Boardman Arabians LLC

12/14/2025

“Paradise” from the perspective of a horse doesn’t exist behind the bars of a stall.

No matter how deeply bedded, how large or how warm.

Paradise for a horse exists within the potential for choice.

A warm and dry shelter to seek should they so choose, but with the option to leave if they want to wander.

Space to stretch their legs, to exercise, to play.

To be able to move at all gaits, without being confined to such a small space that they can only trot a short distance before there’s a fence in the way.

Paradise for a horse means being surrounded by friends — other horses — to bond with, play and to feel safe within the presence of.

Paradise isn’t isolation, it isn’t loneliness.

It isn’t the deprivation of all freedoms of movement, unless of a course a rider is making the decisions.

Paradise is offering the horse friends, freedom and forage.

The choice to make autonomous decisions, to snack on hay, to be amongst friends.

The capacity to exist as the flight animal that theh are.

Not to be confined to a small space until their next use, much like a car.

12/13/2025

I find my mind goes to this quote from "Black Beauty" when I see these photos and the trends of the modern halter ring:

< I had often wondered how it was that Sir Oliver had such a very short tail; it really was only six or seven inches long, with a tassel of hair hanging from it; and on one of our holidays in the orchard I ventured to ask him by what accident it was that he had lost his tail. "Accident!" he snorted with a fierce look, "it was no accident! it was a cruel, shameful, cold-blooded act! When I was young I was taken to a place where these cruel things were done; I was tied up, and made fast so that I could not stir, and then they came and cut off my long and beautiful tail, through the flesh and through the bone, and took it away.

"How dreadful!" I exclaimed.

"Dreadful, ah! it was dreadful; but it was not only the pain, though that was terrible and lasted a long time; it was not only the indignity of having my best ornament taken from me, though that was bad; but it was this, how could I ever brush the flies off my sides and my hind legs any more? You who have tails just whisk the flies off without thinking about it, and you can't tell what a torment it is to have them settle upon you and sting and sting, and have nothing in the world to lash them off with. I tell you it is a lifelong wrong, and a lifelong loss; but thank heaven, they don't do it now."

"What did they do it for then?" said Ginger.

"For fashion!" said the old horse with a stamp of his foot; "for fashion! if you know what that means; there was not a well-bred young horse in my time that had not his tail docked in that shameful way, just as if the good God that made us did not know what we wanted and what looked best." >>

12/13/2025

The great old Arabian type lives on here at our little farm.

Flynne (Cavu Ralvon Valor x Erynne) 2010 stallion. Not available at public stud. But his babies are for sale!

12/12/2025

This is one of our colts we bred, (Flynne x Archana by Brahm). To me, he is perfect. Perfect, ultra typey head - huge eyes, wide wedge shaped head, distinct dish, enormous nostrils in a small muzzle, and short, tippy ears. Paired with an athletic, strong body and big bone with wide hooves, short back, and will NOT be over 15.1 hands; Aidynne is just perfect. Ranger's Ranch is the proud owner. I can't wait to cross back some of my mares to him.

12/11/2025

To me this is as extreme as any head should ever get, and it should be the exception- not the rule.

12/11/2025

Why? Why are we breeding for this ?

I'm a huge fan of a beautiful head. For me - it is one of the topmost requirements in my horses. It's purely aesthetic. The dish serves no real purpose other than distinguishing the breed from every other.

But this is DEFORMED! This is NOT something we should be breeding for!!!

12/11/2025

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12/06/2025

So I'm hauling Belle up to Tennessee in the next week or so- if you want one of my babies and are somewhere along this route - jump up now and message me so we can get you your baby! Text 940-442-9574

12/05/2025

I think it says a lot that many of our horses are being sold to repeat customers. Do you know how good that makes me feel? The fact that our horses make such an impression on their new families that the buyers come back whenever they want another horse!

Belle is pending sold to a repeat customer.