Maroon Fire Arabians and Shea Stables

Maroon Fire Arabians is owned by Gail and Dave Liniger. The couple are best known in the business world as the team that co-founded the Denver-based global real estate franchise RE/MAX Realty. Today, RE/MAX LLC has grown into one of the leading global real estate franchisors, a subsidiary of RE/MAX Holdings (NYSE:RMAX) with over 130,000 agents in more than 110 countries and territories. The Linigers are involved in numerous businesses but their Arabian horse program, Maroon Fire Arabians, is a lasting favorite.

Beginning in the late 1980s, Linigers started their farm with mares purchased at the Scottsdale Arabian horse auctions. To these they added horses they found and bought from breeders like Don DeLongpre, based on his *Eter and Barbary+++ bloodlines. Following some mare purchases their search for a young breeding stallion took them from coast to coast. It just so happened he was waiting for them at Shea Stables in Michigan.

“Our association with Dave and Gail Liniger began with our mutual friendship with Sheila Varian,” says Tim Shea. “By the time the Linigers came to visit us at our farm in the fall of 1989 we were training some horses for Sheila and we brought one of her colts out for them to look at . . . Afire Bey V. A handsome blood bay with impeccable breeding, Afire Bey V came prancing in hand down the drive and danced through the colorful autumn leaves. He was bold, beautiful and full of charisma. For Dave and Gail it was love at first sight.” 

 

 

What a great beginning for an auspicious 30 plus successful years of partnership.  The Sheas and the Linigers have written a formidable chapter regarding Arabian horses together and changed the dynamics of the American Arabian horse . . . perhaps forever.     

 

Tim and Marty Shea, owners of Shea Stables, have been an intrinsic part of the Arabian horse industry since the mid-1960s. They are well known throughout the business as leaders and innovators in training, showing, breeding and marketing Arabian horses.