, Bandos's grandsire, was a Skowronek son who in 1936 was sold to Russia by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud.[5] A few of Bandos's ancestors, including Enwer Bay and Gazella II, were requisitioned by the Russian Army during World War II.[6] Also during World War II, Bandos's grandsire, Ofir, was among some of the horses taken during the Soviet invasion of Poland. Ofir was of the desert-bred stallion Kuhailan-Haifi who was foaled in 1923. Kuhailan-Haifi was imported from the Jauf region of the Arabian Peninsula by Prince Roman Sanguszko of the Gumniska Stud.[7]

Pedigree of Bandos[3]
Sire
Negatiw		 Naseem Skowronek Ibrahim
Jaskolka
Nasra Daoud
Nefisa
Taraszcza Enwer Bey Abu Mlech
Koalicja
Gazella II Koheilan
Abra
Dam
Bandola		 Witraz (PASB)[lower-alpha 2] Ofir (PASB) Kuhailan-Haifi (PASB)
Dziwa (PASB)
Makata (PASB) Fetysz
Gazella II
Balalajka (PASB) Amurath Sahib (PASB) 35 Amurath II
Sahiba
Iwonka III (PASB) Ibn Mahomet
Lysa

Notes
  1. An asterisk in front of an Arabian horse's name indicates that the horse was foaled outside of the United States and imported to the U.S.
  2. Polish Arabian Stud Book

References
  1. "Bask Stadnina koni Albigowa". Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. "BANDOS Tom Arabians". Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. "Bandos Arabian Pedigree". Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. "Bandola Tom Arabians". Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  5. "Negatiw Ancestry Line". Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. "Karlsson, Helena. "Kuhailan Haifi OA part I: Wielki Szlem, Wind and *Witez II."". Athenaarabians.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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