ARABIAN HORSE WORLD
ARABIAN HORSE WORLD
Jadem Arabians AND
ChristineJamar
b y J e ff r e y W i n t e r s t e e n
88 ▪ ARABIAN HORSE WORLD ▪ NOVEMBER 2015
Located in the picturesque town of Balen, Belgium, Jadem Arabians was founded in 1978, when shortly before their marriage Guy and Christine Jamar purchased their first Arabian mares. From this humble beginning Christine built Jadem to a global brand in the Arabian industry. “In total, I have been breeding Arabians for 37 years. I don’t think I have done so badly,” Christine says with a laugh, “especially because we didn’t start with the perfect horses. We had some nice mares, but not the top.” Jadem Arabians’ original breeding program was comprised of Russian, Crabbet, and other bloodlines, but a trip to Poland in 1982 had a profound impact on Christine and on the direction of the Jadem program. “On my first trip to Poland, I wasn’t breeding Polish horses. I visited Spain, Russia, and Egypt the following years. But in Poland, seventy percent or more of the horses I really liked; especially the horses of Michałów Stud, I loved them. I really fell in love with those flea-bitten mares: very