Arabians Ltd. is thrilled to announce its official 2008 Egyptian Event Show String, along with the full schedule for the week! See all the details to find out how to spend your week with us! All are welcome!

Judy and Jim Sirbasku and Arabians Ltd. are thrilled to announce that their world-famous herd sire Thee Desperado is being immortalized as a Breyer model horse! Thee Desperado will be the FIRST and ONLY Egyptian Arabian ever chosen to become a Breyer model.

Judy and Jim believe this is an honor befitting the horse and his innumerable accolades both as a show horse and as a sire, including the unprecedented accomplishment of being crowned Leading Sire for 11 Years and counting at the Egyptian Event.

Photo credits: Randi Clark.

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We’re happy to announce the sale of 3 fillies from our breeding program to Ahmed Sobhy Ali & Ahmad Saleh Nour of Nour El Sabah Stud in Egypt!

Left: Mishaal HP, sire of 2 of the fillies purchased.

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Full brothers Bellagio RCA and Mirajh RCA are the poster boys for the 2008 Egyptian Event! A photo of the two stallions are featured on the Pyramid Society’s homepage and in print ads for the 2008 Egyptian Event! Bellagio and Mirajh both won championships at the 2005 Egyptian Event, shortly before Mirajh left for his new home in Egypt.

At the Lone Star Classic in early April, Arabians Ltd. showed 2 horses and brought home 2 championships! Arabians Ltd. junior sire The Sequel RCA (Thee Desperado x La Marsala) was Champion Stallion, and 2-year-old filly KBF Starlight (left) (Thee Desperado x MC Alexsis) earned a Champion Mare ribbon for owner Carolyn Busch. Starlight will show at the Egyptian Event this year, and Sequel is welcoming some gorgeous babies this foaling season!

April 5-6th, Arabians Ltd. hosted its semi-annual client-only seminar, and this one was its biggest ever! We welcomed over 120 clients from all over the country for a weekend filled with experts sharing knowledge and, as always, a huge celebration of the Egyptian Arabian horse.

Left: Owners Jim and Judy Sirbasku with Dash Crofts and Thee Desperado.

This weekend, we had 2 additional reasons to celebrate. First, exactly 19 years ago on April 5th, Thee Desperado was born! As he was presented in his beautiful Egyptian Event 11 Year Leading Sire blanket, a hush fell over the crowd, followed by cheers. With a birthday celebration fit for a king, Desperado “met” his Breyer horse likeness, enjoyed a carrot cake, and was serenaded with an acapella, folky rendition of “Happy Birthday” by the famous Dash Crofts, who owns one of his daughters with his wife Louise.
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The Arabians Ltd. staff are proud to announce a collaboration with The Pyramid Society. In conjunction with its 2nd annual Breeders Symposium, to be held at the site of the former Bentwood Farm in September, Arabians Ltd. will host a closing lunch for all attendees at its farm, just down the road from Highlander Ranch, the site of the Symposium.

As Lifetime Members of The Pyramid Society, Arabians Ltd. owners Judy and Jim Sirbasku have long been supporters of its mission and values. Judy and Jim are celebrating 30 years as breeders of Egyptian Arabian horses in 2008 and credit The Pyramid Society for bringing together a group of like-minded people to share ideas and celebrate together every June.

At the 2008 Scottsdale All-Arabian Horse Show, a Thee Infidel son was the highest placing Egyptian Arabian at the show! Thee Kaffir AA (Thee Infidel x AK Pasha Sharoufa) placed in the ribbons in performance classes all over the show.

His ribbons included:

• 3rd place Jumpers
• 4th place Sport Horse In-Hand ATH and Work Hunter
• 5th place: Sport Horse Undersaddle Stallions
• 6th Place: Work Hunter, Hunt Hack, Sport Horse In-Hand Open, Work Hunter Under Saddle

Thee Kaffir AA is owned by Patricia and Harley Delano of Ariala Arabians.

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At the 2008 Cowtown Classic show in Ft. Worth, TX, Arabians Ltd. proved that their current show string is formidable!

Arabians Ltd.’s magnificent grey sire, Mishaal HP, the 2007 Egyptian Event Reserve Senior Champion Stallion, was awarded the Champion Stallion title of the Cowtown Classic, and was led to his victory by Head Trainer Luis Paniagua.

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We’re honored to announce that Modern Arabian Horse magazine has selected Arabians Ltd. and owners Jim and Judy Sirbasku as one of the top 100 most significant contributions to the Arabian breed over the last 100 years. Modern Arabian Horse is the official publication of the Arabian Horse Association, the U.S.’ official breed registry for Arabian horses. Featured as #75 on an illustrious list of the last century’s most important events, breeders, and innovations of the breed, Jim and Judy Sirbasku are prominently featured on pages 144-145 of the magazine. It is a great honor befitting the Sirbaskus to be recognized by the breed association for Arabians Ltd.’s long-standing commitment to making horse ownership a viable business, to client services, to education, and to breeding an unprecedented number of champion Egyptian Arabian horses.

Magazine feature photo: Jim and Judy Sirbasku stand with Bobby Boggs and Thee Desperado after his US National Reserve Champion victory.