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…
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…
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.
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!!
What a fun day we had on we had on May 19th in Bridgewater, VA with Todd & Teresa Butcher and Bluestone Vineyards! Beautiful horses and award winning wines!! A special thanks to everyone who helped Todd and Teresa create such a magical atmosphere and to all the folks who attended…it was a fun day!!
Despite a rainy evening, everyone had a wonderful time…especially young Beckett, shown here feeding 3-week old Desperados Hala her evening bottle! Special thanks to our sponsors: Bank of Fincastle, Southern States and Spectrum Design and also thanks to DJ’s BBQ and Virginia Mountain Vineyards!
Born 5-11-12 @ 5:30 p.m. Congratulations to Bill & Yvonne Chenoweth of Brantford,Ontario, Canada on the birth of a beautiful filly to their lovely mare True Aura by True Colours. This is Aura’s second foal and she is a terrific mom!
World famous photographer Suzanne Sturgill and her assistant Cookie visited Amethyst Acres in early May to shoot photos of Straight Egyptian Arabians for our clients. We had a great time and Suzanne and Cookie got some fabulous shots…here are some of the beautiful photos…
Born 4-18-2012 at 9:00 p.m. Another gorgeous Thee Desperado filly…this time for the Peery family…Brooke, Kevin, Kendra and Colleen! Kendra has named her Desperado’s Destiny which is an excellent name! Congratulations guys!!
Born 4-17-12 at 3:00 a.m. Congratulations to Skip & Jean Skipper of Callaway, VA on the birth of this beautiful filly to their lovely Mishaal daughter Shahsria Moon…or Sha Sha as she is better known! Finally…after two colts in a row, a FILLY!!!