Photo by: Judith

by Colleen Scott

Justify, like many young superstars, came to light through a captivating promotional campaign of emails, photos, videos and, of course, the promise of great things to come.

With both a dam line and a sire line wielding generations of national champions and more importantly legendary breeding horses, Justify is quickly fulfilling those promises.

From The United States and Canada to Europe, the Middle East, Brazil and South Africa, the steadfast commitment that has been made to Justify's success, by DST Arabians and Midwest Station I, Inc., has resulted in the offspring of this young stallion (5 years old in 2008) making their way into numerous breeding programs around the world.

A key point to make here is that there are currently (as of 1-1-08) only 50 Justify offspring born, making the percentage of successes for the Justify children, in both the showring and in the marketplace very high and making them extremely attractive to those breeders concerned with preserving the past and creating the future.

From his first foal crop, the Justify kids have garnered Scottsdale championships, regional championships, World Cup championships and U.S. national top ten awards. Offspring from his first two foal crops (third foal crop due in 2008) have been exported to various countries around the world and are now ready to take on all challengers there.

Like his sire, grandsire and his great grandsire before him, Justify is well out in front of his peers in the breeding shed. His importance and inevitable place in the history books as a sire of significance is becoming apparent at a very early age.

Though we speak of the strengths in the top side of Justify's pedigree, let us not forget his mother S Justadream. She herself is in the history books as the winningest halter mare of all time. Garnering 10 national championship titles, Justadream's influence in her sons children is more than evident. The extreme length of neck placed high out of the withers and well laid back shoulders on Justify's children mirrors that of their famous grandmother. This should come as no surprise, the importance of the mother line has been heralded by world famous breeders for centuries.

The breeding career of all young stallions begins with a lot of hopes,
dreams and unfulfilled promises.