Stud Visits
Simeon Stud
NEW SOUTH WALES
Simeon Stud, Australia’s biggest and most prominent stud farm for straight Egyptian Arabians, is situated in the outskirts of Sydney. Since 1956, Ruth and Peter Simon, with daughter Marion Richmond, have been breeding purebred Arabian horses.
It was in the 1970s to early 1980s, when Marion set out to seek horses with Egyptian blood in Europe. Among others, she found two straight Egyptian mares, a Kaisoon daughter (Mohema), and a liver chestnut filly, 27 Ibn Galal-5 (Ibn Galal x 10 Hosna) from Babolna Stud in Hungary. Without doubt, the Babolna-bred mare 27 Ibn Galal-5 1974 (often wrongly written as 27 Ibn Galal V), was the most successful of the lot, and the only one whose line is still maintained at Simeon Stud today, with a family that counts about 30 head. Of her five daughters, three created their own branches: Simeon Safanad (by Sankt Georg), Simeon Simona (by Asfour), and Simeon Sukari (by Asfour). Two of the younger homebred chief sires, Simeon Shifran and Simeon Shanun, are tailing to this line.
In addition to these mares, the stallions Asfour, Anaza Bay Shahh, and Imperial Madaar were imported. Asfour 1984 (Malik x Hanan) of Dr. Nagel’s breeding, developed into her foundation stallion. Most of the present broodmares carry his blood, often not just once. Asfour offered refined type with huge eyes, fine nostrils, small ears and lots of charisma. He also had fine black skin and exceptional movement. Imperial Madaar (Imperial Madheen x Ansata Nile Mist) added
