Springmeadow was established in 1974 with the acquisition of two preservation bred Saluki hounds who came to be Ch. Sea Wind's Wild Hyacinth, CD, FCh, LCM and El Baz Dahabi, CD.  These two bitches had a strong Warm Valley/Billa-de-Esta heritage going

back to old English lines and it is upon the old English

line "Windswift" and its founder Miss Vera Watkins that

our breeding program was established.  To that end we

imported Windswift Sari Springmeadow and Windswift

Sharmin Spring.  Our goal has always been to produce

an elegant, typey yet functional hound bearing

characteristics going back to the desert heritage of the

breed.  We have remained  grounded to this goal over

the years so that our stock has maintained its look and

functionality.  Until the early nineties we were known

for our feathered Salukis but then we added Midbar

Beer Ruah Springmedow, a red smooth dog with old

American and desert lineage, and with him we began

to produce smooth coated Salukis with very well

defined musculature.  Shortly after that time we

welcomed Bani Dawsari Springmeadow Marah and

Bani Dawsari Kahalah who bring lineage even closer to

the desert.

We have been very involved with Salukis since

the beginning and have served as officers of

numerous Saluki organizations and have judged

both ASFA and AKC lure coursing.  Elaine has also

been a judge of numerous specialty Saluki

Sweepstakes and has been a columist for a

Saluki magazine as well as editor of two Saluki

publications over the years.  More recently we

have scaled back Saluki breeding and showing

but we still host the annual Galveston Bay Saluki Club coursing weekend on our ranch.

In 1993, Elaine sought to realize a dream

of adding Arabian Horses to the program

and again sought to select bloodlines with

old heritage.  The main focus has been the

preservation of the Babson Egyptian line in

and of itself and in combination with some

of the new Egyptian lines.  We currently

stand two stallions: the rare Almoraima

Capitan and the multi champion and

reserve champion dressage competitor,

Serr Sotamm+.  Coming up in the wings

are homebred Stormin Norman Rou and

Asiir Ibn Sotamm. Our broodmare band

includes

Almoraima Aurora, Bint Khabira, Bint Bint Serabah, and

Fa Maarlina (co-owned with Elizabeth Dawsari); we are

dedicated to producing quality sporthorse prospects.

In 1999, we realized our dream to move our program to

a ranch property and settled on 98 acres in

Waller, Texas.  In addition to the dogs and horses, we

feed a growing friendly population of whitetail deer.

Elaine Yerty

28471 Waller Gladish Rd.

Waller, TX 77484

(979)921-0049

Email: SpringmeadowArab@pdq.net

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