El Capitan Ranch

March 2008 $7.50

Welcome to El Capitan Ranch

In a glorious cove that the sun so gently caresses

harmony. “We have many kinds of wildlife here

with its soft, filtered streams of light, sits an oasis that

… hawks, falcons, mountain lions, deer, bobcats.

feels like a cross between Heaven and Hawaii ... It is

Everyone just leaves each other alone; however, we

called El Capitan Ranch. The peaceful atmosphere

had a couple curious coyotes join us in the foaling

literally overtakes anyone or any creature that resides

barn early this season. We had to let them know they

here. Horses, humans and wildlife all live here in

weren’t welcome,” laughs Barn Manager Allison Glick.

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As the weather blows in and out of the Pacific

flowers. Lavender fields are beginning to take

Coastline, El Capitan Ranch has a gorgeous arid

form all over the Ranch, as this is one of Mindy’s

and tropical climate intermixed and ever changing,

favorite scents. Speaking of scents, one is personally

with billowing soft clouds and starlight that looks

overwhelmed with what smells like tropical flowers

like bowls of licorice and diamonds. But, one

near the ocean. Jon takes to the earthy smell of sage

thing remains … beauty, peace, serenity, and that

and wild anise on the bluff above the ocean, and

inexplicable soft light. Mindy can often be caught

welcomes the reprieve from Hollywood to be the

saying that she feels like she is living inside one of

chief landscape architect of the 3,000-acre paradise.

Monet’s garden paintings. The view of beautiful

“My wife loves Europe so I have created her own

horses surrounded by the impressive gardens would

European-style farm here, complete with stonewalls

make anyone feel as though they were living in a

handmade by craftsmen and thousands of olive

masterful artwork.

trees planted to blend naturally into the California

Upon taking a journey by horseback or fourwheeler around the Ranch, you will pass by some

landscape. You could be in Tuscany or France.”

El Capitan, one of the largest private beachfront

of the Ranch’s 15 casitas charmingly surrounded by

properties between Mexico and San Francisco, has

handcrafted stonewalls.

been a welcoming refuge for centuries. It stretches

Wisteria vines climb up the overhang outside the

from the Santa Ynez Mountains in the east, to the

foaling stalls, and hummingbirds are everywhere,

Pacific Ocean in the west. All along the seashore,

plump with the nectar of multitudes of colorful

ranch property slopes downward, gradually

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becoming beachfront, then blurring and vanishing

oblivious to mankind’s legal, and sometimes

into the blue water. From vantage points along the

illegal, maneuverings. For a while, bandits and

hills above, you can watch and listen as ocean waves

highwaymen overran the region. Tales of legendary

break gently—or roughly, when it storms—on the

outlaw Joaquin Murietta spread as he swept through

shore. As you breathe in the tangy, salty air, you

the area, robbing fearful settlers and cutting

can almost imagine El Capitan’s ancient grandeur

their throats. Edward Pico, who grew up on the

surrounding you … seeping into your very soul.

neighboring Ronald Reagan Ranch, recalls once

Jon Peters and his wife, Mindy, are El Capitan’s current owners, but those 3,000 acres have been there since the dim mists of long ago. Claims of

digging up six silver dollars and a skeleton from the period, all buried under an old oak tree.

Title next passed to a series of families whose

ownership have been disputed since well before the

names resonate throughout California lore: early

first Europeans landed on North America’s shores.

Santa Barbara County settlers A.W. Buell, Juan

The King of Spain became the property’s owner in

Camarillo and Bruno Orella. Upon Orella’s death in

1769. This came about during Spanish occupation,

1901, the land went to his survivors. During both

by designating the property a land grant, under

world wars, the United States government leased El

the laws of the Indies. El Capitan’s ownership next

Capitan to station its troops. The property was next

transferred to the Republic of Mexico in April 1822.

used for agriculture, and later acquired by a major

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oil company in its exploration and drilling for gas and oil.

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Life at El Capitan Ranch

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The Black Stallion Another kind of show business, similarly fanciful and romantic, and every bit as compelling, has long captivated these two people’s hearts. Because Mindy and Jon each embrace life fully, with passion and profound commitment, the breeding, exhibiting and enjoyment of Arabian horses is a natural avocation for both. Jon Peters bought his first Arabian, a black Half-Arabian gelding, in 1990. Since then, his interest in horses, and in Arabian horses particularly, has only grown. Mindy Peters is a third-generation horsewoman ... and not just any horses. She is an Iowa farm girl who grew into the beautiful, poised, successful businesswoman and former model she is today. Arabian horses have played an important role in her life, too.

It all started with her grandfather, Ed Brinkert, a highly-regarded Arabian horse

ATA Bey Starr (ATA Echo Bey x Kirscha, by *Fawor)

breeder whose breeding program produced many champions.

The Arabian horse has a rich, colorful history all its own. Through millennia of careful selection by increasingly knowledgeable breeders, he became an ancestor of every light horse breed on earth. The Arabian’s luminous, silky coat, his luxuriant, flowing mane and tail, and gracefully arched neck, tapering to a delicate, finely chiseled face, will forever distinguish the Arabian from the commonplace. His huge, liquid brown eyes truly are the windows to his soul.

“When you look into an Arabian’s eyes, there is something very wise in there, looking back at you,” offers Mindy. “My grandfather always loved a beautiful horse.

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honored bloodlines of two stallions, Ferzon and Azraff, as the foundation of his Arabian horse breeding program. Grandfather developed his Arabian herd very carefully, with its anchors, Ferzon and Azraff. He was a knowledgeable stockman, blending the blood of other famous mares and stallions, to produce champion after champion. It is my aunt, Shelley Brinkert Hjelm, who has continued our family’s breeding program, and has nurtured in me an enduring love for Arabian horses.”

Jon Peters has owned Arabians, but never gave much thought to breeding or raising foals. Then Mindy came into his life, and all that changed. In 2004, Jon and Mindy Peters acquired their first black stallion, ATA Bey Starr (ATA Echo Bey x Kirscha, by *Fawor), a 2001 and 2003 U.S. and Canadian National Top Ten Stallion, the sire of national, regional and Scottsdale winners in both halter and performance. Mindy describes how his

ATA Bey Starr

purchase came about.

“When Jon and I met, I was so happy to learn that he not only loved horses, but that Arabians were at the top of his list,” she explains. “At a show at Ventura Farms in 2005, as we were walking up to the barn, Jon brushed right past me, and went up to look at a magnificent black stallion who was putting on a show in an outdoor arena. That stallion was ATA Bey Starr. Jon is a star maker with an eye for greatness, and at first look, he saw definite star quality in that beautiful black horse.”

For years, Peters had dreamed of writing a screenplay about the adventures of a wonderful black Arabian stallion, and the young girl who befriended him. Mindy and Jon’s daughter, Kendyl, would be his inspiration for the girl in the story. In ATA Bey Starr, the couple believed they had found their black stallion.

Bey Starr soon became part of the family as his intelligence,

Ferrer

pride and beauty were unmistakable. “We spent time enjoying his gentle nature like when our daughter fed him carrots in the stall and kissed his soft nose. He had a commanding presence as he surveyed the property, a property that he believed was his rightful domain,” remembers Mindy.

Tragically, on New Year’s Day of 2007, they were called and informed that ATA Bey Starr had been exercising and had broken his leg. Devastated for him, the family immediately decided to send him to Alamo Pintado, the most prominent equine hospital in California. There was no question in Jon’s mind about bringing Bey Starr back to health. Little did the Peters family know that it would take two years and the best possible medical attention—surgery and rehab included. Yet, with all their efforts, the dream of him starring in their movie was lost. ATA Bey Starr would never run sound again.

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Every groom, rehab person, and vet loved Bey

It was this very year at Scottsdale, after Jon and

Starr. “‘This is the smartest horse I’ve ever worked’

Mindy had just arrived at the show for the morning

was the mantra I heard over and over,” Mindy

classes, when Travis Rice said, “I have something

recalls. Bey Starr cleverly learned how to un-

to show you after this morning’s classes.” Mindy

bandage himself from day one and wait patiently

recounts how they sat through the morning classes

just to be re-bandaged. Truthfully, all who worked

with excitement in the air as the new string of

with him knew he was bored in the stall and just

Arabian champion prospects came through the arena

wanted the attention. Mindy recounts how Bey Starr

gate. At the end of the morning, Travis whisked

would stand very sweetly and bend his head down

them away to the beautifully decorated barns at

to watch the bandages go up his legs, and then

Cedar Ridge. With Kendyl in the backseat of their

carefully and painstakingly for hours peel them off

cart, Jon and Mindy drove toward the barns. As they

so as not to hurt himself.

stepped out of the cart, Mindy’s heart filled with

The Peters family had solidly set their dream aside

anticipation even though she had no idea what she

for Bey Starr to be in a movie, and were just happy

was there for. And, then he appeared, in the middle

to have him as a beautiful sire, since he already

of the barn, Ferrer, standing there in all his regal

had Scottsdale, Regional and National winning

glory and presence. Mindy remembers looking over

babies. Little did they know what was in store

at Kendyl, who was looking up admiringly at Jon,

for them in 2008.

and knowing they had found their black stallion.

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Ferrer

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Om El Beshaan

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Morafic Zebeda El Shaklan Tabal Estopa Uyaima Hadban Enzahi Nazeer Kamla Mohena Tunante Morisca V Fabiola White Lightning Burkan Latawica Carmargue Bey Shadow Velvet Shadow Nasim Congo Tabal Hilandera Estopa Barquillo Uyaima Imelina c Shaker El Masri Morafi Zebeda El Shaklan Tabal Estopa Uyaima Hadban Enzahi Nazeer Kamla Mohena Tunante Morisca V Fabiola Shaker El Masri El Shaklan Estopa Sharem El Sheikh Gharib Samanna Scharaya Congo Tabal Hilandera Estopa Barquillo Uyaima Imelina Shaker El Masri

Sanadik El Shaklan

Om El Shahmaan

Om El Shaina

Om El Beshaan AHR*610150 Grey 2004

Sanadik El Shaklan

Om El Benedict

Om El Beneera

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Moon Of Jullyen V

Ruminaja Ali

*Ali Jamaal Heritage Memory Jullyen El Jamaal Ludjin El Jamaal Jullye El Ludjin *NV Justa Dream Moon Of Jullyen V AHR*602263 Grey 2003 Huckleberry Bey++ Bravado Bey V Bachista V Misti V Sanadik El Shaklan Magdalena V Marigold V Arabian Horse Times • March 2008

Shaikh Al Badi Bint Magidaa El Magato Heritage Labelle *Ali Jamaal *Lydira El Shaklan Bey Shah+ Mi Favorite Toi Bay El Bey++ Taffona Ariston *Bachantka El Shaklan Mohena Bay El Bey++ Moska

*Morafic *Bint Maisa El Saghira *Khofo *Magidaa El Gato Marharetta Fadi La Donna Ruminaja Ali Heritage Memory El Shaklan Lydia Bay El Bey Star Of Ofir Toi Soldier Nabielette Bay-Abi *Naganka Raffon Waneta *Bask *Amfibia Wielki Szlem Balalajka Shaker El Masri Estopa Hadban Enzahi Morisca V Bay-Abi *Naganka Khemosabi Baychatka El Capitan Ranch 15

Kendyl and Mindy Peters with Belle Song HVP. “One of my prize possessions is the mare Belle Song HVP (Magnum Psyche x Padrons Love Song),” says Mindy Peters.

“Having spent the first six years of her life as a show horse (first being born in Brazil and then being imported into the United States as a yearling), she traveled internationally and was crowned Scottsdale Champion, Brazilian National Champion and Regional Champion. There is a ‘wiseness’ about her that I have not seen in any of my other horses, and I am sure that stems from all that she has seen and done. She is our queen and now can enjoy her reign of relaxation and motherhood.”

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Fantastica HVP

JRH Psychic Lady

Belle Song HVP

*Padron Padrons Psyche Kilika Enzo

U N I T E D S TAT E S N AT I O N A L R E S E RV E C H A M P I O N S E N I O R S TA L L I O N

Ferrer

Bey Shah+ RD Bey Shahmpane

Bey Shahdar

*Aladdinn *Laddin BA

AH Moonlytnroses Regal Fada JP

*Bay Fayek Firesong JP Nominated Sire: AHA Breeders Sweepstakes

*Shareekha

Patron Odessa *Tamerlan *Kilifa Bay El Bey++ Star Of Ofir Bey Shah+ Bold Darling Nureddin Lalage Negatraz *Zdrada *Ramses Fayek AK Shalia *El Mareekh Kamars Shakira

Aswan Podruga Bright Wings Serinda Arax Trapecia Kilimandscharo Kapelka Bay-Abi *Naganka *Bask Llana Bay El Bey Star Of Ofir *Dar Bold Nizba Witraz Norma Gerwazy Lafirynda *Bask *Negotka El Paso Zlota Iwa Nazeer Fayza II *Ak Shahm *Ak Dalia Aseel Rawayeh Shaikh Al Badi Raz Daune

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The Good Works

film A Star is Born, starring Streisand. The film yielded more than $100 million at the box office, and earned four Oscar nominations, including an Oscar win for the song Evergreen. Peters went on to produce a string of best-selling albums for Streisand. He also produced some unforgettable

Mindy and Jon Peters rescued the old ranch. In

movies whose appeal was immediate and

many ways, the couple’s story is as remarkable as

universal. Cinema fans of all ages will never forget

El Capitan’s. Their relationship seems exquisitely

The Main Event, Caddyshack, Missing, Flashdance, The

fitting, even providential. Jon Peters, today

Color Purple, Witches of Eastwick, Gorillas in the Mist,

something of a Hollywood legend, is a California

Rain Man, Batman, and Batman Returns. His instincts

native. Peters made his film debut in the most

for success never faltered. Peters bought several

memorable scene from Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956

television hits–The Gong Show, The Dating Game and

classic film, The Ten Commandments. He was the

The Newlywed Game firmly established his role on

small boy on the donkey, fleeing from Egypt

the small screen. In all, he produced more than

through the parted Red Sea. Peters grew into a

600 hours of memorable television.

hard case, movie-land kid who spent his formative

His talent for identifying projects with great

years in reform school. He entered the family’s

potential and appeal continued seamlessly.

hairdressing business at age 14. This proved to be

Clearly, Jon Peters knew what the public wanted

a perfect showcase for the young man’s intuitive,

to see. He turned his prodigious instincts to

astonishing genius for marketing and promotion.

another challenge. What kind of music did people

He built a huge celebrity following at Jon Peters

want to hear? His keen grasp of this area of show

Salon, a trendy shop opportunely nestled on

business was startling to some, but no surprise

Beverly Hills’ famous Rodeo Drive. One of the

to the people closest to him. By following his

world’s most exclusive, expensive shopping

instincts, his own good taste, and his gift for

areas, Rodeo Drive’s three-block, high-end retail

reading the public, he became a force in the music

cornucopia is irresistible to tourists, film, television

industry. He produced stunning hits for artists

and sports luminaries from all over the world.

Lionel Ritchie, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, the

The unique attraction the salon held for the rich

Village People, the Bee Gees, Prince and KISS.

and famous made it an obvious subject for a feature

Peters and his partner next won a

film. Actor Warren Beatty portrayed Jon Peters in

multi-million dollar, seven-year Warner Brothers

Shampoo, the movie. The 1975 film was a box-office

contract ... but Sony Corporation was anxious to

success, but it never quite captured Peters’ real-life

have that kind of effectiveness at the helm of their

intensity, nor his meteoric rise in show business.

film empire. They wooed Peters and his business

In 1974, Peters fell in love with a client: singer

partner away with a $3.5 billion-dollar deal, in

Barbra Streisand. As manager of her early film and

which the two would assume chief executive

music career, he produced a 1976 remake of the

posts. Jon Peters, that kid on the donkey in The

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Ten Commandments, became chairman of Sony Pictures!

To date, he has garnered more than 255 award nominations, and has won multiple Oscars, Golden Globes, and Grammy awards.

His marketing and financial astuteness have brought him to the pinnacle of success. Jon Peters is one of the top 10 highest-grossing producers in Hollywood history. This achievement, impressive by any standards, has earned him what may well be Hollywood’s ultimate honor: Last year, he was immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Appropriately, his star is directly in front of the Chinese Theatre’s box office.

Peters has extended his winning touch to his personal life, as well. At a point in life when he might have retired, fortune smiled on him once more. Jon Peters, friend of stars and producer of blockbuster movies, music and television, fell in love with real estate developer Mindy Williamson, and she with him. They married, and together, they formed Peters Entertainment. From this entity they

Jon and Mindy Peters at a function in support of the Christopher Reeve Foundation.

have produced such major films as Money Train, My Fellow Americans, Rosewood, Wild Wild West,

champion basketball player while a student at

Ali and Superman Returns. Peters Entertainment

Hartley-Melvin High, and served as a page in

films’ combined gross receipts presently exceed

the State House of Representatives. Her hard

$8 billion worldwide, and will continue to

work, on and off the basketball court, earned

soar, with two Superman sequels and a remake

her a scholarship to Iowa State University. The

of A Star is Born currently in the works.

next chapter in her life took her to California,

Friends speculate that Jon and Mindy’s

and a successful real estate career. These days,

success at every challenge they undertake is a

Mindy takes great pleasure in the rewarding

product of their boundless energy, their love

task of overseeing El Capitan’s equine activities.

of life, and their sense of social responsibility.

Fine Arabian horses are not the only things

Both are extensions of their sizzling, can-do

raised on El Capitan’s picturesque acreage.

personalities. For example, Mindy became a

Hope is another. Far inland from the seashore,

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crops and organically-raised cattle are grown to

The Heartfelt Foundation, the Sheriff’s Youth

help fulfill the organization Urban Farming’s annual

Foundation, and Father Greg Boyle’s Homeboy

commitment to feed more than 100,000 of America’s

Industries. These projects’ inclusion underscores the

most deeply marginalized people: the homeless

wide variety of youth advocacy projects that fall

and the hungry. Vegetables raised at the ranch are

within the Peters Family Foundation’s loving embrace.

also served at the chuck wagon dinners the Peters

Mindy and Jon recently accepted a humanitarian

Family Foundation hosts for various youth groups.

award for generosity from an old friend, California

Other charities and nonprofit organizations the

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, but both really

Peters family helps support include: the Cambodian

prefer to do their good works quietly, and to work

Children’s Fund, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater

on projects that appeal to their hearts. They have

Santa Barbara, Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation,

a single criterion for charity groups and youth who

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca present Mindy and Jon Peters with the Sheriff’s Youth Foundation Award.

Jon and Mindy Peters hosted the Brandon Routh and Courtney Ford wedding at El Capitan Ranch.

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Mindy and Jon Peters with (left to right) Mindy’s aunt Shelley Brinkert Hjelm and Mindy’s parents, Roxanne and Gordon Williamson.

Mindy Peters with (left to right) daughters Skye, Caleigh, Kendyl and son Jordan.

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Mindy and Jon Peters.

visit the ranch. Everyone must be touched—literally

spinal cord injuries (SCI). Mindy and Jon discovered

as well as figuratively—by El Capitan’s timeless

the plight of the affected youth when they voluntarily

grandeur. To that end, each must ride a horse, and

underwrote the foundation’s first dinner at which

each must have a dream.

neither Christopher nor Dana Reeve was present.

“No dream is too big or too small,” explains Jon, “but they must have one. This is a family philosophy that

Mindy insists that they see their participation as a calling, rather than a promotional opportunity.

has served us well.” An added bonus is that they use

The phrase “good works” can encompass an almost

only Arabian horses in their interaction with various

limitless range of projects and activities. There is little

groups, thereby heightening the public’s awareness of

doubt that the great varieties of benevolent activities

and exposure to the Arabian breed.

taking place at El Capitan Ranch are precisely that:

Another ranch project is Life Rolls On, a sister

good works. As faithful stewards first and foremost,

organization to the Christopher Reeve Foundation.

Jon and Mindy Peters are making qualitative (and

Life Rolls On is a nonprofit organization that

quantitative) differences, great and small, in the lives

provides advocacy and hope for young people with

of the people, the animals, and the earth they touch.

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After almost three years of renovation, the Peters opened the ranch to this photo shoot incorporating their Arabians with models—Hollywood style. As “type” in the Arabian business seems to be having a comeback, the Peters whimsically titled their shoot, “Bringing Beauty Back.”

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These photos will also be used for many other things that will occur at El Capitan: weddings, the website, concerts, corporate events, trail rides, chuck wagon BBQs, and movie shoots. Mindy echoes the lands untold potential by admitting, “Ultimately, we are creating a destination resort.”

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A Day at the Beach of El Capitan Ranch

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The Breeding Program Jon and Mindy have profound respect for

Government. It was from the World Champion

the Arabian breeding program that Mindy’s

Mare Emandoria and by U.S. National Champion

grandparents, Ed and Florence Brinkert,

Stallion Eden C. “The Polish Government was

established more than 50 years ago. That respect

very reluctant at first to sell this embryo because

and admiration influence today’s El Capitan

of the anticipated value of this cross,” states

program in a number of ways. El Capitan’s mare

Mindy. “However, after long negotiations we were

collection fairly shouts the first requisite.

able to come to an agreement. The resulting colt

“I remember my grandfather’s saying, ‘Arabians

was born on Easter morning and is a masterpiece

should always be beautiful, because it costs

to say the least.” Mindy also adds, “I have ultimate

just as much to feed the ugly ones as it does

respect for the Polish studs’ breeding programs,

the beautiful ones,’” Mindy remembers with a

and I am honored to have some piece of it that I

smile. “That was one reason the stallion Ferzon

believe will make history.”

played such an important role in the MaRoSh

At this point the Peters have nine foals on the

program. (Grandpa named his breeding program

ground and 10 left to be born. They have babies

MaRoSh for his three daughters, Margo, Roxie

coming from their own stallions, and also DA

and Shelley.) He was always explaining to me

Valentino, Sanadik El Shaklan, Om El Shamaan,

the important characteristics of the Arabian

Eden C, Marwan Al Shaqab, Legacy Of Fame, and

horse, quoting almost directly from the Arabian

Jullyen El Jamaal. “I am thrilled with what we’ve

studbook. Grandfather was very methodical about

accomplished so far this year. My grandfather

the breeding choices he made; he was always

would probably laugh and say, ‘It’s beginner’s luck,’

conscious of Arabian type.”

but he also believed effort equals equity.”

Mindy’s aunt, Shelley Brinkert Hjelm, has

“I would say I’m definitely a student of the

maintained the original MaRoSh breeding

Arabian horse. I read constantly and I study

program since Ed Brinkert’s death in 1997. Hjelm

intently the bloodlines of the horses I respect. I

continues to breed the mares that were bred

also spend a good bit of my time talking with and

over the years in the MaRoSh program to today’s

studying the philosophies of some of the breeders

top sires in the world market. Aunt Shelley has

I most respect,” Mindy adds. “Still, I do my own

provided help and guidance as Mindy builds the

thing and have my own vision and dreams of what

El Capitan program.

I want to accomplish with my horses. There are

“Aunt Shelley is like a computer about pedigrees

several foals that I’m really excited for this spring.

and show records,” Mindy tells everyone. “Her

One in particular is out of an exquisite Magic

knowledge is incredible! I used to follow her

Dream daughter that is bred almost exactly like

around the barns, helping with the vets’ visits and

QR Marc’s dam. This mare is in foal to Marwan Al

helping condition the horses. I could lose myself

Shaqab. Therefore, the baby will be very closely

out there for hours.”

related to QR Marc. Another is a mare by a

“I chose mares that I personally love with

stallion that my grandfather bred that is probably

pedigrees that I understand,” quotes Mindy. The

the most exotic-faced mare I’ve ever seen. She is

Peters have purchased mares like Belle Song HVP,

in foal to National Champion Legacy Of Fame.

Petronella SRA, Fantastica HVP, and daughters of

“I believe we have a ranch where anyone

WN Ultimate Star, Padrons Psyche, Eukaliptus,

interested in Arabians from around the world

Bey Shah, and Sharem El Sheikh. They also

can come and find some of the finest horses

purchased an in-utero foal from the Polish

available anywhere.”

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Eden C (Enzo, by Padrons Psyche x Silken Sable, by Genesis C), owned by Dona Bellinger.

Epic MP

Emandoria (Gazal Al Shaqab,

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Galliano MP 2008 Colt (DA Valentino x Gemini Bey UA)

Amorette MP 2008 Filly (ATA Bey Starr x Arianna Bey VO)

Epic MP 2008 Colt (Eden C x Emandoria)

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Grey Starr MP 2008 Colt (ATA Bey Starr x Om El Jameelah)

Galliano MP 2008 Colt (DA Valentino x Gemini Bey UA)

Mindy Peters with Gemini Bey UA and Galliano MP.

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El Capitan Ranch Mindy & Jon Peters 10920 Calle Real Santa Barbara, California 93117 (310) 278-6753 (310) 487-2461 Dr. Bruce Kusis, D.V.M. (805) 696-6784