About Ferishal
Ferishal
“Ferishal, a 1949 blaze-faced chestnut stallion, was by Ferhal out of *Rishafieh, who was purchased with Ferishal at side by Margaret Trethewey of Coniagas Ranch in British Columbia, Canada. Through a long show career trained and ridden by Barbara Marsden McCauley, he won consistently in open jumping shows, open hunter, show hack, hunter hack and dressage. One year he was the Western Canadian Dressage Champion for the Medium test, and he placed each of the three times he was shown at the all-breed Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. He never placed lower than second in local One Day Events; he won a Vancouver 3-Day event. At age 13 Ferishal competed at the 1962 Pebble Beach 3-Day Event (California) as a member of the San Fernando Rey team. At 14.3 hh he was a full hand shorter than any other horse entered, the only stallion and the only Arabian at the event. His efforts helped his team to a Bronze medal.
Ferishal was also successful in the breeding barn. Many of his get, purebred and part-Arabian, won in jumping, dressage and hunter, winning at the local and regional level in British Columbia. Several of his get were shown both as ponies and as horses, depending on the show.”
Source Arieana Arabians
Source Arieana Arabians