This importation, few though they were, did have an impact on the Arabian breed in the United States.  Both *Meca and *Menfis created strong family lines.  The mare *Nakkla was purchased by the Kellogg Ranch and was bred with success to *Raseyn; the last foal she produced was Pomona Amen.  The other families were prolifically represented by the champions sired by Sureyn, a son of *Raseyn.  The Spanish horses were found to nick well with the Skowronek line.  Fifteen of Sureyn’s twenty-three champions were from mares of the Siria family as represented by *Meca and *Menfis through their female descendants.

It was thirty-one years until further Arabians were brought into the United States from Spain.  In May of 1965 came the ambitious importation of the Steen Ranches of Nevada, know as The Steen Imports.  This importation included twenty-three mares and three stallions:
 

The Steen importations have had a very significant impact on the Arabian breed in the United States with many of the existing Spanish stallions and mares today a product of the Arabians imported by the Steens in 1965.

In December of 1965 John M. Rogers of California imported:

From 1965 until July of 1978 the remaining importation of Spanish Arabians is as follows:
 

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