
RD is a liver chestnut straight Russian stallion that has excelled in many
areas including Halter, English pleasure, Western pleasure and Native costume.
He is best known however, for his accomplishments on the racetrack and as a
sire. RD, while racing only 7 times, set two track records which still stand. He
is the sire of 7 stakes winners, and from 1993 through 2000 his get have raced
106 races (17,15,12,14), placing in the top four 55% of the time. In addition to
racing his get have also excelled in the ring in a wide varieties of disciplines
as well as in the rapidly expanding disciplines of endurance and sporting such
as dressage and eventing.
RD’s
breeding represents the best of the Russian pedigrees . His dam, Paluba, of the
famous “P” line of Russian mares, was beautiful and accomplished in performance
as well. He relates through his sire line to other great stallions of today such
as Padron and Padron’s Psyche, and to many of the greats of Arabian history such
as Aswan and Priboj. RD is known for the consistency of his offspring in overall
athletic balance, movement, size and trainability with the ability to adapt to
many disciplines, and the heart to distinguish themselves wherever they go.