Osirion

I really shouldn't have been looking for another horse at the time. I was looking into a new job, and I already had plans to breed Layla in the spring. However, I couldn't resist the urge to shop around for fillies. My latest interest was straight Egyptian Arabian fillies. I was particularly interested in descendants of *Ansata Ibn Halima, a beautiful grey Nazeer son imported from Egypt by Ansata Arabians in 1959.

In my search for fillies nearby I could look at, I found the website of JEVA Farms in Bellevue, Michigan. The breeder had three offspring of a regal young stallion named Omar Saalim. Two of the weanlings were fillies, and one was a handsome young bay-turning-grey colt. While I had been looking for a filly, I fell in love with the picture of the strong young boy. Well, it certainly couldn't hurt to go look at him...

As chance would have it, I had an interview for a job in November in Michigan, not far at all from where the adorable colt lived at JEVA Farms. I decided that I would make a side trip on my way back to Indiana from the interview to meet Liz of JEVA Farms and see the weanlings she had for sale.

Osirion was about 8 months old and fluffing up for winter when I met him. He was playing in the fall mud with his two younger sisters, Princess Val Shaba and Princess Nile Moon.

Osirion was a very sweet but rather shy boy. His sister Val (with the blaze behind him in the first pic) was a little bit bolder. Lily was full of funny antics.

I returned to Indiana, but Osirion never left my mind. I was determined to buy him, somehow. He had such beautiful structure, movement, and temperament. He was bred to the hilt as well, with a very deep pedigree. He was the whole package!

I moved to Michigan for the new job in January and kept in contact with Liz. The time came when the snow melted, and I could talk to my roommate about bringing home the colt I really wanted. In March, I visited Liz and the babies again with my friend Nicole from work. Liz sweetened the deal by throwing in a breeding to her stallion Sabbataz JA for Layla, since I planned to breed her anyways. We had a deal! I purchased Osirion, paid for a month of board for him, and brought home his papers to transfer into my name.

So Layla had a date with Taz, and I was going to pick up Osirion when I dropped Layla off to be bred.

to be continued...

Here I am again!

I know it's been ages and ages since I last posted. This will just be a brief post explaining some of the major changes that have occurred in the nearly two years that have lapsed...

• March 2012 - I bought my first straight Egyptian Arabian colt, Osirion (as a yearling)

• April 2012 - I took my big black mare Layla to be bred to the straight Egyptian stallion Sabbataz JA

• May 2012 - I bought a little grey 3 year old Arab filly, MSU Dreams Aswirl AM (Sonia)

• June 2012 - I attended the Egyptian Event for the first time in Lexington, KY. I also rehomed Jazzy, my grade QH mare

• August 2012 - Start of training/first ride on Sonia

• October 2012 - Took on the mare Daughter of the Sands (Isis) as a training & rehoming prospect

• April 2013 - My beautiful boy NUHA Star Bennu (Jaws) was born to Layla

• July 2013 - Took Sonia to Pennsylvania to be bred to the very handsome Trueblue Goldmine+++//. I also put a saddle on my colt Osirion for the first time!

• September 2013 - Sonia confirmed in foal for an August 2014 baby. I drove out there to pick her up and met some more wonderful people.

• October 2013 - Moved the horses and myself to a new location. 
• Nocember 2013 - Isis was euthanized.
• January 2014 - My poor little Kit Kit passed away. We have been buried in snow and I'm so ready to be done with Michigan!!!

So, that's a quick summary, clearly glossing over a lot of major details. I hope to be able to fill in some of those details in the future.