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The modern vernacular of the United States has given us ways to express feelings or situations that the millions of existing words in the English language simply couldn't. "Hype" is a good example. Hype, as a noun, is uniquely temporal. Hype exists before something becomes commonplace, before everybody knows what the hype in question is all about. When everyone has seen what the hype is about, it generally ceases to exist. With that taken into consideration, there is a sense of underground or grassroots to hype. Only those who are in the-know hear about hype first. Little by little, the hyped thing grows and grows, and finally, becomes familiar to the multitudes. But those who are au courante get to revel in the fact that they not only heard about the hype first, but also that they got to benefit from having knowledge of the hyped thing for the longest time. And since hype is only associated with the latest, greatest things, having access to them before most everyone else does can be advantageous and useful. Of course, it can also make for great bragging rights.

The results that stem from hype make it a binary sort of word. The aftermath of hype can be a frightening thing, or a joyous one. When hype is less than carefully applied, disaster can strike. If the public finds out that all the hype was for something that wasn't worth their time, money or attention, they'll drop it like the proverbial hot potato. However, hype can pave the path toward greatness. It can produce great respect when it is applied to something excellent, something that can change businesses, lives or, uniquely in the horse industry, breeding programs.

It is a matter of fact that there is hype around Baske Afire. It's a fair bet that anyone actively involved in Arabian horse breeding today can picture him in their mind's eye without even trying, thanks to the marketing savvy of his home, Stachowski Farm, and his owner, Joe Betten. Though Baske Afire's babies market themselves, Stachowski Farm provides any and all the marketing support the owners of Baske Afire get want. He's a skyscraper of a horse, but the old kind of skyscraper, like the Empire State or the Chrysler building. He's vertical, with his neck and legs that seem to go on and on. He's beautifully detailed, with a fine face punctuated by his big onyx eyes. He is unique, quite different from anything that has gone before him. And even more like those buildings from the early twentieth century, he does two things: he gives a beautiful exterior to an interior that is made for work; and he allows people to think in new ways and to pursue new dreams and ideals. The hype around him as an individual horse has not been misapplied.

Baske Afire has a double test, though. He is a stallion, and stallions must be useful no matter how handsome they are. The Baske Afire breeding hype started early in his life. Baske Afire, as a breeding stallion, is no genetic fluke nor are his babies. His pedigree, which includes some of the most illustrious horses in Arabian history, will always ensure that his offspring are top-quality. He will turn 5, and his oldest get will be 2 in the coming year. Stachowski Farm has known he was special since he was born. But when other people started seeing him, word about him spread like brush fire. When people see a colt at that age, they generally start talking about him going to the show ring. He is a unique horse, and people have had a unique reaction to him. Everyone's immediate impulse was to start breeding to him. With a demand so impossible to ignore, Baske Afire's breeding career was off to a running start.

By now, we all know what Baske Afire babies look like. They've got their father's best attributes, from his conformational correctness to his awe-inspiring motion. Baske Afire takes whichever kind of mare he is bred to, whether she is from a performance pedigree or a halter pedigree, and asserts his influence to make these foals the kind that breeders strive to produce. Breeding programs are already being planned for some of his sons. Owners of Baske Afire offspring are lucky in that, if they choose to sell their foals, there is a market that is clamoring to buy them. What's more, the support that Baske Afire has from Stachowski Farm includes their massive effort to be a great marketing service. More often than not, however, breeders are hanging on to these young horses because they are so enraptured with them.

There is still hype around Baske Afire. Some people have not yet had the opportunity to see him or his babies in person, but have only heard about them or have seen them in ads. For anyone who has seen him or his offspring in the flesh, it is undisputable that he will not fade into obscurity once his foals start filling, rather than dotting, the world's show rings. Once the hype fades, the quality he produces ensures that he will be a sire for the ages, and will rank among the fabled stallions of the breed. The Baske Afire hype is worth believing.

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