In
the beautiful countryside of Central Europe in the Czech Republic,
situated near the German border, lies the small village of Doubrava:
Doubrava comprises of 7 listed buildings originally
constructed from the 18th and 19th century.
The village is an example of calm and serenity and
every building is hand-painted in the style of the area , and protected
and controlled by the Czech National Trust.
Although Doubrava is a perfect example of calm and a
feeling of being close to nature, it lies less than half an hour from one
of the famous “Spa” towns of Marienbad, Karlsbad(approx 40 mins) and
Franzensbad each offering exeptional restaurants, 5 star Hotels,
internationally recognised Golf courses, and casinos. Karlsbad hosts every
year the “International Film Festival”, attracting promenent film
drectors,producers, and actors from all over the world such as regular
guests Sean Connery and this year Robert Redford.
Within 10 minutes of Doubrava is the border town of
Eger(Cheb) also with its famous marketplace offering theatre and music
festivals on a regular basis:
Eger is also
expanding and becoming a shopping centre in its own right attrackting some
of the biggest supermarket chains in Europe offering all buying
opportunities.
The Stud farm of Doubrava,
owned and managed by Mr. Juergen Schaefer, offers 2 self-contained
farms, together with seperate
holiday accomadation and 60 hectares of meadows and farming land: One of
the most spectacular sights in Doubrava is the fact that the horses can go
directly from thier stables into the pastures in the early mornings The
inside of the farm together with the stables has been renovated with much
sensitivity and detail, the second farm is at this moment not renovated
and is used for young horses in the winter as open boxes, however the 2nd
farm itself has enormous potential for either a second stud , small land
house hotel or holiday
accomadation.
Doubrava has its own Museum attracting visitors on a
regular basis form both Germany and the Czech Republic together with a
restaurant renowned throughout the region for serving authentic Bohemian
specialities.
Doubravsky
Arab prides itself on the breeding lines of the Arabian horse
totaling 40 horses imported from the world Famous stud
farms Tersk and Krenovoe in Russia together with Janow Podlaski and
Michlow in Poland, many of the brood mares represented are decended from
bloodlines that are coming very rare commodity in the international
breeding programme of the Arabian Horse.
A well known representative of
before mention bloodlines is the stallion Normativ - himself multiple
show- and racewinner - Today, at the age of 22 years he is still the king
of Doubravsky Arab and breeding several mares - Arabian and Warmbloods,
mainly for performance.
In
2008 a new part of breeding history began at Doubravsky Arab. With the
purchase of the black stallion Dubai Pasha - a son of Triple Crown Winner
BJ Thee Mustafa, new bloodlines joined the breeding program to improve and
strengthen the Arabian Type. He was already used before in the 2006
breeding season. After he produced outstanding results the decisission
to purchase him was not a very difficult one. Here at Doubravsky Arab we
are looking forward to seeing more of his exceptional foals in the coming
years.
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