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Bluegrass
Arabians
is situated on the tranquil 45 acre property at Healesville,
in the heart of
the picturesque Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia.
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- It is run by the family team - Paul and Norma
Walker and their daughter, Tracey Fry.
- Paul and Norma established the stud
in 1973, when Tracey was just 3.
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- They began with the
Purebred stallion,
- Desert Ed-len
{Dorian Grey x Electrimel},
and the
Purebred mares -
Fidelia
{Shafreyn imp.UK x
Falusuf}, Falene
{Greylight imp.UK x
Falusuf} and
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Romilda
{Sindh imp.UK x
Raki}.
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In 1978, the
fairytale, half Egyptian colt -
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TRISTRAM APPARITION
{Hansan imp.USA x Abelya}
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joined the stud,
as did the bay
purebred filly
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NIHAL PHILLIPA
{Arim x Bint Kyrie},
in 1980.
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In 1988, the exotic bay stallion
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MASH
{Simeon Sanegor exp.USA x Dynasty Jamin}
came to Bluegrass,
then followed the exceptional sire
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DANTEFFA
{BPL Dante imp.USA x Serrefa}
in 1989.
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The imported straight Egyptian colt,
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BORN IN THE
USA
imp.USA
{Prince Ibn Shaikh
x Morsada}
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became part of the family in 1992.
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2000, saw the arrival of
the lovely chestnut stallion
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D'AMORS
SAABI-KHAN
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{SK Shakla Khan imp.USA x
Amira El Saghira FA}.
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And the most recent addition, in
September 2006, is the gorgeous chestnut stallion
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AMADEUS
{Eastwinds Axplosion x Joda Gemal}.
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- "The success of our breeding program, by careful
blending of Egyptian, English, Polish and Spanish bloodlines, has enabled us to breed an
Arabian that is not only typey, but is a good saddle horse, whether being used for competition or for
pleasure".
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The Walker
family's lives totally revolve around horses. Paul, for over 38 years, has been,
and continues to be, a
very successful farrier.
Norma has trained
and shown clients horses, to some of the top awards at Australia's
major
shows. In 1989, after 7
years of training, preparing, showing and giving lessons, Norma decided
to stop and concentrate
on the horses bred by Bluegrass Arabians. Tracey has a
rather large collection of beautiful photographs she has taken. Many of them you
will see right here in our website. And in addition
to all this, the family has started to make angle load floats, under the name
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Paul, Norma and
Tracey have bred and / or owned:
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7 Australian
National Champions
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3 Australian
Reserve National Champions
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4 East Coast
Championships - Champions
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3 East Coast
Championships - Reserve Champions
14 Arabian Classic Supremes
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19 Arabian
Classic Champions
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- "We have shown our Arabians at most of Australia's
major shows and have been judged by some of the best International judges in the
world, with success that any breeder would be proud of !
- Our philosophy is always to keep and open
mind, to work hard for what you believe in and to enjoy to the fullest what you are doing"
