Gai Parada+++

Biography

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Gai Parada+++ Photo © Gainey Arabians Gai Parada was foaled at Gainey Fountainhead Arabains in Owatonna, MN. He did some growing up at the Minnesota ranch before being sent to the Gainey ranch in Santa Ynez, CA. Each time Mr. Gainey looked the colt over, he was more sure he had made the right decision to own him. Gai Parada pleased his artist's eye and fit his ideal of extreme refinement, intelligence, delightful dispostion, elegance, and an exciting overall desert type. These qualities are still cherished today by breeders who continue to utilize the Gai Parada blood.

Sterling White, who trained and showed Gai Parada to his three National Championships, found him to be willing and responsive. Parada quickly figured out exactly what was expected of him, and then tried very hard to perform. "The communication between us became so sensitive that I could just look at him and he knew what I wanted," Sterling recalls. They started with performance training; pleasure driving turned out to be his forte. Sterling remembers conditioning him in the buggy six miles per day, six days a week, as part of his driving training. In the show ring, judges concurred with Mr. Gainey's assesment of Gai Parada, as he won championships and reserves in pleasure driving and English pleasure. When Gai Parada was six, he impressed both the judges and the crowds at the 1974 U.S. and Canadian Nationals, and he took home two National Championship Pleasure Driving titles.

Gai Parada+++ Photo © Gainey Arabians Daniel J. Gainey took over the operation of Gainey Fountainhead Arabians in 1975 when his father became ill. Dan recalls, "I just knew Gai Parada was a great horse, and soon after I took over, I decided he was good enough that we should put him on the campaign trail. He ranked up a slew of Championships and Reserves and finished off 1975 as a Canadian National Top Ten Stallion. In 1977, Lady Anne Lytton judged him Supreme Horse of hte Minnesota All-Arabian Show. And sure enough, he went all the way, becoming the 1977 U.S. National Champion Stallion.

With three National Championships, Gai Parada retired to the Santa Ynez ranch to further his career as a breeding stallion. This is where Parada really left his mark on the Arabian world. Six Parada foals were born in 1972 -- three colts and three fillies -- four of them bred by Daniel C. Gainey. He tried Parada with four of his choice mares: Gai-Gay-Ferzona (Ferzon x Arachne by Desmoin), Gavrelle (Ferzon x Gajala by *Raffles), Galatia (*Royal Diamond x Galata by Ferneyn), and Ferzona (Ferzon x Raffwe by Raffey). Marianna Hannah of Mountain Center, CA, sent her Comet daughter *Pallada (x Pandora by Wielki Szlem), and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Anderson of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, sent Giralda (Regis x Joraba by Al Farabi). Five foals were born in 1973, 12 in 1974, 21 in 1975, and 37 in 1976. The numbers increased each year thereafter. In his lifetime Gai Parada sired 459 foals.



	Biography Page 2 Gai Parada was foaled at Gainey Fountainhead Arabains in Owatonna, MN. He did some growing up at the Minnesota ranch before being sent to the Gainey ranch in Santa Ynez, CA. Each time Mr. Gainey looked the colt over, he was more sure he had made the right decision to own him. Gai Parada pleased his artist's eye and fit his ideal of extreme refinement, intelligence, delightful dispostion, elegance, and an exciting overall desert type. These qualities are still cherished today by breeders who continue to utilize the Gai Parada blood. Sterling White, who trained and showed Gai Parada to his three National Championships, found him to be willing and responsive. Parada quickly figured out exactly what was expected of him, and then tried very hard to perform. "The communication between us became so sensitive that I could just look at him and he knew what I wanted," Sterling recalls. They started with performance training; pleasure driving turned out to be his forte. Sterling remembers conditioning him in the buggy six miles per day, six days a week, as part of his driving training. In the show ring, judges concurred with Mr. Gainey's assesment of Gai Parada, as he won championships and reserves in pleasure driving and English pleasure. When Gai Parada was six, he impressed both the judges and the crowds at the 1974 U.S. and Canadian Nationals, and he took home two National Championship Pleasure Driving titles. Daniel J. Gainey took over the operation of Gainey Fountainhead Arabians in 1975 when his father became ill. Dan recalls, "I just knew Gai Parada was a great horse, and soon after I took over, I decided he was good enough that we should put him on the campaign trail. He ranked up a slew of Championships and Reserves and finished off 1975 as a Canadian National Top Ten Stallion. In 1977, Lady Anne Lytton judged him Supreme Horse of hte Minnesota All-Arabian Show. And sure enough, he went all the way, becoming the 1977 U.S. National Champion Stallion. With three National Championships, Gai Parada retired to the Santa Ynez ranch to further his career as a breeding stallion. This is where Parada really left his mark on the Arabian world. Six Parada foals were born in 1972 -- three colts and three fillies -- four of them bred by Daniel C. Gainey. He tried Parada with four of his choice mares: Gai-Gay-Ferzona (Ferzon x Arachne by Desmoin), Gavrelle (Ferzon x Gajala by Raffles), Galatia (Royal Diamond x Galata by Ferneyn), and Ferzona (Ferzon x Raffwe by Raffey). Marianna Hannah of Mountain Center, CA, sent her Comet daughter *Pallada (x Pandora by Wielki Szlem), and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond D. Anderson of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, sent Giralda (Regis x Joraba by Al Farabi). Five foals were born in 1973, 12 in 1974, 21 in 1975, and 37 in 1976. The numbers increased each year thereafter. In his lifetime Gai Parada sired 459 foals. Next Page