2009 Arabica C Show, Orientalica B Show and Egyptian Europe Cup

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THE TRADITIONAL FRANKFURT “triple pack� of Arabica, Orientalica, and Egyptian Europe Cup, kicked off the German show season in early June. Many waited with bated breath, wondering if and how the financial crisis was going to affect the numbers, but the drop was not too noticeable.

Entry numbers have been going down for the last few years (classes with up to three horses were not unusual the last year, either) and the general absence of smaller breeders is not exactly news, either.

Frankfurt demonstrated that it is still possible to run a threeday weekend with three separate shows — but only just. Under the circumstances, it might be worth considering reducing the event by one day. All three shows would have fitted comfortably into two days, avoiding long gaps between classes. On the other hand, those gaps were necessary, since the stables were a good half-mile away from the ring and it took some time to take one lot of horses back and fetch the next.

ARABICA C SHOW While numbers may have been low, quality on the whole was high, including the Arabica C show for German horses only.

Sax Arabians once again took the foal championship, with the pretty and perky chestnut colt Al Maraan. He is the second son of their homebred premium stallion and National Champion Al Milan (by Al Lahab) to be shown and to be named champion, and he is a grandson of European Champion Marenga, one of Reinhard Sax’s first homebred champions. The reserve title went elsewhere, though, being awarded to the filly foal winner, Gßnther and Heike Scherle’s FS Marabell by Windsprees

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Mirage out of BB Mara, another champion mare and champion producer. Both foals are out of Kubinec daughters.

Sax Arabians also took the junior female championship with Laminka, a daughter of the Brazilian import Laman HVP out of homebred Taminka, who won the excellent yearling filly class. The classes for yearling and two-year-old fillies were the two largest in the show, besides being of excellent quality throughout, and the reserve title went to the two-year-old winner, El Thay Kareema (Ansata Selman x El Thay Kamla), bred and owned by Cornelia Tauschke. This typey and wellbalanced straight Egyptian filly, who can also move well, was Champion Filly at last year’s Asil Cup. Like the Sax horses, she represents three and more generations of home breeding. In a time when many exhibitors are buyers rather than breeders, it is good to see horses win whose lines have been in the family for more than at most one generation.

Colt classes were as usual notably smaller than the fillies. The champion title went to the three-year-old winner, Haterbusch Stud’s imported straight Egyptian MVA Imperial Colours, a tall and showy chestnut by True Colours out of SKF Tiaara by Imperial Baarez, the reserve being awarded to

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ArabicaC Show,OrientalicaB Show and EgyptianEuropeCup May 30- June 1, 2009 Frankfurt, Germany

by Betty Finke • Photos by Erwin Escher

tHe trAdItIonAl frAnkfurt “triple pack” of Arabica, Orientalica, and Egyptian Europe Cup, kicked off the German show season in early June. Many waited with bated breath, wondering if and how the financial crisis was going to affect the numbers, but the drop was not too noticeable.

Entry numbers have been going down for the last few years (classes with up to three horses were not unusual the last year, either) and the general absence of smaller breeders is not exactly news, either.

Frankfurt demonstrated that it is still possible to run a threeday weekend with three separate shows — but only just. Under the circumstances, it might be worth considering reducing the event by one day. All three shows would have fitted comfortably into two days, avoiding long gaps between classes. On the other hand, those gaps were necessary, since the stables were a good half-mile away from the ring and it took some time to take one lot of horses back and fetch the next.

ArAbICA C sHow While numbers may have been low, quality on the whole was high, including the Arabica C show for German horses only.

Sax Arabians once again took the foal championship, with the pretty and perky chestnut colt Al Maraan. He is the second son of their homebred premium stallion and National Champion Al Milan (by Al Lahab) to be shown and to be named champion, and he is a grandson of European Champion Marenga, one of Reinhard Sax’s first homebred champions. The reserve title went elsewhere, though, being awarded to the filly foal winner, Günther and Heike Scherle’s FS Marabell by Windsprees

Arabica C Senior Champion Stallion pyrAMId AAlIn (Ali Valentino x Pyramid Set El Nil), owned by Uwe-Jürgen and Petra Wagner, Germany.

Mirage out of BB Mara, another champion mare and champion producer. Both foals are out of Kubinec daughters.

Sax Arabians also took the junior female championship with Laminka, a daughter of the Brazilian import Laman HVP out of homebred Taminka, who won the excellent yearling filly class. The classes for yearling and two-year-old fillies were the two largest in the show, besides being of excellent quality throughout, and the reserve title went to the two-year-old winner, El Thay Kareema (Ansata Selman x El Thay Kamla), bred and owned by Cornelia Tauschke. This typey and wellbalanced straight Egyptian filly, who can also move well, was Champion Filly at last year’s Asil Cup. Like the Sax horses, she represents three and more generations of home breeding. In a time when many exhibitors are buyers rather than breeders, it is good to see horses win whose lines have been in the family for more than at most one generation.

Colt classes were as usual notably smaller than the fillies. The champion title went to the three-year-old winner, Haterbusch Stud’s imported straight Egyptian MVA Imperial Colours, a tall and showy chestnut by True Colours out of SKF Tiaara by Imperial Baarez, the reserve being awarded to

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Arabica C Reserve Senior Champion Stallion AkA gAVAyAn (Gazal Al Shaqab x Victorias Angel), owned by Kuplen, Germany.

Arabica C Senior Champion Mare gAMIllA (Consensus x Focus Gabriella), owned by Medicom Vollblutarabergestüt, Germany.

yearling winner Alikar. This very well-balanced grey colt has also been doing well from the start, having been foal champion at Salzkotten last year; he is by the El Shaklan grandson Alishaar El Bri out of the Russian-bred Nakarta and is owned by Arabico Partnership.

The outstanding winner of the mare championship was the winner of the senior class, two-year-old Gamilla, a wonderful classic broodmare type of the kind you don’t get to see very often anymore. Both her parents are American-bred — she is by the Monogramm son Consensus out of the gorgeous Focus Gabriella (Focus Shali x Focus Alianna), herself a multiple winner. Gamilla is bred and owned by Medicom AG. The reserve title went to another straight Egyptian import by True Colours — four-year-old Colour Me True, a lovely chestnut mare owned by Brigitte Sprave.

Another straight Egyptian won the stallion championship, Petra and Uwe-Jürgen Wagner’s homebred Pyramid Aalin (Ali Valentino x Pyramid Set El Nil), a very typey dark bay who showed himself in fine form, beating the somewhat stretchier AKA Gavayan, the only German-bred son of Gazal Al Shaqab. orIentAlICA b sHow The B show had bigger classes, especially in the junior sections, and certainly no lack of quality, as well as a very international starter field. Sax Arabians’ Al Maraan repeated his C show victory, reserve this time going to his stablemate, Farids Meshana, by Sax Arabians’ homebred sire Meshan Ibn Kubinec out of their U.S.-bred champion producer Farids Mandolin (by Anaza El Farid).

The yearling filly class gave the show a superb start, with the first five fillies all breaking the 90 points barrier. The winner

Arabica C Reserve Senior Champion Mare Colour Me true (True Colours x Dafinah Ali), owned by Sprave, Germany.

araBiCa national C Show MaY 30, 2009 Number of horses present: 32 Judge: Dr. Nikolaus Jung, Germany Senior ChaMPion Stallion: Pyramid Aalin (Ali Valentino x Pyramid Set El Nil), Wagner, Germany; reServe: AKA Gavayan (Gazal Al Shaqab x Victorias Angel), Kuplen, Germany Senior ChaMPion Mare: Gamilla (Consensus x Focus Gabriella), Medicom Vollblutarabergestüt, Germany; reServe: Colour Me True (True Colours x Dafinah Ali), Sprave, Germany Junior ChaMPion Colt: MVA Imperial Colours (True Colours x SKF Tiaara), Haterbusch Stud, Germany; reServe: Alikar (Alishaar El Bri x Nakarta), Arabico Partnership, Germany Junior ChaMPion FillY: Laminka (Laman HVP x Taminka), Sax Arabians, Germany; reServe: El Thay Kareema (Ansata Selman x El Thay Kamla), Tauschke, Germany ChaMPion Foal: Al Maraan (Al Milan x Marena), Sax Arabians, Germany; reServe: FS Marabell (Windsprees Mirage x BB Mara), Günther and Heike Scherle, Germany

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Arabica,Orientalica,EgyptianEurope was the altogether charming Alma Al Tiglio, owned by Giancarlo Buzzi of Italy, a daughter of WH Justice’s oldest son Ajman Moniscione and very like him, clearly showing the stamp of Padron in type and color. Ajman is certainly proving a successful sire in his own right. Second place went to a close relative, the WH Justice daughter RP Miss Surprise, bred in Germany but owned by Axel Somers of Belgium. The Eternity Ibn Navarrone daughter Belle Rose Bint Eternity-D tied for third place with the Marajj daughter Piarella, winning by type points, followed closely

by Sax Arabians’ ultra-typey Amyra Bint Kidar, the C show champion filly Laminka coming in sixth — which illustrates just how good this class was.

The yearling colt class was slightly less spectacular in that only the winner passed the 90-mark. This was the straight Egyptian Al Ayal AA, royally bred by Ariela Arabians in Israel and currently on lease to a partnership in Germany. A balanced grey colt with a very pretty head, he is by the German-bred champion Al Ayad out of The Vision HG, which of course makes him a half brother to such illustrious individuals as Al Lahab, Al Maraam, and Al Hadiyyah AA. Second place went to Murana’s Jayyid from Germany, a full brother to German National Champion Murana’s Jassehr, third to Sax Arabians’ showy Marshan, last year’s foal champion; and fourth to Austrian entry DA Pharao, a small but extremely typey colt with really enormous eyes.

Left: Arabica C Junior Champion Colt MVA Imperial Colours (True Colours x SKF Tiaara), owned by Haterbusch Stud, Germany.

Right: Arabica C Reserve Junior Champion Colt Ali kar (Alishaar El Bri x Nakarta), owned by Arabico Partnership, Germany.

Stallions Ten and Over: 1. Etor (Tallin x Euglena), Zacharias, Germany Mares Ten and Over: 1. Gamilla (Consensus x Focus Gabriella), Medicom Vollblutarabergestüt, Germany; 2. Shalenaa (AR Shandiz x Maddalena), Neiss, Germany; 3. Maisura (Maysoun x Mouruna), BeckSchildwächter, Germany Four- to Nine-Year-Old Stallions: 1. Pyramid Aalin (Ali Valentino x Pyramid El Nil), Wagner, Germany; 2. AKA Gavayan (Gazal Al Shaqab x Victorias Angel), Kuplen, Germany; 3. El Thay Melek (Ansata Selman x El Thay Maheera), Tauschke, Germany Four- to Five-Year-Old Mares: 1. Colour Me True (True Colours x Dafinah Ali), Sprave, Germany; 2. SA Tahita Halima (Maymoun x Bint Amana), Daubenschmidt, Germany Three-Year-Old Colts: 1. MVA Imperial Colours (True Colours x SKF Tiaara), Haterbusch Stud, Germany; 2. Jenisseij (WH Justice x Medusa), Schwarz, Germany Three-Year-Old Fillies: 1. Asia BM (WH Justice x Farah Takiba), Sprave, Germany; 2. FS Asmara (WH Justice x BB Mara), Scherle, Germany Two-Year-Old Colts: 1. FS Marakesch (Windsprees Mirage x BB Mara), Scherle, Germany; 2. El Ninjo (Emiliusz x Claudiaa), Ahlers, Germany; 3. Ora Sham (Orashaan x Mayrana), Weidner, Germany Two-Year-Old Fillies: 1. El Thay Kareema (Ansata Selman x El

Thay Kamla), Tauschke, Germany; 2. Pyramid Kahileh K (Al Lahab x Bint Kahillah), Wagner, Germany; 3. Princess Mara (Windsprees Mirage x Marakovka), Sax Arabians, Germany Yearling Colts: 1. Alikar (Alishaar El Bri x Nakarta), Arabico Partnership, Germany; 2. Al Justice (WH Justice x Milena), Sax Arabians, Germany; 3. Millenio (Al Milan x Lamera), Sax Arabians, Germany Yearling Fillies: 1. Laminka (Laman HVP x Taminka), Sax Arabians, Germany; 2. AB Volge (El Amin x Volga), Kesseböhmer, Germany; 3. Alijaah (Alishaar El Bri x Freyja), Arabico Partnership, Germany Orientalica B Show May 31, 2009 Number of horses: 57 Judges: Dr. Gianmarco Aragno, Italy; Willi Poth, France; Silvia GardeEhlert, Germany; Renata Schibler, Switzerland Senior Stallion Gold: Valerio Ibn Eternity (Eternity Ibn Navarrone D x Hafati Vogue), Malherbe-Antonacci, Belgium Silver: Haytham Albadeia (Simeon Sharav x Galagel Albadeia), on lease to Klarenbeek Arabians, Netherlands Bronze: Lucky Dream (Brianz Xaver x Premude), Seminati, Italy

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Arabica C Junior Champion Filly lAMInkA (Laman HVP x Taminka), owned by Sax Arabians, Germany.

Arabica C Champion Foal: Al MArAAn (Al Milan x Marena), owned by Sax Arabians, Germany.

Arabica C Reserve Junior Champion Filly el tHAy kAreeMA (Ansata Selman x El Thay Kamla), owned by Tauschke, Germany.

Senior Mare gold: Mahala (Al Lahab x Mahasin II), Rahab Stud, Egypt Silver: EK Nathice (WH Justice x Donna Nathy HRT), Sprave, Germany Bronze: Kashida (Psytadel x Petrushba), El Jahara Arabians, Germany Junior Colt gold: Muranas Jassehr (Major x Jana El Bri), Weidner, Germany Silver: Al Ayyal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG), The Al Ayyal Leasing Group, Germany Bronze: Gazwan Al Nasser (Gazal Al Shaqab x Ftoon Al Shaqab), Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani, Qatar Junior FillY gold: Alma Al Tiglio (Ajman Moniscione x Amanda Al Tiglio), Buzzi, Italy Silver: RP Miss Surprise (WH Justice x Nefertarji), Axel Sommers, Belgium Bronze: GM Marwan Al Shakira (Marwan Al Shaqab x Octavia 05-04 of Rohan), Naples Arabians, Sweden StallionS ten and over: 1. Lucky Dream (Brianz Xaver x Prelude HT), Seminati, Italy; 2.

Durango (Elton x Libanon Kristal), Van Duyvenbode, Netherlands; 3. Etolog (Promo x Etnografia), Elgin, Switzerland MareS ten and over: 1. Secret Obssession (Padrons Psyche x K She Rah), Al Zobair Stud, Belgium; 2. BB Mara (Kubinec x Nemara), Scherle, Germany; 3. Shalenaa (AR Shaniz x Maddalena), Neiss, Germany Six- to nine-Year-old StallionS: 1. Valerio Ibn Eternity VI (Eternity Ibn Navarrone D x Hafati Vogue), Malherbe-Antonacci, Belgium; 2. Ghajariy (Khidar x Esta-Passada), Becker Arabians and Ajman Stud, Germany; 3. IM Icare Cathare (Padrons Immage x Bint Idrees), Gatti, Italy

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The two-year-old filly class had an American-bred winner in Marabella C, a stretchy chestnut daughter of Marwan Al Shaqab out of Greta C, bred by Coleal Arabians and owned by Hanan Shvaizer of Israel. She won very narrowly over Sax Arabians’ Tamice, a daughter of WH Justice, third going to Austria’s Aaliyana Psy by Psytadel, also two excellent fillies.

Jayyid’s older brother Murana’s Jassehr headed the two-year-old colt class with a spectacular score of 92 points. The success of these colts is really remarkable.

They are sired by Major, a premium stallion and champion of Egyptian and old German (Weil-Marbach) breeding, who despite his merits has not been used very much, due to his not exactly fashionable pedigree. However, his only three foals, all colts, are being shown with great success and winning championships, which should surely be an argument in his favor! Michaela Weidner, who bred and owns both Jassehr and Jayyid, notes that “people told me I was crazy” when she bred her mare Jana El Bri to Major.

Well, sometimes unusual choices pay off.

Both colts are well-conformed, typey, and excellent movers — and they win. Jassehr

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Orientalica B Gold Senior Stallion Valerio Ibn Eternity (Eternity Ibn Navarrone D x Hafati Vogue), owned by Malherbe-Antonacci, Belgium.

Top left: Orientalica B Silver Senior Stallion Haytham Albadeia (Simeon Sharav x Galagel Albadeia), on lease to Klarenbeek Arabians, Netherlands.

Bottom left: Orientalica B Bronze Senior Stallion Lucky Dream (Brianz Xaver x Premude), owned by Seminati, Italy.

Six- to Nine-Year-Old Mares: 1.

Mahala (Al Lahab x Mahasin II), Rahab Stud, Egypt; 2. Kashida (Psytadel x Petrushba), El Jahara Arabians, Denmark; 3. Love By Design GA (Versace x HL Infatuation), Foreman, Great Britain Four- to Five-Year-Old Stallions: 1.

Haytham Albadeia (Simeon Sharav x Galagel Albadeia), on lease to Klarenbeek Arabians, Netherlands; 2. AM Padron Shafa (Padrons Immage x Blint Shafa), Moretti, Italy; 3.

Taymar (Kyro KA x Tamara IV), Sax Arabians, Germany Four- to Five-Year-Old Mares: 1. EK Nathice (WH Justice x Donna Nathy HRT), Sprave, Germany Three-Year-Old Colts: 1. Eksperanzo (Ekstern x RA Cool Elygance), Wilza Arabstuteri, Sweden Three-Year-Old Fillies: 1. GM Marwan Al Shakira (Marwan Al Shaqab x Octavia 05-04 Of Rohan), Naples Arabians, Sweden; 2. Baredat El Nafs (Semiramis B x Bafra B), Holobek Arabians, Slovak Republic; 3. Asia BM (WH Justice x Farah Takiba), Sprave, Germany

is the most successful to date, having been German National Junior Champion last year and going off to a spectacular start this year in Frankfurt. In his class, he beat Qatari entry Gazwan Al Nasser, a Gazal Al Shaqab son who is doing very well this year. Tied for third place, and still over 90 points, were the WH Justice son Azeem Ibn Justice, from Ralf Heckenbücker’s fabulous Om El Sanadiva family, and Antar FG, a son of World Champion Royal Colours from Italy; Azeem, who is now owned by Ajman Stud, won on account of his higher type score.

Classes got notably smaller after this.

Only three fillies competed in the threeyear-old class, but all of them top-quality fillies, with the win going with another 92 points to the very typical Marwan Al Shaqab daughter GM Marwan Al Shakira, bred in the U.S. and owned by Naples Arabians of Sweden. The second place went to Baredat El Nafs, who gets special mention as she is the only Slovakian horse 6 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b December 2009

currently on the show circuit, and very successfully at that. A tall chestnut filly with plenty of movement, she is entirely of Bábolna breeding, her dam is by El Nabila B and one can certainly see the influence of Kubinec in her.

The lovely Italian-bred WH Justice daughter EK Nathice was all alone in her class for four- to five-year-old mares and really deserved more competition — she scored well over 90 and is a regular winner for her owner Brigitte Sprave. The biggest mare class was that for six- to nine-yearolds, which pushed the high score up a notch again for Mahala, the superb straight Egyptian Al Lahab daughter bred

by Susanne Reiter in Germany and owned

by Rabab Stud of Egypt. She won over another German-bred mare, Kashida by Psytadel, bred by Osterhof Stud and now owned by El Jahara Arabians of Denmark, and former British National Champion Mare Love By Design (by Versace). These are three totally different mares, but all

Orientalica B Gold Senior Mare MAHAlA (Al Lahab x Mahasin II), owned by Rahab Stud, Egypt.

Top right: Orientalica B Silver Senior Mare ek nAtHICe (WH Justice x Donna Nathy HRT), owned by Sprave, Germany.

excellent individuals in their own right.

The final mare class for ten-year-olds and over was again small, but had a truly spectacular winner in Al Zobair Stud’s Secret Obssession (Padrons Psyche x K She Rah), a double Padron mare very typical of her sire and with lots of style and attitude, scoring a spectacular 93 points.

Second was the equally lovely, perhaps not quite as dramatic but more feminine BB Mara, a straight Russian Kubinec daughter owned by Heike and Günther Scherle.

She is also an excellent producing mare, as no less than three of her foals were shown in the C show, taking home a reserve championship, two class wins, and a second place. You don’t find that too often!

The stallion classes were again not huge, but definitely worth watching. The four- and five-year-old class was won narrowly by Albadeia Stud’s Haytham Albadeia, by Simeon Sharav out of Galagel Albadeia. His dam is a full sister to the multiple champion Gelgelah Albadeia,

and he is a well-conformed horse with lots of type and movement. He is on lease to Klarenbeek Arabians in the Netherlands.

Second place went to an Italian entry, the showy dark chestnut AM Padron Shafa, a grandson of Padrons Psyche who definitely looks the part.

The six- to nine-year-old stallions took up the high score another notch with a win for the dramatic Valerio Ibn Eternity VI, a compact, typey, very masculine flea-bitten grey from Belgium. As his name indicates, he is a son of Eternity Ibn Navarrone-D; his dam is the Brazilian mare Hafati Vogue, a daughter of the U.S.-bred RSD Dark Victory. Second place went to Ghajariy, a look-alike son of Khidar out of a Padron granddaughter and another very masculine, showy horse. The senior stallion class, with only three horses, was won by Italian entry Lucky Dream (Brianz Xaver x Prelude HT), another showy and typey stallion who has been doing very well this year. His breeding is 7 b ARABIAN HORSE WORLD b DEcEmBER 2009

Bottom: Orientalica B Bronze Senior Mare kAsHIdA (Psytadel x Petrushba), owned by El Jahara Arabians, Germany.

two-Year-old ColtS: 1. Murana’s Jassehr (Major x Jana El Bri), Weidner, Germany; 2. Gazwan Al Nasser (Gazal Al Shaqab x Ftoon Al Shaqab), Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani, Qatar; 3. Azeem Ibn Justice (WH Justice x Bint Sanadiva), Ajman Stud, UAE two-Year-old FillieS: 1. Marabella C (Marwan Al Shaqab x Greta C), Hanan Shvaizer, Israel; 2. Tamice (WH Justice x Tamara IV), Sax Arabians, Germany; 3.

Aaliyana Psy (Psytadel x Aaliyah Bey), Rongits, Austria Yearling ColtS: 1. Al Ayyal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG), The Al Ayyal Leasing Group, Germany; 2. Muranas Jayyid (Major x Jana El Bri), Weidner, Germany; 3. Marshan (Meshan Ibn Kubinec x Marni), Sax Arabians, Germany Yearling FillieS: 1. Alma Al Tiglio (Ajman Moniscione x Amanda Al Tiglio), Buzzi, Italy; 2. RP Miss Surprise (WH Justice x Nefertarji), Axel Sommers, Belgium; 3. Belle Rose Bint Eternity-D (Eternity Ibn Navarrone D x WH Marissa Rose), El Kheir Arabian Stud Farm, Libya

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Top left: Orientalica B Gold Junior Colt Muranas Jassehr (Major x Jana El Bri), owned

by Weidner, Germany.

Top right Orientalica B Silver Junior Colt Al Ayyal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG), owned

by The Al Ayyal Leasing Group, Germany.

a combination of Egyptian, Polish, and Russian lines.

This was the first show in Germany to use the new championship system of awarding gold, silver, and bronze medals.

The junior female Gold winner was, not unsurprsingly, the charming Alma Al Tiglio, with Silver going to the secondplaced yearling filly RP Miss Surprise, and Bronze to the three-year-old winner GM Marwan Shakira. For the junior male title, Germany’s two-year-old winner Murana’s Jassehr captured top honors; Silver was awarded to yearling winner Al Ayal AA, and Bronze to the second-placed two-year-old Gazwan Al Nasser. In the mare championship, it was another triumph for Egypt’s lovely Mahala, over EK Nathice and Kashida, and the senior stallion champion was Valerio Ibn Eternity, Silver going to Haytham Albadeia, and Bronze to Lucky Dream.

Egyptian Europe Cup A good number of the horses from the C and B shows were back on the third

Bottom: Orientalica B Bronze Junior Colt Gazwan Al Nasser (Gazal Al Shaqab x Ftoon Al Shaqab), owned by Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani, Qatar.

day for the final part of the event, the Egyptian Europe Cup. Classes were very small, ranging from two to a maximum of four entries, which begs the question of whether this type of show really makes much sense these days. The days when Egyptians could only win at their own shows definitely belong to the past; to prove this, one need only look at the results of the B show.

There were certainly some fine straight Egyptian horses forward, but nearly all of these are perfectly capable of competing at regular ECAHO shows and winning, and quite a few of them have done so.

The junior female championship and reserve remained with the two-yearold fillies, which was the strongest filly class, the title going to the class winner Pyramid Lahleh, by Authentic Dahman out of an Al Lahab daughter, owned

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Selman. With the junior males, it was the yearlings that dominated the championships. The champion was from Saudi Arabia, Al Mohamadia Stud’s Salman Al Mohamadia, who is

by German-bred GR Amaretto. Reserve champion was Al Ayal AA, repeating his placement from the ECAHO B show.

A newcomer won the mare championship, Francesca Tomasoni’s CF Shamila from Italy. This very typey grey mare won the four- to six-year-old mare class against very strong competition.

She is of entirely American Egyptian breeding, by the Imperial Imdal son Moroc and out of AG Samsarah, a daughter of World Champion Hadidi.

AG Samsarah herself had been at this show the previous year and had won the mare championship herself, so this is a nice (and rare) example of continuity.

The reserve champion was the winner of the senior class, Rosemarie Kolster’s

Top left: Orientalica B Gold Junior Filly AlMA Al tIglIo (Ajman Moniscione x Amanda Al Tiglio), owned by Buzzi, Italy.

Top right: Orientalica B Silver Junior Filly rp MIss surprIse (WH Justice x Nefertarji), owned by Axel Sommers, Belgium.

Bottom right: Orientalica B Bronze Junior Filly gM MArwAn Al sHAkIrA (Marwan Al Shaqab x Octavia 05-04 of Rohan), owned by Naples Arabians, Sweden.

egYPtian euroPe CuP June 1, 2009 BeSt in Show: Salman Al Mohamadia (GR Amaretto x Thee Scheherezade), HH Prince Abdullah bin Fahd Al Saud, Al Mohamadia Stud, Saudi Arabia Senior ChaMPion Stallion: Jandeh Al Naif (Ansata Shalim x Ansata Nile Gypsy), Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Ahmed, Al Naif Stud, Qatar; reServe: Haytham Albadeia (Simeon Sharav x Galagel Albadeia), on lease to Klarenbeek Arabians, The Netherlands Senior ChaMPion Mare: CF Shamila (Moroc x AG Samsarah), Francesca Tomasoni, Italy; reServe: Authentic Monisa (Nabeel II x Monisa Halima), Rosemarie Kolster, Germany Junior ChaMPion Colt: Salman Al Mohamadia (GR Amaretto x Thee Scheherezade), HH Prince Abdullah bin Fahd, Al Mohamadia Stud, Saudi Arabia; reServe: Al Ayyal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG), Al Ayyal Leasing Group, Germany Junior ChaMPion FillY: Pyramid Lahleh (Authentic Dahman x Pyramid Laneya), Thomas Bobrzyk, Germany; reServe: El Thay Kareema (Ansata Selman x El Thay Kamla), Cornelia Tauschke, Germany StallionS Seven YearS old and older (4): 1. Jandeh Al Naif (Ansata Shalim x Ansata Nile Gypsy), Sheikh Abdullah bin

Nasser Al Ahmed, Al Naif Stud, Qatar; 2.

GR Amaretto (Classic Shadwan x Halims Asmara), Erwin Escher, Germany; 3. Mahlim (Maysoun x Bint Moufisa), Gaetano, Italy MareS Seven YearS old and older (2): 1. Authentic Monisa (Nabeel II x Monisa Halima), Rosemarie Kolster, Germany; 2.

Simeon Sarice (Imperial Madaar x Simeon Sayver), Uwe-Jürgen and Petra Wagner, Germany Four- to Six-Year-old StallionS (3): 1. Haytham Albadeia (Simeon Sharav x Galagel Albadeia), on lease to Klarenbeek Arabians, The Netherlands; 2. El Thay Melek (Ansata Selman x El Thay Maheera), Cornelia Tauschke, Germany; 3. LV Lahab (Al Lahab x Jamila I), Liesel Vetter, Germany Four- to Six-Year-old MareS (4): 1. CF Shamila (Moroc x AG Samsarah), Francesa Tomasoni, Italy; 2. Pyramid Nour El Nil K (Al Lahab x Bint Kahilah), UweJürgen and Petra Wagner, Germany; 3.

Classic Sharina (Lohim x HMT Princess Karima), Paul and Martine Despeghel, Dion Arabians, Belgium three-Year-old ColtS (1): 1. MVA Imperial Colours (True Colours x SKF Tiaara), Haterbusch Stud, Germany Three-Year-Old Fillies (2): 1. LF Antares Al Adeed (Al Adeed Al Shaqab x White Diamond), Rosemarie Kolster, Germany; 2.

Amirah Khazar (Emir Khazar x Shaylah Bint

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Iman), Hans Zaiss, Germany two-Year-old ColtS (1): 1. Authentic Mahab (Al Lahab x Authentic Monisa), Rosemarie Kolster, Germany two-Year-old FillieS (4): 1. Pyramid Lahleh (Authentic Dahman x Pyramid Laneya), Thomas Bobrzyk, Germany; 2. El Thay Kareema (Ansata Selman x El Thay Kamla), Cornelia Tauschke, Germany; 3. Pyramid Kahileh KL (Al Lahab x Bint Kahilah), Uwe-Jürgen and Petra Wagner, Germany Yearling ColtS (3): 1. Salman Al Mohamadia (GR Amaretto x Thee Scheherezade), HH Prince Abdullah bin Fahd Al Saud, Al Mohamadia Stud, Saudi Arabia; 2. Al Ayyal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG), Al Ayyal Leasing Group, Germany; 3. Al Najem Al Saata (El Salaam x Tuwaheh Bint Amouna), El Hanaa Arabians, Germany Yearling FillieS (3): 1. F Sana (Al Lahab x F Samirah), Inge and Hans-Juergen Friedmann, Germany; 2. Maaysa (Ansata Safeer x Mashaana Al Zamet), Stutteri Svanemosen, Denmark; 3. Al Muntaha Ameera (Tahnoon x Lubna), Christian Kesseböhmer, Germany FoalS (2): 1. Har Saaris (Bouznika x Safiniya Bint Samanta), Raimund Wöhr, Germany; 2. SA Na’im Bariz (Hadnan x Sahira), Sunrise Arabians, Germany

Arabica,Orientalica,EgyptianEurope Top: Egyptian Europe Cup Senior Champion Stallion Jandeh Al Naif (Ansata Shalim x Ansata Nile Gypsy), owned by Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Ahmed, Al Naif Stud, Qatar.

Middle left: Egyptian Europe Cup Reserve Senior Champion Stallion Haytham Albadeia (Simeon Sharav x Galagel Albadeia), on lease to Klarenbeek Arabians, The Netherlands.

Bottom: Egyptian Europe Cup Senior Champion Mare CF Shamila (Moroc x AG Samsarah), owned by Francesca Tomasoni, Italy.

Middle right: Egyptian Europe Cup Reserve Senior Champion Mare Authentic Monisa (Nabeel II x Monisa Halima), owned by Rosemarie Kolster, Germany.

Authentic Monisa, a lovely flea-bitten grey mare who won a lot this season and would later finish on a high note by becoming German National Champion Mare. She is by Nabeel II, a son of Maysoun, out of Monisa Halima

by Al Kidir, again featuring American Egyptian lines.

In the stallion championship, Haytham Albadeia again won the reserve title after winning the class for younger stallions. The champion title went to the senior class winner, Jandeh Al Naif, bred and owned by Al Naif Stud of Qatar. A near-white classic Arabian stallion, he is entirely of Ansata breeding, by Ansata Shalim out of Ansata Nile Gipsy by Ansata Hejazi.

Best in Show, with the highest point score of the day, was the junior male champion, one-year-old Salman Al Mohamadia from Saudi Arabia.

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Right: Egyptian Europe Cup Junior Champion Colt and Best in Show sAlMAn Al MoHAMAdIA (GR Amaretto x Thee Scheherezade), owned by HH Prince Abdullah bin Fahd Al Saud, of Al Mohamadia Stud, Saudi Arabia.

Top left: Egyptian Europe Cup Most Classic Head pyrAMId nour el nIl k (Al Lahab x Bint Kahileh), owned by Uwe-Jürgen and Petra Wagner, Germany.

Middle left: Egyptian Europe Cup Reserve Junior Champion Colt Al AyyAl AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG), owned by Al Ayyal Leasing Group, Germany.

Middle right: Egyptian Europe Cup Reserve Junior Champion Filly el tHAy kAreeMA (Ansata Selman x El Thay Kamla), owned by Cornelia Tauschke, Germany.

Bottom: Egyptian Europe Cup Junior Champion Filly pyrAMId lAHleH (Authentic Dahman x Pyramid Laneya), owned by Thomas Bobrzyk, Germany.

MoSt ClaSSiC head (2): 1. Pyramid Nour El Nil K (Al Lahab x Bint Kahileh), Uwe-Jürgen and Petra Wagner, Germany; 2.

Authentic Mahab (Al Lahab x Authentic Monisa), Uwe-Jürgen Wagner and Thomas Bobrzyk, Germany native CoStuMe (6): 1. AR Shandiz (Alaa Ibn Tuhotmos x Shjeria), Claudia Jährig, Germany; 2. Mahyubi Son (Mahyubi Ibn Maisa x Zareefah), Claudia Jährig, Germany; 3. KP Sameen (Motassem x Saada El Sajarra), Dr. Maani Hakimi, Germany

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First Place Arabic C Three-Year-Old Fillies Asia BM (WH Justice x Farah Takiba), Sprave, Germany; 2. FS Asmara (WH Justice x BB Mara), owned by Scherle, Germany.

First Place Egyptian Europe Cup Two-Year-Old Colt Authentic Mahab (Al Lahab x Authentic Monisa), owned by Rosemarie Kolster, Germany.

First Place Egyptian Europe Cup Three-Year-Old Filly LF Antares Al Adeed (Al Adeed Al Shaqab x White Diamond), owned by Rosemarie Kolster, Germany.

First Place Orientalica B Mares Ten and Over Secret Obsession (Padrons Psyche x K She Rah), owned

by Al Zobair Stud, Belgium.

First Place Egyptian Europe Cup Yearling Filly F Sana (Al Lahab x F Samirah), owned by Inge and Hans-Juergen Friedmann, Germany.

First Place Egyptian Europe Cup Foal Har Saaris (Bouznika x Safiniya Bint Samanta), owned by Raimund Wรถhr, Germany.

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