*Zaon
has an interesting history, to say the least. He was born in 1979
in the United Kingdom. His mother had been imported from Spain by
Major and Mrs. Hedley in 1978. In 1981, he was imported to the U.S.
by a group of people, one of whom was Randall Fields. In 1988, his
papers reverted to Randall and Debra Fields, she of the Mrs. Fields cookie
fame. From the time he was imported until 1987, he only sired 11
foals. He then lived in obscurity for 9 years until a gentleman
from Idaho named Glade Chandler purchased him in 1995. He sired 3
foals while in the hands of Glade.
In the summer of 1998, Spanish Arabian breeder Paula O'Keefe
located this striking Jacio son by searching through The Registry's CD-ROM.
A trade was negotiated for two of Paula's young stallions and in August
of '98, *Zaon was on his way to Texas. Unfortunately, breeding season
was over so no young'uns arrived in '99.
In 1999, *Zaon bred his first straight Spanish mares.
At 20 years of age, he is breeding some of the finest straight Spanish
mares in the country. He is being bred to daughters of *Barich de
Washoe, *Aram, *LA Saguro, *Alzubio, and even a daughter of Galero himself.
Response from Spanish breeders to this magnificent stallion
was tremendous in 1999 and hopefully *Zaon can make up for lost time with
the Spanish mares. The year 2000 was especially exciting for O'K
Arabian Farms as *Zaon's first straight Spanish foals arrived. There
were 3 fillies and 2 colts. *Zaon's strength of pedigree was proven
with these wonderful youngsters and we were not disappointed at all !!
