Reference sire BELLAGIO RCA
(Alixir x Rhapsody In Black)
Shawn came over here, and we were both crying. We so
appreciated that stallion for what he was doing for our
breeding program, so we immediately got on the phone
and asked Allison to call Ramses Mishaal’s owner, Dr.
Dietrick, to see if we could lease him from her. He was
out of a Desperado daughter, so he wasn’t as much of
an outcross for us, but he helped us a lot. We needed a
stallion like him at that time. I had some *Mishaal sons,
but they were young, and they weren’t quite there yet.
Dr. Dietrick has become a wonderful friend and client. I
adore her.
Q: Looking back to the beginning of this journey, how
did the Arabian horse capture your heart?
I had a young son at the time, so I discovered the
local horse shows as a great way to entertain him. You
didn’t have to pay any admission, you just walked in. So I
would go to every Arabian horse show in the area. It was
at the Region 9 show one year that I met David Gardner,
who was managing Bentwood Farm at the time. He was
so kind and always let us pet the horses.
Around that same time, Jim came home one evening
and I asked him, “Have you invested in anything lately?”
He was always investing in something. He said, “Yes, as
a matter of fact I have. Horses!” I asked him what kind
of horses, and he didn’t know. It turns out he had bought
Arabian horses from David Gardner!
Q: Was your husband bemused by your newfound
passion for horses?
He didn’t know I had it, and I didn’t either. But I tell
you, I fell in love with these Egyptian Arabians. I fell in
love with their beauty. And then I discovered their story,
their rarity, their history.
Over the next four decades, we went on to build
Arabians Ltd., which is the management company
and a forerunner in developing strategies to bring new
people into the breed. We have been committed to the
heritage of the Egyptian Arabian through education,
supporting new breeders, overseeing a bustling training
operation and affiliate farms, not to mention being active
supporters of The Pyramid Society and the Egyptian
Event. And concurrently, we developed our own Rock
Creek Arabians breeding program which is managed by
Arabians Ltd. It’s been quite a ride!
ARABIANS LTD. > 5 < WORLD
sharon
(sharon)
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