Building A Legacy

Smoky Mountain Park Arabians LLC grew from the great passion owner Jacque Thompson has for Arabian horses and her desire to promote the breed as a superior family show horse.

As a child, Jacque fell in love with Arabian type, mystery, intelligence and athleticism while reading Walter Farley's romantic descriptions of The Black Stallion. She grew in knowledge and passion as she gained a deeper appreciation for the special bond that forms between Arabians and their owners when together they strive and sometimes struggle to act as one. Then as a teen, Jacque had the good fortune of having placed in her care a very talented purebred Arabian park horse named Mac Keff. Mac was an anchoring force in her life during her formative years as a young horse woman. And while Jacque dreamed about, loved, and trained her project horse - her passion became the passion of her parents as well. Their shared experience provided many happy times together. Years later, Jacque and her husband Rod developed a world class Arabian breeding farm in the rolling foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Their breeding farm and training facility has more than 65 National quality Arabian horses and Half-Arabians.

Best known for Smoky Mountain Park Arabians breeding program and main ring success - specifically Country English Pleasure, English Pleasure, Halter and Park - the Thompson's are expanding their outreach to the Arabian Horse community by developing ArabianHorse.com. As a show of commitment to the Arabian Horse globally, Smoky Mountain Park Arabians is itself beginning to pursue, in as much as is possible, other disciplines for their Smoky Mountain Park bred and or trained Arabian horses. Over the years Smoky Mountain Park Arabians has also shown Arabian horses and driving, show hack division, main-ring hunter and the popular world of competitive endurance rides. In pursuit of Jacque's goal of promoting the Arabian breed as the original "versatile horse" reining, endurance and sport horse.

Unparalleled Broodmare Herd

Her passion for the breed has fueled Jacque’s desire to build one of the top broodmare herds in the world. With mares including CP Dansing Ghazi, Pretty Amazing, HF Ariana, Escada SCA, DA Trinda, On Tulsa Time, Night Slippers, Being Watched and Read My Mind, SMP now has a world-class herd producing truly spectacular foals. Each successive breeding year brings her vision to light with greater clarity.

World Class Studs

Her famous stallions Baskghazi (Baske Afire x RY Fire Ghazi) and The Renaissance (ML Afire Dream x Fire Essense) have received acclaim in the show ring as well as in the breeding arena. The Renaissance was Unanimous US National Champion in Arabian English Pleasure Futurity in 2009. Baskghazi took a Top Ten in 2010 at US Nationals in the English Pleasure Open, plus he was 2011 Scottsdale Champion in English Pleasure Open.

The Future

Jacque and Rod have dedicated their time and resources to promoting the beautiful Arabian breed. Thanks to Jacque’s enthusiasm and determination they are building a legacy here at SMP, and their horses are guaranteed to become legendary.