"Where did you get the name Arion Productions?"
I named my company after a horse. As you do.
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If you don't know anything about horse racing, let me tell you: this poor horse was destined either for the dog food tins or someone who'd take him on in another career. I bought him from a show rider who had too many horses at the time and didn't have the time to bring him on.
His stable name had been Vin, and before that, Wally in his racing days. I wasn't keen on either of those so I got out my book of Greek mythology and discovered a lovely legend. Poseidon was the God of the Sea and he drew the 'white horses' from the sea, formed them into a real horse and gave the first horse to man. He called the first horse Arion. Perfect, I thought, and Arion it was.
Arion never did make it big in the show ring and he's now galloping in another mystical place, the Elysian fields. We had a lot of fun on the way though. He had a sense of humour, was kind and loving, and shone like brown satin in the sun.
Before I had my own company I would make greeting cards for friends and jokingly badge the back with 'Arion Productions' and a cartoon of my horse. When it came time for me to leave the corporate world and start up on my own, the company name was a no-brainer. Arion Productions became a real entity. I'm still considering using the cartoon horse, though!
- Sabrina Ferguson