2017 the british nationals three counties show ground · great britain The Arab Horse Society National Show 2017 July 28-30, 2017 Story and photos by Betty Finke
RESULTS CHAMPION STALLION GOLD: Maestro Des Alpes (Marwan Al Shaqab x Maya Des Alpes), owned by Otto Berg SILVER: Serengeti (Vivegas x Legacys Sonata), owned by Lisa Dunn BRONZE: Oryons Prince (Orayan x Crown Princess), owned by J. M. and J. L. Parfitt
Top left: Gold Champion Stallion Maestro Des Alpes (Marwan Al Shaqab x Maya Des Alpes), owned by Otto Berg. Top right: Silver Champion Stallion Serengeti (Vivegas x Legacys Sonata), owned by Lisa Dunn. Right: Bronze Champion Stallion and Bronze Champion Veteran Oryons Prince (Orayan x Crown Princess), owned by J. M. and J. L. Parfitt.
Judges, left to right: Cedes Bakker, Sue Woodhouse, and Robbie den Hartog.
Judges: Cedes Bakker, Netherlands (fillies, stallions); Robbie den Hartog, Netherlands (geldings, colts); Sue Woodhouse (mares, foals)
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ne thing was clear very quickly: The rain and thunderstorms that have been plaguing this summer were not going to make an exception for the British Nationals. The show got off to a spectacularly wet and windy start, with the fillies getting the worst of it. In time-honored British tradition, the show continued regardless, which of course meant that many of the horses, especially the yearlings, tucked their tails and didn’t show to their best advantage. You couldn’t really blame them! The first of the international judges, Cedes Bakker from the Netherlands, was thrown right into the thick of the wind and rain to judge the fillies and started off by creating a bit of confusion. ECAHO judges, who are used to the point score system, often don’t quite know how to handle the comparative judging system. Normally, after 166 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
the first round of trotting and walking, the judge lines the horses up in the order in which he would place them after that preliminary round. This may, of course, change after the individual presentation, but usually not drastically, and gives you at least an indication of the probable result. When Mr. Bakker called in the first class, I was surely not the only person who mentally went: “What on earth is he doing?” But it soon became clear that he wasn’t lining them up in any special order at all, just in the order in which they had come in. This of course meant that right until the very end of the class, no one had the slightest clue as to what the outcome might be. And that’s the way it remained for the rest of the show, as the other two judges followed suit. The one thing to be said for this method is that it is a little faster, but since the classes were fairly small anyway, this was not really necessary. 167 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
CHAMPION MARE GOLD: Vvivacious (Vivegas x Adeeba), owned by K. and K. Pody SILVER: EAS Persephone (Tuscany BP x EAS Fate), owned by Lisa Dunn BRONZE: Cwtchamama (Vivegas x Catwalk), owned by Nick Arnold CHAMPION JUNIOR MALE GOLD: Forever Davincio (Aja Angelo x Davinity FM), owned by S. Foreman SILVER: Arimathea (Makisa Adaggio x Misteeqa), owned by Katie Gore BRONZE: Tyrion (Maestro Des Alpes x ES Tahriri), owned by Chris Lowe and J. White CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE GOLD: Margaux Des Alpes (QR Marc x EAMT Marihuana), owned by Otto and Anneise Berg SILVER: CPS Ashalina (Shanghai EA x PS Ambellina), owned by Chrissie Perez-Silva BRONZE: TD Mariada (Mahder Al Jamal x TD Moura), owned Sue Richards CHAMPION YEARLING COLT GOLD: HB Mirajj (Marajj x Hosanna), owned by Heather Brown SILVER: ROE Lammah (Emerald J x ROE Layaal), owned by Talal Aggad BRONZE: Saturninus (Maestro Des Alpes x Shamo), owned by Chris Lowe
2017 the british nationals three counties show ground · great britain The Arab Horse Society National Show 2017 July 28-30, 2017 Story and photos by Betty Finke
Judges, left to right: Cedes Bakker, Sue Woodhouse, and Robbie den Hartog.
Judges: Cedes Bakker, Netherlands (fillies, stallions); Robbie den Hartog, Netherlands (geldings, colts); Sue Woodhouse (mares, foals)
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ne thing was clear very quickly: The rain and thunderstorms that have been plaguing this summer were not going to make an exception for the British Nationals. The show got off to a spectacularly wet and windy start, with the fillies getting the worst of it. In time-honored British tradition, the show continued regardless, which of course meant that many of the horses, especially the yearlings, tucked their tails and didn’t show to their best advantage. You couldn’t really blame them! The first of the international judges, Cedes Bakker from the Netherlands, was thrown right into the thick of the wind and rain to judge the fillies and started off by creating a bit of confusion. ECAHO judges, who are used to the point score system, often don’t quite know how to handle the comparative judging system. Normally, after 166 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
RESULTS CHAMPION STALLION GOLD: Maestro Des Alpes (Marwan Al Shaqab x Maya Des Alpes), owned by Otto Berg SILVER: Serengeti (Vivegas x Legacys Sonata), owned by Lisa Dunn BRONZE: Oryons Prince (Orayan x Crown Princess), owned by J. M. and J. L. Parfitt
Top left: Gold Champion Stallion Maestro Des Alpes (Marwan Al Shaqab x Maya Des Alpes), owned by Otto Berg. Top right: Silver Champion Stallion Serengeti (Vivegas x Legacys Sonata), owned by Lisa Dunn. Right: Bronze Champion Stallion and Bronze Champion Veteran Oryons Prince (Orayan x Crown Princess), owned by J. M. and J. L. Parfitt.
the first round of trotting and walking, the judge lines the horses up in the order in which he would place them after that preliminary round. This may, of course, change after the individual presentation, but usually not drastically, and gives you at least an indication of the probable result. When Mr. Bakker called in the first class, I was surely not the only person who mentally went: “What on earth is he doing?” But it soon became clear that he wasn’t lining them up in any special order at all, just in the order in which they had come in. This of course meant that right until the very end of the class, no one had the slightest clue as to what the outcome might be. And that’s the way it remained for the rest of the show, as the other two judges followed suit. The one thing to be said for this method is that it is a little faster, but since the classes were fairly small anyway, this was not really necessary. 167 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
CHAMPION MARE GOLD: Vvivacious (Vivegas x Adeeba), owned by K. and K. Pody SILVER: EAS Persephone (Tuscany BP x EAS Fate), owned by Lisa Dunn BRONZE: Cwtchamama (Vivegas x Catwalk), owned by Nick Arnold CHAMPION JUNIOR MALE GOLD: Forever Davincio (Aja Angelo x Davinity FM), owned by S. Foreman SILVER: Arimathea (Makisa Adaggio x Misteeqa), owned by Katie Gore BRONZE: Tyrion (Maestro Des Alpes x ES Tahriri), owned by Chris Lowe and J. White CHAMPION JUNIOR FEMALE GOLD: Margaux Des Alpes (QR Marc x EAMT Marihuana), owned by Otto and Anneise Berg SILVER: CPS Ashalina (Shanghai EA x PS Ambellina), owned by Chrissie Perez-Silva BRONZE: TD Mariada (Mahder Al Jamal x TD Moura), owned Sue Richards CHAMPION YEARLING COLT GOLD: HB Mirajj (Marajj x Hosanna), owned by Heather Brown SILVER: ROE Lammah (Emerald J x ROE Layaal), owned by Talal Aggad BRONZE: Saturninus (Maestro Des Alpes x Shamo), owned by Chris Lowe
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Top left: Gold Champion Mare Vvivacious (Vivegas x Adeeba), owned by Kandy and Kymberley Pody. Top right: Silver Champion Mare EAS Persephone (Tuscany BP x EAS Fate), owned by Lisa Dunn. Right: Bronze Champion Mare Cwtchamama (Vivegas x Catwalk), owned by Nick Arnold.
Above left: Gold Champion Junior Male Forever Davincio (Aja Angelo x Davinity FM), owned by S. Foreman. Above right: Silver Champion Junior Male Arimathea (Makisa Adaggio x Misteeqa), owned by Katie Gore. Right: Bronze Champion Junior Male Tyrion (Maestro Des Alpes x ES Tahriri), owned by Chris Lowe and J. White.
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Top left: Gold Champion Junior Female Margaux Des Alpes (QR Marc x EAMT Marihuana), owned by Otto and Annelise Berg. Top right: Silver Champion Junior Female CPS Ashalina (Shanghai EA x PS Ambellina), owned by Chrissie Perez-Silva. Right: Bronze Champion Junior Female TD Mariada (Mahder Al Jamal x TD Moura), owned by Sue Richards.
Fairly small, that is, in comparison to what this show used to be; by modern standards, having between seven and 11 horses in a class is actually pretty good. Shows are shrinking everywhere, and compared to last year, the numbers were stable; some classes had fewer entries, others had more. On the whole, the regular halter classes even had slightly more entries than last year. Last year there had been a noticeable number of Emerald J get in the foal classes, so naturally there were many of them in the yearling classes this year. Each of the three yearling filly classes had one among the first three, including last year’s Foal Champion, who was third in her class. The eventual Gold Champion Yearling Filly was the winner of the intermediate class, Xotic Emerald (out of Xotic Desire by Monther Al Nasser). Bred and owned by David and Marianne Smith and Rod Jones, this filly comes
from a hugely successful family that has already produced several British National Champions, that of the Dutch-bred mare Yokosuka F of Russian/Polish breeding. This family and the Smiths had a double victory, because they also bred and own the Silver Champion Yearling Filly, Yvie — winner of the junior class — who is by Ascot DD out of Yokosuka F herself. The Bronze title was awarded to the secondplaced filly in Xotic Emerald’s class, the pretty black Alexa Magnifique, despite the fact that she clearly did not appreciate the pouring rain. Bred in Sweden and owned by Amy Dutkowski-Southwourth, she is by Magic Magnifique out of the straight Egyptian mare VA Amawi Bint Valentina AA, tracing in tail female to the great matron The Vision HG. There was just one class each for two- and three-year-old fillies, but of good quality throughout. Both the Gold and Silver Junior Female came from 169 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
CHAMPION YEARLING FILLY GOLD: Xotic Emerald (Emerald J x Xotic Desire), owned by D. and M. Smith and R. Jones SILVER: Yvie (Ascot DD x Yokosuka F), owned by D. and M. Smith BRONZE: Alexa Magnifique (Magic Magnifique x VA Amawi Bint Valentina AA), owned by A. DutkowskiSouthworth CHAMPION FOAL GOLD: Emerald Jones (Emerald J x V Exotic Enchantress), owned by E. and S. Jones SILVER: filly out of LS Demeera Bey (Aja Angelo x Vataga), owned by Fiona Grant-Chivers and Gail Stewart BRONZE: filly x Vvivacious (Vivegas x Adeeba), owned by K. and K. Pody CHAMPION SENIOR GELDING GOLD: El Gianni (Vivegas x Bahiyaa), owned by A. Le’vell SILVER: Aja Giuliano (Aja Angelo x Sahina), owned by Susan Robinson BRONZE: Aja Benraz (WH Justice x Aja Beneja), owned by Michaela Brand CHAMPION JUNIOR GELDING GOLD: Aja Alisandro (EKS Alihandro x Aja Catarina), owned by A. Hallworth and B. Napier SILVER: Alandro (EKS Alihandro x Adeeba), owned by K. and K. Pody BRONZE: Lehana (Master Design GA x AA Lavinia), owned by Laura Smith
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Top left: Gold Champion Yearling Colt HB Mirajj (Marajj x Hosanna), owned by Heather Brown. Top right: Silver Champion Yearling Colt ROE Lammah (Emerald J x ROE Layaal), owned by Talal Aggad. Left: Bronze Champion Yearling Colt Saturninus (Maestro Des Alpes x Shamo), owned by Chris Lowe.
the three-year-old class, Gold going to Margaux Des Alpes (QR Marc x EAMT Marihuana), bred and owned by Otto Berg. Her dam, a Thee Desperado granddaughter of Egyptian/Spanish breeding, was imported from Austria and has been a great foundation mare for Otto Berg; this was only the first gold title at this show for this owner and mare family. Silver was awarded to the pretty Shanghai EA daughter CPS Ashalina (out of PS Ambellina), bred and owned by Chrissie Perez-Silva, who was Bronze Champion last year. The winner of the two-year-old class took bronze, TD Mariada (Mahder Al Jamal x TD Moura), bred and owned by Sue Richards. This exceptionally refined bay filly repeated her placing from last year, when she was Bronze
Champion yearling filly. The junior geldings, judged by Robbie den Hartog, came up with a double victory for EKS Alihandro, who sired both the Gold and the Silver Champion, neither of which would have looked out of place in the colt classes. Gold went to the three-year-old winner Aja Alisandro (out of Aja Catarina by WH Justice), bred by Aja Arabians and owned by A. Haworth and B. Napier, and Silver to the two-year-old winner Alandro, out of the straight Egyptian mare Adeeba. Alandro, bred and owned by Kandy and Kymberley Pody, is a maternal halfbrother to the prolific winner Vvivacious — more of her later! The yearling winner was awarded the Bronze title, Lehana 170 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
(Master Design GA x AA Lavinia), bred and owned by Laura Smith. The mature gelding classes were bigger than last year and of excellent quality. For his Gold Champion, Robbie den Hartog chose the winner of the huge four- to five-year-old class, El Gianni, by the double Versace grandson Vivegas out of Bahiyaa, a granddaughter of El Shaklan and Al Lahab. He was bred by Linda Lyall and is owned by A. Le’vell. The Silver Champion also came from this class, Aja Giuliano (Aja Angelo x Sahina), bred by Aja Arabians and owned by Susan Robinson. It was a bit surprising to see him in the gelding classes, as in 2015, he was Gold Champion Junior Male; but, as the old saying goes, a
Gold Champion Yearling Filly Xotic Emerald (Emerald J x Xotic Desire), left, owned by Dave and Marianne Smith and Rod Jones, and Silver Champion Yearling Filly Yvie (Ascot DD x Yokosuka F), owned by Dave and Marianne Smith.
Bronze Champion Yearling Filly Alexa Magnifique (Magic Magnifique x VA Amawi Bint Valentina AA), owned by Amy DutkowskiSouthworth.
good stallion makes a great gelding. The Bronze Champion was again bred by Aja Arabians, Aja Benraz (WH Justice x Aja Beneja by FS Bengali), and is owned by Michaela Brand. He’s another one with a royal pedigree, as he is a full brother to the multi-champion stallion Aja Justified. The weather improved slightly by the second day, which is to say that the showers were now fairly moderate instead of torrential, but it was still wet enough to keep everyone in their rain gear. The yearling colt classes that started the day were very small, the smallest I have ever seen at this show. Unusually, all entries in the junior class were bay, and it was very nearly an Emerald J get of sire group. The eventual Gold Champion, however,
was a son of Marajj, namely HB Mirajj, bred and owned by Heather Brown. A pretty colt with good movement, he is out of Hosanna, a double Padrons Psyche mare with a lot of Polish blood. For Silver Champion, Robbie den Hartog chose the second-placed colt from the junior class, Roe Lammah, bred and owned by Talal Aggad. He is by Emerald J out of the Marwan Al Shaqab daughter Roe Layaal, who has been a prolific winner herself. Bronze went to the senior class winner, Saturninus (Maestro Des Alpes x Shamo), a grandson of Marwan Al Shaqab and WH Justice, bred and owned by Chris Lowe. By contrast, the two-year-old and three-year-old colt classes were quite big, 171 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
with the two-year-olds even split into two classes. The Gold and Silver champions came from the three-year-old class and already have previous wins to their credit. Class winner Forever Davincio (Aja Angelo x Davinity FM by Da Vinci FM), bred and owned by S. Foreman, was last year’s Silver Junior Champion, and now moved one up to take the Gold title. The Silver winner Arimathea has been doing well since he was a yearling, when he was named Gold Champion. Bred by Amy Dutkowski-Southworth and owned by the Gore family, he is by the Vervaldee son Makisa Adaggio out of Misteeqa, a Carmargue granddaughter with a straight Russian dam. Bronze was awarded to the two-year-old winner Tyrion, a striking
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Top left: Gold Champion Foal Emerald Jones (Emerald J x V Exotic Enchantress), owned by Emrys and Sue Jones. Top right: Silver Champion Foal filly out of LS Demeera Bey (Aja Angelo x Vataga), owned by Fiona Grant-Chivers and Gail Stewart. Right: Bronze Champion Foal filly out of Vvivacious (Vivegas x Adeeba), owned by Kandy and Kymberley Pody.
black colt bred and owned by Chris Lowe, who also bred and owns the Bronze yearling winner Saturninus. They are actually half-brothers, as Tyrion is also by Maestro Des Alpes. His dam is the American import ES Tahriri, a triple Magnum Psyche mare. The number of mares with foal at foot has been steadily shrinking through the years, arriving at an all-time low of just eight this year. All the foals were put into one class with seven entries (one not being shown), with another class of weanlings to select the contenders for the foal championships from. The winner of the latter class produced an immediate sense 172 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
of dÊja vu — the big, but very refined bay colt prancing, all full of himself, alongside Rod Jones looked instantly familiar. In fact, it looked just like two previous Gold Champion Foals that had also been shown by Rod, full siblings Stivalery BJ and Shahbander Al Muawd. A glance at the catalogue solved the riddle: though sired by Emerald J rather than Stival, this foal was out of the same dam, V Exotic Enchantress. I have never seen her, but she must be a very dominant mare, and has now produced the third British National Champion Foal. Her newest, cleverly named Emerald Jones, was just as impossible to overlook as the others had been. Silver was awarded to the winner of the first foal class, an unnamed grey filly by Psadisho Ibn Esstashan out of LS Demeera Bey (by Aja Angelo), bred
Top left: Gold Champion Senior Gelding El Gianni (Vivegas x Bahiyaa), owned by A. Le’vell. Top right: Silver Champion Senior Gelding Aja Giuliano (Aja Angelo x Sahina), owned by Susan Robinson. Right: Bronze Champion Senior Gelding Aja Benraz (WH Justice x Aja Beneja), owned by Michaela Brand.
and owned by Fiona Grant-Chivers. This was a particularly nice class, and its second-placed foal took the Bronze title: a very appealing chestnut filly by Kanz Albidayer out of Vvivacious, bred and owned by Kandy and Kymberley Pody. Which brings us back to the already mentioned Vvivacious (Vivegas x Adeeba), who now came for her first outing as a mature mare after having been Gold Junior Female Champion twice in succession in 2014 and 2015. Last year she did not compete, but now she was back and just as impossible to miss. Not surprisingly, she went on to win the Gold Senior Female Champion title. Not only that, but her very first foal went home Bronze Champion. This lovely dark bay mare, double Versace on her sire’s side and straight Egyptian on her dam’s side, is a
real phenomenon. The only time she was ever beaten at Malvern was as a yearling, when she was placed second, which is pretty good already! Together with her half-brother Alandro, this gives Kandy and Kymberley Pody three titles — one Gold, one Silver, and Bronze — at the show, and all with homebred horses. Vvivacious certainly didn’t win her title for lack of competition, because four sizeable and excellent mare classes came before judge Sue Woodhouse on Saturday. Thankfully, the third day of the show actually remained dry, though it never stopped threatening. There were a lot more mares without foals forward than in 2016, with the intermediate and senior classes especially large, and very good quality throughout with outstanding winners in each class. The Silver and 173 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
Bronze winners came from the junior class, however, where they had been placed first and second. They were the lovely chestnut EAS Persephone (Tuscany BP x EAS Fate), bred and owned by Lisa Dunn, and the dark grey Cwtchamama (Vivegas x Catwalk), a brilliant mover bred and owned by Nick Arnold. It was all in the family in the mare championship — Gold Champion Vvivacious and Bronze Champion Cwtchamama are both by Vivegas, who is a double Versace grandson, and EAS Persephone’s sire is also by Versace. This left a whole row of lovely mares out of the titles, including the striking winner of the veteran class, La Dolce Vita. While she did not win a title, she is the dam of Vivegas and the grandam of no less than four title winners at this show.
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Top left: Gold Champion Junior Gelding: Aja Alisandro (EKS Alihandro x Aja Catarina), owned by A. Hallworth and B. Napier. Top right: Silver Champion Junior Gelding Alandro (EKS Alihandro x Adeeba), owned by Kandy and Kymberley Pody.
The stallion classes, judged again by Robbie den Hartog, were small. Or rather, the stallion classes have now shrunk into just one class of everything too old for the colts and too young for the veterans. The times when there were three classes with over 20 stallions each are definitely over! The winner of the senior class, and also the Gold Champion, was a horse who has competed internationally before, but never at the Nationals: Maestro Des Alpes, bred and owned by Otto Berg and, like the Gold Champion Junior Female Margaux Des Alpes, from the family of EAMT Marihuana. Maestro is out of Marihuana’s daughter Maya Des Alpes (by Simeon Sadik), herself a successful show mare, and sired by Marwan Al Shaqab. He is a small, but well put together horse with a huge trot, and as of this year also a proven sire, with his sons Saturninus and Tyrion both
Bronze Champion Junior Gelding Lehana (Master Design GA x AA Lavinia), owned by Laura Smith.
taking Bronze titles in their respective age groups. It does not happen very often that a sire and his offspring win titles at the same show, not to mention that this was the first time at the Nationals for all of them. Silver went to the second-placed stallion in this class, the elegant chestnut Serengeti (Vivegas x Legacys Sonata), allAmerican in breeding. He is closely related to EAS Persephone and also bred and owned by Lisa Dunn. There were more than usual cases of owners/breeders taking home more than one title this year! Bronze was awarded to Oryons Prince (Orayan x Crown Princess) from the veteran class, a 21-year-old EgyptianCrabbet stallion who has been a regular winner in recent years. He was actually second in the veteran class, which was won by Bychan Arabians’ great sire Psynergy (Padrons Psyche x Balenina), a horse that 174 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017
has been absent from the showring for many years. He looked excellent at 17, but unfortunately went lame and was unable to take part in the championships. Oryons Prince got another Bronze title in the veteran championships, which are open to veteran class winners of all breeding sections. As a result, Silver was awarded to a really charming riding pony gelding with some 14 percent Arabian blood. As for the Gold title, many were expecting this to go to the purebred veteran mare winner, La Dolce Vita, but it was awarded to the second-placed mare in her class, the *Carmargue daughter PA Berkana, (x Arabia Crown), bred and owned by Provence Arabians. She may not be as ultra-refined as La Dolce Vita, but she showed a really excellent trot. The judges made an attempt to speed up the ridden championships,
Top left: Gold Champion Veteran PA Berkana, (Carmargue x Arabia Crown) bred and owned by Provence Arabians. Top right: Open and Supreme Ridden Champion Vartanii (Sisyrinchium x Asifa Alsara), owned by Katy Cosgrove. Right: Reserve Supreme Ridden Champion and Novice Ridden Champion Cipriana (Mascot de Alpes x FS Cinderella), owned by Tracey Hateley and Mark Vann.
which always end the show, as the clouds gathered once more and another round of showers seemed imminent. But amazingly, the rain didn’t come. Once again, it was the purebred Arabians who went home with the highest honors of Supreme Ridden Champion and Reserve, beating the Anglo and Partbred contenders. It was another triumph for Vartanii (Sisyrinchium x Asifa Alsara), owned by Katy Cosgrove, who, after taking the titles National Champion Ridden Gelding and National Open Ridden Champion, also took the Supreme title. This great gelding, of predominantly Crabbet breeding with some Polish blood and a line to El Shaklan, is no stranger to winning, having been Reserve Open Ridden Champion in 2015. The Reserve Supreme title went to a newcomer, Cipriana, a just five-yearold gelding owned by Tracey Hateley
and Mark Vann, who went beautifully to take the Novice Ridden Champion title. By contrast, his bloodlines are quite modern. His sire, Mascot Des Alpes, is in fact a three-quarter brother to both the Gold Champion stallion Maestro Des Alpes, and to the Gold Champion Junior Mare Margaux Des Alpes, while his dam FS Cinderella combines Bey Shah, El Shaklan, and Russian bloodlines. The close relationship between two inhand gold champions and the supreme ridden champion is a ray of hope in a world where halter and performance seems to be drifting ever more apart; definitely something that should be seen more often! 175 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b SEPTEMBER 2017