KALETTA came into my life in October of 1988, a time when I most needed someone...something to give my life direction and meaning. I had been miserably horse-less for 5 years at that point, and knew that I needed horses in my life again to be complete...
When first I saw Kaletta, I knew that we belonged together...I was in Kentucky at Nationals grooming for the trainer I had been helping out since February of that year, and as one of our traveling companions was staying there with friends, we visited Paramont Arabian Stud.
I have to point out that at this time I was still new to the entire Arabian 'experience' and was still in awe of the beautiful horses and lavish farms. We went through the sale barns and to me it was like being in Hollywood, and I must admit to having felt 'out of my league'. Never in a million years would I have thought that I would leave there with a horse...As our tour of the barns and sale horses reached the final stop, it was there that I found Kaletta...A few stalls into the barn, on the right, I saw a 2 year old Bak filly that I liked, then a few stalls more, a yearling Stargard colt that I really liked, and finally as we turned and proceeded back up the left side of the barn, my heart stood still! It was truly love at first sight, and it pained me as I knew I had to have her, and I couldn't imagine how in the world I would ever be able to buy her...
All that night in our hotel, I cried. I had found my one in a million, my soulmate if you will, and had not a dime in my pocket to buy her. It was an immensely heart-wrenching and tortuous night of mental anguish. We went back the next day, and, as another of our group had found a filly she was interested in, and back at home there was a client that would buy another mare we found, my trainer and dear friend managed to work up a package deal to get those horses and my beloved Kaletta also, and gave me ridiculously loose payment terms on her! The rest, as they say, is history...
Kaletta brought new meaning and direction to my life, and gave so much love and joy to me and to my entire family as well. She was taken from me much too soon, but she left with me her greatest gift---her son BA Nikk Oftime...
Kaletta is still with me in my heart and soul, and I know that she is watching over me. I have seen and felt her presence a few times since she has been gone, and she is still who I go to when life feels as if it's too much...Kaletta is still and will remain a driving force in my life, and I dedicate my breeding program to her.
