Top left: The young stallion Simeon Sahron (Imperial Madaar x Simeon Setavi by Simeon Sadik). Top right: The 2002 mare Simeon Simone (Asfour x Simeon Simona), whose first foal is now in South Africa. Middle left: The stallion Mulayh Ibn Maareesa (Ansata Amir Zaman x Maareesa by Montasar). Middle right: The 2012 colt Simeon Shinui (Asfour x Simeon Seda). Below: Breeding Manager Tracey Garrison with the late, great, Asfour (Malik x Hanan) as an aged stallion.
and Anstata Ibn Sudan — my two favorite Ansata stallions, who were both great athletes,” continues Marion. “It was a significant day for the Simeon program, as I had just traveled about 600 kilometers to a stud that was badly sign posted and hard to find. But upon first sight of the mare CM Moussameh (Mulayh Ibn Maareesa x Moussah Bint Moussameh) I stopped dead in my tracks — I didn’t even know her pedigree but I had to have this mare! She was strikingly beautiful and in foal to a tall bay stallion named Massalam (Montasar x Massilah) and has subsequently given us a lovely filly with the ‘big dark eyes.’ The mare’s sire is an elegant old stallion who sires consistently, among other things, great Arabian eyes and long, well-shaped necks. Having these wonderful mares in my pasture — greedy as I am I wanted more of this treasure trove — led to our leasing of Mulayah Ibn Maaressa, now also at Simeon Stud. We are expecting 15 foals by him from some of my very best mares starting in our foaling season September 2012. “To date we have some absolutely gorgeous fillies by our young stallion Simeon Shifran (Asfour x Simeon Shavit by Anaza Bay Shahh) and out of our matriarch Simeon Safanad. We have 14 foals due from Simeon Shifran this season and he seems to be in his first season surpassing his great sire as a breeding stallion. We are waiting with baited breath to see if we have the same success with an outside stallion on our established breeding program as against our homebred stallions on mares of new bloodlines. We also purchased the beautiful Imtaarif son Immesmerize out of Bint Mareekh Amir (exported to Saudia Arabia). Immesmerize is a beautiful young stallion with three crosses to the magnificent mare Bint Deena, whose first colt is in South Africa and from whom we have kept his first daughter Simeon Sara. We also added to our mare band the grey Tammen daughter MB Sahammena from whom we have a 70 ▪ PYRAMID ▪ WORLD