…..to the development of a dream and the realization of a life’s journey.

Pearsons View Arabians was established in 1975 when Don and Carmel Rowley, quite simply, fell in love with the Arabian horse. Together they set a goal to connect the beauty of nature with an historic and fascinating breed. Their overwhelming desire to reproduce the desert horse of courage, grace and refinement eventually led them to Egyptian bloodlines. To date the horses they endeavor to breed represent the legendary Arabian depicted by artists and poets.

The everyday life at Pearsons View is shared with nature. At the bird bath in the garden wallabies can be seen cautiously drinking while every morning the loud raucous songs of the bird life join with the impatient banging of stable doors and an occasional whinny from the barn. This symphony of nature is easily heard from the house and everyday is duplicated within the small world of Pearsons View.

J.D.Rockefeller Snr, once said, "If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success."  

That is exactly how the Pearsons View breeding program is operated purposely ignoring the concept of fads and fashion while prudently breeding as if every individual will remain a part of the stud’s vision.

A very clear understanding of what lies ahead keep Don and Carmel traveling a path that makes up the many facets of the Arabian horse community.  They understand for success, a never ceasing desire for knowledge and dogged determination and dedication are a must. Careful choices of foundation stock from reputable breeders were selected and the foundation for PVA came from the best Australia and overseas had to offer.

If nothing else the years have taught the courage of personal convictions but most importantly a breeder should possess deep, unswerving love of the Arabian horse.
However to really characterize the PVA breeding program, mention must be made of the many people whose lives have intertwined and supported the Pearsons View quest to breed and share truly beautiful Arabian horses. Without these people the journey would have been less rewarding and much less enjoyable. Proudly many of these people have remained synonymous with PVA since the 1970’s and 80’s. 

Lyn Stead with her Sundari Stud and the child Dianne Lay-Hewat who nowadays with husband Denis own Byrnlea Park Arabians have walked the original path and shared the initial passion from virtually PVA’s beginning.

Several years later after Pearsons View’s move to Queensland the Waldron family’s Cearadale Arabians purchased a new beginning. Kim Baird and family in NSW found a kindred spirit in the type of Arabian they sought to breed.

The achievement of interstate and local breeders who have purchased horses or used the PVA stallions is unquestionable and the results speak for themselves.  All are different personalities and each one is successful in their own right but most of all they have a like mindedness for integrity and loyalty.

These emotions are genuine and held onto with a strong conviction by Don and Carmel who remain mindful of the fact a breeding program is never really finished it simply keeps evolving, thereby accepting the responsibility to breed an Arabian closest to their personal ideal never forgetting what is right and just for the breed.

The horses themselves are a testament to all that is beautiful in the world as Pearsons View draws on the bloodlines of the greats within the breed. Some of the favorites from the past have to be Hadban Enzahi, Ansata Ibn Halima, Kaisoon, Ghazal and Jamil, showing an obvious preference for a specific type.

Horses such as *Sankt Georg RSI, Salaa EI Dine and *Asfour, combine nowadays with the blood of Ibn Moniet El Nefous, Tuhotmos, Ibn Galal, and Morafic to add a variation on the theme. These horses provide not just an historical perspective but a formula which now represents the very soul of Pearsons View.
Over the last ten years the Pearsons View straight Egyptian breeding program has taken priority. The classic straight Egyptians Simeon Stav (Asfour imp Germ x Simeon Safanad), Simeon Shaina (Asfour imp Germ x Simeon Safanad), Simeon Sima (Asfour imp Germ x Mohema imp Germ) combine with the Baird families Abiebi imp USA (El Hadiyyah x RA Jehan) to create the heartbeat of hope in its foundation.

The stallion *Salaa Sihr (Salaa EI Dine x Ansata Nile Magic) imported from the USA as a yearling has been extremely successful in siring a new generation of fillies as well as the colt Ashquar Sihr (Simeon Shaina) who poignantly at times reminds Don and Carmel of his two now deceased older brothers.

Representing the legacy of future generations for Pearsons View is the enchantress, Stavs Sorsha (Simeon Stav x Simeon Shaina) and her half sister Soura Sihr by *Salaa Sihr. 

Stavs Siare (Simeon Stav X Simeon Sima) and the Abiebi daughters Hani’ah by Simeon Stav and Jassirah by *Salaa Sihr conjure the qualities that personify the standard of the Arabian breed.

This standard, as old as time itself has been continually tested in the thirty plus years Pearsons View has been operating but Don and Carmel view themselves belonging to a great relay race passing on from generation to generation the dreams of Arabian horse breeders which connect the romantic past with the tenacity of the present. No one comes last and the only race you win is the preservation of the Arabian breed.

 

DON AND CARMEL ROWLEY
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