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Eleanor’s Arabians L ance Sche f fel Roger s, Minnesot a
Rod Matthiesen
Lance Scheffel
Years as a trainer: 10 Services: Cow horses training (main focus), and cutting, reining, rope horse training • Extensive lesson program for youth and non-pro riders. We find what each horse excels in, be it a trail horse, competitive or a non-competing horse. How did you get your start? I spent five years working under Benny Guitron, learning a lot from his vast knowledge on caring for and training horses, safe and proper use of traditional vaquero equipment, instructing people and communication. Training cow horses is no easy task. They must have several jobs in the one discipline, so I learned to train for cutting, reining and fence work, as well as roping to produce a high quality, confident using horse that can easily cross into the show pen. What in other breeds do you wish we would incorporate in our industry? To me, having the Reined Cow Horse and Working How Horse classes, Cutting, Reining and now, Ranch Riding for all levels and age groups, is important. There are some talented horses out there and they need a place to compete and showcase their abilities. The Ranch Riding classes need to be present at the Arabian shows for all levels. This is the fastest growing division in the horse show industry and entries in youth, amateur and open levels have been flourishing. This class alone has improved horse show participation by novices and advanced riders alike. Some of the other equine associations have level 1 or novice-only competitions. These not only encourage membership and show entries, but they allow a less confident rider a less stressful competitive environment. In my experience, beginners to horse show competition feel more inclined to ride against other exhibitors of their level in
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a judged situation, than they do when they start out riding against tougher, more experienced riders. What can be done to bring in new people? One idea off the top of my head would be to add youth and amateur introductory classes to the horse shows. This would help the “newbies” have less anxiety about competing, as they may not have to compete against the higher level riders right away. I also feel that by creating more exposure, by partnering with similar organizations, would help showcase the versatility of horse breeds to people who are involved with other horse organizations. As an example, I show all of the Arabians and Half-Arabians in my program among Quartertype horses at the National Reined Cow Horse events. Many people have spoken to me at these events regarding the use of Arabians in the cow horse, reining and cutting divisions, and they had no idea that Arabians were ever used in those events. More exposure will spark more interest. How do we encourage people to breed more Arabians and/or HalfArabians? People of all ages and levels should need to own the horse they are competing with. By doing this, it builds the need to purchase a horse, and therefore, fuels the need to continue breeding and marketing good, solid horses for youth, amateur and open level exhibitors. Offering divisions where a youth or amateur does not need to own the horse is convenient, however, it does not create a supply and demand situation to increase horse numbers. The other breed associations I compete in require ownership of the horse by the youth or amateur exhibitors. Any life lessons to share from being a horse trainer? Not every horse fits in the area we want them to. Sometimes you have to let them tell you what they would like to do.
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STAYING THE COURSE …
Eleanor’s Arabians and
HESA ZEE+/ by Christy Egan What does it take to make a successful Arabian horse breeding program? There are many answers to that question, but the most succinct is probably: a very, very long time. It takes years of dedication, study, critical evaluation, culling, trial and error, intuition, and the raw tenacity to stay the course. It helps tremendously if your program is built on the foundation of an older, good breeding program. That sort of “leg up” can escalate a breeder’s program ten or twenty years further down the road. When Eleanor Hamilton added Hesa Zee+/ to her program over 20 years ago, she added all of the success and talent of the original “Zee” as well, Hesa Zee’s sire, Xenophonn (Bolero++ x Farviews Kamal, by Guardsman). The foundation stallion for Miller Arabians, Red Bluff, California, Xenophonn was U.S. National Champion Cutting Horse (both Novice and Open) in 1979 and again in the Open in 1982. The leading Working Western sire for years, Xenophonn has many national champions and reserves in all working western disciplines, but especially in cutting. Hesa Zee+/ has been following in his father’s hoofprints as a sire of working western national winning horses since his first foal crop in 1994. Two of those first foals became Hesa Zee+/’s first two national winners.
Hesa Zee and Eleanor.
One was literally Hesa Zee+/’s first offspring, aptly named Hezas First. A bay mare, she was 1999 U.S. National Top Ten in the Reining Horse Futurity 5 & Under. The second was Hezas Kool, 1999 U.S. Reserve National Champion Working Cow Horse Amateur. Both national winners were out of Xenophonn daughters. At that point Eleanor Hamilton had already purchased several Xenophonn mares, but the national success undoubtedly inspired her to buy a few more. Over the ensuing years she has owned eight. Eventually, however, the Hesa Zee+/ cross with *Muscat daughters and daughters of the *Muscat son, Crown Musc+ have dominated his national’s list. Of Hesa Zee+/’s 36 purebred national winners, 13 of them are out of *Muscat or Crown Musc+ daughters, and the *Muscat daughter Artymusme accounts for five of those.
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EAF Hesa Little Whiz and Lance Scheffel.
Hesa Artfull Zee and Gary Ferguson.
Like any great coach, Eleanor Hamilton is the first to stand up and give credit for her program’s success to her “team”. Her four dedicated trainers and her manager are quick to return the compliment, both to Eleanor and to Hesa Zee+/. Rod Matthiesen, Eleanor’s in-house trainer has been with her the longest, “… at least 30 years,” and has been a voice in many of Eleanor’s breeding decisions over the years. “You need both a great horse and a great owner to make a great breeding program. There are two basic things that make Hesa Zee+/ bloodlines stand out in performance,” Rod notes. “First, Hesa Zee+/’s get are built to do the job. They enjoy what they do because they can do the work, soundly and efficiently. Secondly, they are quietminded and very trainable. Hesa Zee+/ had these characteristics in large amounts and he’s great at passing them on. Years ago, Arabian horse breeders bred their pretty halter horses to performance horses, thinking they would get a pretty performance horse. It just doesn’t work that way very often. The mindset you need for a great halter horse includes a high ‘flight response’ for that great, ready-to-spook, wide-eyed, ears-up look. That’s not what you want in a working western athlete. For the breeder’s part you need to put in time, thought and money. Eleanor has done all of that for many years and she has stuck to her guns about having a top working horse, a real ranch horse. I once read an article about the King Ranch where they talked about how everybody who rode their horses had a say in their breeding program. They listened to all the cowboys, the people who rode and handled those horses, day in and day out. Eleanor does that too. It makes a big difference.” Lance Scheffel has been riding working cow and cutting horses for Eleanor for five years. His success rate with them has been outstanding. During that time, he’s ridden numerous national and reserve national champions for her, including Built By Peppy, 2016 Half-Arabian Working Western Horse of the Year. At the 2017 U.S. Nationals, Lance rode EAF Hesa Little Whiz (Conquistador Whiz x Hezas Fire Fly, by Hesa Zee+/) to Reserve National Champion H/A
EAF Hesa Wizard+ and Ken Eppers.
Cutting Futurity and H/A Working Cow Futurity Top Ten; and Heza Rising Star (Hesa Zee+/ x Miss Eveningshade) to top ten in the Arabian Reining Intermediate, to name a few. “The Hesa Zee+/ offspring are trainable, no matter the discipline,” says Lance. “Some stallions sire open horses exclusively. The Hesa Zee+/ horses go from open competition to Non-Pro smoothly. Of course, this ability to shift gears and riders makes them easier to sell too! They all seem to be talented. He improves on the mares and brings the best of his pedigree to the breeding pen. I have two great, young horses by Hesa right now, a purebred 3-year-old colt named Zee Mighty Mouse out of a Xenophonn daughter that’s really good-minded. He’s been reining a little and started on cattle—very exciting. Then, I have a Half-Arabian Hesa 2-year-old gelding out of the Quarter Horse mare, Von More Time. EAF Hesa On Time is a natural; well-balanced and talented. He could do it all … reining, cutting, cows. The Hesa horses are not just reiners. Whether they are by Hesa Zee+/ or out of a Hesa Zee+/ daughter, physically and mentally, they can cross all the bridges.” Mark Coombs, Eleanor’s Arabians Breeding Manager, has been with the farm for 22 years and is adamant about the extreme importance of Hesa Zee+/ within Eleanor’s breeding program. “Just look at the success stories,” says Mark. “We’ve been breeding to some of the best Quarter Horse NRHA sires of the day over the past few years. And yet the great working western show horses from this farm have come from Hesa Zee+/, Hesa Zee+/ crossed with *Muscat and Crown Musc+, and Hesa Zee+/ and the Xenophonn daughters crossed with Colonel Jac and Little Sorrel Peppy. That’s classic, solid breeding on both sides of the pedigree. All of it is Eleanor’s primary breeding program. We have six Hesa Zee+/ babies on the ground so far this spring … Half-Arabians; a few purebreds. We have a good supply of Hesa Zee+/ frozen semen available to us and outside breeders. Hesa Zee+/ is the best-siring Xenophonn son, and to my mind, the best working western sire in the breed.”
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HESA ZEE+/ Hesa Zee+/ began his show career at five with a bang, winning the 1993 Scottsdale Reining Championship with his then owner, Russ Brown. He was shown extensively and successfully, winning a 1994 U.S. National Top Ten in Reining and the Canadian Reserve National Reining Championship in 1995. He had a career total of six national Top Ten awards in Reining, three in open and three in amateur. His first foals began arriving in 1994, and in 1995 he stepped off the trailer at Eleanor’s Arabians and took them both into history. Hesa Zee+/ has sired 36 national winners. Among them they have accumulated 154 national awards, including 120 national top tens and 34 national championships and reserves. Over 75% of these awards were in reining competition. Working cow horse and western pleasure classes in an even split accounted for 22%, with Trail, dressage and halter a very limited total of 3%. The purebred *Muscat daughter, Artymusme has produced five national winners with Hesa Zee+/, including Art By Hesa, a multi-national champion and reserve. Hesa Zee+/’s current leading national purebred offspring are: Heza Rising Star (x Miss Eveningshade, by Crown Musc+), Minding Ps And Qs (x Sarabask, by Serinask), Art By Hesa (x Artymusme, by *Muscat), Heza Fire Walker (x Fire Musc+, by Crown Musc+), EAF Hesa Wizard (x RV Muscana, by Crown Musc+), and Zee Fire Storm (x Fire Musc+, by Crown Musc+). Hesa Zee+/’s top HalfArabian national winning record is with the Quarter Horse mare, Miss Ka Cee Bar, dam of four national winners, including U.S. Reserve National Champion Sheza Dixie Chick+. Perhaps the most interesting point is that Hesa Zee+/’s top national winners are evenly divided between open, amateur and youth horses, some of them winning across the board over the years with riders of all ages and abilities. Trainer Rod Matthiesen seems to speak for all of the Hesa Zee+/ trainers, owners and fans when he talks about the summer show season to come. “Which is my favorite Hesa Zee+/ horse?” says Rod Matthiesen. “There have been so many. Right now though I am looking forward to this summer with a nice 4-year-old named EAF Hesa Comet (Hesa Zee+/ x AM Haleys Comet, by Al Marah Horatio+/). Pam Rose started him last year and thoroughly enjoyed working with him as well. I showed him in reining in March and he was really good. Did his job; no problem. He’s going to be my Junior Futurity horse this year.” It seems there are always good, new Hesa Zee+/ horses coming down the road. Hesa Zee+/ frozen semen is readily available. Inquiries can be directed to Breeding Manager Mark Coombs at Eleanor’s Arabians in Rogers, Minnesota, and all of the trainers referenced in this article have Hesa Zee+/ offspring available for sale.
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Left: Heza Fire Walker and Justin Rose, Canada 2017. Center: Heza Fire Walker and Eleanor Hamilton, Canada 2014. Right: Heza My Daddy with Eleanor aboard.
Also looking at over 20 years of working with Eleanor’s horses is Pam Rose of the P & H Cattle Company. “We got our first Hesa horse, Zee The Gem, as a college graduation gift for my husband, Hoyt, from Eleanor,” says Pam. “‘Gem’ has a heart as big as the world. She made dreams come true for every member of my family and is now living the retirement she deserves. We have had the amazing opportunity to start many Hesa youngsters and all of them have big hearts and are a pleasure to train. We have been fortunate to have Heza Fire Walker, an animal that personifies the Hesa Zee+/ horse. This very tall gelding has no idea how big he is; he is pretty sure that he’s a lap dog. His personality is contagious, making people laugh every day and yet, he’s a perfect gentleman. His first year in the bridle he took Eleanor to top ten at the U.S. and Canadian Nationals in Western Pleasure 55 & Over, then our daughter, Madison, to Reserve National Champion at Youth Nationals in Walk/Trot and Equitation, and finally, our son, Justin, to Canadian National Champion in Western Walk/ Trot and Equitation. We work as a family on our farm and I never think twice about having my children handle the Hesa horses in any capacity.” Texas-based trainer Gary Ferguson has been working with Hesa Zee+/ horses for Eleanor for about eight years. “I find each generation of these horses just gets better,” Gary says. “They are careful thinkers and they don’t overreact. They are interested in what you are doing and inquisitive. They are capable and bred to do what they do. I believe that Hesa Zee+/ is a great sire—a particularly great broodmare sire—and a great show horse. Professionals, amateurs and youth ride these horses successfully. Right now, I am showing Kissed IntheMist, three-time National top ten, and looking forward to bringing back the Hesa Zee+/
Art By Hesa with Rod Powell, U.S. Nationals 2017. daughter, Lady Muscana, four-time National top ten reining, following her recent motherhood hiatus. Hesa Artfull Zee, 2017 U.S. National Top Ten Reining Junior Horse and Futurity 5 & Under, is a young Hesa Zee+/ son I am bringing along that I particularly enjoy. He’s a very good horse that wants to be a great one. Hesa Artfull Zee is what I imagine Hesa Zee+/ was like as a youngster. He travels well, follows me around and wants attention from me all the time. He’s inquisitive and always right at the front of his stall when I am getting ready to work saying, ‘Take me out first!’ This is a horse that wants to be somebody and I take him very seriously. One this good is a big responsibility for a trainer, challenging and very exciting. n
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ong before Madison and Justin Rose achieved national honors at the National Championship shows … long before they were even a twinkle in their father Hoyt’s eyes, their mother Pam was a youth rider from Rice Lake, Wisconsin, taking lessons at Eleanor’s Arabians with trainer, Rod Matthiesen. “I was fifteen and I wanted to ride in reining seat equitation,” Pam recalls. “I had seen Rod ride and show reiners at our local and Regional shows and I knew that he was the coach I needed. Eleanor’s was a two and a half hour drive each way for me, but my parents helped and when I got my license, I drove myself. I spent a lot of weekends in training at Eleanor’s. In those days, before the Youth Nationals, I rode in youth classes at the U.S. Nationals.” With Rod as her coach, Pam won a top ten in Reining Seat Equitation and went on to major national success. Ever since those days, Pam has been part of the Eleanor’s Arabians family. “Hoyt rode with Rod even before I did,” laughs Pam. “Before we even met.” Given this extensive history, the Rose children, Madison and Justin, were “grandmothered” into the Eleanor’s family at birth. Both Madison and Justin started showing Arabian horses aboard the multi-National Champion Hesa Zee+/ daughter, Zee The Gem+ (x Bru-Bet Gemfina) when they were just five. Justin actually appeared a few years earlier than that on “Gem” in lead line with proud father, Hoyt. The mare was a gift from Eleanor to Hoyt when he graduated college. “It’s not hard to understand,” says Eleanor. “They’ve always been part of our family. When Madison needs a good horse to ride, we work it out. Sometimes the kids are riding horses I have in training with Pam and offered for sale. The horse sells and there is sadness. I tell them, ‘… Don’t worry, I have another horse coming.’ And I always do!” The current “Madison and Justin Rose show string” line-up includes: the Half-Arabian mare, CMS Super Chick (Crown Musc+ x Super Cindy Brick AQHA)—a multi-national top ten, Canadian national champion and reserve— who both Madison and Justin will show in a variety of classes at Youth this year, from showmanship to hunter pleasure, hunt seat equitation and side saddle; Heza Fire Walker (Hesa Zee+/ x Fire Musc,+ by Crown Musc+), an 11-year-old gelding superstar who has carried Eleanor, Madison and Justin to national honors, and this year will be shown with Justin in western walk/trot equitation and pleasure competition; and Ar abian Horse Times | 28 | Youth 2018
Hezas Sweet Dreams (Hesa Zee+/ x Sweet Red Glo AQHA), a Half-Arabian mare with national credentials at the U.S., Canadian and Youth Nationals, and who will see competition with both Madison and Justin. In 2017, Madison and Hezas Sweet Dreams took a National Championship in the Half-Arabian Reining JOTR 13 & Under and a reserve in the JTR. At Youth, Justin will show the mare in Short Stirrup Reining 10 & Under and Madison will ride in the Half-Arabian Reining JOTR/JTR 13 & Under. The latest addition to the show string is Sheza Melody Jac (Hesa Zee+/ x Surprisn Miss Melody AQHA), a very talented, U.S. National Half-Arabian top ten Non-Pro and multi-Regional Champion Reining horse, that Madison will be showing at Youth in Half-Arabian reining and horsemanship. “Madison started out in 4-H,” says Pam, “a very good place to start. When she was eight and nine, she had the reserve champion Market Lamb at our local Country Fair. She bought and raised both those lambs. The last year Madison was in the walk-trot competition, we decided to go to Youth Nationals instead of our County Fair. Madison immediately loved Youth Nationals and that was that!” Her first year at the Championships in 2015, Madison Rose brought home nine top ten awards and three reserve national championships. Since 2015, Madison has won multiple national and reserve national championships in reining, showmanship, saddle seat, reining seat and hunt seat equitation; hunter, English and western pleasure; and side saddle, and western horsemanship, as well as walk-trot and walk-jog in 2015, her last year of 10 & Under. “My mom is my coach for reining, side saddle … actually, everything,” says Madison. “She’s patient and kind; a great coach! Next fall I will be a Freshman and I’ve been enjoying my Advanced Mathematics classes, as well as basketball, where I’m hoping to make the Junior Varsity team. My brother and I frequently share our horses, most of them from Grandma Eleanor. We both started with Zee The Gem. There was this time when we were riding her together at home, that she went around a corner loping, and the bareback pad cinch slipped. Justin fell right on the ground and I was hanging down Gem’s side, holding onto her mane. She just stopped in her tracks and swung her head around and looked at us, like ‘… what the heck are you kids doing?’ I am very thankful for the endless opportunities my Grandma Eleanor has given me, but most of all, the love and kind words she always offers, make her the best grandma ever … I love you, Grandma Eleanor!” Justin goes into the 6th grade this fall and, like his sister, enjoys Math, as well as baseball, basketball and football. Having an older sister who is well known at the shows can be daunting, but Justin takes it in stride. It helps that he has some great horses to ride. Last summer Justin had one of life’s defining moments when he and Heza Fire Walker won Canadian National Championships in both the Western Pleasure and Equitation W/T 10 & Under. It was the first roses for both rider and horse. “I’m riding Fire Walker at Youth this year,” says Justin, “and Sweet Dreams and Super Chick. They are all great horses. I’m hoping to go back to the Canadian Nationals with Fire Walker in August. I’m really honored to ride Grandma Eleanor’s horses because each of them builds my confidence to try new things. The opportunities I have to ride and show make me stronger in other parts of my life. I love you, Grandma Eleanor!” For this story about Madison and Justin Rose (as in life), Grandma Eleanor gets the final word. “I know these are terrific kids,” Eleanor laughs. “You don’t have to tell me! I expect a great deal from them and they don’t let me down … not because they are the kids I might have had, but because they are my kids! Don’t you doubt it! They have these good horses because they are the right horses for them. I am just very, very happy that I’ve had the life and the opportunity to provide this win-win situation for everyone involved … including me, of course. The next Eleanor’s generation is coming along just fine!” n Ar abian Horse Times | 29 | Youth 2018
Top to bottom: A proud “grandma” and mom with Heza Fire Walker and Justin, up; Justin aboard Hezas Sweet Dreams; Madison with CMS Super Chick; and Madison aboard Sheza Melody Jac.
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he 2017 Leading Arabian Working Western Sire of the Year, Hesa Zee+/ has been the foundation of the Eleanor’s Arabians breeding program since 1995. Though Hesa Zee+/ passed on in June of 2015, it’s a credit to his enduring quality and excellence as a sire of working western horses that he still consistently wins awards within the industry. “Over twenty years ago Hesa Zee+/ put us on the map,” Eleanor notes, “and year after year he keeps us there! His offspring are big national winners in working western, and often in western pleasure competition too. We have not stopped breeding his daughters to both Arabian and Quarter Horse sires. Each year we have a half dozen foals sired by him and they are still our best.” Eleanor does not hesitate to point out at every opportunity that her horses, many of them Hesa Zee+/ offspring and grand get, are successfully ridden nationally by professionals, amateurs and youth … horsemen of all ages, from little kids to riders over 80. At the 2018 Youth National Championships in July, Madison Rose (just 13) with her younger brother Justin, brought home 16 national top ten awards, five national championships and a reserve.
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Of these 22 national awards, 13 were won showing Hesa Zee+/ sons and daughters, Sheza Melody Jac, Hezas Sweet Dreams and Heza Fire Walker. Overall, Hesa Zee+/ is the sire of purebred and Half-Arabian national winners that have won over 40 national championships and reserves. Though this great Xenophonn son crosses well with his purebred paternal halfsisters and some top *Muscat daughters and granddaughters, he has also made a name for himself on the pedigree’s bottom side, as his daughters are successfully bred to top Quarter Horses. “Maybe I started a bit of a trend with my Quarter Horse/ Arabian breeding program,” Eleanor laughs. “My Triple Colonel son, CG Colonel Jac sired the Half-Arabian Canadian National Champion EAF Colonels Lil Lady and a U.S. National Top Ten named EAF Colonels Princess, while my Peppy San Badger son, Little Sorrel Peppy sired the 2016 Working Western Horse of the Year, 4-time National Champion and Reserve Working Cow Horse, Built By Peppy, and the 2-time National Champion and Reserve Cutting and Cow Horse, Zee China Doll.” Eleanor and Built By Peppy REGION 10 | 8 | Ar abian Horse Times
Justa Genuine Jack
Certainly, Quarter Horses and Arabians have been crossed successfully in America for many years, but Eleanor Hamilton’s astute selection of Arabian bloodstock is based on soundness, ability, strength and temperament. Apparently that sort of horse sets new working western horse standards when crossed with the top, classic Quarter Horse bloodlines that Eleanor prefers. Now she’s adding a new player to the mix, a big, handsome 13-year-old red dun Quarter Horse stallion named Justa Genuine Jack. “Justa Genuine Jack came to my attention via the Pitzer Ranch a few months ago,” Eleanor says. “His pedigree, Genuine Hombre (Genuine Doc x Seven S Margarita by Son O Leo) out of Pearly Red Jackie ( Joe Jack Honey Bar x Pearly Red by Mr Baron Red), features just the sort of substance and down-to-earth Quarter Horse, ‘Get ‘er Done’ qualities I admire most. He’s a superior heeling and heading roping horse, halter and performance ROM, national top ten, and a proven sire of winners: 187.5 AQHA Points, World Show Top Five and Pitzer Ranch HPI Champion.”
Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Jackpot Roping is featured at this show on Saturday, September 8th after 3 pm. Ropers, reiners and riders of many western breeds are expected to take a closer look at the big red horse during and following an “Everyone is Welcome” BBQ party at the show. For those who admire and wish to emulate the Eleanor’s Arabians breeding program (and who doesn’t?), both Hesa Zee+/ and Justa Genuine Jack are available. n
Justa Genuine Jack arrived in Minnesota a few months ago and before Eleanor’s breeding manager, Mark Coombs, could put a notice in the local paper, the phone was ringing off the hook with interest from Midwest Quarter Horse breeders and exhibitors. Justa Genuine Jack was purchased to cross with Hesa Zee+/ and Xenophonn daughters at Eleanor’s and that’s under way as well. Is it yet another Eleanor’s Arabians success story? Time will tell, but it certainly looks that way. Justa Genuine Jack is expected to make a personal appearance with Eleanor Hamilton and Lance Scheffel at the NC Working Western Celebration Show, September 7th through the 16th at the Alliant
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