His legs were relatively correct (though slightly sickle-hocked) and his back and topline were strong and a bit long.

"[3] He was the winner of two races in Russia and at the age of 9, in 1954, he was also named the "Champion Stallion" at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow.

Negatiw's highly acclaimed son, Naborr, came to the All-Union Agricultural Fair in Moscow with him in 1954, and was awarded a "certificate of the first class", equivalent to a Reserve Champion.

[citation needed] Negatiw's sire, Naseem, was a Skowronek son who had been sold to Russia in 1936 by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud for a price estimated at £50,000.

[3] At the beginning of World War II, his dam, Taraszcza, was taken to Tersk by the Russian army, alongside a number of other Polish mares.