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 For nearly 20 years, Georgia Cheer has combined her love of animals and expertise in graphic arts/printing to produce publications focused on Arabian horses.
Georgia hails from English roots, having been born in Hampshire (England). But her parents emmigrated to the United States (specifically Los Angeles), so she grew up a "Southern Californian." Her summers and time off from school were spent with her grandparents in England, mostly riding in the beautiful New Forest near Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst.
After a college career based on fine arts, Georgia grew inspired with graphic arts and eventually worked in various capacities in the printing industry. She merged her love of animals, especially horses, with her expertise in printing to create her own publication in 1983 called "The Crabbet Influence in Arabians Today."
Georgia's timing was excellent, as the first World Crabbet Symposium was held in Denver (Colorado) the same year as the magazine's premier issue (1983), and the Crabbet Influence was a hit. As her magazine was "discovered" it grew in readership to include subscribers in ten countries besides the U.S.
Since those early years, Georgia has traveled far and wide and participated in countless events. She attended the second Crabbet Symposium held in Crawley (U.K.) in 1985, and has attended the British National shows at Ascot and Malvern. In the states, Georgia has judged Crabbet-club shows in Oregon and Texas, and been a guest speaker at several club functions in California, Washington and Virginia. Georgia has also written articles for the Arabian Horse Express, the International Arabian Horse Association magazine, and recently she was published in the Arabian Horse Times March 2000 issue. She is currently a member of the Bedouin Society, IAHA, AHRA and a honorary member of the Eastern Crabbet Arabian Horse Society.
In 1994, Georgia began another successful Arabian horse publication, the regional monthly Western Arabian News. She published it for nearly 4 years before the schedule of two magazines took a back seat to campaigning her stallion's daughter. Georgia is the breeder of both her stallion and his daughter, and each enjoyed successful show careers. See Cheer Ranch page.
Georgia is proud of her involvement with Arabians and the impact the
Pictured above is Georgia with her rabbit Flopsie and her Half-Arab mare Phoebe.
May 2000 photo by Mark Cheer.
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Crabbet Influence magazine has made. She has used her magazine and published articles as a means to educate many Arabian enthusiasts on breeding better quality Arabians. She has traveled abroad to Australia and England to meet Arabian horse breeders, and made lots of friends along the way. Many of her special "Collector's" books of the Crabbet Influence magazine have now sold out, reinforcing the popularity of her work.
The Crabbet Influence was one of the early adopters of the intranet and Georgia created a web site in 1996. Now the totally revamped web site is called www.crabbet.com, and Georgia has complimented her graphic skills by learning html web design to personally create and update her web site to a more web savvy world audience.
In the year 2000, Georgia is taking her writing and photo skills on the road to Great Britain. The goal is to develop profiles on U.K. Arabian breeders and place that important information on her web site for posterity. It was this visit in the summer of 2000 that Georgia conceived the idea of having a Crabbet Convention to be held in England. She proposed the idea to Mrs. C. Sussex, and then in December 2000 she moved to England in order to see the project through.
The 2002 British Crabbet Convention would not have happened had Georgia not personally involved herself in the project. Her intense belief and dedication to these bloodlines has commanded much sacrifice in her personal life as well as her finances. Fortunately, her husband Guy Seitz is as dedicated to her as she is to Crabbet. He has stepped into her 'spot' to carry on with her business at home in the US allowing her to be 100% involved in England.
Everyone who loves Crabbet will find no better 'flag-waver' for the Crabbet cause than Georgia.
In 2003 she will be celebrating her 20th year of publishing The Crabbet Influence in Arabians Today magazine. Please be a part of her special anniversary issue. |
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