prefix was
derived from my parents home, Anns Villa.
I had been 'horse mad' since a young
child and involved with Arabians since 1975; showing,
racing and later breeding them.
In 1997 Adam and I moved to Heatenthorn Farm, West Sussex
and thanks to Adam I was able to
realise my dream to set up a top class facility with my
own group of Arabians.
The AV Arabians breeding programme is built around Russian
Arabians from the Tersk Stud and Arabians of Egyptian/Spanish
breeding - 'The Golden Cross'.
In 2000 we made our first Russian purchase at the Tersk
Sale, run by Robbie den Hartog at the Kossack
Stud, Holland. We were lucky to be able to purchase the
incomparable, now
famous, 'Dancing Queen', Magdalina, now
the matriarch at AV Arabians.
Since then we have bought
more mares from the Sale, with particular influence from
the 'Horse of the Century,,
Balaton, lines. Grateful thanks to Robbie and his team for
all their help and advice.
All
our Golden Cross horses trace back to the inimitable Estopa
and her illustrious son, El Shaklan, including an El Shaklan
daughter and two Sanadik El Shaklan daughters. My first
visit to Om El Arab was in 2002, for some show training from
Jay Constanti. Since then Sigi, Jay and Janina have become
good friends and we have made several purchases from them
to enhance our breeding programme.
At AV Arabians our aim is to keep our horses happy and
healthy.
All our fields have
post and rail fencing, we have large, airy stables, an
exercise arena, sand school, horse walker and breeding
facilities. For added security we have CCTV and smoke
alarms.
In addition to training and showing our own horses we
can also take one or two show or training liveries
from time to time. Occasionally we have horses available
for purchase.
As well as being fortunate to have involvement with and
passion for the Arabian horse, we are also lucky to have
met many like-minded people from all over the world and
we enjoy making new friends and sharing views on the unique
Arabian Horse.
Visitors are always most welcome by prior arrangement. We are only 20 minutes from Gatwick Airport and 2 hours from Dover..
