Breeding an Egyptian Arabian

A Living Legacy – the horse for you?

Do you seek a kind and willing riding horse for your family…a competitive trail or endurance mount with the legendary stamina of the Arabian…or a versatile show horse to bring home championship trophies?  Or do you dream of a financially rewarding breeding program based on the blood of the world’s finest Arabians?

Whatever your dreams, large or small, to own an Egyptian Arabian is to be part of a living legacy of thousands of years of civilization.  Such a horse fills the eye with timeless beauty: a noble face with dark, soulful eyes; a gracefully arched neck adorned by a mane as fine as silk; limbs delicate, yet strong as iron and a tail like a fountain, carried high with pride.

The Egyptian Arabian has a centuries-old tradition of making dreams come true.  The Pyramid Society, with its world-wide network of members, can assist you in fulfilling your dreams.

Still, any breeder of Egyptian Arabian horses knows the truth of Scherezade’s words of long ago:  "Who seeks success without toil seeks the impossible."

For a new breeder of Arabian horses….as well as for the longtime, experienced breeder…answers to the following questions, posed by noted Arabian horse authority Judith Forbis may suggest one’s readiness to undertake the sometimes daunting challenge of breeding.

Understanding:  Do I understand the breed and its ideal standard; do I know its history before I try to breed it?

Vision: What is the best type of Arabian for me.  That is, what bloodlines, family or strain of horses and what specific “look” within the breed standard do I want to embrace, to set my horses apart from others?

Purpose: Have I developed sufficient purpose and focus to enable me to obtain my goals?

Design:  Am I developing plans to make my purpose effective and to make my vision come true?

Dedication:  Am I prepared to dedicate a significant part of my life to this undertaking?

Patience and Perseverance:  Knowing that success succeeds and never precedes, will I have the qualities of endurance to make me a “stayer” who won't give up under adverse circumstances?

Sacrifice:  Am I willing to make the necessary sacrifices, knowing that they will come knocking at the door, as surely as will golden opportunities?

From Authentic Arabian Bloodstock II (adapted), by Judith Forbis.

Give these questions some thought as you anticipate taking on the role of Arabian breeder.
As Dr. Chess Hudson , longtime breeder and friend of the Egyptian Arabian horse once said:

“This is a long term endeavor, in which time is measured in decades and generations, and progress is measured carefully and with a sharply critical faculty.  The journey is to be savored, patience is to be practiced, and hardship is to be accepted with grace and equanimity.  The rewards and successes, some large and some small, some material and some immaterial, seem, as if by Providence, to be the natural result of serious and passionate devotion to these