Red Rock Arabians is a premier equine establishment located just outside of Lytton, Iowa. Directions Established in the 1970's, Red Rock Arabians has raised quality Arabians for over thirty years. Owned and operated by the Larry Ellis family, Red Rock Arabians began with predominantly Polish bloodlines, but now focus on mainly Russian/Crabbet crosses as well as some select domestic bloodlines.
In the never-ending quest for the perfect combination of Arabian type, beauty, athletic ability, and most importantly, disposition, we purchased our dream horse, *PAARDEN+, in 1988. He became the heart of our breeding program.
Although *PAARDEN+ passed away in 1998, his legend lives on at Red Rock Arabians through his many get and grandget. We stand his son, LIKE A ROCK at stud to the public. With his dazzling charisma, flashy good looks, great confirmation, and typey Arabian features, Like A Rock epitomizes the proud legacy of *PAARDEN+.
Almost Paarfect (*Paarden+ x Roda Mack Islam) 2005 Show wins:
2005 Iowa Gold Star - Champion open Western Pleasure with Jody Strand
2005 Iowa Gold Star - Champion AOTR Western Pleasure with Ann Ellis
2005 Canadian National Top Ten Western Pleasure
2005 Region 11 Top Five Western Pleasure
2005 Region 6 Champion Western Pleasure
2005 Scottsdale Top Ten (6th out of 27) Western Pleasure Open
2005 Scottsdale 2nd Western Pleasure Gentlemen to ride
2005 Scottsdale 4th Western Pleasure
Although Red Rock Arabians focuses primarily on breeding western type performance horses, we also enjoy driving our Arabians. We have a team of chestnut geldings as well as a team of Half-Arabian bay tobiano geldings that are all sired by *Paarden+. We keep the teams busy by giving sleigh rides in the winter and participating in shows and parades in the summer! For one of our Open Barn presentations, we put together Unicorn and Four-at hand hitches. Red Rock Arabians continues to strive to breed quality Arabians that we have a lot of fun with.
