The 19th annual Breyerfest, held at the Kentucky Horse Park, was amazing for the Arabians Ltd. staff and horses who attended! The attendance topped 6500 people–it’s the busiest weekend of the year for the Park, and Thee Desperado and his accomplishments were honored in a huge way as his model was officially debuted!
Left: Owner Judy Sirbasku with Desperado’s model.
At the Egyptian Event Europe August 2nd & 3rd, our dear MC Alexsis won her third title since traveling to Europe earlier this summer. She was named Reserve Senior Champion Mare with Frank Spoenle on the lead! The Event, held at the beautiful Castle of Pietersheim in Lanaken, Belgium, is an exciting show, and we’re glad that Alexsis had a chance to show off her beauty and bloodlines to great acclaim there! As much as we miss her here, it’s wonderful to see her star shining so brightly in a different part of the world.
Read more about her first and second titles.
Congratulations to LF Triumphant Star (Thee Desperado x Princess Tammen), who won Reserve National Champion at the 2008 Youth National Championships this week! She was trained by Ted Carson and shown to her win by Nicholas Dean in the Arabian Mare Breeding JTH 17 & Under Championship Class.
This beautiful 3-year-old was bred by our friends Gary and Sandra Fernandes of Lyday Farms, who are Thee Desperado Lifetime Breeders and have had incredible success by using him in their breeding program! LF Triumphant Star is owned by the Butler, Smith and Collins families. Star was also Reserve Junior Champion Mare at the 2007 Egyptian Event, trained and shown by Lyday’s trainer Bryan Jeffries!
Star is a full younger sister to LF Starzafire, who is now owned by HRH Prince Abdulla bin Fahad al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
Our young sire The Sequel RCA continues his rise to follow in his famous father’s impressive hoofprints. Every year at the Egyptian Event, the Egyptian Breeders Challenge (EBC) auction offers breeders the chance to bid on breedings from their favorite stallions. The resulting foals from these breedings are eligible to compete as yearlings in an exclusive cash prize class! At the 2008 Egyptian Event, The Sequel RCA shone as his EBC breeding was sold for the highest price at the 2008 auction!
Arabians Ltd. is proud to be helping our friend, internationally known Arabian breeder and trainer Frank Spoenle, achieve his breeding goals here in the US! Frank travels all over the world but is headquartered in Germany, and his breeding program is expecting 3 foals from our bloodlines in 2009.
Frank is also taking advantage of Thee Desperado’s open book for non-straight Egyptians and is breeding his Padrons Psyche daughter, Christina JD, to Desperado (left) for two foals by embryo transfer in 2009!
The Nour Al Sabah Stud was so pleased with the first three fillies we sent them that they’ve purchased a group of 3 more!
Left: Mishaal HP, sire of 2 of the fillies and one in-utero foal purchased.
Wow–MC Alexsis has been in Europe for only a month, and she’s already been named Senior Champion Mare AND Best in Show!! Shown by Frank Spoenle for her new owner, Sheikh Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi of Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Alexsis competed against 15 great mares at the International B Show in Halden, Norway on June 28th and 29th!
Alexsis had ALL 20s (a perfect score) in Type, ALL 20s in the Head & Neck category, all 19s for Body, 16s for Legs, and all 19s for Movement!!! What a score!
Congratulations to Leslie Nord! Her mare Alia Valentino (Thee Desperado x Ali Maarlia) earned Top 5 at the recent Region 9 competition in Ft. Worth, Texas. Shawn Crews led Valentino to her ribbon, and she was 3rd on the judges’ cards in a very competitive class. This beautiful grey mare is a wonderful competitor!
A huge congratulations to Sheikh Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi of Ajman, United Arab Emirates, on his purchase of the Top Ten US Nationals AND two-time Egyptian Event Reserve Supreme Champion Mare MC Alexsis (The Elixir x AK Athena). Sheikh Ammar purchased Alexsis from Karl and Jacki Breckon & Jim and Judy Sirbasku.
Alexsis has traveled safely to her new home and is settling in.
Saturday, June 7 Results
Saturday is always an exciting day, with the Egyptian Breeders Challenge class as a highlight. This year, we had 3 entries take home 3 ribbons (and be in the money!):
What a fantastic, fun, successful Egyptian Event! We can’t wait for next year!
