NEWS AND ARRIVALS
We are pleased to announce that Jadoube Ibn Lahab DMF is now in training under saddle at Rakis Arabians in Rockwood, Tennessee. We are very excited that Jadoube is earning rave reviews since his arrival and we look forward to his debut in the performance ring with his trainer Amy Spiker. Amy has many wins in performance in Class A and Scottsdale competion and we hope Jadoube will add to her laurels. Watch for the typiest horse in the ring and it will probably be Jadoube! Early breedings will be handled through Rakis Arabians and after the Egyptian Event Jadoube will return to Dara Meadows Farm to stand the remainder of the 2010 breeding season.
Sarah Burns reports that her beautiful Pimlico daughter Shalinay Nile DMF has won the blue ribbon at her first training show in dressage. This being one of our favorite of show ring disciplines we have to say we are very proud of both of them.
We also want to report that the gorgeous Geshan look-alike grandson Hamras Akid was the champion in his age group and went on to win the silver medal at the Middle Eastern Championships in Jordan! Hamras Akid scored a fantastic 94.1!!!
September also included a lifetime highlight for Debra Geiser when she attended the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course with her sister Denise. Watching Rachel Alexandra - who by the way shows her Arabian heritage in a beautiful refined foreface and high set tail - win the toughest race of her career was absolutely spectacular!!! Rachel lead through a punishing first quarter in 22 and change and it seemed totally impossible that she could hold on against seven tough boys for almost another mile. But she did and her race will go down as one of the greatest in Thoroughbred history! Rachel is all heart and beauty and to look upon her is a dream come true! Yeah she runs like a girl. Try and keep up!
Jadoube Ibn Lahab DMF is home! We thank Steve and Cyglenda Miller of Paradise Egyptian Stud for taking such good care of our boy during their lease. He left a boy and has returned a man! For information on breeding to him in 2010 you may contact us. Jadoube will stand at a special fee of $1750 to a very limited number of mares.
Dara Meadows Farm is proud to announce the sale of Jamil Ibn Geshan DMF (Akid Geshan x Asmari Jamila DMF) to Janet Stevenson of Sho Shana Arabians. Our association with Janet goes all the way back to 1995 when we purchased one of our foundation mares *Bint Bint Jamil from her. With Janet's purchase of "IBN", maternal grandson of *Bint Bint Jamil, we are returning the blood of our favorite broodmare to her Canadian birthplace and going full circle in our relationship with Sho Shana Arabians. Janet is a well-known small breeder of significance and she has sold horses of her breeding all over the world. The current Egyptian Event World Champion 6 to 7-Year-Old Mare is Alia Valentino, bred by Janet. We rest easy knowing that one of the best colts we have ever bred out of the best mare we have ever bred will be in the experienced hands of Janet at her world-famous Sho Shana Arabians in New Brunswick, Canada. We look forward to breeding to him in the future.
Egyptian Event
We are thrilled to say we had one of the best Egyptian Events ever!!! Our beautiful son of *Al Lahab made his debut in the Stallion Showcase and was a big hit with connoisseurs of extreme Arabian type. Jadoube Ibn Lahab DMF's EBC breeding was purchased by noted breeder Lyn Rogers and she will use him on her beautiful mare Moonlight Sonataa, the full sister to 2009 Supreme Champion Stallion Botswana! Looking forward to a big winner for Lyn at the 2012 Event!
Imperial Mistaar had a great show as a sire and will certainly be one of the Event's leading sires in 2009. His exceptional son Etaya Sudan Amir was selected as the Reserve Supreme Champion Stallion as only a two-year-old! From only a few foals shown Mistaar was the sire of several champion and reserve champions and every foal made at least a top ten. Mistaar is clearly a stallion of significance in the US and a worthy replacement for his sire Imperial Baarez! We can't wait for our 2010 foals by Mistaar as we expect them to be the best foals we have ever produced!
We are very excited to announce the birth of our first foal by Imperial Mistaar!!! On the 21st of March Astarte Nile DMF by Thee Desperado presented us with an absolutely gorgeous bay colt. He is tall and elegant with a beautiful face and long refined neck. This lovely colt was sold in utero to Pete and Anja Alfano and all we can say is it is a good thing they bought him before we saw him!
We would like to announce that our exotic *Al Lahab son, Jadoube Ibn Lahab DMF will stand the 2009 breeding season with Paradise Egyptian Stud in West Virginia. We are pleased to be working with Steve and Cyglenda and look forward to a beautiful group of *Al Lahab grandchildren arriving in 2010. Jadoube will stand at the introductory fee of $2000 and inquiries should be directed to Paradise. For more information see their website at www.pesarabians.com
Our congratulations to Linda Scott on the purchase of the beautiful Akid Geshan daughter Emirataa DMF!
At the Middle Eastern Championships in Jordan the champion stallion 7-9 with a great score of 92.5 is Hamra's Akid, the son of our homebred Akiysha Moon DMF by Akid Geshan! Akiysha Moon's foals have done so well around the world that we can hardly wait to see what she produces next.
Egyptian Event
What an Event!!! The Akid Geshan son Arabest Samir is the unanimous Supreme Champion Stallion! Samir has been knocking at the door for a couple of years now and we are so happy to see him win this deserved title! When Samir came in the ring you simply could not take your eyes off him. He is his daddy's son and really shows the elegance and quality that Geshan is known for. We are proud to have two original DMF foundation horses on the farm that have an Event Supreme Champion son on their resume!
Pimlico RCA was also a successful sire at the 08 Event with several sons and daughters winning championships, reserves and top tens. Two of the three Pimlico sons shown at the Event were present for the Saturday night finals by virtue of standing champion and reserve in their classes. We are especially excited by Shamas and look forward to seeing more of him as he matures.
And we are very pleased to congratulate Sarah Burns and her Pimlico daughter Shalinay Nile DMF on winning the Egyptian Event's El Gohara award at their very first Event. You go girls!
On the 6th we have a beautiful Geshan colt out of Asmari Jamila DMF by Thee Desperado. This is the first ever Geshan foal out of a Desperado daughter. He is every bit as extreme as we had expected!
HMT Sylvanna foals a tall and gorgeous Geshan colt! Huge poppy eyes and a beautiful face with long upright neck, great body and lots of motion. Our congratulations to Michelle Herbolsheimer on her purchase of this elegant colt as a future herdsire!
Dara Meadows Farm is proud to announce that we have joined the Imperial Mistaar LLC! This young stallion is one of the most beautiful and exciting horses we have ever seen and we are very high on both his parents. We are looking forward to combining this blood with our best mares to produce some of the finest straight Egyptians in the world.
Congratulations to Sarah Burns on the purchase of Shalinay Nile DMF by Pimlico RCA. Shalinay will be shown under saddle for a few years and then will become Sarah's foundation straight Egyptian broodmare. We are confident she will be a success at both performance and motherhood and we are pleased to have Sarah managing her career.
Egyptian Event
Once again Arabest Samir is noticed as he prances into the ring for World Class Stallions! This year he prances out the Reserve Champion 6-9 Stallion and is also placed third on the judge's cards in the Saturday night finals. Tuscan Nasheeta by Geshan is top ten in World Class Mares 6-9. Again Geshan will be listed amongst the leading sires of the Egyptian Event along with our own homebred Pimlico RCA who sired multiple top tens in both colts and fillies and in addition the Reserve Junior Champion Colt Revelations ASA is out of a daughter of Pimlico.
Regionals
Pimlico RCA goes Region 9 Champion guided by young up-and-coming trainer Luis Paniagua!!!
Sonbolidaa DMF foals another gorgeous Akid Geshan filly on the 17th! This one will rival her full sister.
The beautiful Geshan daughter Akiysha Moon DMF (x Zahara Kiyara) makes her show ring debut in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the First Annual Riyadh Show. At thirteen years of age and after seven foals she was the reserve aged mare and also produced the champion yearling colt and Reserve Junior Champion, Sultan Al Mohammadia. Meanwhile at the National Championships in Egypt, Akiysha Moon's exquisite *Al Lahab daughter, FS Lady Moon was top five in the competitive two-year-old filly class. What a mare she has turned out to be!
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!!!
Egyptian Event
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. 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!
Egyptian Event
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!
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 19.5 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!
Sonbolidaa DMF foals super exotic Geshan filly on the 15th! This phenomenal filly is a superstar.
has been a great year for DMF! We have our dream-come-true Egyptian Event Supreme Championship trophy, two exquisite fillies foaled this year 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! We welcome all lovers of the Egyptian Arabian to our farm.
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 some top foals in Europe, Egypt and Saudi Arabia including Hamra Akid, FS Lady Moon and Sultan Al Mohammadia. We are proud to have been her breeder.
Egyptian Event
Pimlico RCA is crowned unanimous Supreme Champion Stallion, unanimous Senior Champion Stallion and unanimous World Class Stallion 6-9!!! Daughters Jade Arabella and The Egyptian Princess garner reserve and top tens! Akid Geshan sons Arabest Samir and Gabriel MCA are both top ten!
Kiyaras Nile Star foals extreme Pimlico filly on the 22nd!
*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 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
Spring Arabian Classic, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington
Asmari Jamila DMF (Thee Desperado x *Bint Bint Jamil) Full sister to Pimlico 1st Place Yearling Filly and Junior Champion Filly at her first show!