AUSTIN BOGGS - Key Persons

Bint Bey Shah has earned a place of honor in the Arabian horse breed. According to the Arabian Horse Data Source, Bint Bey Shah is the Leading Living Broodmare in the World. At 19 years of age, Bint Bey Shah has produced 20 foals, registered in the United States and three offspring that were foaled overseas via embryo transfers. Bint Bey Shah has carried a foal every year since 1998, except one. Bint Bey Shah is a prolific producer in terms of numbers. However, it is the consistent quality of her offspring that sets her apart from others. Her offspring are champions and champion producers. Just as she has been a foundation mare for Bob and Janene Boggs' breeding program, Bint's offspring have been instrumental in establishing programs for their owners around the world. She has sons and daughters in seven different countries and second-generation offspring in more than 30 countries. Bint Bey Shah produced 13 offspring by Padrons Psyche, including Leading European Sire, Psytadel, and the international champion mare, Pandoraah. Bint Bey Shah produced two foals by Magnum Psyche and four foals by Justify. In addition, she produced one foal by Monogramm and one by Versace. Bint Bey Shah was bred and is owned by Bob and Janene, Austin and Olivia Boggs. Bint Bey Shah was sired by the legendary stallion Bey Shah. Her dam was Musks Angel Eyes and her maternal grand dam was A Love Letter, both mares were bred and owned by Bob 's parents, Don and Alverna Boggs. Bint Bey Shah continues a breeding program that spans four generations of the Boggs family. She is the epitome of the Arabian mare; beautiful, strong, proud, spirited, kind, and profoundly generous. Bob Boggs expressed it best, "Everything we have as a family, we owe to Bint Bey Shah."

Bob Boggs recalled that it was his father's declining health that helped him realize how much his parent's breeding program meant to him personally, both in relationship to his family's history and in terms of what they had contributed to the Arabian horse breed. When Donald Carl Boggs passed away, on August 27th, 1989, Bob took an even more active role in his mother's life and in managing the remaining herd. Although Bob had enjoyed tremendous success as a professional trainer and handler of national champions, over the next seven years his priorities and passion would shift. Bob's vision moved away from training and handling and he became focused on the future of the Boggs breeding program and the revitalization of Midwest Station I as a source of high quality Arabian horses for the international show and breeding market. Bob was not alone in this life journey; he had his life partner at his side. Bob was at a show in Sioux Falls, South Dakota when he first saw a young woman from Nebraska who was there competing. Bob made a point to meet the young lady, Janene Ehrlich, and afterwards told his mother, "I'm going to marry that girl!" Bob was 19 and Janene would soon turn 18; it was the beginning of a lifetime commitment that became official when the couple married in 1991. Janene's love for the Arabian horse ran every bit as deeply as Bob's. She had grown up showing horses with her parents, Dee and Jane Ehrlich, and her sister Jill. Janene is a very experienced and accomplished horsewoman and has earned numerous national championships in halter and performance. Bob's vision for Midwest Station I was ambitious, but he and Janene were committed to their families, each other and to their goal. Bob and Janene remained close to their families; they worked together, traveled to horse shows together and built their life together. Bob's mother "Shorty", passed away November 29, 1994. It was the end of an era. Their parents had provided a fantastic foundation. They taught them the value of family, hard work, pulling together and a deep love, respect and concern for the horses. Now it was up to Janene and Bob to evolve, move it forward, and take it to the next level. Bob believed, and Janene agreed, that the past success of the Boggs breeding program was based on their extraordinary mares. A few of these mares were still at the farm; others had been sold. Bob and Janene worked with the mares they had and bred them to stallions they believed would contribute the most where it was needed and not detract from the existing quality. They also began to systematically search out the missing mares they believed would contribute to their success and ensure their future. Individually and collectively, this group of foundation mares was priceless; Janene and Bob called them their "Treasures". Bob and Janene also bought Shimmering Star B, 1989, (Sharem El Sheikh x Hal G-Wisz by Derwisz out of G-Amaka by G-Amigo) from Bob's mother. Shimmering Star B was also open at the time she was purchased and Janene and Bob decided to breed her to Brass, a son of Bask and a proven sire of national champions. In June of 1995 Shimmering Star B produced an amazing filly, Poise and Ivy. Three years later, in 1998, Poise and Ivy was named Canadian National Champion Futurity Filly and she went on to win further national titles including Canadian National Reserve Champion Mare, as well as produce a son by Padrons Psyche, Astoundd, who was twice a Reserve National Champion in performance.