Brazeal's Arabians got Started

No, this is not a UFO story.  It is the story of the first time I ever saw an Arabian Stallion.  A gentleman went to work for the company I worked for at the time.  He needed a ride home one night after work.  We pulled in his driveway when I heard a shrilling scream.  It was a snow white stallion in a five acre pasture of brome grass knee deep.  He moved toward the gate of the pasture like a ballerina floating across a stage. I have been around horses all my 30 years at the time, but had never seen one so beautiful.  I asked him what breed of horse he was.  The gentlemen said he was an Arabian stallion. My wife had a snow white grade mare at the same time so I asked him what the stud fee was.  We agreed on the price.  Eleven months later the mare had a filly, during which time our families became close friends.  I called him to let him know about the new filly.  We talked for awhile, that is when I asked him, "that if he ever had a stud colt by this stallion that I would be interested". In May of 1975 the phone rang and it was my friend.  He said he had two colts for sale, one they called "Popcorn" and the other "Hotdog".  I went to look at them and decided I wanted Hotdog.  When the colt was six months old I paid $2,500.00 in labor and materials to him to build a barn and paint a house. The colt's registered name was "KLASSIC MI ZAB" by Zab who was by Fay-El-Dine out of Zabba of Babson Breeding. Klassic Mi Zab and I became one, in Klassic Mi Zab's training.  I learned more about loving and caring for a horse than you could ever imagne.  I began riding him at the age of three, showing in halter, western pleasure, trail, working cattle and team penning.  Klassic Mi Zab at the age of ten was trained for English Pleasure by another good friend named Kit Townsend, which placed him in Lubbock, Texas class A and several open shows in Midland, Texas.  Klassic Mi Zab is gone now, March 26, 1996.  Twenty-two years of loving a horse like him, but his line is carried in my breeding program.  I have two sons, 4 daughters, 3 grand-daughters, 1 grandson, as well as double bred grandson of Zab's and one grand-daughter of Zab's.  This is my first love.  I now care for other lines such as Tuhotmos, Mageed, Fadl Starr, Focus Shaskan, Ghalion and Sami Raja. Thanks to Marshall Partlow for showing me Zab and getting me involved in the Arabian horses.  I have had the opportunity and pleasure to go to many farms and handle many other beautiful Arabians.  In doing so, I have met many new friends and share a common love for the Arabian horse regardless of pedigree.  Thanks to all of my old friends, new friends and those to come.  Welcome to Brazeal's Arabians.                                                 By Charles Brazeal