Amber’s Baby Boy

Shebas Amber Magic (Magic Elixir x Desperados Sheba by The Minstril) gave birth to a beautiful bay colt this morning at 3:30 a.m.  The sire is Alixir and the colt is EBC nominated, so watch for him at next year’s Egyptian Event.  Congratulations to the owners, Ellie & Larry Crabtree of Bridgewater, VA…he is a…

2012 Egyptian Event Memories

The Purple Gang at Amethyst Acres had a great time at this year’s Event, and we are so very proud of all of our winners!!  Thanks to everyone who joined us in Kentucky and helped us make some wonderful memories…and a BIG thank you to Skip Skipper for taking these wonderful pictures!!  See you in…

Laurie & Jeff’s Lady Bella

Congratulations to Laurie & Jeff Harwood of Annapolis, MD and to their filly Lady Bella on a third place finish in a class of 23 Futurity Fillies!  It was a large and competitive class, but Lady Bella and handler Luis Paniagua had a beautiful show…way to go!!!

Brooke & Bella at the Event!

Congratulations to Brooke Peery of Buchanan, VA on her Top 5 Ribbon in the Adult Amateur to Handle Class with her beautiful mare Bella Asila RCA.  Bella also won a Top 10 Ribbon in the World Class 4 & 5 Year Old Mare Class.  We are so proud of you both!!!

Congratulations Tammy and Shahara!!

The beautiful mare Shaharas Sequel RCA (The Sequel RCA x Bint Shahara by The Minstril)  was the Reserve Champion of the 2012 Egyptian Event World Class 6 & 7 Year Old Mare Class!  Congratulations to her owner Tammy Bittorf of Hancock, MD and to her handler and trainer, Luis Paniagua!!

A colt for Charizma and Pam Harris!

Congratulations to Pam Harris of Galax, VA on the Monday, June 11th birth of this much anticipated colt out of her beautiful Arabian mare Charizma SLG (by Zambizi) and by the stallion PF Phar Lap (by Pro-Fire).  He is a big, handsome boy and Charizma could not be more proud!!

A filly for Vixen and the Morse family!

Congratulations to Rick Morse and family of Waterford, Ohio on the birth of this beautiful filly on June 6th, 2012 to their lovely mare Vixen, a daughter of Olympic Champion Ferro. The filly’s sire is the Dutch Warmblood stallion “Jazz.”  Also, a big thank you to our intern, Rachel Rice, for doing a great job…

Egyptian Event Reserve Champion 2-year old SE Colt

Congratulations to Jacque Battle of Blue Ridge Dream Farm in Montvale, VA on breeding this beautiful colt, Al Haadi BRDF.  He is by Mishaal HP and out of her beautiful mare Hannas Fanci (Alixir x Marah Al Magidaa by Thee Desperado).  And also a big thank you to Luis Paniagua on leading “Steady” to the…

Shaharas Sequel

Egyptian Event Contenders…

Watch for these two beautiful The Sequel RCA daughters at this year’s Egyptian Event, both owned by Amethyst Acres clients and shown by the Arabians Ltd. show team:  Bella Asila RCA owned by Brooke & Kevin Peery and Shaharas Sequel RCA owned by Tammy Bittorf.

Ameerah TCF colt by Thee Desperado

Born Monday, May 21st at 2:20 a.m.   Congratulations to the Ho family of Charlottesville, VA, Michael, Connie, Hannah and Miriam, on the birth of a handsome Thee Desperado colt out of their beautiful Alixir daughter Ameerah.   He will be called “Thee Epic” and boy is he a big, good-looking colt!!