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Korant, born 1976, was bred and raised in Germany. He is from the old Weil-Marbach bloodlines, an old-fashioned Arabian. A small horse to todays standards, his type and conformation put to shame many modern day show horses. When he was already in his late teens, he came to France and started a whole new life. Up in the green wilderness of Auvergne he had to learn how to make the mares of his new herd respect him. His job was to give the Arabian stamp to a very nice herd of Andalusian, Throughbred and Camargue origins. He was a success and soon reigned over his often much larger mares as if he'd never known the comforts of a stable. His Partbred offspring is for the most part of very good quality. They are sold or used in the horsetrekking business of his owners. While they are sometimes a bit more headstrong than the offspring of the other two stallions (an Andalusian and a Palomino), they make it up with looks and spirit. He was bred to some purebred Arabian mares too, but mostly for other people than his owners. He was leased to an endurance horse breeder to improve on the man's Polish mares, but was used without consideration for his age and returned exhausted. The last time we saw him (summer 1998) he enjoyed good health while sharing his pasture in harmonic bliss with only one mare and the colt from this union. Watching this horsey family and the way the stallion treated his small son was very touching. We also had the occasion to see Korant at 'loveplay' when another mare was brought to him for breeding. Too bad she was unwilling! What impressed us most was the gentleness of this stallion, whom we saw as a fiery lover and tender father, and who not only tolerated us in his pasture through it all but came to us for petting each time the visiting mare rejected him, again. The funniest thing happened after one of those rejections: Korant stamped on the romance novel I had brought with me and scratched his nose on the same leg while grinding the book in the soil. We laughed so hard, it was such a symbolic way to went his frustration! Text by Christa To see Korant and his family, click here! |
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