Stallions at Stud

2004 Black Stallion

Asfour x Harts on Fire

Rothbury Park Arabians
A.B.N. 13308089140
Home of Sobek

Rothbury Park is the home of our beautiful Black Stallion ‘Sobek’. He is big, bold, beautiful and BLACK. Rothbury Park is situated in the picturesque Colo Valley about 90 minutes’ drive from Sydney. Rothbury Park is nestled in the mountains of our National Park which is full of beautiful Australian fawna and flora.

Sobek is my childhood dream come true. When we bred Sobek’s dam, Hart’s on Fire (Simeon Sadik x Dynasty Jamin), back to her grand sire, the immortal Asfour, we never in our wildest dreams expected such an amazing result.

Not only did we receive a most stunning colt with incredible movement, but the crowning glory of this fairytale stallion is that he is also black. Although we have been breeding Arabians since 1980, we never set out for breeding black. However Sobek’s mother seems to have the gene to produce it, having two other siblings that are black as well - Hart N Soul and Hart’s Desire.

Sobek has recently been broken to saddle and shows his versatility and fantastic temperament, gliding effortlessly from the show ring to climbing the rugged mountains of the Colo Valley. Sobek’s magical movement and fairytale looks are what dreams are made of: a cliché I know, however, Sobek is truly "a magical black stallion".

Sobek’s admirers include one of Australia’s most respected breeders, Mrs Marion Richmond, who kindly allowed us to create Sobek, and Adam King from King Estate International.

“Sobek is a very beautiful black Arabian stallion with wonderful movement.”
Marion Richmond, Simeon Stud, Australia

"Sobek is an astonishingly typey young stallion, structurally sound and a bold mover. His finest attributes are his enormous dark eyes, glowing with masculinity and kindness. We plan to utilize Sobek as an additional source of type in our program." Adam King, King Estate International

Sobek’s frozen semen will be available to the World in 2009.

Stud fee on application.

For more information contact:

Charles and Dianna De-Silva, Rothbury Park Arabians, 1451 Upper Colo Road, Upper Colo, NSW 2756, Australia
Tel: (02) 4565 9277 Mobile: 0412078910
Email: rothburypark@optusnet.com.au
Web: www.rothburypark.com

photo credits: Menna Hornsby, Jenni Ogden