NEWS AND ARRIVALS
Congratulations and thank you to Hasan Rifat of HN Rifat Arabians and Leigh Jamieson of Seven Oaks Arabians Pty, Ltd on their purchase of the beautiful Maya Marquisa DMF (Marquis I x *Bint Bint Jamil). Maya is the youngest daughter of our premier broodmare and it was with mixed emotions that we loaded her for her long voyage to Australia. However, we know she will have a wonderful home and will make all of us proud as both a show horse and a broodmare!
We would also like to thank Phyllis Hopf of Farleigh Stud and Rick Cummins of Westbank Arabians for their purchase of the halter champion Imperial Imdal daughter, Imdoll (x Bint Farette), from us. We are sure she will produce beautiful babies by Raquis at her new home in New South Wales and look forward to following her career with her new owners.
Dara Meadows Farm would like to congratulate Westbank Arabians and HN Rifat Arabians of Australia on the birth of a Makhnificent KA colt out of our Imperial Imdal daughter, Imdoll on June 1st. This beautiful and charismatic colt will join their programs as a future sire. We will miss this affectionate little guy and we anticipate great things to come of their partnership!!!
At the Egyptian Event the exotic Akid Geshan daughter Adara Alfala is crowned Most Classic Head Champion!!! This is a great win at a tough competition and we congratulate owner Mohammed Al Tobaishi, Saudi Arabia.
Once again Geshan is named to the leading sire lists for both halter and performance and Adara's Most Classic win did not even count towards points. Keep up the good work Geshan! His position on the lists is coming with limited crops of only a handful of foals each year! He is the man!!!
We would like to announce the birth of our next stallion and the first colt we have ever retained for our own program!!! On the 24th of May the exceptionally beautiful HMT Sylvanna gave us a son by *Al Lahab. This is Sylvanna's first foal for us and we are proud to say that with him she has earned her position as a foundation broodmare for DMF. Jadoube Ibn Lahab DMF is an exotic replica of his sire with all the best of his mama too. We are already looking forward to his Egyptian Event debut.
At Australia's Feature Show the exquisite Bakyda by Akid Geshan is awarded the Senior Mare Championship with judge Jay Constanti of Om El Arab!!! This fabulous mare has now won classes, championships and top fives under some of the most respected judges in the world including Jeff Schall, Lenita Peroy, Shawn Crews and Emma Maxwell!
Dara Meadows Farm would like to congratulate Pete and Anja Alfano of Alfano Arabians on their purchase of one of our top producing broodmares. Kiyaras Nile Star has joined their broodmare band and will be bred to True Colours (Thee Desperado x Daheda) for her next foal. This is a very exciting mating which will most definitely produce a foal of exceptional type and motion! We wish Pete and Anja the greatest success with Star and we are pleased to say that we have retained two of her daughters. For more information on the Alfano breeding program please visit their website at www.alfanoarabians.com
At the Australian Victorian Arabian Classic one of Geshan's most beautiful daughters Bakyda is Reserve Champion Mare under judge Shawn Crews!
At Australia's Top of the Range Show the lovely Geshan son Ali Geshan is Champion Egyptian and Champion Open Stallion! Congratulations to owner Rick Cummins of Westbank Arabians.
Also this month at the German Stallion Registration Show the beautiful Hamra Akid out of Akiysha Moon DMF (Akid Geshan x Zahara Kiyara) is awarded the silver ribbon!
Akid Geshan is named an Egyptian Event leading sire on all charts! He was a top ten sire by number of winners, third place performance sire on points and fourth place halter and performance combined!
We are extremely proud to announce that Rick Cummins of Westbank Arabians, Australia and Hasan Rifat of HN Rifat Arabians, Australia have selected two of our superb broodmares to produce 2006 foals for their collections. Both farms have some of the finest straight Egyptians in Australia including a beautiful group of Akid Geshan daughters and we are honored to be able to contribute to their world-class programs. Imdoll will be bred to Kehilan Arabian's Makhnificent KA and Kiyaras Nile Star will be bred to Om El Arab's *Al Lahab.
Asmari Jamila DMF is Reserve Champion Three-Year-Old Futurity Mare at the Egyptian Event! Her scores for type and head and neck are all 19.5s and 20! In the Saturday night finals we had a near miss for a championship with Asmari winning third place on the judge's cards. We can't wait to bring her back when she is more mature.
The Akid Geshan son, WR Karim Geshan wins big at the Event! What a collection of ribbons at his stall in both halter and performance. Congratulations to Debra and Lisa Fetting on such a great job with a beautiful boy!
Imdoll foals very fancy Geshan filly on the 13th!
Sonbolidaa DMF foals super exotic Geshan filly on the 15th! This phenomenal filly is our 2006 EBC entry.
has been a great year for DMF! We have our dream-come-true Egyptian Event Supreme Championship trophy, two exquisite fillies for our future and 2004 brought guests from Brazil, Equador, UAE, Australia, Canada and many states in the US who wanted to meet our special horses. Thank you!
Akiysha Moon DMF(Akid Geshan x Zahara Kiyara), now in the ownership of top European trainer Frank Spoenle, wins Supreme Mare Championship at the International Amateur Show in Kevalaer, Germany with all 20's for type and movement! This exquisite mare was also a Reserve Junior Champion as a yearling in the USA and a Reserve in her age group as a three-year-old at the International Show in Wels, Austria. She is also dam of a German National Reserve Champion Colt. We are proud to have been her breeder.
JUNE 2004
Egyptian Event
PIMLICO RCA is UNANIMOUS SUPREME CHAMPION STALLION, UNANIMOUS SENIOR CHAMPION STALLION AND UNANIMOUS WORLD CLASS STALLION 6-9!!! Daughters JaDe Arabella and The Egyptian Princess garner a reserve and several top tens!
Geshan sons Arabest Samir and Gabriel MCA are top ten in their respective classes!
Kiyaras Nile Star foals a Pimlico RCA filly for us on the 22nd! This is the first cross of our two foundation mares and she is a stunner!
Geshan son WR Karim Geshan earns Legion of Supreme Honor!!!
*Bint Bint Jamil foals a super stylish Marquis I filly on the 15th!
Egyptian Event
Pimlico RCA is Champion World Class Stallion 6-9 and both of his daughters shown were Reserve Champions!!! Thee Winddancer was Reserve in the Straight Egyptian Two-Year-Old Filly Futurity and Anna Bellla was Reserve in the Egyptian Breeders Challenge. Pimlico was also the #2 high selling stallion in the EBC Breeding Auction, second only to his daddy, the incomparable Thee Desperado!
Australian National Championships
Three Geshan foals were shown and all three went Top Ten!!! Congratulations to Bakyda, Top Ten Filly, Ghalion, Top Ten Colt and Kovu, Top Ten Gelding
East Coast Championships, Australia
Kovu was Champion Gelding and Ghalion was Top Five Colt!
Spring Arabian Classic, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington
Asmari Jamila DMF (Thee Desperado x *Bint Bint Jamil) Full sister to Pimlico RCA
1st Place Yearling Filly and Junior Champion Filly at her first show!
Gulf Coast Arabian Christmas Show
Thee Winddancer (Pimlico RCA x Brevian Fatale) Bred by Dara Meadows Farm in partnership with Tuscani Arabians and now owned by Harry and Cheryl White, Winddancer Arabians, Indiana
1st Place Yearling Filly and Reserve Champion Filly at her first show!
Canadian National Championships
WR Karim Geshan (Akid Geshan x Arabest Karima) Top Ten in Western Pleasure JOTR