Fires Barbie CMF
(Afire Bey V X FB Barbie Doll by Firebrave Warlock)
Sire Line: Mirage
Dam Line: Bukra
A beautiful and feminine mare of great refinement, Fires Barbie begins to move and
literally will blow you away with her powerful and animated movement! A very sweet mare, she is used for intermediate to
advanced students as a lesson horse. Shown in halter with several wins.
Her bloodlines...
Fires Barbie, or "China" as she is affectionately known, is a gorgeous blend of some of the Arabian breed's finest horses. Her sire,
Afire Bey V, needs no introduction as one of the breed's most influential and famed sires.
Afire Bey V is the #1 leading sire of halter and performance and performance winners for the 7th consecutive year at the U.S. Nationals, and
for the 6th consecutive year at the Canadian Nationals.
Put in context, Afire Bey V's statistics paint a picture of what you might get if you combined the force of Lasma at its best, back in the old days, with the thorough
depth and presence of today's Varian Arabians ... which, of course, is what Afire Bey's pedigree represents: Huckleberry Bey on the topside, with *Bask on the distaff.
And not just any version of *Bask, but the dynamic mare Autumn Fire, who during her lifetime was the leading producer of national winners.
Ironically, despite his pedigree and outstanding physical attributes - a commanding 15.1 hands, he offers a refined head, a long, arched neck set on high, lofty tail carriage,
and long, straight legs, among other attributes - he was not an instant success in the show ring.
What is in the pedigree that is so vital? All that performance ability, of course, with a generous dose of beauty (Afire's sire line of Bay Abi, Bay-El-Bey and Huckleberry Bey,
along with his dam's sire *Bask, were all halter and performance national champions or reserve) - and, crucially, a pleasing
And not only did the Afire Bey Vs make performance candidates, but many have found success in the halter ranks as well. At the 2001 U.S. Nationals, the stallion's son Gitar MF
was Top Ten in Stallion Halter, while Emerald Afire AA nailed a Top Ten in Yearling Colts/Geldings.
"He is one of the few performance sires who can do that. His sire did as well," Tim Shea says. While halter may not have been an initial objective in planning Afire Bey's breeding career,
the Sheas and the Linigers are pleased with what apparently has been a simple case of the quality of his bloodlines showing through.
"He enhances the mare," Tim says. "Usually he lengthens the leg, lengthens and heightens the neck, and puts on a high tail carriage. The heads are always as good or better than the mares', and he puts on very nice markings."
The resulting foals like to work and take direction well, a factor Tim and Marty Shea find important in the stallion's success, and one reason they can be secure in claiming that so many foals progress to useful and often highly-publicized careers.
"As a group, Lady Luck shines down on them," Tim says. "They all train well. They don't break down in training - you don't have to overwork them. They finish, they get to the horse show, they haul good, they eat and sleep well while they're there,
and you don't have to school them hard at the show. They go in the ring, they get their prizes, and they go home healthy, ready to go to another horse show. I can't think of any that wouldn't make some kind of a performance horse."
"Everybody's getting along with them," Marty concurs. "That's one of the reasons for our success, that horses are coming from every part of the country." She reaches back into Afire Bey V's bloodlines for an explanation. "It's very much a *Bask and Huckleberry Bey trait -
a trait of spirit, almost emotional. Huckleberry Bey was very much that way; he was such a light-hearted horse, happy about things. Sheila didn't have to ride him hard."
More to Follow...
Fires Barbie CMF is the dam of:
-2007 Black Filly (X Psky FA)
Being Retained for our Breeding Program
-Fire In Harlem (X Harlem Globetrotter)- Region 13 Top Ten Half Arabian Yearling Colt
