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DEFINITIONS:

Classical Spanish:  Horses who trace their lineage 100% to horses who were in the SSB prior to 1970. 
Spanish-related:  Horses who have any line to a Classical Spanish horse.

From Left:
SARASATE, dam, 17 years, (Belmonte x Isabella I), US NATIONAL CHAMPION Hunter Seat,
CH Sport horse Mare, Field Hunter.

DEJAA, filly, 2 months,  daughter of U S NATIONAL CHAMPIONS - EXODUS I +// x SARASATE.

ISABELLA I, granddam, 22 years, (*PADRE [Spanish Supreme Champion] x *DISCOTECA +/).
CH Sport Horse mare.  CH Hunter Pleasure.  Recognized Field Hunter.  Dam of 10 foals.

*DISCOTECA +/, great granddam, 27 years, (HABON II, YM Stallion x SABA - YM Mare (DANDI II SSB x *JALEA III)  Double US NATIONAL CHAMPION, Hunter and Jumper.  CH Sport Horse Mare.  Recognized Field Hunter with Los Altos Hounds.

     Dave and Molly had observed in history that the Arabian bred horse was the ‘Original Sport Horse’, and the father of many breeds of specialty performers.  Dave had ridden and jumped horses starting at the age of four.  Dave is now in his 70th year of riding. 

Molly had ridden and shown from childhood on, with a focus on jumping.  Later, Molly was showing Arabians over fences and asked by IAHA to be National Hunter Jumper Chairman.  In 1976, Hunter, Jumper, and Hunter Pleasure Classes were included in U S National Finals.  These classes have continued to be National Championship classes to the present day, and are now included in the Arabian Sport Horse Nationals. 

     Molly and Dave originally went to Spain to seek out a foundation breeding herd to produce Arabians for these classes.  They were fortunate to find the time to study the Spanish Arabians as to phenotype and genotype over the course of two and a half years of trips and immersion in the Spanish Stud Book, and then to acquire excellent breeding stock, primarily from the Yeguada Militar over the years, and also from twelve private studs in Spain.  Dave and Molly were members of the Association Espanolas Criadores Caballos Arabes (AECCA), and were recognized breeders in Spain, which carried the priviledge of selecting a stallion from the Yeguada Militar to be stationed at our breeding farm each year. Many years then passed, from the acquisition of the necessary stock, to importing them over the course of the next twenty years, to breeding foaling, raising, training and showing the horses produced.  (Photo of Molly and Dave in Spain).
     The interest in Sport Arabians continued to grow, and in 1997, the Arabian Sport Horse Committee was made a permanent committee by AHA, with Molly serving as the founding Chair.  By 2003, the Arabian Sport Horse Division was statistically the fastest growing Division in the history of the Arabian Association, which led to a U S National Finals for Arabian, Half and Anglo Arabians in the Hunter, Jumper, Dressage, Sport Horse in-Hand and Carriage Driving, with more than sixty National Championship classes offered.  Molly served for several years on the formative Sport Horse Show Commission. 

     Meanwhile, daughter Lisa Stapleton was able to join us as breeding manager and as our  primary show rider, guiding many Stanley Ranch bred Arabians to National Championships.  Lisa showed our stallion EXODUS I +// to numerous National Championships, National High Score Awards and achieved his Legion of Excellence.  EXODUS I +// was the highest scoring Arabian at the first Sport Horse National Show in 2003.  Lisa is also currently showing our stallion *S S ORION in Third Level Dressage. 

     The Stanley Ranch horses were originally selected for Sport Horse conformation, and have been selectively bred for the ensuing thirty years for those traits.  Again, we must give credit to the Spanish Arabian bloodstock, designed primarily as war horses by the largest breeder in Spain, the Yeguada Militar. These horses are good minded, sound, and can go the distance.  Credit also goes to the Spanish Arabian Horse Society (SAHS) for their great job in re-founding this worthwhile club, and for their very informative newsletter QUE PASA, which has won three awards at the AHA convention for excellence and communication. You will find information on the SAHS on the ‘links’ page on this website, and more information on Spanish Arabians in general. (Photo of Dave in pasture at YM).
     Horses of Stanley Ranch breeding have shown to more than ninety National awards.  *JEZABEL SSB +// was the first Arabian horse to win enough points in over fences classes to earn her Legion of Excellence.  *JOYAMIA +// earned her top awards over the years as U S National Champion Hunter Pleasure, and carried our granddaughter Courtney to a U S National Championship in Hunt Seat Equitation.  *GALAXIA SSB +/ has been Canadian National Champion Working Hunter, first in all three rounds.  *IBERIA followed in her sisters’ hoof prints to become Canadian National Champion Working Hunter two years later.  Molly hunted out with *BOUGANVILLEA for ten years with Los Altos Hounds.  The mighty little mare went to the show ring at age 17, ridden by Michelle Mahoney, to capture the Region III Jumper and Canadian National Championship Jumper titles.  *BOUGANVILLEA stood 14.1, but thought she was 17 hands. *DISCOTECA +/ was Lisa’s hunt mare, and later went to the show ring to become the first Arabian to win National Champion Hunter and Jumper titles in the same year.  SARASATE, daughter of ISABELLA I (and granddaughter of *DISCOTECA), carried her new owner, Lauren Tabar, to the U S National Championship in Hunt Seat Equitation.
     The Stanleys have belonged to Los Altos and Red Rock Hounds, which is good sport for the horses and the riders.  Dave has served as President of Los Altos Hounds, Molly has served on the hunt committee, and two terms as Vice President. Seven Stanley Ranch mares have earned their certificate as Recognized Field Hunters.  To earn this certificate, a horse must have hunted for at least two seasons, shown themselves to be sensible in company, sane when galloping over trappy country, and willing jumpers at the coops.
     Dave and Molly Stanley have been awarded recognition as Heritage Arabian Breeders.

A final thought to carry with you:

Whatever you want to do, begin it.
Action has beauty, power and magic in it.

Dave and Molly Stanley have enjoyed a straight Spanish breeding program for three decades, and have imported ninety-nine Spanish Arabians to the USA (see lists by importation date).  During that time they traveled to Spain 57 times, to study the breeding programs there, and to maintain the Stanley Ranch breeding farm near Sevilla. (See photos of some of the ancestors of current Stanley Ranch horses.)  Though they have bred other lines of Arabians in past years, and find merit in them, the Spanish Arabian comes closest to their personal ideal for a number of  reasons.

"We find them consistent as breeding animals. The mares are good mothers who get in foal readily, deliver easily, and nurse their foals well. Fortunately, with Spanish Arabians, we have a high percentage of good natured horses to deal with (including the stallions) and our breeding program stays with the lines that have good character. We participate in breeding, riding and showing as a family, with all ages and abilities included, so this characteristic of the Spanish Arabian is significant."

"As to characteristics we looked for initially, and continue to foster in the Stanley Ranch stock, the deep hips (the engine), the high set necks with good flexion at the poll are important. The lovely balance and movement and marked athletic ability enable them to stay in the winner’s circle. We prize highly their minds, very trainable with excellent sense and high obstacle negotiating ability. Deep heart girth gives them the staying power to do the job successfully. Good bone, exceptionally good forearm-cannon bone ratio promote soundness and gives them the possibility of working on into their teens".

"Our daughter Lisa Stapleton says that we should mention the willing attitude of the Spanish Arabians, as it goes a long way to inspire the investment of time and money necessary to have a competitive show career all the way to the National level."

Dave and Molly feel fortunate to have accumulated over the course of three decades the bloodstock that is continuing to produce National Champions. The Stanley Ranch Spanish Arabian program is unique, in that over the years they have owned three hundred twenty straight Spanish Arabians. The horses currently maintained at Stanley Ranch are a distillation of the lines that have proven most successful in garnering more than eighty National awards since 1992, and take the family hunting in the winter.

"We thank these wonderful Spanish Arabians, who always have given whatever was asked of them."

In 1976, prior to the purchase or exportation of any Arabians from Spain, Molly (then Molly Stapleton.) invested two years and three research trips to Spain.  Molly was fortunate to be accompanied by MariPaz Murga Igual de Heredia and/or MariAngeles Bravo de Delclaux, two delightful and dedicated Arabian horse ladies, to see all the Arabians in Spain.

Molly standing in front of a cork tree in Huelva, 60 kms from Sevilla, in the mountains toward Portugal.  These trees are harvested every nine years.  The bark, which is pure cork, grows very thick, and they are able to harvest the main trunk in one big semi-circular piece without killing the trees.

Back home, Molly studied the photographic and written documentation on each horse with the aid of a complete set of the Spanish Stud books, purchased from the Spanish government.

After the first trip, Molly carried notes along on particular family lines of interest.  By the third trip, the list was refined down to particular horses of interest within the family lines.  “After these trips to see virtually every Arabian horse in Spain, I was increasingly excited about what these wonderful horses have to offer,” was Molly's comment.

The famous 'Statue of the Horse' in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, the 'City of the Horse' and host of the 2002 World Equestrian Games. Jerez is also home to the main Stallion Deposito of the Yeguada Militar, with about seventy Arabian stallions kept in residence.

In August, they returned to Spain with a ‘buy’ list of horses that would contribute the elements Dave and Molly felt would be important ones for their breeding group. As with all plans, everything did not fall into place that easily.  Some of the horses were not available at any price, two had been sold to Alverda McDannald (USA) in June, and one stallion on the list had been sent to the UK for a show, and was sold there.  Keeping the overall goal in mind, some changes were made, and forty two horses were purchased in a two and one-half week period.

“Dave only had two and a half weeks of time available,” Molly recalls.  “That trip was definitely done in ‘American time’.  We traveled the length and breadth of Spain, in cars without air conditioning (not usual in rental cars of the period) during the intense heat of August.  We dealt with the fascinating and volatile temperament of a proud people, many of whom happily have become dear friends in the ensuing two decades. We selected horses at twelve breeding farms, and in most cases returned to each farm two or three times in negotiations during that two and a half weeks.  On that trip the nucleus of our own herd was formed, with forty two Spanish Arabians that were prime examples of the genetic foundation we had envisioned.

“When we returned home from that trip, one big hurdle was overcome.  We now had the horses we had gone to find.  But it was the tip of the iceberg.  The real job was just beginning.

Hipica Puerta Principe in 1978.  Stanley Ranch bloodstock was first gathered at this facility, and remained at this barn and mare pasture for several years.  This club was managed by rejoneador Antonio Ignacio Vargas.	“The horses had to be gathered together.  We were lucky enough to find room for them (on the next trip) at a new riding club near Seville, which was managed by Antonio Ignacio Vargas, one of the leading ‘rejoneadores’ (bullfighter who rides wonderfully trained fast and agile horses throughout the fight) in Spain.
Antonio Ignacio was himself an exceptional horseman, and had an excellent staff.  So luck was with us there, and we knew the horses were being cared for as well as any horses owned by absentee owners.  In addition, we had added Luis Millan Arana, a shipping agent and certified government translator, who lived in Seville, to our staff.	The mare yard at the chalet of don Antonio Ignacio Vargas, adjacent to the Hipica Puerta Principe.  The three mares are, chestnut, *SORAYA II, near bay, *OCHAVA, and bay in back, *KIRAT II.

Yeguada Militar of Spain - new mare barn at Vicos 1984.  Note: the mares and foals were let out for visitors.  There was no fence, only a semicircle gravel  road.  The mares stayed only on the grass.

“In the years to come we purchased more bloodstock, when exceptional animals became available.  The most significant purchases were the ten mares offered by the Yeguada Militar one year, when it was still possible to buy Military horses that could be exported.  These mares became the dams of *DIAMANTE, sire of two multi-National winners, *JOYAMIA+/ and *JEZABEL+//,

“Our herd in Spain had two more homes over the years.  After three mares were stolen one night from the riding dub, which was on a main road (and the brood mares were outside in a large area we had fenced for them), we felt we needed a more private venue.  Note--those three mares (and the two fillies they were carrying) were recovered in the province of Alicante several years later, when our former stud groom  Juan Valiente saw two of them - with their distinctive YM brands - in a parade there.  That was a wonderful recovery for us, and for Juan, who had felt so keenly that the mares disappeared while under his care.

The facility in Lora del Rio (50 kms from Sevilla).  Nearest is the mare yard and barn (pasture up on top of the hill above the building) and furthest is the stallion barn, and a turn out pen for them.  The barn was originally built for cows, which worked for the mares, and then we added the 8 stallion stalls and turn out pen.

“One home was at a former cattle breeding farm owned by our very wonderful and special veterinarian of those years, don Nicasio Garcia Nieto.  We built in eight stalls for the stallions.  The very typical Spanish home of our stud groom was on the level above the mare barn.

The large building was on a hillside, so both stories were entered on their own level.  On another level was a large, lush pasture for the mares and foals that we fenced with safe horse fencing.  This farm was near the village of Lora del Rio, 50 kms to the east of Seville.

Stanley Ranch staff in Lora del Rio (near Seville) circa 1980's.  l to r: Juan Mateo, Pepe Garcia, Luis Millan Arana, Dave Stanley.  They are standing next to the 'creeps feeder', which was their answer to our request to build a creep feeder for the babies.  They had never seen one, but came up with a good plan.

“Several years later, because of a necessary change of horse management, the horses were moved to the farm of a former Arabian breeder, Ignacio Rivero Ondevilla.  His son traveled to the farm each day to look after the horses, and the stud groom who lived there was a wonderful horseman named Feliciano.  There the horses had again good fencing we built, but were kept in large dry lots to keep away from the piroplasmosis tick that lives in grass.  At night they were put into a very large open building called a navé.  The stallions were kept in stalls in another building.  That was a very happy farm, 15 kms from the west side of Seville.  There were a number of homes on the large farm, and a small ‘venta’ that served excellent food.

“In 1987, because of the complications caused by Spain becoming an African Horse Sickness country, the majority of the herd was sold to a new Spanish breeder, don Manuel Espinosa Reales.  We retained seven who were to be shipped to the USA.  Because of the difficulties in exporting during those next few years, we were able to export four in 1988 and three in 1989.  Our horses were vaccinated against the sickness, but it was difficult for most Spanish breeders, as a vaccinated horse would always test positive.  It didn’t matter if the horses were destined for the USA, because the quarantine could only be done at the USDA facility in New York.  They don’t bother with the blood test, because a horse will break out with the sickness in 21 days, if they have it, and the quarantine runs for 60 days.  However, at that time Europe did not have a 60 day quarantine, so the horses would have to be blood typed.

“Chartering aircraft to transport the horses from Spain was always difficult, and a great deal of preparation was necessary to equip these cargo planes to haul horses.  For instance, special surfaces were laid preparatory to setting up the crates for the horses.  The cargo plane people were small independent companies, and they did not own horse crates.  Those had to be reserved from another type of company, and had to be flown to Spain for use with the charter plane.  Getting the chartered plane, the stalls and the horses to the airport at the same time was always interesting.

“One time Dave had to fly from Seville to Madrid to pay the parking fees on the plane we had chartered before they would release it to come to Seville and get the horses.  On the flight from Madrid to Seville, the plane was leaking oil badly, lost three of the four radios and had a malfunction of the landing gear.  That plane had to be refused, and we waited for nearly a week for another plane to be sent from the USA.  The clock is always ticking, as the paperwork is good only for a certain time frame.
 

“Loading horses from the truck to the plane was another hurdle.  This one was overcome in 1979 by a very kind offer from don Alvaro Domecq.  He at that time was a brilliant rejoneador in Spain and had given several triumphant fighting tours of Mexico.  Don Alvaro had built an aircraft horse loading crate for his horses when he toured

“Another plane was originating in Miami, to go to Seville and back again.  We arrived in Miami and were told the plane had a hydraulic leak, and would be ready tomorrow.  Tomorrow became tomorrow again, and on that morrow, the report was "Six more hours".  So we (Dave, Molly, Molly's daughter Lisa, and trainer Dick Landmesser) were ready each six hours through the next two days, but no go.  Dave had a meeting with the charter plane owners, and came back to say they were ready to fly.  We boarded the plane, and sat in the little jump seats provided for takeoff.  Once in the air, I got up and wandered around the plane.  The cargo hold was basically empty, except for a number of 55 gallon drums in the rear.  I asked Dave what they contained,, and he said grimly, “hydraulic fluid”.  Periodically, the co-pilot would come to the back and pour in one of the drums.

“In the 1979 and 1980 importations, the footing was made secure and the stalls (in pieces) were put on the plane, the horses were lead in one at a time, the stall erected around them and lashed down with safety ties.  Then the horses were cross tied and also tied down in the middle with a neck strap.  These stalls were only wither high and open on top. This particular trip was full of extra and interesting problems in addition to the leaking hydraulic fluid.  We had fourteen weanlings due to be shipped.  Our first foal crop, the 'A" babies.  When we arrived in Spain, days late, we had to load all the horses on trucks bound for the airport in Seville, directly upon our arrival in Seville.  We arrived at ten pm.

“By eleven pm we were at the club with the trucks to load the horses.  The ‘loading ramp’ for the trucks turned out to be a hill across the highway from the club.  When we tried to lead the 14 weanlings across the fairly heavily traveled road in the middle of the night to load them, we found that our instructions to ‘halter break the weanlings’ had not gone quite far enough.  But it was possible to get a halter on them.  So in due course they were all loaded into the trucks, along with *Padre, *Al Cobre, *Español and *Kalat II, four mature horses.  On to the airport, where it took 8 to 10 hours to load nineteen horses, as the stall was built around them one at a time.”

That plane turned out to be a lucky one, actually.  Dave and Dick were accompanying the horses.  Molly and Lisa remained in Spain for two weeks to look after the horses and visit some farms.  When the plane (flying the Polar Route from Seville to Miami) was above Ireland, a malfunctioning defroster caused one of the windows in the cockpit to begin to disintegrate at 30,000 feet.  "It sounded like a rifle shot when that window began to go," Dave said.  “Then the pilot and co-pilot began to get real busy getting that plane down to a lower altitude.  Meantime I was looking for any extra oxygen masks that could be used with the horses.  Fortunately we had come down to 5,000 feet by the time the rest of the window blew out and could breathe the air at that level.  We then landed in good shape at the Shannon, Ireland airport, to have a replacement window sent up from London, which took quite awhile.  In the meantime, the horses had to remain on the plane, because of the then current metritis rule in the United Kingdom which would have prevented us from re-loading any horse over the age of two.  So we arrived in the States way past schedule, but happy to be there.”

One would assume from the above that those planes were a reasonable fee for charter.  But such was not the case.  None of the charter airlines were very excited about the prospect of carrying live cargo, and also the most reputable charter companies were solidly booked six months prior.  Because of the inevitability of last minute changes in schedule, due to the necessity of having a very recent double negative on the piro test, we never had the luxury of being able to book six months in advance.  So the planes that were available for this purpose were few, were expensive, and were not totally reliable.

Once landed on US soil, the tensions are far from over.  Molly explained, “All documentation must be letter perfect as the USDA has very, very exact standards, and would not hesitate to refuse an entire planeload of horses if every detail did not meet their specifications".

We think it is a tribute to the sensible nature of the Spanish Arabian that with all the adventures en route, they, every one of the ninety-six imported by us from 1979 to 1994, have arrived safely. 

DETAILS: 21 Horses - (4 in utero),  4 males, 17 females Horses Accompanied by Molly and Dave Stanley

Boeing 737 Charter Seville to Miami refueling at Gandor, Newfoundland in the fog

NOTE:  *KALA I (SSB CALA), *GAZELAA (SSB GAZELA), *ALAMEDA (SSB JUNCIA), *KARABAA (SSB KARABA), *GALANA I (SSB GALANA), *ARRIBA I (SSB ARRIBA), *SENADOR (SSB FLAVIO)

DETAILS: 20 Horses – (1 in utero), 10 males, 10 females
Plane – Charter Seville to Miami Boeing DC 737
Horses Accompanied by Dave Stanley and Dick Landmesser
 

Note:  *AVENTURA (SSB ALICIA II), *ATLAS I (SSB ATLAS), *AMORA I (SSB ALHAJA), *ALVARITO I (SSB ALVARITO), *AL COBRE (SSB UBAN), *KALAT I (SSB KALAT), *ANDALUCIA I (SSB ANDALUCIA), *ALURA I (SSB NADORA), *PADRE (SSB EL SAUCEJO), *ESPANOL (SSB AFRIT), *AVION I (SSB AVION)

Note:  FILIPO tested positive for piraplasmosis and was shipped to Panama.  He never returned to USA.  Deceased after American shelling of Panama during “Operation Just Cause”.

DETAILS: 25 Horses - (5 in utero), 9 males, 16 females Horses Accompanied by Molly and Dave Stanley

Plane – Charter Seville to Miami Boeing DC Stretch 8

Notes:  *RIAD I (SSB RIAD), *VOLCAN (SSB FAUNO), *ALJUBAA (SSB ALJUBA)
Although *ALJUBAA was on this plane from Seville to Miami, she tested positive for piroplasmosis in the USDA quarantine and was shipped cargo to Panama. 
*ALJUBAA re-entered the USA on 04/26/82 and tested piro free.
FACHA, LAIKA and LAZADA tested positive for piroplasmosis, were also shipped to Panama but never re-entered the USA.

DETAILS: 9 Horses - 1 male, 8 females
Truck – Seville to Frankfurt
Plane – Frankfurt to San Fransisco Lufthansa 747 Combi Plane
Horses Accompanied by Molly and Dave Stanley
 

Notes:  *CRISTINA SSB (SSB  CRISTINA)  *DARAMA SSB (SSB  DARAMA)  *DELEITE SSB    (SSB  DELEITE)  *DELICIA SSB (SSB  DELICIA)  *FLORIDA SSB  (SSB  FLORIDA)

DETAILS: 12 Horses – (3 in utero), 1 male, 11 females
Truck – Seville to Madrid
Plane – Madrid to New York Iberia 747 Combi Plane
Horses Accompanied by Deborah Harrison, DMV
 

Notes:  This was the first 747 out of Spain to carry horses.
*ELENA and *JIALEAH were imported for Stanley Ranch.
*EFIGIE, *GRACIANA, *IVOIRE, *JOYA DE ESPANA were imported by Sharon and Lyle Peterson.
*GUADALAMINA, *IPANEMA, *SANDUNGA, SMARA II were imported by Ken and Liz Bevry.
*FAVILA and *TFA RAFAGA were imported for Pamela and Fred Fleishauer.
All Peterson and Bevry imports were bred by and importation arranged by Stanley Ranch.

DETAILS: 4 Horses - 1 male, 3 females Truck – Seville to Madrid 60 days quarantine in New York Horses Accompanied by  Dave and Molly Stanley

Plane – Madrid to New York Iberia 747 Combi Plane

Note:  This importation was originally planned for October 8, 1987.  It was re-scheduled due to an African Horse Sickness outbreak in Spain.

DETAILS: 3 Horses - 0 males, 3 females
Truck – Seville to Madrid
Plane – Madrid to New York Iberia 747 Combi Plane 60 days quarantine in New York.
Horses Accompanied by Isabella Von Stepski
 

Name	AHR #	Color	Sex	DOB	Sire	Dam
1. *JAZMEINA	449721	G	M	04/14/87	*DIAMANTE	NOMBELA
2. *JEZABEL	449844	CH	M	03/15/87	*DIAMANTE	KADOFA
3. *JOYAMIA	449874	CH	M	07/02/87	*DIAMANTE	OPALINA

Note:  *JEZABEL+// got loose during the transfer from the truck to the plane and ran all over the tarmack at the Madrid airport.

DETAILS: 1 Horse - 1 male, 0 females
Truck – Seville to Amsterdam
Plane – Amsterdam to Los Angeles 747 Combi Plane
Horse Accompanied by Lisa Stapleton
 

Final Note:
Stanley Ranch -Total importation -Spain to United States from 1979 – 1994
96 Arabian horses: 27 males, 69 females.

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