Desert Rose Ranch Arabians

We wish to thank Stephanie Harding for purchasing our beloved Percheron mare ” Maggie Degas”.  Maggie has been our gentle giant favorite here at The Desert Rose Ranch and she has produced some beautiful 1/2 Arabian foals for us over the years.  It is always a bit of a sad day when it is time to sell one of our treasured horses, but in this case - Maggie has found a wonderful new home and we have met some new friends in Stephanie and her husband Brent.   Thanks again Stephanie and we hope you have many pleasurable years with Maggie.

DRR Bocephus (Bo) performed in his first dressage test with his new owner Caroline York on 16 November 2008.  We are so proud to see Bo progressing in his training and couldn’t be more pleased that he has found a wonderful home with Caroline.  Our goal regarding all of the foals that we have raised is to see them placed with loving owners who will develop their potential to the fullest extent possible and Bo is certainly fitting in to that category.  We wish both Bo and Caroline much future success and will follow their endeavors with pride. 

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.

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 wish to thank Christie Rodgers of Highlands Ranch, Co for the purchase of our stunningly beautiful colt DRR Gijs (Dutch). Christie indicates that she has an onward show career planned for Dutch and we look forward to following his career in the coming years.

DRR Horses Previously Sold

 DRR Salib Degas (Sal) is a four year old (Apr 03) 1/2 Arab 1/2 Percheron filly has now been sold - check out her new owner on the “Sold” page. She is a shade under 16H, is conformationally correct and has a beautiful flowing trot. She has been raised and trained using natural horsemanship techniques and is very gentle and people friendly. She is currently undergoing saddle training where she is being ridden both in the ring and on trails with the goal of having an extensive show season this year. She is an excellent dressage prospect and would also excell as either a brood mare or trail companion.  

ISABELLA H. (Bell) is a Friesian filly imported from the Netherlands. She has outstanding bloodlines, excellent confirmation and a trot that most Friesians aspire to but do not often attain.  She is registered both with the Dutch FPS and FHANA. 

Al Shara Naji (The Desert Survivor) dark bay straight Egyptian gelding.