06/13/2019
Calypso OS grand daughter just born--the grey filly SS CALYPSOS FANTAZJA at just 12 hours old!
SS CALYPSOS HILAL had his first foal!!! June 12, 2019 Grey filly SS Calypsos Fantazja (SS Calypsos Hilal x SS Calypsos Fancy) at 12 hrs old--truly a dream for our breeding program. We named her after her great great great grandmother, Fantazja (Negatiw x Fornarina) from Poland, who set a record for being selling for the highest price at the time. We chose her sire, a Calypso OS son crossed with our foundation Polish program, and bred a dozen mares to him. She is just the first to arrive and makes us very excited what else is coming in the next few weeks! This filly is the result of linebreeding to Calypso to set the type using mares chosen based on the phenotype we want for our program. Fortunately, despite being premature two weeks, in**ed, and out of a young maiden mare, this filly shows absolutely no weakness in vitality or traits that can be associated with inbreeding. As we all know, many of the world's historically successful breeding horses were the result of close familial breeding and as a result able to pass on their traits with good consistency, also known as "fixing the type." Likewise, this filly was up, running around with tail up, haunches tucked down underneath at less than one day old. She has the best of both worlds, with Calypso's type and her upright neck and extraordinarily long poll, a trait bred 100's of generations into our Polish foundation stock. She goes back to Fantazja's daughter, Florida by Elkin bred by Mike Nichols, we purchased in the late 1970's. For this reason, this filly represents over 40 years of our breeding program. She is also triple *Menes. She is also very confident, a trait Calypso OS consistently gives to his offspring. As you can see, Hilal passed on some of his unique traits, such as his curly ears and upright neck, but we also see Calypso OS in her skull shape, large nostrils, and markings. It takes a lot to get us excited these days, but we are anxious to take some video of her to post for all of you to see just how magnificent this one really is!