Knight Hawke has become the most talented Arabian
in my herd and knows more routines than any other
horse I have had to date. Knight Hawke has traveled and
performed in every venue and was also a “Rock Star” on
Cavalias Odysseo in 2018.
Every time we perform, I touch Knight Hawke and
say, “Here’s to you Curt.” Thank you for your cherished
friendship, we truly miss you. — Sylvia Zerbini,
Williston, Florida
B
rent Stone and I had seen TF Royal Shahbaz at U.S.
Nationals with Mike Wilson. From then on, we knew
we wanted to use him in our breeding program, even before
we met Curt Westley and Allison.
We quickly became good friends as we shared many
common bonds and our love of the Arabian horse. Once,
on a visit to our farm in Northern California, Curt fell
in love with one of our beautiful Enzo daughters named
Emma E, and he purchased her on the spot. Curt also loved
our mare Cristal El Pershahn (*Pershahn El Jamaal x RD
Bey Shahmpane), a maternal sister to Enzo, so we decided
to exchange breedings to incorporate our stallions in our
individual breeding programs.
Brent and I also made the trip to Talaria Farms to see
the Royal Shahbaz foals and his dam. Curt and Allison
rolled out the Southern Hospitality; they could not have
been more welcoming. Brent and I stayed at their lovely
guesthouse on the farm. The first night we had an amazing
dinner at the farm, and we all talked for hours. I remember
the next morning waking up and looking out the window
from their guesthouse seeing Royal Shahbaz running and
The black stallion TF Knight Hawke (Botswana x Ladyhawke BHF) found his new home with Sylvia Zerbini
and her liberty show.
playing in his pasture. It was magical. It is important for
Brent and me to see the dams of stallions that we plan to
breed with — Shahbaz’s dam TH Maya Naufali certainly
did not disappoint. She was simply ethereal. I could see
Curt was very hands-on and ran a well-organized barn
with his staff. Curt definitely spoke his mind and his passion
for the Arabian horse was strong and well thought out.
The following year, Brent and I bred a few mares to TF
Royal Shahbaz and the resulting foals were outstanding.
When we called Curt, he could hear the excitement in our
voices, and he and Allison decided to come out to see the
fillies for themselves. I remember Curt walking up to the
stall to see one of them and he just got very quiet while
he studied her. I could see in Curt’s eyes he liked her very
much, but he did not say too much. Later that day on
their return trip home, we received a phone call from Curt
asking if we would consider selling the Royal Shahbaz filly
from Cristal El Pershahn, Lalique El Shahbaz E, that he
had seen that day. Brent and I thought for a moment, and
since we really didn’t want to sell her, we offered them half
ownership. They agreed, and our new partnership was born.
Our plan was to take her to Scottsdale to show in the SSS
yearling class. We sent her to Keith Krichke in Scottsdale,
and she was looking quite amazing by show time. Of course,
it was the largest halter class of the show that year with
over 70 filly entries. I had the privilege of showing Lalique
El Shahbaz E. There were three sections of fillies, and she
was feeling great that day and came in bigger than life; we
made our first cut. We showed back in the finals on Sunday
placing third in a very strong class of yearling fillies. We
were all thrilled with her performance — especially Curt,
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