Minotaur+ - Discover the Treasure!
The three-time National winner Minotaur+ has earned enough
show points to qualify for the Legion of Honor this year. He has also
won over 20 most classic awards.
We are celebrating his Top Ten at the 1997 Canadian Nationals, his legion of honor this year, his unanimous championship at Region 13, and his tremendous show earning Top Tens at both the United States and the Canadian Nationals in 1996. From the response of the crowd and judges, fellow trainers and media, they reinforced what the people in Manitoba Canada always knew when he arrived as a yearling. This is an exceptional Stallion.
*Menes was purchased from Russia for $3,000,000 in 1985 and brought to Aries Arabians, north of Chicago. He was raced successfully in Russia prior to his importation. *Menes' son, Balaton, himself a European Champion and bred almost identically to Minotaur+, was called "the race horse of the century" by Tersk Stud. *Menes dominated European shows in 1994 and, most recently, has sired Emperator, the 1990 U.S. Champion Futurity Colt and as well was named World Champion Stallion. Amurath Selari is the daughter of *Ramses Fayek, who has sired a U.S. National Champion and has numerous National Top Ten horses. Her dam, *Sanacht, is the all-time leading dam of champions.
Minotaur+ has won over 55 Championships, including being named Manitoba Provincial Champion Stallion an unprecedented three times. Minotaur+ has won another 20, most Classic Championship Awards. At the 1993 Scottsdale Arabian Horse show, a yearling Minotaur+ filly and a yearling Minotaur+ colt, won both Junior Championships. In 1994, the Minotaur+ colt Inquizataur was named Western Canadian Breeders' Stallion.
In 1995, David Boggs showed Minotaur+ in preparation to the U.S. Nationals. He earned many championships, as well as a large following. These same people cheered his recovery from a trailer accident on the way to the U.S. Nationals in October 1995.
In 1996, Minotaur+ started out with a Reserve Championship
for Stallions 1990-and-over at Scottsdale, shown by David Boggs. Because
of Minotaur+ arriving late in the breeding season and the commitment to
the already booked mares, Keith Krichke did the halter training in Michigan
so he could honor those breedings. Minotaur+ and Keith were a team, and
the decision was made to go to Nationals with him. Thanks to Keith, he
was presented magnificently. He even had a standing ovation when he left
the ring in Louisville.
Twenty of Minotaur+'s foals (the oldest are now 7 years) have collected forty-five First Place ribbons and another twenty Junior Championships. One two-year-old filly shown in four shows in 1992 has two Senior Championships and two reserve senior Championships including Provincial Championship Mare as a two-year-old.
Under saddle, Minotaur+ exhibits exceptional athleticism. His balance, endurance and controlled power are awesome. Minotaur+'s get when ridden show similar ability to learn and be trained, always retaining a show attitude. His pedigree, confirmation and solid bone structure make him a natural as a race sire, and performance sire.
How Minotaur+ crosses with mares, he tends to lengthen the croup and shorten the back. He emphasizes pretty, shortening and widening the head and passing on the large soft eyes. His legs are die straight with good bone and he has excellent depth of chest. His motion, show ring attitude and tail carriage are shared by his foals, as is his ability to come right down and be a pleasure to deal with even in the breeding season.
Says Linda Mehney of Grand Arabian Farm (1995)
"it was a cold, bleak morning in April. Patches of snow
stood in sheltered areas and the wind shuffled across the prairies that
stretched treeless to the horizon. I had come to Central Canada to see
a horse, but the countryside seemed more like the barren steppes of Russia,
which has been home to this stallion's sire. When I had seen the video,
I wondered where Minotaur+ had been hidden. When he was led from the stall
that morning, I could only imagine where he would be going! As natural
and strong as the countryside, he shown in the morning light with a radiance
that came from within. The video and the photos had only been tantalizers.
He was very much for real and so where his babies! Having searched the
world over for a sire for my own Mahogany mares and those of my clients,
I knew I had found the horse. 
It's not often that someone makes a discovery but I feel I've made
one in Minotaur+. The people in Canada who know him must feel like our
North American Indians felt within Columbus 'discovered' them. This horse
is a secret that must be shared. I am proud to have introduced him to
the World. He will have an impact on the breed. I am breeding my Padrons
Mahogany mares to Minotaur+, and will be standing and managing him from
Grand Arabian."
Says Keith Krichke of Krichke Training Center (1996)
"Minotaur+ is the easiest stallion I have ever shown. He
has tremendous heart and is always there for you. He is way cool-he is
a great horse!"
Says Linda Mehney (1998)
"Now that I have some Minotaur+ foals of my own and have
seen many of my clients, they are as predicted by the lines I saw in Europe
and the multiple foals in Canada, exceptional! He is crossing very well
with many different blood lines across the board, siring correct, athletic
show horses that are smart and easy to deal with. I'm looking forward
to the impact, on the industry, that this stallion will achieve.
Discover the Treasure!
For additonal information please contact:
Grand Arabian Farms
Linda Mehney
3049 Mary S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Phone: 616.957.2161 Fax: 616.957.4797
E-Mail: gaarab@ix.netcom.com
