Desert Rose Ranch Arabians

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. 

Our good friends Fran & Joe Dragone assisted us in picking our first official vineyard crop.  It was an arduous task taking several hours and we greatly appreciate their efforts.  We then took the grapes to Rappahannock Vineyards for processing and enjoyed a well deserved lunch and rest while watching the grapes being pressed.  Fran & Joe have even volunteered to come back again next year where we hope to have a larger crop and a “few” more pickers involved.

We are offering our 1/2 Arabian/Percheron gelding “DRR Jamil Degas” for sale.  Jamil is currently 16 months old and already 15h and gives every indication that he will be in excess of of 16h when fully mature - he does have a half brother who is circa 17h.  Jamil is registered with the Arabian Horse Association where he is sweepstakes nominated.  He is a very sweet, gentle and people oriented young horse and has the potential of excelling in varied events such as dressage or fox hunting. 

DRR Calys (Callie) is a very feminine beautiful filly who has incredible bloodlines on both sides which gives an indication of her capabilities.  Her dam is a pure bred Arabian and her sire a 7/8th’s Arabian Pinto which makes her 15/16’s Arabian and 1/16 Pinto.  She is dual registered with the Arabian and Pinto Horse Associations which allows her to be shown in both circuits.  Her sire is the incredible “TS Black Tie Affair” who is a 22 time Pinto World and Reserve World Champion in all events and Pinto Open Supreme Champion with 30 ROM and ROE awards plus 3800+ show points.  Her grand sire is the legendary black straight Egyptian Al Khamsa stallion “Bahim Hisan” who was chosen as the Busch beer representative stallion and was winning halter championships well into his late 20’s.  Her full sister “DRR Formal Affair” recently won a grand championship in H/A Sport Horse Mares in Hand plus is showing incredible reining potential which indicates the versatility of her lineage.  Callie has developed into a very gentle trail horse suitable for the inexperienced rider but also has the looks, conformation and willingness to be an outstanding show horse should a new owner wish to take her in that direction.  She is currently 14.2h with a history that her siblings continue to mature and grow at least through age six.  She has three full sisters who are 50/50 pattern black & white Tobiano Arabian Pinto’s which indicates she has the ability to throw color if bred for that purpose.  If bred to a purebred Arabian, her off spring would be eligible to registered as a Pintabian. 

We are offering our beautiful black and white 50/50 pattern tobiano filly “DRR Clandestine Affair (Tine)” for sale.  Tine has incredible bloodlines on both sides of her lineage which includes TS Black Tie Affair as her sire and the legendary Bahim Hisan as her grand sire on the dam side.  Black Tie is a 22 time Pinto World and Reserve World Champion in all events and Pinto Open Supreme Champion with 30 ROM and ROE awards plus 3800+ show points.  Bahim was perhaps the most famous black straight Egyptian Al Khamsa stallion of all time and was winning halter championships well into his late 20’s.  Tine is dual registered with AHA and PHA which allows her to be shown in both circuits.  Her full sister “DRR Formal Affair” recently won a grand championship in H/A Sport Horse Mares in Hand plus is showing incredible reining potential which indicates the versatility of her lineage.  Aside from being conformationally correct, Tine is a sweet, gentle, people oriented filly which attests to the imprinting and daily handling that she has had since birth.

The Desert Rose Ranch held a client appreciation day on 21 September 2008.  We were fortunate to have beautiful weather for the event and welcomed some 100 guests from near and far.  We roasted a lamb, goat and deer plus were entertained by the wonderful sounds of “From the Heart” band.  Our thanks to all of those who chose to honor us with their presence.

DRR Desert Rose is our 1/2 Arab/Friesian, sweepstakes nominated and sired by the incredible black stallion Diadhem.  This is without doubt one of the nicest foals we have ever had in our program, and sure to be a sport horse champion in the future. A video clip of Rose in training is available for viewing here.  DRR Desert Rose

We are offering our two fillies that were born this year for sale.  DRR Desert Rose is our 1/2 Arab/Friesian and DRR 44 Degas our 1/2 Arab/Percheron.  Both are sweepstakes nominated and sired by the incredible black stallion Diadhem.  These are without doubt two of the nicest foals we have ever had in our program and both are sure to be sport horse champions in the future.  Please contact us for further information. 

Our Percheron mare Maggie provided us with our second filly of the year and she has made quite a hit already.  We will be naming her “DRR 44 Degas” which is a mouthful but she was born this June very close to our 44th wedding anniversary.  She is likely the nicest half Arab foal that Maggie has ever produced which is saying something given the gorgeous babies she has had in the past.  She likely will also be the end of an era as we are determining whether to continue our breeding program beyond this baby.  If so, she has put an exclamation point on one of the most interesting times in our lives.

Our two year old colt - Al Rakkad (Rokki) is really starting to come into his own and trying to convince us that he is stallion material which only time will tell.  We really like his temperment and gentle attiitude which - coupled with his gorgeous looks - is leaning us in the direction of retaining him as a breeding stallion.