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Sheila Varian
Sheila Varian is a breeder of Arabian horses who lives and works at the Varian Arabians Ranch near Arroyo Grande, California. She grew up with a strong interest in horses, and was mentored in horsemanship by Mary "Sid" Spencer, a local rancher and Morgan horse breeder who also introduced Varian to the ''vaquero'' or "Californio" tradition of western riding. She started her horse ranch, Varian Arabians, in 1954 with the assistance of her parents. Raising and training horses has been her full-time occupation since 1963. She still uses ''vaquero''-influenced methods of training horses, though she has adapted her technique over the years to fit the character of the Arabian horse, which she views as a horse breed requiring a smart yet gentle approach.
Varian has produced a number of influential Arabian horses, whose bloodlines are found in a significant number of winning Arabian show horses in the United States. She began her breeding program with a small number of mares whom she bred to her national champion stallion, Bay Abi. She then acquired three mares from Arabian farms in Poland at a time when that nation was still behind the Iron Curtain, and importation of horses to the United States was very difficult. These mares and Bay Abi formed her foundation bloodstock. She now stands horses at stud who represent the fifth generation of her stallion breeding line, and her foundation mare lines have produced nine generations of offspring. For her accomplishments, Varian has received recognition from the United States Equestrian Federation, as well as several awards from various organizations within the Arabian horse industry. For her contributions as breeder and as a horse trainer in the ''vaquero'' tradition, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2003.
== Early years ==
Varian grew up in the community of Halcyon with a strong interest in horses,〔 combined with a fondness for horse books such as the works of Marguerite Henry and The Black Stallion series written by Walter Farley,〔 She credits Farley's books as the origin of her interest in Arabian horses. She was given her first horse, a Morgan-Percheron crossbred, at the age of eight, and rode bareback until she obtained her first saddle at age 12. Although her parents, Eric and Wenonah Varian, did not have an equestrian background, they always supported her interest in horses,〔 allowing both her and her older sister the freedom to ride horses as much as they wanted. Varian matured to be tall, and has stated that while she "struggled" with her height as a young person, she found comfort in riding horses: "all my troubles went away."
Varian and her parents began using the farm name "Varian Arabians" in 1954.〔 She credits her parents for helping her believe that she could do whatever she wanted to do and for trusting her own judgement, which gave her confidence in her own ability to work with horses. They worked as a team to build a horse business; Eric, an electrical contractor,〔 built fences and managed the land, Wenonah studied pedigrees, and Sheila handled the horses.〔 In time, their ranch expanded from 21 to 150 acres.〔 As a young adult, Varian completed college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and taught high school physical education for three years, until 1963, when running the Varian Arabian ranch became her full-time job.〔〔 The ranch was self-supporting from 1963 on, with the short-term assistance of loans from Sheila's aunt, Dorothy Varian, which were promptly repaid.〔 Today, the ranch consists of 230 acres.
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