VAN GILDER ARABIANS, LLC

Dedicated to breeding quality CMK Arabians

WELCOME TO OUR RANCH

 

WELCOME to our website.  We are located in North Central Oregon , amongst the wheat fields and windmills.

We encourage you to get a cup of coffee and spend some time looking through our website with its many photos of CMK Arabians and articles in the Food for Thought section.  We try to keep the site updated on a regular basis, so please check back to see what is new. 


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CELEBRATING 60 YEARS!!

 

CMK, Crabbet related, Early American Foundation, Domestic, American Foundation, Kellogg related... all these terms help describe our horses. We have stayed true to our vision of a great riding horse.  We have primarily stayed with Crabbet, Maynesboro and Kellogg lines, with the ABU FARWA sons, MUHULI, FARLANE , GA'ZI and grandsons, ABU MALACAR, IBN FARLANE, SARAT THANI, and KILAUEA FIRE  having great influence in our breeding program. 

We breed for disposition, conformation, athleticism, and last but NOT least, for the preservation of old unique (CMK) bloodlines. We believe our stallions worth lies in the quality of their get as well as their pedigree.

OSU DIAMOND AWARD

OSU DIAMOND PIONEER AWARD (2007) (click on red title)Well, it has only taken me a year to get the link to the DIAMOND PIONEER AWARD that went to my parents, ARTHUR AND MARJORIE VAN GILDER (pictured in below,dressed in blue)along with 36 other men and woman. 

MISSION

We, as preservationists, breed first to produce a good horse rather than a narrow type.  We seek the same characteristics which have governed horse breeding for centuries, in 444 BC Xenophon said, “. . . care must be taken that the colt is gentle, tractable, and fond of man when he is sent to the horse-trainer.”  We know it is the same today; a good temperament is of first importance.  We strive in our breeding program for the age-old hallmarks of all good horses:  balanced conformation; strong bone; expressive eyes; prominent nostrils to drink the wind.  We have, over many years,proven our horses' worth in rigorous performance competition. We strive to produce horses of such temperament, soundness, and athleticism a Bedouin of yesterday would entrust his life to them.