Desert Rose Ranch Arabians

It is always nice to hear back from satisfied owners who purchase our horses, and we recently received the following comments from Christy Rogers who purchased Dutch last year and moved him to Colorado.

“I meant to mention…Aside from Dutch’s elegance, he truly has an amazing personality.  He is easier to work with than many well-trained horses that I ride.  He has never jumped or flinched at all when he went through so much with his hind leg injury.  You can work with his feet, touch him all over, do just about anything to him and he is just happy to be there.  He’s great to clip, bathe, trailer, stand for the farrier, lunge, etc.  I had him  cross-tied a few weeks ago and got the clippers out to trim his bridle path.  As soon as he heard the clippers, he lowered his head down to my waist level and stood there for me.  I asked my trainer, “Did you work with him to learn that?”, and she said no.  apparently he picked it up on his own.  He knows I cannot reach if he is upright.  I guess that’s a silly story but it seems pretty amazing to me.  I work with seasoned show horses all of the time and quite a few of them are hot and aren’t always the most cooperative, even though they know the routine.  I think that Dutch will be pretty easy to train, based on his attitude and willingness, plus he seems to have a great mind.  He’s just such a great all-around horse!  As far as I’m concerned, he will never be for sale”.

Thanks to  Christy for her kind comments about Dutch and we look forward to hearing progress about his future training.

Our first foal of the year is a filly and was born 26 March 2008 to our Friesian mare Hilde.  The new filly was sired by the Arabian stallion Diadhem who we have used for several of our recent foalings.  DRR Gijs (Dutch) is a full brother to the new filly and is absolutely stunning (view him on our Sold page).  He was a multi champion halter winner as a yearling before moving to Colorado and the new filly gives every indication that she will follow in his footsteps.  The new filly will ultimately be dual registered as a 1/2 Arabian where she is sweepstakes nominated and with the Friesian Sport Horse Society.  We have reserved the name “DRR Desert Rose” for an exceptionally nice filly and are considering using this name for her.  She will be ready for purchase upon weaning. 

Our first foal was born March 2008 and is a gorgeous filly.  Visit our “New Foals” page for more details.

Legendary Horse Whisperer Frank Bell was kind enough to provide the following evaluation of Bob’s recent DVD breeding & foaling project.  Frank is a friend and mentor that Bob has gained much from over the years and his kind remarks are much appreciated.  “Bob Claymier’s long awaited work on breeding, foaling, and foal training is now available.  Several years in the making, Bob’s effort to help horse owners intelligently choose the right parentage, followed by the solid understanding of the foaling process, initial imprinting, and early foal training, has certainly been worth the wait.  This four hour piece is invaluable to anyone choosing to breed horses and will prepare them for the following steps in this amazing process.  Doing it right is the key and Bob has laid it out in this impressive 3 DVD set.  Frank Bell”. 

We here at the Desert Rose Ranch are proud to announce that our 1/2 Arab/Percheron filly DRR Salib Degas (Sal) has been sold to Laura Ryan.  Sal had a productive show season in 2007 thanks to trainer Dana Gardner where she won the Junior Sport Horse Under Saddle class at the East Coast Championships held in Quentin Pa plus qualified for the Sport Horse Nationals.  We look forward to following Sal’s progress in the future and we are pleased that she has found an onward loving home with Laura.

We here at the Desert Rose Ranch are pleased to announce the official launch of our training DVD which is now ready for purchase. This DVD set was well over 1 1/2 year in the making and is entitled “The Complete Guide to Horse Breeding, Foaling & Foal Training” and is published as part of the Whisphering Way Foundation Training Series distributed by the Virginia Natural Horsemanship Training Center. The DVD set contains over 4 hours of information related to all aspects of horse breeding and foaling and was filmed here at our facility with real time events unfolding as one might see them in their own barn. The DVD set may either be purchased here at the Desert Rose Ranch website or through the following link:

Whisphering Way website

\Our two foals had a rude awakening today when they were turned out into our first snowfall of 2007.  DRR Jamil Degas (Jamil) is on the left with his half brother Al-Zauba (Zab) on the right.  Both seem to be enjoying the new experience.

Our second foal of the year was born in June and is shown here during his first turn out.  He has now been named “DRR Jamil Degas”  - Jamil means “handsome” in Arabic which he certainly is turning out to be and Degas is the foundation bloodline of his Percheron dam.  Jamil is now nearly 13.3h at only 5 months and is the tallest Arab cross foal we have had when compared to others at the same age.  As an example, his half brother “Thee Patriot” (Pat) was 13.1h at 5 months but is now over 17h as an adult so we expect that Jamil will have good height when he is grown as well. 

Frank Bell Virginia clinic - April 19 & 20 2008 - Nationally and internationally known horse trainer Frank Bell will return to the area in April 2008 to hold a clinic at the wonderful facility of Diana Graves in Catlett, Va.  Diana is kind enough to host this clinic again which has been a smashing success in past years.  The attached flyer explains the details.  Be sure to register early as slots are filling fast!!!

Al Zauba is our first foal of 2007 and he was born in May.  His dam is Curundu Siiri and she is the dauther of one of the most famous black straight Egyptian Al Khamsa stallions of all time - Bahim Hisan.  Bahim had the most black Arabian foals registered at one time and was the horse used in the Busch beer commercial a few years ago.  This is our second colt from Siiri after she produced four fillies in a row when bred to pinto stallion Black Tie Affair.  Siiri is still a wonderful riding horse and she will now be retired from our breeding program.  Zab will likely be gelded in the spring and then offered for sale shortly thereafter.