Samska  
         


Yearling Samska (pure Russian) with yearling fillies at Gadebrook, summer 2011.
Photo: Laura Vanderloo

The elegant pure Russian filly Samska, born 29 April 2010, is the result of crossing Premium stallion and racing champion Sambist with Kerry Wilson's lovely mare GAS Skala. Skala's half sister GAS Strelka has also had a filly foal by Sambist - GAS Sofiya is now in a new endurance home in Spain.

Samska's pedigree blends the blood of the four legendary Tersk stallions Priboj, Arax, Salon and Aswan, giving balance, strength, beauty - and we hope speed.

She has a delightful, confident temperament and should make a good size as her dam did her very well. We are thrilled with her.



Minutes old - but 12 days late, poor Skala!


At 3 months in the dry summer of 2010,
Samska always on the go!

 


3-week old Samska at the trot


With Kerry Wilson, breeder of her dam GAS Skala

Samska runs out with her three-quarter sister GAS Sofiya (below) out of the dramatic white mare GAS Strelka. Strelka and Skala are both out of the Russian mare Strelitzia.

Both fillies show the elegance and pizzazz of the pure Russian lines which seem to compete equally successfully in the show ring as on the race course. Both will go grey.



Sambist yearlings at liberty 2011- Samska leading by a neck. Photo: Laura Vanderloo


Yearling fillies Samska and Wahiba, June 2011, painting by Sue van Silver