-photo by Judith-

*Pepton, sire of Athena

Sired  by *Pepton, Polish National Champion Stallion,Polish National Res. Champion Stallion,All Nations Cup Class Winner,Polish Race Horse of the Year,Polish Produce Stakes Winner,Polish Criterium Stakes Winner,Polish Kohelian I Stakes Winner,Polish Sambor Stakes Winner,Polish Skowronek Stakes Winner,Polish Comet Stakes Winner,Polish Bandos Stakes Winner,Polish Czort Stakes Winner, and Polish Wielki Szlem Stakes Winner. Pepton the prototypical "Polish Powerhouse" - the indisputable champion of both the racecourse and the show ring. Perfectly conformed with an abundance of performance ability, *PEPTON is regarded as one of the most structurally correct and naturally athletic stallions ever used in the Polish breeding program. In addition to his excellent skeleton and superbly functional build, *PEPTON is an extremely high quality stallion of exceptional refinement and beauty, with a distinctive, aristocratic presence, large, dark eyes and a phenomenally long, high-set, well arched neck

   Armada, sold for $400,000 in 1980. Armada is by Banat who, while on lease tp Paticia Lindsay, was National Champion Stallion of Great Britain, Banat's offspring are known to display exceptional personality, presence, beauty and conformation plus outstanding athletic ability. His sire line of Krzyzyk is the oldest continuously used in the Polish programs. Stallions of this strain have sired leading Polish dams such as: Dziwa, dam of Ofir; Taraszcza,  dam of Negatiw; Carmen, dam of Comet; Canaria, dam of Celebes; Etna, dam of Etap. Armada's paternal granddam and four great granddams are five of the most influential broodmares in Polish breeding history. They are: full sisters Bandola and Arfa, their dam Balalajka, plus Carmen and Ellora. These five great mares have produced horses of legendary influence. Bandola produced *Bandos, Arfa, produced *Aristawa a United States and Canadian National Champion mare, Ellora produced *El Paso, United States National Champion Stallion and sire of National Champions, and Carmen produced Comet. Balalajka will forever belong to the world through her most prolific, successful son Bask++. These mares will continue to leave their impressions on the Arabian breed for generations.