Owned and operated 

by Don James

Located on

Vancouver Island, BC

11200 West Saanich Road, North Saanich, B.C. Canada V8L 5P4
(250) 655-4131

Island Arabians is an Arabian breeding farm located on Vancouver Island on the West Coast of British Columbia. We are a small breeder with a select group of mares, committed to producing offspring from the best bloodlines.

We strive to produce versatile horses that will perform as superb breeding stock or show and pleasure prospects. Our goal is to give our foals the best start possible in order to offer youngsters with good minds that will facilitate success in future training. The size of our operation makes that possible, with each new arrival treated with care in a process that ensures they bond well with the humans in their environment.

At Island Arabians our horses are turned out onto generous pasture every day, weather permitting. We believe this makes our horses more robust and content. Youngsters are turned out together, providing them with the opportunity to learn how to interact with other horses. Breeding stallions are not maintained on the farm. Sires are chosen to fit with each mare's pedigree to produce desired conformation, size and ability.		Hailey Bop
Island Fire We normally offer a limited number of sale horses each year, allowing us to continue our breeding program. In the summer of 2004, however, we embarked on a herd reduction, and there are currently a number of horses available  for purchase.		Training is started early with a gentle and slow approach. Our goal is to build a bond of trust and respect and our success is evident  in the well mannered, sound horses that we are producing.
Island Cash	The spring of 2005 brought an exciting arrival to the farm: our first Quarter Horse Arabian cross. Island Cash is out of one of our top Arabian mares, Island Star. His sire is the superb Quarter Horse stallion Lena Talks Cash.  Island Cash is a wonderful colt who displays the best attributes of both the Arabian and Quarter Horse breeds. His power and grace is obvious as he frolics in the pasture, yet he is easy to handle and willing to please when on a lead line. We are looking forward to more foals like Island Cash in the spring of 2006. Research is continuing on the bloodlines of our horses. We are gathering information and photographs of these horses and we hope that you will find it just as interesting as we do. We've unearthed quite a bit of new information about their history that we're sure you'll enjoy. Check out our hyperlinks to the pedigrees we've researched.
If you're interested in any of the horses on this site, feel free to email us at donajames@shaw.ca or give us a call at 1-250-655-4131. We'd love to hear from you!
Island Elegance & Island Kadence