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Introduction
Arieana Arabians
is a small but highly selective Arabian Horse breeding program in Southern
California dedicated to preserving the legacy and heritage of the wonderfully versatile
CMK Arabian horses from the breeding programs of
W. R. and Austine Hearst Jr. and Harry and Katherine
Harness.
Our goal is to produce naturally soft-gaited purebred Arabian horses suitable for
riding and specialty work within the Arabian Racing
or Arabian Sport Horse disciplines while still
maintaining the willing temperament and kindly disposition so necessary for family
pleasure use and companionship. Our motto: "A pleasure to own, a pleasure
to ride."
We value our legacy. We breed from Hearst/Harness derived bloodstock when and if
possible and in as high-concentration as practical. We strongly believe these horses
will continue to breed-on with the same desirable qualities, style, and elegance of
the purebred Arabian horse who inspired us to begin this joyous journey when he came
into our lives 22 years ago ~ our cherished gelding Ashan
Adar AHR #103929 (Smoky Rahmoun x Rahmouns Bamboo by Rahmoun)
pictured above.
Foundation Mares
Following the Bedouin tradition of honoring pedigrees by their tail-female descending lines,
we cherish our Hearst-bred Foundation Mares Gleeful Pico and
Haapey Pico with their linebreeding to the desert-bred mare Ghazieh
and her descendants. By carefully selecting stallions to compliment their traits with similarly-derived
Crabbet-Maynesboro-Kellogg bloodlines, along with incorporating where possible the descendants
of horses from Mr. William Randolph Hearst's Importation of
1947 and the breeding program of Harry
and Katherine Harness, the foals of Arieana Arabians
hold promise to breed-on true in their own images and proudly carry forward the honors
and traditions of their Old California/CMK Heritage.
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