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About Us
Kenelm Arabians is a very finest arabian breeding farm featuring some of the most interesting bloodlines in the world. We are settled in a very beautiful area in France, in northwest part, near the sea side and close to the second most important swamp in France, the Natural Park of Brière full of incredible possibilities for horse riding. We are at 10 minutes of La Baule (large station with direct TGV from Paris) where is the most beautiful european beach (open to horses!) 10 minutes from Guérande, this small medieval city is well known for its salt production and about 40 minutes from the big city of Nantes ( international airport )
The lovely background near our farm! The Atlantic ocean. A real piece of paradise.
Our farm includes 2 barns with 25 large stables and a center of artificial insemination . We are working with a great team of veterinarians for reproduction. We have a lot of pastures with secular trees which give shadows all day long to our horses: they are very happy during the very dry summers .
A vision of the facility
If our environment is great our real pride is our horses. Some of our mares are known worldwide like Shamilah Samsara, the best daughter of the world reserve champion stallion Nadir I, this mare is something to see Anastacia AA bred in USA is also a treasure of the farm . Shamilah Jina Bea whom sire, dam and brother are all world champions! MSA Evening Song multiple champion in USA and full sister of one of the most nationally decorated horses The Millenium, Raves and Roses the only daughter in Europe of the US National Champion in western pleasure Rave VF, Malanje one of the few daughters in Europe of the brazilian phenomenon Borsalino K, she was featured on the cover of the magazine as well as several other members of our outstanding broodmare band.
Anastacia AA one of our foundation mares
Our mares have been collected all around the world from France till USA and Brazil crossing by Belgium , The Netherlands etc... We try to find each time the best of the best and we always take our time and don't hesitate to make a lot of kilometers to find the right individual who will complement nicely our breeding program. We think that breeding is a work of art like painting or photography. Every foal is always something special for us. The birth moment is truly what we prefer in our work bringing so much excitement and joy.
Shamilah Samsara , one of our treasured mare and her 2003 filly by Lumiar Amadeus
Since February 2003 a new member has joined our "family" this is the snow white stallion Sandstorm JC, well known worldwide, a fabulous show winner both in halter and performance, a great sire and the only Fame VF's son standing at stud in France. Sandstorm is definitely a new step in our breeding adventure we are sure he will contribute to our success and in addition he is a fabulous riding horse on trails! Some others young colts will join him soon in our stallions roster.
Sandstorm JC by Fame VF with Bérengère riding I discovered arabians during my childhood through the shows in Paris: the world championships as we were living near this place for years, but my real beginning with arabians was in early 1990's during a travel in Morocco in the beautiful city of Agadir on the Atlantic coast. It was something truly different from all the others horses I had ever ridden in my life, arabians looked simply perfect under saddle and so intelligent! It was great to ride on this large beach among horses, camels, people etc... very typical! We came in Morocco four years in a row and more I knew this country more I loved it and more I was addicted to its horses! I rode arabians in dressage, jumping, cross country and many many many long trail rides during the sunset on the beach, now they are unforgettable memories that will remain in my mind forever! I made long studies, biology and science etc... so at this moment I had not enough time to own a horse but in 1995 we made the ultimate choice with my mother to buy our first equine friends. It was a first of July and I will remember this day for a long time! Our first horses to enter our lives are Altie and Viatka de Henson . "Henson" is a typical french breed created in France at the end of the 70's by a group of passionate horsemen.
Altie de Henson my very first mare But my dream was still the same: to own an arabian! The rest is history but during one day of the year 1998 Loïs (Fiodor by Vatican x Medersa El Masan by Masan) arrived in my life, this small flea bitten grey mare was the beginning of our current adventure!
We moved to the place we are settled in now in 1999 ready to start our "arabian plan". Months of research worldwide led us to several wonderful mares who are now gracing our stables and pastures! After visiting a lot of farms worldwide, seeing an incredible number of arabian events we decided to put all our efforts in a mares research and not in a stallion one, this is still our breeding philosophy and we are very happy with. So we have carefully chosen our girls! We don't bred a specific bloodline , we are essentially working with outcrosses horses. Our fundations mares come from a large panel of families!In our farm you can find russian influence through the Nabeg line that we particularly affectionate with Menes, Balaton, Nadir I, Nariadni, Neman, but also others with Salon , Vatican, Naslednik, Antey etc …. For the polish blood this is the Comet family who really appeals us especially through Pohaniec and his son Probat. But Engano, Figaro, Eleuzis, Arbor, Bask and Monogramm, Aladdinn are also present. Egyptian blood is used as an outside apport searching for more extreme type and refinement this is through Nazeer and his sons Ramses Fayek, Hadban Enzahi, Ansata Ibn Halima (Aswan also in the russian pedigree) Morafic that we have found this complement of beauty and the Shaikh Al Badi family with Ruminaja Ali and his full brother Alidaar. El Hilal, and Nabiel are also in the pedigree of some of our mares. Spanish blood are represented through our El Shaklan related horses but also in Sandstorm JC with *Sidi Brahim.
Crabbet is not to forgot with famous imports Serafix, Indian Magic and mares Rissla, Riffala, Kazra to name just a few. And last but not least "domestic" horses are largely represented in our collection Khemosabi, Ali Jamaal, Bey Shah, Fadjur etc …. If pedigree are important the conformation of the horse and his overall look and expression are from afar more important. Collected pedigree is something very easy but collecting outstanding horses corresponding to these pedigree showing the exact particularity who made their ancestors famous is an hard task! The diversity of bloodlines that we used in the farm allows us to offer a large variety of horses to our clients.We show our horses essentially in halter but being first a rider I try to promote them under saddle with several of my clients, essentially in dressage and western pleasure. All our horses are selected on their kindness and willingness and all our foals are manipulated and impregnated since birth to become your best friend!
An important part of our success is our artificial insemination centre, maintened by Dr François Valon and I. We have used the frozen semen of some of the best stallions in the world and always with a 100% rate of pregancies. In 2002 we used the frozen semen of Psymadré (Padrons Psyche x Tomorrows Dream by Aladdinn) owned by Ventura Farms and of *Lumiar Amadeus (RSD Dark Victory x CA Sabrina by Sabal) owned by North Arabians and in 2003 5 foals sired by these stallions were born at the farm, the very first ones ever bred in Europe. We also use the frozen semen of *Soho Carol (Ali Jamaal x RSD Stdg Ovation by Bey Shah) owned by Judy Perry he is one of the best young sires today in USA and we can't wait to bred his first babies in Europe.
We would not be there with these mares without the help of some people working in the arabian business for years and whom advices and friendship are simply priceless this is why I'd like to thank now all the persons who helped me in the past to start my plans. Of course thanks to all the previous owners of our horses for allowing us to purchase them. A very special thank to my friends, I can't name them all but you are all in my heart and your continual support as well as the endless help of my family is maybe the most important thing in my life, I am lucky to have such a great team around me! Also thanks to Michael Byatt in USA, Scott Allman and Mary Lang in Germany. Thanks to all our clients who purchased a horse from our farm or a breeding or who just shared a moment with us taking the time to enjoy the horses for some hours. Our great pride is to offer a part of dream, the arabian horse is one of the most beautiful and fascinating creature on earth, we are proud to live with them and to try to preserve their fabulous genetic heritage. We hope to see you at the farm very soon, If you like this web site please tell it to Scott Bailey (www.arabhorse.com)! He deserves it! Thanks Scott for your fabulous work and for your patience with us! PHOTO ALBUM : SOME IMAGES OF THE FARM :
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