Bellagio RCA

Alixir x Rhapsody In Black

2003 Black Stallion

Egyptian Event Egyptian Breeders Challenge Champion & Junior Champion Colt
Scottsdale Top Ten Colt

Appearing as if of myth and legend, the young rare ebony stallion Bellagio RCA never disappoints spectators of any age. A son of Alixir, he is a wonderful example of the sporty nature of his foals, and just like his father, loves to play with a Jolly Ball. Bellagio is just beginning his breeding career as Arabians Ltd.’s junior stallion in residence, though you’d never know he’s only four by the way he carries himself.He embodies Walter Farley’s fabled Black Stallion and has made the books come true for children visiting as part of the childhood reading program The Black Stallion Literacy Project.

As a yearling, Bellagio won the extremely competitive Egyptian Breeders’ Challenge at the Egyptian Event. Bellagio’s win in that class began a sweep of this class that lasted for 3 years, featuring 3 full siblings, and winning $45,000 for their breeders. The very next year, Bellagio was crowned unanimous Junior Champion Colt as a two-year-old! In Scottsdale, he came in 3rd in a class of 30 in open Arabian competition.

Since his birth, his mother Rhapsody in Black (left), an exotic black Thee Desperado daughter, has never been bred to any other stallion, so thrilled were Jim and Judy with the offspring of the cross. Bellagio’s grandmother, Aliashahm RA, also a black mare, was thought to be the outcome of a mixed-up breeding because both of her parents were grey. The DNA tests proved that this unusual occurrence was no accident, and Aliashahm, one of Judy’s most treasured mares, began a legacy which is now epitomized in Bellagio. His first foals were born in 2007, after much anticipation, as Bellagio had been in the show and stallion barn since he was weaned. These babies are lovely, and they all are stretchy, stylish, and have tiny ears! We love their expressive faces and their sweet dispositions, too.

Bellagio’s first foal:

Rock Creek Senari 

2007 Bay Gelding
Bellagio RCA x Bint Aliashahm

2007 Cowtown Classic Reserve Grand Champion Gelding

Mares expecting 2008 foals by Bellagio:

LF Starzafire

Thee Desperado x Princess Tammen

Owned by HRH Prince Abdulla bin Fahad al Saud, Saudi Arabia

Breeding information:

For information on breeding to this classically beautiful black stallion, watching him play with his ball, or seeing his very first babies, please contact us!