DRINKERS OF THE WIND ARABIANS
Drinkers of the Wind Arabians is an Arabian horse
ranch located in the Rocky Mountains in Bellevue, Idaho near the Sun
Valley Ski Resort. Robert Bouttier has owned and operated the ranch
since the 1970's and named it Drinkers of the Wind Arabians after
the book written by Carl Raswan.
Robert raises mostly Polish Arabian horses with the Forta and
Sabellina bloodlines which produced the great horses such as Sambor,
Sabson, Samtyr, Monarch AH, Falat, NF Proof, etc. French Arabian
bloodlines have also been included in the DWA breeding program by
stallions such as Haffir el Rimal, Chndaka, Ala Croixnoire, Falina
des Fabries, and Darwinn.
Robert breeds his daughters of Sabson (by Czort out of Sabellina and full brother to Sambor) and daughters of Sam Tiki, Haffir el Rimal, and Monarch AH, to name a few, to stallions which include Monarch AH, Moment of Valor (by Wiking), Samsheik, DWA Papillon (Monarch AH X DWA Croix Blanche by Ala Croixnoire), DWA Ziffalat (by Falat), and NF Proof. Many of the DWA horses have excelled at the track as well as in endurance, and others have made excellent pleasure and trail horses.
On the DWA
website, www.dwarabians.com, you can see the endurance records of
some of the DWA horses who have excelled in the sport such as DWA
Sabku, DWA Powerball, DWA Millennium, DWA Express (owned and
campaigned by Christoph Schork), and DWA Sabella, DWA Pearl, DWA
Khyber (owned and campaigned by Tennessee Lane), and DWA Saruq
(owned and campaigned by Connie Holloway).
You can read more about Robert Bouttier and
his breeding program by going to his website page called "DWA
Breeding Program" and clicking on the link to Merri Melde's article
entitled, "Drinkers of the Wind Arabians, Quest for the Perfect
Horse."
The Drinkers of the Wind Arabians ranch is located at an
elevation of 5,000 feet with temperatures ranging from -30 F in the
winter to 100 F in the summer. The DWA horses have the opportunity
to run in large pastures from the time they are born, which gives
their bodies the exercise needed to develop into strong and athletic
horses. They are handled with kindness and consistency since birth
and receive excellent care which helps to ensure that they develop
into healthy adults, both physically and mentally. When they are four
years old, they are sent to professional trainers who continue their
education with kindness and consistency.
On the DWA website, if you go
to the “DWA
Training Photos” page, you can see examples of the quality of
training the DWA horses receive. Drinkers of the Wind Arabians has
numerous horses with superior racing bloodlines for sale, from
weanlings to six year olds.
Anyone interested in purchasing DWA horses can look on the DWA website and/or call Robert at (208)788-3080 or (208)720-8792.
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www.DWArabians.com
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