Tumbleweed Arabian Horse Farm

Welcome to the Tumbleweed Arabian Horse Farm website, dba Terrell Arabians, standing the stallion, Thee Bikr WPA.

Thee Bikr WPA, a.k.a. Bik, is a grey straight Egyptian Arabian stallion, foaled in 2002. His sire, LS Thee Bahim, is a black straight Egyptian Arabian stallion, a Jr Grand Champion, and the paternal brother of the three time National Grand Champion of Africa that starred in the movie, "The Young Black Stallion". LS Thee Bahim is a producer of show winners.

Thee Bikr's grandsire is the famous Thee Desperado, recognized as the leading living sire of straight Egyptian Arabians in the world. Thee Desperado, the 1994 U.S. Reserve National Champion Sire and the 1994 Scottsdale Unanimous Grand Champion Stallion, has competed in Western Pleasure and Halter events. His progeny have excelled in both Halter and Performance classes.

Thee Bikr's dam, The Kalahari, was sired by The Mohave, a multi-champion stallion and producer of halter and performance class champions with overall correct conformation.

Thee Bikr is a natural herd sire, separating his mares and protecting the younger mares from the "bossiness" of the older mares, making sure they all get their fair portion of food and attention. He is a proven sire of 7 progeny. While his progeny have not been entered in any shows, they all have his good looks, soundness, sweet disposition and friendly nature. They love people and lots of attention. They have a desire to learn.

Thee Bikr WPA would be a wonderful choice as a sire for your mare. Besides being a stallion of quality, he passes on the beautiful head, sound conformation, and a kind temperament to his progeny.

To arrange a breeding to your mare, contact us at tumbleweed_50@yahoo.com , or call 618-931-4183 and leave a message. Please include the best time to receive a callback along with your callback informaiton.

Our Farm

The Tumbleweed is a small Arabian Horse breeding farm, established to promote the Straight Egyptian Arabian horse. It is located in Granite City, Illinois, (just across the Mississippi from St.Louis, MO). At the present, we are mainly promoting our stallion, Thee Bikr WPA [LS Thee Bahim (Thee Desperado) X The Kalahari (The Mohave)].

The farm's only breeding stallion, Thee Bikr (Arabic for "firstborn") is passing along the fantastic chiseled head of the Arabian, great conformation and temperament. Thanks to the early handling by his breeders, and to his bloodlines, he is a very calm stallion - another trait he is passing on to his get. He protects his mares and becomes a buffer in the herd environment between older and younger mares, making sure all are safe.

Most every farm has one or more dogs. Our farm has a Chocolate Labrador Retriever named Sophie. She is a delight and so full of energy. As a birthday present, two puppies were acquired in June 2007. One is a male, German Shepherd, named Leopold (Leo for short), and the other is a female black Labrador Retriever named Kate. The Tumbleweed also has chickens (for egg production) and, of course, the usual family of barn cats. Being close to town, many children like to visit in order to experience a small farm environment. Adults come for the relaxing, peaceful feeling one enjoys while watching the horses graze.

Realizing that the horse market, as with any breed of marketable animal, can become flooded with too many horses which people may not be able to care for if they cannot sell them, our breedings will be limited. We want people to be able to purchase an affordable horse, with desirable bloodlines, good disposition and athleticism, that will fit into their homelife and discipline of choice. However, we do not believe in breeding for the sake of breeding. Our own mares will not be bred every year, even if the market demand is there. Our practice is to allow the mare's body time to recuperate, and to also allow a foal to nurse longer than the usual 4-5 months, giving it time to gain its independence, explore more of its surroundings and experience sites, sounds, people and other new things while still being able to receive the comfort and security of its mother, as it would in a wild herd environment. Our desire is to be responsible breeders and caretakers of our horses, while making their environment as natural to them as possible.

Presently, we are looking for more acreage as we have outgrown our present farm. Preferably a farm already established for horse breeding (crossfencing, barns, pond and training area) with a home for us in Illinois.

Comments appreciated.