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Find all these and more at www.ArabianHorseWorld.com Click on the Online Exclusives tab to access this content. FELIX AJMAL MORA (RFI Farid x Janeenah by El Nabila B), 2019 filly, bred and owned by Felix Arabia, Fresno, California. PHOTO BY STUART VE

Where must I start? I’m searching for words and the closest I can find to the feeling, is bittersweet. But it’s far, far worse than bitter and far, far more beautiful than sweet. It is total despair, grief and overflowing heart in one sentence. We lo

Mike Weinstein was caught by surprise when he and his partners in Psynergy Enterprise Developments, Jean Edwards and Arturo Uribe were named the recipients of the Breeder’s Cup in Las Vegas. “I hadn’t really thought about it,” Mike said, “because we

The 2021 Arabian Breeders World Cup was the stage for an all new venue this year. Due to many changes in the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the show committee had many hurdles to cross after the 2020 show had been canceled. However they were bou

This is a great class of stallions to evaluate this month. It is a group to make you think and prioritize when ranking them. Like I did last issue, I am going to take you through my thought process when evaluating these horses. My priorities may not

At her Laughing Dog Ranch in Ojai, California, Mary Anne Morrison breeds purebred Arabians and Arabian crosses (many of them half Welsh pony), with children and amateurs in mind. The fruits of her labor include her 2019 USEF Leading Breeder of Half-A

WHAT WAS YOUR INTRODUCTION TO ARABIAN HORSES? When I first met my husband Bill Eider-Orley, he owned a three-quarter Arabian mare bred by the Jo-Lin Ranch in California. He had purchased her as a three-year-old filly from a ranch in Half Moon Bay in

Last fall I was contacted about helping with a herd dispersal of 19 purebred Arabians located in southern Manitoba. As I’m really quite snoopy, of course I said yes. A long-time retired breeder, who was now in his 70s, had decided it was time to sell

I recently saw a video of a handler encouraging a stallion to rear and box the air with his front feet. As the stallion stood up and pedaled his front legs, he was dangerously close to stepping over the lead. I winced at the sight, envisioning the in

During the next few months, a remarkable young man will cross 2,500 miles of the United States following Route 50 from California to Kentucky on horseback. Been done before, you say? Not like this. Patrick Sullivan and his Egyptian Arabian mare Gamil

Passion for all things Arabian horse is what Stephanie and Travis Hansen of Travis Training Center in Payson, Utah, are all about. With May being the month of the Arabian horse, TTC celebrated by hosting an event on May 15, 2021. Some 200 people atte

It was 10 degrees and snowing fiercely when the recipient mare started showing signs of distress. She was a week from full term and carrying a much anticipated foal by Dominic M (Da Vinci FM x Rosa La Valentina) out of Orrion Farms’ two-time National

Mindy sat in her breakfast nook in Santa Ynez, California, feeling anxious anticipation. She kept a watchful eye on the show’s live feed, while prepping the next bottle for a newborn foal born two nights earlier to a first-time mother. It was difficu

It’s rare that a three-year-old colt, without having been promoted or campaigned in the showring, inspires such a following: five partners in his ownership and 107 mares booked in his first season at stud. But Aria Rakeem has done just that through t

We rented Greg Knowles’s home during Scottsdale via Airbnb, and that’s how we first saw Aria Rakeem. We walked past his stall and immediately took notice. He had an unusual attraction – a very strong pull, and you simply had to stop. We then saw him

In the relatively short time that we’ve been breeding and showing Arabians, we’ve purchased a lot of horses, and every one of them has been a first or second-place winner. We haven’t been doing it that long, so to have a colt that has been accepted b

We saw Aria Rakeem at Greg Knowles’s farm, Arabian Expressions. We thought that he was amazing and that he may be a fit for some of our straight Egyptian mares. Aria Rakeem is a horse who is not only blessed with a great pedigree, but his phenotype r

Initially, I bought an early breeding to Rakeem in the Silver Sire program. I had never seen the horse, and I did it to be supportive of John and Deb because they have exerted a very positive and fun influence with their Arabian horse involvement. I

Rakeem is one of those serendipitous curve balls that life pitches to you. My husband Stu and I absolutely adore Joe and Kim Orr and, while they were in town for the Scottsdale show, Joe mentioned that he and Kim were thinking of investing in a “supe