About Vintage Black Arabians
From the Desk of Ann M. Rienks
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Vintage Black Arabians has been many years in the making.  God has shaped 
and provided for us the path that has led us to this point in our lives.
We are extremely proud of the horses we own, have owned, have bred and have sold.
Dedication and faith are a key ingredients that keep us functioning.

For me personally, my passion for horses started as a child, when I 
purchased my first horse statue at a local garage sale at the tender age of 4.
I grew up in a cozy brick ranch style home in the city which my Dad, his brothers 
and their Father, a Polish immigrant had built.  
I kept collecting horse statues, until my oldest brother called home with
the news that he found a free horse for me.  I was 17 then.  Working and able to 
pay for horse board.  She was a beautiful liver chestnut AQHA mare. 
Heather also had many health issues, navicular, bog spavin, uterine endometriosis, 
and a fractured coffin bone.  While some may say I was given someone else's 
troubles, I will tell you, I have always considered that mare a true gift.  As through
Heather's health issues and needs, I became educated on her issues.  That mare
with all her lameness issues, helped to shape me into the sound horse woman I am today.

As I became acquainted with Arabian horses, I fell deeply in love with the breed.
The first horse I bred was 23 years ago, a Purebred Arabian breeding I had purchased for Heather, but due to her endometriosis, I had to substitute a leased mare.  
She produced a beautiful chestnut filly, whom I named Mon Ami Anadeaous.  
I broke Ana to saddle, trail rode, showed halter, western pleasure and rode hunter jumper.  
I still own that mare today, and she is now schooling my children on her back.
Through Ana and boarding stable life, we met a very handsome 2 year old coppery chestnut
Arabian stallion by the name of AE Tsultans Fire (stable name of Max)  
Both Ana and I fell in love with Max.  I secured  my first loan with my Credit Union
and purchased him.  Yes, I still own Max.  I green broke him to saddle.  
He was shown successfully in Halter and Western Pleasure by then trainer, 
Mike Goggins.  With Mike he earned Reserves and
Championships at State and Class A shows.  Max's sire, 
Fire Devil++(*Bask x Toi) was an incredible stallion who was multiple US and Can.
Champion in English Pleasure, Park, Halter, Native Costume and Driving.  
His dam Tsultana was by the notable Ivanhoe Tsultan.  In Max,
I could not ask for a better stallion or loyal friend.  He has always watched out
for me, even when covering mares.

With the Arabian horse, there is a very special bond that they build with their owners.
They own you as much as you own them.  They are incredibly intelligent.  I recall
over the course of years, being told by some to never purchase a Straight Egyptian.
I was told they are nuts.  That information sat in my head for years.  Until in 2000,
I had the distinct pleasure to meet Shalimaar Shirah, an El Halimaar son,
who was incredibly beautiful, full of personality and charisma.  From the moment
I walked into his barn, this stallion was talking to me.  Wanted my full attention.
At liberty he put on such a show of beauty and grace.  In hand he was the perfect 
gentleman.  In front of the camera, he would look at me as if to ask,
"did you get that one?"  I couldn't believe that some one would consider a
Straight Egyptian nuts.  Shalimaar and his progeny had impressed me so much.
I opened my heart to the Straight Egyptian Arabian.  

To me the Straight Egyptian Arabian is the most intense embodiment of 
all the fine qualities I appreciate in the purebred Arabian horse.

I have a great deal of love and appreciation for the Arabian horse, 
which has lead me to Asil Arabian horse, the Straight Egyptian Arabian.

In my perspective, one must preserve the original blue print, 
so to speak in order to keep the design.

I am very Blessed to have been set upon this journey from above with a loving 
husband and children who share in the daily work, sacrifices and joys we experience
with our  beloved Arabian and Straight Egyptian Arabian horses.

We offer shipped semen and Select Straight Egyptian and Purebred Arabian horses.
Be sure to visit our Select Sales page to view available individuals.

Sincerely, Ann M. Rienks