Bey Shahn Photos

Bey Shahn Photos

Once upon a time, in 1990 Cory Soltau & Ralph Sessa decided to breed their mare, Torinna (a Tornado Daughter) to the great Bey Shah.

Bey Shah x Torinna (Tornado daughter) = ???

(**more Bey Shah pics below....)

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On April 20, 1991 -- a beautiful bay colt was born. He was named -- BEY SHAHN.

Bey Shahn pictured above as a yearling in 1992. Being exercised on the racetrack at the Soltau farm in California. Ralph and Cory bred one mare in 1993 to BEY SHAHN and that resulted in a bay colt in 1994.

*Bey Shahn's very first foal (below)

SL BEY SHAHNTU

AHR*541522

04 Jul 1994

Gelding

Bay

In 1994, Tracy and Cory Holbrook of Santa Ynez, California decided they couldn't resist buying this gorgeous three year old colt so he went to live with them. (*pics above taken in 1994 when Shahn was 3)

Tracy really wanted to ride Shahn in Country English Classes so she had him started under saddle. ....but he just wasn't a very good Country English horse ..... too lazy. (picture taken in 1995)

...so they stood him as a stallion and he sired 6 foals while with Tracy and Cory. (*Pictures above taken in 1996)

*Foals sired by Bey Shahn from 1995 - 1997 while owned by Tracy and Cory Holbrook (below)

BEY SHAHLAYNA	AHR*513545	01 Feb 1995	Mare	Bay
BA TORRO BEY	AHR*518179	01 May 1995	Gelding	Chestnut
BEY SUMMER BREEZE	AHR*529631	02 Jun 1995	Mare	Bay
IMAGINASHAHN	HAHR*2A325782	11 Mar 1996	Gelding	Chestnut
ELATSHAHN	AHR*548426	22 Mar 1997	Mare	Chestnut

Tracy and Cory really didn't want to stand a stallion so they decided to offer Bey Shahn for sale so he could go to a breeder that wanted to really use him and promote him...

In June 1998, Russ and Kelly purchased Bey Shahn and he came to live in Iowa.

They wanted to make Shahn a western horse so after breeding a few mares the spring of 1999, they sent him up to Shada Arabian Sanction and he was put in western training with Robert Spear (Shada's performance trainer at the time) Russ and Kelly transferred Shahn to Matthias Arabians a few months later in order to have him a little closer to home and where they continued his Western Training. They brought him home later that year because they really wanted to have him at the farm to take him to shows themselves and also decided to stand him at their farm in 2000. As a result of the three mares he covered in 1999, he sired three foals born in 2000.

*Foals sired by Bey Shahn in 2000 (below)

PISTOLEERO BEY	HAHR*5A339169	28 Feb 2000	Gelding	Bay
MVA BEY SHAHNA	AHR*575794	08 Apr 2000	Mare	Bay
BEY XHILLERASHAHN	AHR*579991	18 May 2000	Gelding	Grey

Russ and Kelly bred many mares to Shahn in 2000 and 2001. He didn't show much during that time period. (*Picture above taken by Judith in 2001)

Russ and Kelly did take Shahn to the Iowa Gold Star Futurity Show to promote him as a stallion ... this photo taken at the 2001 Gold Star Show.

*Foals sired by Bey Shahn in 2001 and 2002 (below)

SHAHNEL NO FIVE	AHR*590972	21 Jan 2001	Mare	Chestnut
REY LAVENNDER BEY	AHR*592786	25 Feb 2001	Mare	Chestnut
REYDIASHAHN BEY	AHR*590265	04 Mar 2001	Gelding	Chestnut
CCACCELERATOR BEY	AHR*586797	16 Mar 2001	Stallion	Bay
REYNSTORM BEY	HAHR*6A346398	28 Mar 2001	Mare	Black Bay
IWF SHAHNIA	AHR*588540	02 Apr 2001	Mare	Chestnut
CHANS BEY SHAHN	AHR*586793	27 Apr 2001	Gelding	Bay
MYA SHAHLAH ROSE	AHR*592466	04 May 2001	Mare	Bay
SHERWOOD	AHR*593830	18 Jun 2001	Gelding	Grey
AAH SAKISHAHN	AHR*594642	09 Mar 2002	Mare	Grey
SF AMBISHAHN	HAHR*6A347631	27 Mar 2002	Mare	Bay
FRAMESI BEY	AHR*594395	12 Apr 2002	Mare	Chestnut
MONTAGE LS	AHR*600785	23 Apr 2002	Gelding	Grey
BEY PERFECSHAHN	AHR*594810	03 May 2002	Gelding	Bay
KHEMOSHAHN BEY	AHR*595929	18 May 2002	Gelding	Bay
KWA GODZILLA	AHR*598882	20 May 2002	Stallion	Bay
DJ BEY SAM	AHR*597244	31 May 2002	Gelding	Bay
REY JUBILASHAHN BEY	AHR*595928	03 Jun 2002	Mare	Bay

In 2002, Russ and Kelly thought about putting Shahn back under saddle and getting him back into the show ring again so they sent him to Abbie "Leopard" Miller after they bred one mare that spring. Abbie started Shahn out as a Hunt Horse in 2002.

Bey Shahn was named IaAHA Overall High Point Purebred Open Hunt Horse in 2002 and he sired one more foal.

*Foal sired by Bey Shahn in 2003 (below)

PHOENIX BEY SB	HAHR*2A353016	29 Mar 2003	Gelding	Chestnut
PHOENIX BEY SB	CPAR*2A6125	29 Mar 2003	Gelding	Chestnut

Abbie gradually transferred Shahn back to Western Pleasure and the plan was to get all the mares booked to him in 2003 bred quickly in early spring so he could continue his show career. Unfortunately, the mares didn't cooperate and Shahn didn't get them all settled until mid summer in 2003 ..... that threw off his training schedule and he didn't return to the ring. He sired 5 morefoals in 2004.

*Foals sired by Bey Shahn in 2004 (below)

EVOLUSHAHN BEY	HAHR*6A355796	22 Feb 2004	Mare	Bay
XPLOSHAHN BEY	AHR*617801	02 Mar 2004	Gelding	Bay
A PREMONISHAHN	AHR*615130	01 Apr 2004	Stallion	Bay
CCF KHAHBEYLLA	AHR*608813	13 Apr 2004	Mare	Bay
KOINCIDENTALY BEY	HAHR*2A354814	29 May 2004	Gelding	Bay

Russ and Kelly kept him home and kept breeding him in 2004, 2005, and 2006. He was not shown anywhere during that time frame.

*Foals sired by Bey Shahn in 2005, 2006, and 2007 (below)

WR-KORRY	AHR*623983	17 Feb 2005	Stallion	Bay
NA-SHAHN	AHR*616435	26 Feb 2005	Mare	Bay
MAGIC POSHAHN	HAHR*6A363203	15 Mar 2005	Mare	Chestnut
THE ELECTRISHAHN	AHR*623373	29 Mar 2005	Stallion	Bay
CELEBRASHAHN BEY	AHR*624349	17 Apr 2005	Mare	Chestnut
IMA COWBOY SENSASHAHN	HAHR*1A361561	08 Jul 2005	Gelding	Buckskin
BEY ALARM	AHR*625108	03 Mar 2006	Stallion	Bay
ST PATTY BEY	HAHR*6A362125	17 Mar 2006	Mare	Bay
CF CINNAMON TWIST	HAHR*1A362546	19 Apr 2006	Mare	Buckskin
CF CINNAMON TWIST	CPAR*1A5889	19 Apr 2006	Mare	Buckskin
BLACKSTONE SHAHN	HAHR*1A363129	28 May 2006	Stallion	Bay
DE KAUZN A KOMOSHAHN	HAHR*1A366419	05 Feb 2007	Mare	Chestnut
G TEZ OKAYSHAHN BEY	AHR*630290	14 Mar 2007	Stallion	Bay
BUCKINAY BEY	HAHR*1A367284	28 Mar 2007	Stallion	Buckskin
JDEES DEJAVU	HAHR*2A367498	23 Apr 2007	Gelding	Buckskin
DJ MECCA	AHR*634366	28 May 2007	Stallion	Bay

In 2007 Russ and Kelly decided to start outcrossing Bey Shahn daughters on outside stallions and no longer bred him to their mares. Only one outside mare was bred to Shahn in 2007 producing a palomino Half Arabian filly.

*Last Foal sired by Bey Shahn in 2008 (below)

GOLDEN GIRL GEM

HAHR*1A369769

13 Jun 2008

Mare

Palomino

Bey Shahn was formally retired from publicly breeding in 2008 and has not sired any further foals. In total he sired 51 registered Arabian and Half Arabian horses. There are a couple more out there that never got registered by their owners.

**Pics below taken of Shahn in July, 2009 -- at 18 years old