Arabian Studs & Stallions VOLUME 46 - ANNUAL 2020 by Vink Publishing

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his year in the Arabian Studs & Stallions Annual, we celebrate the richly diverse Arabian horse culture that is to be found in Australasia, and around the world.

And thus, this issue celebrates those breeders who have made an impact in all corners of the globe, as well as those on the cusp of doing great things.

In 2019 Australia was honoured to host and celebrate the WAHO conference, for the first time in many years. Arabian horse enthusiasts from all parts of the world converged on our shores, met our breeders, visited our studs, drank our wine and ultimately sang praises about our breeding programs.

We indulge in a little nostalgia, with an in-depth focus on legendary horses who have created lasting legacies for the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arabian horse fraternity, and previously unseen photography of horses from a bygone era, who for many, may simply be names in a pedigree.

When one considers the vastness of our continent, and the relatively small size of our population, Australian breeders have always punched above their weight when it comes to the performance of our horses, both in the show ring and on the endurance track.

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It is worthwhile for all of us to understand and appreciate where we have been, to know where we are headed. Lastly, I encourage you all this season to have fun with your Arabians, to create stories, to create memories. Share them with your friends, make the most of the summer.

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NAAJMI Photographed at 2 years by Tanya Hawley. Background retouched. Horse unaltered. BP Naajman and Nakourah by Jenni Ogden. Not retouched.

THE DREAM CONTINUES... with Naajmi continuing the legacy created by her great grandmother Naadirah (Aswan - Napraslina). She has a pedigree saturated with icons of the breed such as WH Justice, El Shaklan, Moraﬁc, Hadban Enzahi, Aswan, Ansata Ibn Halima, Bask, Galero, Mustafa, Naadirah and Naavah. Her sire is BP Naajman by Ajman Moniscione from Naazifah, a Naadirah grand daughter. Naajmi’s dam is the Naavah daughter Nakourah, from Nazli, also a Naadirah grand daughter. With such illustrious lineage, Naajmi is a worthy representative to take this branch of the Naadirah Family in to the future. TANYA HAWLEY ARABIANS. TELEPHONE: 0499 896 386 EMAIL: tanyahawley@mac.com NAKOURAH

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SILVER FIRE

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RE-ALITY ARABIANS

LEGENDS OF THE BREED

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LEADING ENDURANCE

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We owe the prophetically named Silver Fire a debt of immense gratitude BY SCOTT BENJAMIN

early a century ago in the spring of 1926, an auspicious arrival at Crabbet Park defined the dawning of a new era for Arabian horse breeding worldwide. This exceptional filly was Silver Fire, the single foal born to her still unproven sire in his inaugural season at stud, a promising son of Lady Wentworthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beloved Skowronek named Naseem (x Nasra by Daoud). Now a name held in universal esteem by Arabian breeders in every corner of the globe, Naseem would stand another eight seasons at Crabbet Park, selling to Russia at age fourteen, and then going on to sire foals for another remarkable

seventeen years at Tersk. As a result of his invaluable contributions as a sire in both the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, through exceptional daughters the likes of Rissletta (x Risslina by Rafeef), Kareyma (x Julnar by Lali Abdar), Nomenklatura (x Mammona by Ofir), Nitochka (x Taraszcza by Enwer Bey) and Naturalistka (x Rissalma by Shareer), as well as in the generations of excellence tracing directly to his sons Raktha (x Razina by Rasim), Indian Light (x Nisreen by Nureddin), and Negatiw (x Taraszcza by Enwer Bey), Naseem is remembered as one of the most profoundly influential stallions

in the history of the Arabian breed, and a legend of Crabbet breeding. Had it not been for the promise of his first filly, the landscape of modern Arabian horse breeding might be vastly different. For this alone, we owe the prophetically named Silver Fire a debt of immense gratitude. Silver Fire would in time, however, prove to be so much more than just the harbinger of ultimate immortality for her sire. Five generations of her illustrious heritage had been carefully stewarded by the visionary genius of Crabbet Park, first by the inimitable Lady Anne Blunt and later by her audacious daughter Lady Wentworth, tracing directly tail-female to the desert-bred Sobha (Wazir x Selma or.Ar.) in the third generation, born in 1879. Purchased by the Blunts in 1891 from her breeder Mahmud Bey in the desert and exported to England, the exceptionally beautiful Sobha established the precious Selma or.Ar. dam line, second only in importance, in retrospect, to the dam line of Rodania or.Ar., not only at Crabbet Park, but throughout Arabian breeding the world over. Beyond the immense influence of Silver Fire herself, the Selma dam line is synonymous with the Star Of The Hills-Taktika dynasty founded at Tersk (think Pesenka, Palas, Pietuszok, Tamerlan and Topol), the Sardhana branch that thrives in Poland (the source of Zazula and Zagrobla) and in the USA (with Crabbet Sura and her son Sureyn), essential sires Shareer (a key ingredient in the pedigrees of Serafix, Silver Drift, Padron, Electric

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Silver and Priboj) and Berk (sire of the ‘Queen of Crabbet’ Rissla) and, perhaps most profoundly, as the maternal source of Sotamm, sire of Kazmeen, both Crabbet-bred exports returned to Egypt, where they have since been immortalised on the distaff side of the pedigree of the iconic sire Nazeer. Masterfully combined with the other essential dam lines that comprised Crabbet breeding in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, principally Queen Of Sheba or.Ar. via Ahmar (Azrek), Ghazieh or.Ar. through her direct descendant, sire of the century Mesaoud (Aziz x Yemameh by Zobeyni), and Dajania or.Ar., foundress of another enduring dam family of global impact and the direct great-granddam of Naseem, the Selma dam family reached a significant milestone with Silver Fire, having created such a superlative specimen of the Arabian mare over five decades without any direct Rodania family influence. Descending directly through Somra (Daoud) and Siwa (Ahmar) to Sobha, Silver Fire was the ideal outcross for the intensely line-bred Rodania sires that dominated breeding in the UK during her career as a matron. Unlike the other contemporary Selma family descendants exported worldwide to positively affect breed progress, Silver Fire would spend her entire productive life under the careful management of Lady Wentworth at Crabbet Park, celebrated as one of the most beautiful mares of that era, and the quintessential Selma family representative. From 1930 until 1950, Silver Fire blessed the Arabian breed with twelve

foals – five colts and seven fillies. All but two sons by Faris – Silfaris (1939) and Silver Frost (1940) – would leave issue. Now, nearly every time the word Silver is invoked in a name throughout the modern Arabian horse world (with a few notable exceptions – chiefly Silver Drift and Electric Silver, both Selma family members but not via Silver Fire), we have cause to commemorate and celebrate Silver Fire and her ten remarkable produce. With only one exception, Lady Wentworth practised the tried-and-true method of breeding at least twice to every stallion to which Silver Fire was mated. That exception was her 1935 filly by Raseem (Rasim x Rim by Astraled), the only foal produced in the five-year span between 1933–1938, during the bleakest days of the global Great Depression. This filly was amongst the 19 mares and fillies purchased by the Russian delegation for Tersk, a much-needed financial boost for the stud, departing with soonto-be legendary matrons Rissalma, Rixalina and the aforementioned Star Of The Hills, as well as with her own maternal grandsire Naseem to the Caucasus at the opposite edge of Europe. Based on her registered name, the unimaginative Grey Crabbet, one is led to believe she was likely purchased yet unnamed, and rather haphazardly given this most rudimentary of names to satisfy the studbook prior to export. Grey Crabbet left behind only five foals in her new home, four of those stallions; none unfortunately bred on. For her first two foals prior to Grey Crabbet, Silver Fire was bred to the tall,

well-conformed reliable broodmare sire Nureddin (Rijm x Nargileh by Mesaoud) for her first filly Somara (1930) and colt Silfire (1932). Silfire would become the first direct descendant of Silver Fire to be exported, to nearby Portugal in 1935, where he would establish himself as an important foundation sire both in his new home country as well as in the larger gene pool of the former Portuguese colony of Brazil. Somara was sold within the UK to William Hay, who was responsible for breeding all fourteen of her lifetime foals, most by the Skowronek son Rangoon. Several of her foals were exported overseas, to North America, South Africa and even Australia, this being Stefan (1945), who lived for many years in the wilds of South Australia and can be reliably found in the pedigrees of many of the top breeding and endurance athletes of Crabbet heritage to the present day. Another direct import to Australia of a tail-female Somara descendant occurred in 1978, with Wild Rose (Argos x Rosamunde by Iridos), tracing to the Rangoon daughter Shayba Thania (1944). She was in turn the dam of Rose Of Sarangani (Rave VF), who helped

PREVIOUS PAGE Silver Fire ABOVE LEFT Lady Wentworth’s illuminated pedigree of Silver Fire. Photo Anne Brown ABOVE Naseem. Photo: Crabbet Archives OPPOSITE PAGE TOP Silver Ripple, winner of the 3 year old filly class at AHS Show, Kempton Park. Photo: Photonews OPPOSITE PAGE BASE Silwan at 23 years old enroute to Chip Chase Park

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to raise the profile of Australia yet again through the Bremervale program by producing multi-international champion Rahere (Desperado). Somara also figures into the pedigrees of two US-bred sires of significance in Australia: the Forest Hill imported BPL Dante, with a link through the Somara son Shamadan (Rithan), and the Mulawa import GLF Apollo, who has two crosses to the Somara daughter Silver Crystal (Rangoon). Silver Crystal, imported by John Rogers to the USA in 1951 at 14 years of age, left behind three important sons for North American breeding: full brothers Seraj and Silfix (Serafix), and the very first US National Champion Stallion Mujahid (Sureyn), all line-bred to Selma or.Ar.

Australia, and increasingly so around the world. His broad popularity ensured his legacy thrives as well in the background of many of Australia’s top show performers, both in-hand and under saddle, but his enduring legacy, especially in the horses bearing the Chip Chase and Cherokee stud prefixes, remains in the Olympic discipline of endurance. Former WAHO Trophy Recipient for Australia, Quilty Gold Cup winner, Australian National Endurance Champion and globally influential endurance sire, Chip Chase Sadaqa, is a prime example of this profound impact, proudly professing two essential crosses to

Silwan (as well as a third Silver Fire link through the prodigious Silver Gilt). Following up on the success of Somara and Silfire early in her productive life, Silver Fire produced her most influential progeny in her final decade as a matron, from 1941–1950, with five daughters and two sons of global relevance, all sired by stallions of intense Rodania or.Ar. and Dajania or.Ar. lineage. Her first pair of daughters in this decade was sired by Indian Gold (Ferhan x Nisreen by Nureddin), both born during the harrowing days of the Second World War: Silver Shamrock in 1941; and the undisputed jewel in the Silver

UK breeders have been fortunate to keep the Somara branch of the Silver Fire family through the Silver Crystal daughter Silver Belle (Raktha) thriving on home turf, while another Silver Crystal daughter, Silwa (Raktha) has done more to make this branch of the family famous worldwide than any other. Exported to Bazy Tankersley’s Al-Marah Arabians in 1957 after the death of Lady Wentworth, Silwa was imported together with her two-yearold Dargee daughter Silwara. Silwa remained an invaluable matron for Bazy until her death, leaving behind an expansive legacy, while Silwara was sold, and then re-sold to an aspirational Lasma Arabians, where she would earn immortal status as the dam of Countess Of Lasma (Count Dorsaz), and full siblings Tornado and Silhouette (Bask). Prior to export, Silwa also produced Silwara’s elder full brother, Silwan, who was to find immense good fortune on the opposite end of the planet. Imported as a two-year-old in 1956 by Mary Leicht of NSW along with the wonderful Silver Fire daughter Silver Magic, both were sent to Gatton College in Queensland just two years later, with Silwan becoming an immensely popular sire in Australia throughout his long fortunate life. Purchased at 23 years of age in 1977 by Pam Roydhouse for her incredibly successful and well-respected Chip Chase Park from the Cherokee Brahman Cattle Company for a record price, Silwan remains a mainstay of Crabbet and endurance bloodlines in

Fire family crown, Silver Gilt in 1943. Silver Shamrock would leave a lasting legacy for her dam line in South Africa at Olford Stud through her son Silver Rocket (Grand Royal), while Silver Gilt would assume the mantle of her dam at Crabbet Park as the most prolific and esteemed member of her dam family, producing fourteen foals, including five British National Champions, in 21 years of production, her final five foals born after the death of Lady Wentworth. Silver Gilt’s eldest daughter, Silverlet (Raktha), joined Silver Rocket in South Africa as Olford Stud’s treasured foundation mare, intensifying the legacy of Silver Fire in the Southern Hemisphere exponentially. It was Silver Gilt’s eldest son, Silver Vanity (Oran), however, that would be the first to immortalise her influence in pedigrees the world over. Memorably described by respected breeder and historian Rosemary Archer as the ‘unforgettable Silver Vanity, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful stallions ever bred at Crabbet. He had all of the qualities associated with the Silver Fire line, not least being his superlative head.’ To further emphasise his influence, she added this concerning his dam, ‘Silver Gilt, one of the loveliest of Silver Fire’s offspring, produced stock of the highest quality.’ Named twice British National Champion in 1958 and again in 1962, Silver Vanity was one of the most popular and flamboyant show horses of his era, but left only eighteen registered get in the UK prior to his exportation to the United States, where he would sire over 200 lifetime foals, yet another sagacious purchase by the visionary Bazy Tankersley. From this modest collection of just a dozen and a half progeny sired from 1956 to 1963, several would go on to great acclaim within other British breeding programs, including: his son, Hanif (x Sirella by Dargee), a perpetually popular mainstay of the British National Veteran Stallion class and maternal grandsire of record-setting World Endurance Champion Hachim; as well as his phenomenally influential daughter Silver Ripple (x Risseefa by Faris), matron supreme for Rosemary Archer’s Worth Stud, from which her exceedingly valuable contribution has positively impacted breeding programs the world over. The Silvern legacy

belongs to her, the result of her double Silver Fire progeny Silvern Dream and Silvern Magic (by sire Silvadoris, a son of Silver Magic), from which the Binley Stud-bred Silvern Prince descends, with a remarkable four essential links to Silver Fire, an undeniably worthy WAHO Trophy Recipient in the UK who has an unrivalled record as a Ridden Arabian Stallion, including British National Champion. Silver Ripple is also the dam of the unforgettable Silver Flame (Indian Flame II), bred by Rosemary Archer and owned in partnership with Lady Wentworth’s daughter, Lady Anne Lytton. Also named British National Champion Stallion, the last of the pure Crabbet horses to be so named, Silver Flame was the Silver Vanity of his day in the show ring, wowing the crowds with his spectacular trot and commanding masculine charisma,

while leaving a lasting positive impact in the breeding barn for decades after. For Australia, the essential Silver Vanity offspring born in the UK, from the final foal crop bred by Lady Wentworth in 1958, was Sindh, a rare non-grey in the Silver Fire constellation of stars, who was further line-bred to the Selma or.Ar. dam line through his dam Silfina (Indian Gold x Sharfina by Rytham), an aristocrat dam of monumental proportions whose astounding global influence encompasses the legendary Padron, through Silent Wings (Oran) and Silindra (Raktha), and another Australian supersire, Fenwick Stud’s Electric Silver (Raktha). Imported in 1960 by Dora Maclean, the last of the great Crabbet imports to Fenwick that had begun a quarter of a century earlier when Skowronek blood was

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first introduced to the continent, Sindh became the most widely used stallion in Australia as interest in Arabian blood was on the rise, establishing an unrivalled legacy of awe-inspiring impact that has positively influenced every single aspect of Arabian breeding in Australasia, from showing in-hand and under saddle, to endurance, racing and ranch work, as well as the foundation bloodstock of nearly every Arabian Derivative registry. The Fenwick-bred Banderol (x Balsora by Riffal), leading sire at Arabian Park in NSW, became the chief progenitor of the Sindh legacy worldwide in the show ring, establishing an instantly recognisable ‘Banderol-type’ that is characterised by an impressive upright forehand, exceptional length of rein, strong substantial structure, a commanding charisma with a definitive aristocratic presence, and a powerful, sweeping trot that raised the standard not only in the breed, but throughout the greater equine community continent-wide.

principles upon which the Crabbet Stud was firmly built and the two pillars that have defined authentic Arabian type for millennia, the Spindrift descendants not only can be found in the pedigrees of today’s top show ring winners, they are becoming increasingly frequent in the lineages of Australia’s top achieving endurance athletes. Silver Grand’s full sister, Silver Diamond, survives to present day through her Crabbet-bred son Bright Diamond (Bright Shadow), while full brothers, Silver Royal and Royal Glitter, found importance as sires in the Netherlands and Israel, respectively. All four of Silver Gilt’s final daughters bred by Cecil Covey after the passing of Lady Wentworth left valuable progeny

in the United Kingdom. Of these, the most well known around the world is Dalika (Dargee), the dam of the Lodge Farm owned Indian Silver (Indian Magic), in turn the sire of the ethereal British National Supreme and World Champion Aliha (x AK Attalah by Ansata Ibn Halima), foundress of the Maxwell Family’s incomparable ‘A’ family of international champions. Silver Gilt’s most enduring legacy tail-female, however, would extend through her Royal Diamond (Oran x Grey Royal by Raktha) daughters, Royal Radiance and Silver Grey, most poignantly, the last bred by Lady Wentworth herself. The elder, Royal Radiance, was another of the seminal imports directly from Crabbet to Fenwick, imported with a colt foal in utero by Bright Shadow

The next four Silver Gilt foals were all sired by British National Champion Grand Royal (Oran x Sharima by Shareer), two fillies and two colts, born respectively, and in succession from 1951 to 1954. The eldest of these, Silver Grand, is an Australian mainstay in innumerable pedigrees as the dam of Spindrift (Silver Drift), another of the Mary Leicht importations that earned their breeding reputation at Gatton College in Queensland. It was here that Spindrift would sire two essential sons, Delos (ex Iano by Sala) and Aethon (x Hestia by Jedran), both unforgettable show horses that ruled the rings at the Sydney Royal and the National Stud Show for over a decade, establishing records that are likely never to be equalled. True to their heritage of being both beautiful and supremely useful,

LEFT TOP Silver Magic. Photo: Crabbet Archives LEFT Spindrift RIGHT TOP Silver Vanity. Photo: Photonews RIGHT Silver Flame at Newbuildings with Lord Lytton, Lady Anne Lytton and Roger Upton holding at the Centenary Celebrations in 1978. Photo: Fiona Anderson

abundantly athletic Greylight has ensured the Royal Radiance legacy is one of lasting importance in Australia. Productively prolific, in keeping with her strong maternal tradition, Royal Radiance would bless Fenwick and the Arabian breed with thirteen produce of import through 1978. Younger sister Silver Grey kept the torch burning for her maternal legacy in the UK, producing foals for both Cecil Covey at Crabbet Park, and later for Iona Bowring. Together with her eldest daughter Silver Sheen (Bright Shadow), Silver Grey dominated the British National Show for over a decade. Named twice British National Champion Mare, even besting Silver Sheen, as National Champion Filly, in 1963 for Supreme National Champion Female, Silver Grey headed a procession of inestimable worth at the British National Show in 1974 in her final appearance while winning the Princess Muna Saddle of Honour for family groups, with her colt foal Silver Scimitar at side, along with Silver Sheen and her foal at side Silver Shade, full sister to the final family representative, the two-year-old filly Silver Shimmer. Silver Sheen would proceed to eclipse her dam’s enviable show record at the British National Show by winning the Senior Champion Mare title for three successive years from 1968 to 1970. While Silver Sheen’s most successful produce in British breeding would be her son Silver Blue (Azrak), who, coincidentally, stood behind the original Australian standard-bearer on the global stage, Ralvon Pilgrim, as Reserve Champion Stallion at the very first Royal Ascot international competition in 1977, for Australian breeders, her indispensable daughter was unequivocally the Bowring-bred Silver Shimmer (Fari II).

ABOVE TOP Greylight. Photo: Pat Slater ABOVE Silver Sheen at Kempton 1969. Photo: Photonews RIGHT TOP Silver Sparkle and Lester Marshall RIGHT MIDDLE Silver Grey at Kempton with Cecil Covey. Photo: Photonews RIGHT BASE Windella Silver Fascination and Shakla’s Silver Dream. Photo: Stuart Vesty FOLLOWING PAGE Silvern Prince winning at HOYS 2011

that would be named Greylight. Maturing into a striking grey with a distinctive bloody shoulder and flank, Greylight would headline the stallion roster at Fenwick for two and a half decades, sharing the spotlight with fellow Crabbet-bred superstar Sindh. A multi-champion in Australia, including Supreme Champion at the Sydney Royal, the incredibly beautiful,

Imported in 1979 by Sheila Stump of Windella Arabian Stud with a filly foal by a then unknown El Shaklan (Shaker El Masri x Estopa by Tabal), Silver Shimmer delivered the first of what would soon become a tidal wave of influence from the Om El Arab SpanishEgyptian ‘Golden Cross’ in Australasia over the next four decades, with her gorgeous filly Silver Glint, born just a week before Christmas the previous year. Masterfully managed by Sheila in a destiny-altering partnership

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with both Peter and Vivienne Hall of Fairview Arabians throughout her breeding career, Silver Glint and her descendants redefined the standard of excellence for the Arabian mare all across Australasia. Silver Glint stands alone as the most important source of Australian National Champion females, with two winning daughters, Windella Silver Fascination (Amir El Shaklan) and Shaklaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Silver Dream (SK Shakla Khan), as well as two winning granddaughters, Windella Silver Shadow (Amir El Shaklan x Windella Silver Glitter by Bremervale Colombia) and Windella Silver Sensation (SK Shakla Khan x Windella Silver Fascination), to her credit. In a just return of the extraordinary favour given to Aussies from the UK, Windella Silver Sensation was exported back to the birthplace of her granddam by Heather Brown in 2003. In a triumphal return to the British Nationals for her dam family in 2006, where so much record-setting success had been earned decades earlier, Windella Silver Sensation was named British National Champion Senior Mare and Supreme Champion of the Show, in, most fittingly, an unforgettably sensational performance. Silver Fireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only mate with whom she produced more than two foals was the spectacularly conformed athlete Oran (Riffal x Astrella by Raseem), the Hanstead-bred stallion that redefined the post-war era at Crabbet. Together, the pair created three foals in succession, beginning with Silvania in 1945, the prolific Silver Shadow in 1946, whose influence abounds in the Worth and Binley programs in the UK, and the well-travelled stallion Silver Sparkle in 1947. A fellow Antipodean resident, Silver Sparkle was imported to the North Island of New Zealand in 1948 by Mr. Booth, and later sold to Lester Marshall of Holly Farm, moving to the South Island in 1961 to launch the new family breeding endeavour. The Silver Sparkle influence is still alive and well in New Zealand thanks to the Marshall Family efforts. Silver Sparkle made one final journey to the United States in 1970, to Dr. Andrew Sharf in California, where he died just one year later after siring only two sons, one of whom, GF Silver Mirage (x Khatana by Rifage), has a small family of descendants still breeding in North America.

Dr. Sharf would also be the final owner of another famous Silver Fire son, Silver Moonlight (Indian Magic), purchased from Gatton Agricultural College in Queensland in 1969, after serving twenty-two glorious years as sire of immense influence in Australia. Imported as a twoyear-old in 1951 to Fenwick Stud, the source of all Crabbet greatness in Australasia, Silver Moonlight left dozens of influential progeny in Victoria, before making the move to Sir Clarence Clegget’s Oxford Stud in Queensland in 1962, and eventually to Gatton College where he became available to the broader breeding public. A classic snow-white stallion of typical Skowronek-style beauty with the same spirited temperament for which these sires are universally renowned, Silver Moonlight has unequivocally woven himself into the fabric of Australian Arabian breeding, a continually rewarding influence that can still be felt generations later in breeding programs the world over. Silver Fire’s final foal, most fittingly, was a filly: the aptly named Silver Magic, a gorgeous grey born in 1950 in her dam’s 24th year of life, and a full sister to Silver Moonlight. Silver Magic left just one foal in England, the influential sire Silvadoris (Oran), before joining the two male members – the aforementioned super sires Silwan and Spindrift - in the trio of ‘Silver Jewels’ that had been purchased by Mary Leicht and inexorably impacted Australian breeding forever for the better. Through her two sons – full brothers Argent and Silver Gleam (Silwan) – and her three prolific daughters – Deirdre (Grand Royal), Electra (Crystal Fire) and Hespera (Spindrift), the impact of Silver Fire has expounded exponentially throughout Australasia, intensifying and propagating profusely the goodness that has defined the Silver Fire legacy the world over. A champion herself at the Richmond Show in the UK, it comes as no surprise that one of the most enduring spheres of influence for Silver Fire, generations on, remains in the international show ring. In addition to her monumental influence upon the show scene in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and South Africa, Silver Fire has

had a much more profound influence upon the Australian show ring than one might suspect at first glance. Analysing just thirty seven years of Australian National Champion Senior Mares alone, Silver Fire is present in the pedigrees of an astounding twentyfive, a number that excludes the five Straight Egyptian Simeon Stud-bred and/or owned winners, as well as Mulawa’s first Pure Polish champion and Bremervale’s US-bred imported champion. Not surprisingly, many of these twenty-five iconic winners have multiple crosses to Silver Fire in their pedigrees, boasting links to Sindh (13 times), Silver Crystal (6 times), Silver Glint (4 times), Somara (3 times), Silver Moonlight and Silwan (each twice), and Greylight, Spindrift, Silwara and Silver Magic (each once). Most surprisingly, the National Champion Mare with the most numerous and diverse crosses to Silver Fire is the Mulawa-bred Always Valentine MI (DA Valentino x Always An Angel by SK Shakla Khan), who traces directly tail-female to the double Banderol-bred Arabian Park Lady Constance, an essential link which blesses her with two crosses to Sindh, and a cross each to Silwan and Silver Moonlight. This unexpected connection also makes her full brother, Vangelis MI, the Australian National Champion Stallion with the most Silver Fire heritage in his pedigree, as well as elevating her daughter, A Vision MI, a former Australian National Champion Yearling Filly and the reigning Gold

Champion Junior Filly at the Dubai International Championships, to superlative Australian-bred ambassador status for the Silver Fire Family on the global stage, as she adds yet another three crosses to the immortal matron – two through Sindh and another through Silver Moonlight – to her pedigree via Parkview Audacious, paternal grandsire of her own sire Allegiance MI. Caroline Sussex of Binley Stud, when addressing the worldwide Crabbet Convention with both an historical perspective and a comprehensive status update on Crabbet bloodlines all across the globe, had this to say of the lone 1926 arrival at Crabbet Park, ‘The importance of Silver Fire for beauty and style cannot be underestimated.’ Given the fact that she and her mother, Rosemary Archer of Worth Stud, have known, bred and stewarded more intensely line-bred Silver Fire descendants than perhaps anyone else, her assessment of the enduring impact of this maternal legacy carries immense significance. Understood together with the extraordinary pervasive influence within the sport of endurance, as well as within other demanding athletic equine disciplines, that she continues to exert with compounding positivity, there is everlasting cause to celebrate the mare that ushered in a global breeding revolution, setting the world aflame, while burning eternally bright, with an undeniable and unmistakably identifiable Silver Fire.

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Vangelis

AUGUST 2013 STALLION (DA VALENTINO x ALWAYS AN ANGEL by SK SHAKLA KHAN) Seventh-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion Member of the M ANGELIQUE Family Australian National Gold Champion Senior Stallion | 2019 National Stud Show Champion Senior Stallion | 2018 Scottsdale International Gold Champion Junior Colt | 2016 US Arabian Open Gold Champion Junior Colt | 2016 Australian National Champion Yearling Colt | 2015

“CHOICE, NOT CHANCE, DETERMINES YOUR DESTINY.” Aristotle

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Fames Harmony

AUGUST 1998 MARE (FAME MAKER R x PERFECT HARMONY by GLF APOLLO) Fourth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Champion Member of the MULAWA CHANCE Family Dam of Distinction Twice Australian National Reserve Champion Senior Mare

Al-Shaqab Owned KLASSIC HARMONY MI (by Klass)

Australian National Champion MI HARMONY (by Guiliano)

Dam of Distinction MELODY MI (by TS Al Malik)

“BEAUTY IS IN HARMONY WITH WHAT YOU ARE.” Peter Nivio Zarlenga

A PROF OU N D L EG AC Y OF FA M E & F ORT U N E

Fame Maker R

(FAME VF x INSCHALLAH EL SHAKLAN by EL SHAKLAN) MULAWA LEGACY SIRE 02 June 1989 – 20 April 2019 United States & Canadian National Champion Australian Sire of Significance

Australian National Champion Senior Stallion | 1997

“WE CELEBRATE THE PAST TO AWAKEN THE FUTURE.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy

A L LU R I NG K L A S S | E N DU R I NG FA M E

Klassical Fame SEPTEMBER 2015 MARE (KLASS x FOREVER FAME by FAME MAKER R)

Fifth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Gold Champion Member of the DZINA Family Australian National Gold Champion Junior Filly | 2019 ~ unanimous AANC Highest Scoring Arabian Female Exhibit | 2019 Australian National Gold Champion Junior Filly | 2018 ~ unanimous

“THE LIGHT OF THE DAWN IS NOT SO SWEET AS THE FIRST GLIMPSES OF FAME.” Luc de Clapiers

A LWAY S A M A T T E R O F K L A S S

Klass

JANUARY 2003 STALLION (TS AL MALIK x KARMAA by KABORR) Mulawa-Bred Elite Sire Member of the KARMAA Family Three-Time Successive Australian National Champion Four-Time Undefeated East Coast Champion WAHO Trophy Recipient Australia Leading Sire of National & International Champions

Australian National Champion Ridden Arabian Stallion & Working Stock Horse

“WHEN YOU REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANYTHING BUT THE BEST, YOU VERY OFTEN GET IT.” W. Somerset Maugham

A G L I T T E R I NG J E W E L I N T H E C ROW N

Klassical Tiara MI

OCTOBER 2017 MARE (KLASS x MUSTANG’S MAGNUM by MAGNUM FORTY FOUR) Mulawa-Bred Gold Champion Member of the SAHTARAH Family Australian National Gold Champion Yearling Filly | 2019 East Coast Champion Yearling Filly | 2019

KLASSICAL DREAM MI Australian National Champion Senior Mare & Junior Filly

MI KLASSIC FANTASY Australian National Gold Champion Senior Mare

“BRIGHT AS THE MORNING SUN, GLITTERING AS A GOLDEN CROWN.” Alfred Lord Tennyson

E XC E E DI NG WOR L D K L A S S E X PEC TAT ION S

Klassique NOVEMBER 2015 STALLION (KLASS x MUSTANG’S MAGNUM by MAGNUM FORTY FOUR) Mulawa-Bred Chief Sire Member of the SAHTARAH Family

“THE ONLY WAY TO DISCOVER THE LIMITS OF THE POSSIBLE IS TO GO BEYOND THEM INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE.” Arthur C. Clarke

GOLDEN SUCCESS | GLOBA L ESTEEM

2019 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL GOLD CHAMPION FEMALES WITH CAMERON BONNEY

Venecia Klassical Fame Klassical Tiara MI

Gold Champion Senior Mare

Gold Champion Junior Filly

Gold Champion Yearling Filly

Kavalle

OCTOBER 2011 STALLION (GAZAL AL SHAQAB x KARESS by MAGNUM FORTY FOUR) Third-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion Member of the KARMAA Family Proudly Owned by Joanne Gunabalan | USA Scottsdale Reserve Champion Senior Stallion | 2019

Romance

OCTOBER 2009 MARE (MAGNUM FORTY FOUR x RIMARAA by MARWAN AL SHAQAB) Mulawa-Bred International Champion Member of the RIMARAA Family Australian National Gold Champion Senior Mare | 2018 Scottsdale Senior Mare Class Winner | 2019

“GENIUS IS IN THE IDEA. IMPACT, HOWEVER, COMES FROM ACTION.” Simon Sinek

TH E THRILL OF EU PHORIA

Euforia

AUGUST 2016 MARE (EMERALD J x AUDACIA by PARKVIEW AUDACIOUS)

Fourth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Champion Member of the KARMAA Family Australian National Silver Champion Junior Filly | 2019

“WHEN THE THRILL IS IN THE DOING, THE WINNING TAKES CARE OF ITSELF.” Charles Knoll

A N A DM I R E D A R ISTOC R AT | A N I NSPI R E D CH A M PION

Karess

JANUARY 2007 MARE (MAGNUM FORTY FOUR x MULAWA KARA MIA MI by GLF APOLLO) Mulawa-Bred Champion Aristocrat Member of the KARMAA Family Aristocrat Dam of Seven Champions East Coast Champion Broodmare | 2019 National Stud Show Senior Champion Mare | 2018

Australian National Champion KAVALLE MI (by Gazal Al Shaqab)

Australian National Gold Champion KAVALIER MI (by Marwan Al Shaqab)

Australian National Silver Champion KHARACTER MI (by Advise MI)

“A SPIRIT SO POWERFUL, YET ITS RESTRAINED INTENSITY WAS LIKE A GENTLE CARESS TO THE SOUL.” Marcus Vanderberg

G L OBA L R ECO G N I T ION F OR T H E G R A N D M AT R I A RC H

Mulawa-Bred Champion Aristocrat Member of the KARMAA Family Aristocrat Dam of Seven Champions Champion Descendants on Five Continents WAHO Trophy Recipient Australia | 2019

International Champion KLASSICAL DEVOTION MI (Klass x Mulawa Kiara)

Mulawa Kara Mia

SEPTEMBER 1995 MARE (GLF APOLLO x KARMAA by KABORR)

Supreme Champion ELEGANCE MI (Emerald J x Klassic Elegance MI)

Australian National Champion FLAME MAKER (by Fame Maker R)

“A BREATH OF INSPIRATION IS THE LIFE OF EACH GENERATION.” Arthur O’Shaughnessy

PA S S I N G T RU T H T O T H E N E X T G E N E R AT I O N

Truth

AUGUST 2016 STALLION (ALLEGIANCE MI x DM MARCEDES TRUE LOVE by RHR MARCEDES) Fifth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Gold Champion Member of the TRUE LOVE Family Proudly Owned by Mr. Zengli Han | China Australian National Gold Champion Junior Colt | 2019 ~ unanimous East Coast Champion Junior Colt | 2019 National Stud Show Champion Junior Colt | 2018

Madora

FEBRUARY 2016 MARE (ALLEGIANCE MI x MELODY MI by TS AL MALIK) Tenth-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion Member of the MULAWA CHANCE Family Proudly Owned by Rae-Dawn Arabians | Canada Canadian National Champion Two Year Old Filly | 2018

“THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.” Saint John

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Allegiance

JANUARY 2009 STALLION (MAGNUM FORTY FOUR x AUDACIA by PARKVIEW AUDACIOUS)

Fourth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Elite Sire Member of the KARMAA Family Leading Sire of National & International Champions

ALLEGIANCE MI March 2009

“CONSISTENCY IS THE PLEDGE OF SUCCESS.” Edward Warner

A B R E E D E R’ S D R E A M G OL DE N SUCCE S S AT T H E A L L NAT IONS C U P

Venice

OCTOBER 2015 MARE (ALLEGIANCE MI x VALENTINE MI by DA VALENTINO) Fifth-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion Member of the VALENTINE MI Family Proudly Owned by Al Bakhet Stud | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Australian National Gold Champion Yearling Filly | 2017 ~ unanimous

“EVERY SUCCESS STORY STARTS WITH A DREAM.” Og Mandino

GLOBA L R ECOGNITION FOR A GOLDEN VISION

A Vision

AUGUST 2016 FILLY (ALLEGIANCE MI x ALWAYS VALENTINE MI by DA VALENTINO) Twelfth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Gold Champion Member of the M ANGELIQUE Family Proudly Owned by Al Bidayer Stud | UAE Dubai International Gold Champion Junior Filly | 2019 Sharjah International Gold Champion Junior Filly | 2019

Australian National Gold Champion Yearling Filly | 2018 ~ unanimous

“A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE WITH GREAT VISION.” Andrew Carnegie

T H E G OL D S TA N DA R D OF E XC E L L E NC E

Venecia

OCTOBER 2014 MARE (ALLEGIANCE MI x VALENTINE MI by DA VALENTINO) Fifth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Gold Champion Member of the VALENTINE MI Family

Australian National Gold Champion Senior Mare | 2019 ~ unanimous East Coast Champion Senior Mare | 2019 Australian National Gold Champion Junior Filly | 2017 ~ unanimous Australasian Breeders Cup Gold Champion Junior Filly | 2017 Undefeated at the Australian Arabian National Championships Australia’s First Three-Time Gold National Champion Female

Australian National Gold Champion Yearling Filly | 2016

“LET US MAKE OUR FUTURE NOW, AND LET US MAKE OUR DREAMS TOMORROW’S REALITY.” Malala Yousafzai

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L EG EN D S O F T H E B R EED M O N O G R A M M’ S I N F LU E N C E I N P O L A N D BY GUDRUN WAIDITSCHKA | ADDITIONAL CONTENT BY SCOTT BENJAMIN & DAVID GILLETT with progeny who have brought fame to the breeding program and set records at auction and in the show ring, creating a legacy worldwide.

orn in the USA from Russian/Polish bloodlines, Monogramm came to Poland for only two seasons during the nineties. From there his offspring conquered the world. He died in January at the age of 34 – a true legend. Monogramm has changed Polish Arabian breeding, like no other stallion before him. Of course, there had been such greats as Palas (Aswan x Panel by Nil), a three quarters Egyptian stallion of great beauty and athletic ability, Bandos (Negatiw x Bandola by Witraz) and his son Eukaliptus (from Eunice by Comet), who sired the great Emanacja amongst many others, and full brother

ABOVE Monogramm. Photo Finke

to Mulawa’s imported mare Euni… they all left a string of very important broodmares during their lifetime, but it was Monogramm who did all this and more in just a few years of stud service. Monogramm’s pedigree is of predominantly Russian and Polish bloodlines, and he would reintroduce a little Crabbet blood to Polish pedigrees, as well as a drop of French blood through the stallion Kann. Some would say at the time, with Monogramm the Polish State Studs abandoned ‘Old Polish breeding’. That said, with Monogramm the valuable blood of Bask was reintroduced, which had been lost in Poland as the then young stallion was of course sold to the USA, and duly became the legend he was born to be. It is hard to imagine what modern Polish Arabian breeding would be like today without Monogramm,

It was Ignacy Jaworowski who saw Monogramm being shown in the USA, where he was judged Scottsdale Top Ten Stallion and US Top Ten Stallion. His harmonious construction and great movement did not escape Jaworowski’s expert eye, and he quickly realised that he had to bring him to Poland. In the same moment, Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka, who was a horse inspector in the Horse Breeding Department at the Ministry of Agriculture for Poland, was also thrilled by this young stallion. Monogramm was only three years old when they saw him, however his expression, his fire, his movements, all left a deep impression on them both. Izabella once recalled, ‘Both our jaws dropped…it was immediately visible that he had a unique personality and expression. When you start to “take a horse apart” you begin to see his faults. A perfect horse does not exist. But it is the first impression that counts. Monogramm had this incredible fire and power. When he entered the arena, he owned it. He appeared to be on fire. And those large, dark eyes. He was so interested in his surroundings, so happy. And he was a fabulous mover. The Americans did not value good movement and oftentimes even tried to conceal it. But he made a royal entrance and that’s what caught our attention.’ His pedigree was the icing on the cake… Bask in the sireline, and Mammona in the damline – two horses that Polish Arabian breeding had lost would potentially return to the breeding program. Both she and Ignacy Jaworowski knew that Monogramm was the answer to their quest. Getting permission was not easy, because Monogramm’s

owners, the Bishop family, did not want to part with him. As the story goes, they were so adamant, they did not even want to meet in this matter. Monogramm’s sire, Negatraz, was commonly referred to as the best son of Bask and sire of over 40 US National winners. Negatraz was a very popular sire in his day, and he surely combined his look with excellent performance abilities, as any truly great Arabian does. Negatraz was owned by Kay and Richard Patterson, long time breeders of Polish bloodlines. The Patterson’s relationship with Polish horses and Director Jaworowski himself had begun nearly twenty years before the birth of Monogramm, on their first trip to Poland in June 1968. This would be followed by at least one trip annually for over twenty years in search of knowledge and breeding stock. In all, the Pattersons would import over 100 horses for their farm in Oregon, USA. Kay Patterson once said, ‘Ignacy immediately recognised that we were students with an insatiable thirst for learning about the old Polish horses, their pedigrees, and how to cross the various lines. He shared willingly from his great store of archive photos, books and practical knowledge. He spoke openly and honestly of his successes and failures with various bloodlines and specific horses.’ In turn, Director Jaworowski and his wife Maria were often guests at the Patterson farm, where he delighted in being able to personally witness the magical results of his mentorship. He reportedly loved Negatraz and thought he was the best bay Pure Polish son of Bask. The Pattersons had been willing to send Negatraz to Poland for two seasons, however with the political environment such as it was at that time, it just wasn’t possible. During 1983, the Pattersons paid USD$250,000 for Monogramma, then an 18-year-old broodmare, and a granddaughter of Mammona, who as a foal was taken from Janow Podlaski and walked all the way to Tersk during the Second World War. She was purchased specifically to be bred to Negatraz (Bask x Negotka by Negatiw). She may not have been a show winning beauty, but she was an exceptional broodmare first in Russia, where she was bred to some of the world’s all-time greatest stallions, leaving two sons, Murmansk (by Muscat) and Mamluk (by Aswan), as well as several special daughters including the famous champions Amplituda (by Pesniar), Malutka (by Salon) and Martinika (by Aswan), before she was exported to the USA. Both Negatraz and Monogramma were quite different, but obviously, Monogramm picked the best part from either side, as the mating was repeated thrice more. Monogramm was sold as a yearling to Bill and Meredith Bishop of California, who showed him as a young horse to win Reserve National Champion Futurity Colt, and go on to be a National Top Ten Stallion, and a multi-Champion Park Horse.

TOP Fallada (Monogramm x Fanaberia). Photo Waiditschka SECOND Kwestura (Monogramm x Kwesta). Photo Waiditschka THIRD Palmira (Monogramm x Palestra). Photo Waiditschka BOTTOM Zagrobla (Monogramm x Zgubla). Photo Waiditschka

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As mentioned earlier, when approached by the Poles, the Bishops had no interest in leasing the stallion abroad, and so it took five years of building trust, and even friendship, until they finally agreed to let Monogramm go to Poland for the breeding seasons 1993 to 1994. The following years he was used by frozen semen. This suited Director Jaworowski, as at that time only mature stallions were used for breeding in Poland. All in all, Monogramm sired 112 foals during those years. ‘Foals by this sire have excellent type and presence, a small beautiful head, highly set swan-like necks, solid build, strong quarters and superb movement,’ wrote Izabella Pawelec-Zawadzka in Kon Polski 1994. In 1995, at the Junior Spring Show, at that time held at Michalow Stud and featuring much larger classes than we have today, five out of six yearling fillies and colts in the top three ranks were Monogramm get, the only exception being Albula (Fawor x Algeria by Celebes) from Janow Podlaski, who managed to take a first place. Three out of four Junior Champion and Reserve titles were won by Zagrobla (ex Zguba by Enrilo), Ekstern (ex Ernestyna by Piechur) and Ganges (ex Garonna by Fanatyk) – names that would become household names in their own right. The following year at the Junior Spring Show, Monogramm get again dominated the results with Fallada being awarded Champion and Zagrobla being Reserve Champion. Furiat (ex Furora by Pepton) was Champion Colt with Ganges Reserve to him. Later that year, Kwestura (ex Kwesta by Pessenik), not yet the icon she would become, would be Champion with her sister Zagrobla Reserve Champion. Needless to say, ‘The Monogramms’, as his offspring were often called, would go on to conquer first Europe, and then the world. To list all the titles they achieved over the years is nearly impossible. However, for Polish breeders, the Polish National Championships always had a special value, and ‘the Monogramms’ won several Polish National Champion titles, for example, Ekscella (2001), Fallada (2003), Palmira (2007) and Emmona (2011). Apart from Ekstern and Furiat, also Erbil (1997) was a Polish National Junior Champion, while Ekstern (2000) and Ganges (2001) achieved their titles as juniors and seniors. Even better results were to come on a world stage, where the Monogramm get took four titles at the World Championships in 2000 alone: Ekstern and Zagrobla were World Senior Champions in their respective categories, while Kwestura was awarded the World Senior Reserve Champion title and Emmona (ex Emilda by Pamir) became World Junior Champion. In 2003, Palmira was World Reserve Champion. Of course, also European and All Nations Cup Champion and Reserve Champion titles were claimed by ‘the Monogramms’. All Monogramm offspring had two things in common: they could move and they liked to show – actually, Monogramm brought back movement to the show ring, which at that time one didn’t see so often anymore since the Russian horses were in decline. During the senior mares class at the 2009 All Nations Cup in Aachen, in an extremely moving and profound moment for all lovers of the breed, the first five spots were all taken by Michalow-bred Monogramm daughters – Emmona, Kwestura, Fallada, Elandra and Georgia. Each mare a true Queen, without peer.

TOP Ganges (Monogramm x Garonna). Photo Waiditschka MIDDLE Ekstern (Monogramm x Ernestyna). Photo Waiditschka BOTTOM Emmona (Monogramm x Emilda). Photo Waiditschka

Monogramm daughters became especially sought-after at the annual Pride of Poland Sale and each year the Arabian horse community would eagerly anticipate which of these great beauties would be offered for sale. Between 2001 and 2015, Michalow sold 19 of his daughters, for a total of 3.442 Million Euro (181,150 Euro on average). Of course, the highest selling mare at the time, in the over 40 year history of the Polish sales was Kwestura, who sold for 1.125 Million Euro in 2008, with Fallada coming second (465,000 Euro) and Palestyna third (300,000 Euro). The Monogramm daughters Elganda and Gehenna were sold to Australia at the 2006 Pride of Poland Sale for the price of 65,000 Euro and 180,000 Euro respectively. Both mares produced progeny in Australia, and Gehenna was shown to East Coast Champion Mare. Of all the daughters of Monogramm, none was more like him than the chestnut 1995 mare Kwestura (out of Kwesta by Pessenik). In 1996 she made her show debut as a yearling, becoming Polish National Junior Champion, beating all her six Monogramm half-sisters in the class, as well as the older fillies. At that time, the Junior Champion was selected from the one- to three-year-old fillies. Kwestura moved on to win her class at the All Nations Cup in front of her sister Fallada. Three years later, she became All Nations Cup Champion Mare, 2000 European Champion Mare and World Reserve Champion Mare, 2000 & 2001 Polish National Reserve Champion Mare, 2003 US National Champion Mare, 2005 World Top Ten Champion Mare and finally in 2007 – World Senior Champion Mare, a success that she

ABOVE LEFT Gehenna (Monogramm x Gizela). Photo Stuart Vesty ABOVE RIGHT Elganda (Monogramm x Eloranta). Photo Stuart Vesty

repeated in 2009. She added the Platinum title in Paris in 2014, becoming the first three time World Champion as a Senior Mare. In the meantime, however, Kwestura changed ownership, as Sheikh Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi – the Crown Prince of Ajman and the owner of Ajman Stud, purchased her for a record price of 1.125 Million Euro, making her the highest selling horse ever at the sales in Poland. Kwestura had 18 foals thus far, of which Polish-bred Kabsztad (by Poganin) seems to be her most well-known son. Since she was sold to Ajman Stud, Kwestura resides in Germany, at Frank Spönle’s stables, where her last foal was born in 2017. Two sons of Monogramm were included in the Polish breeding program, Ganges and Ekstern. Both became known as ‘mare-makers’ and both have left numerous broodmares in Janow Podlaski and Michalow. Among the Monogramm sons, Ekstern *1994 (out of Ernestyna by Piechur) was the most successful, both in the show ring as well as in the breeding barn. He was already an eye-catcher as a foal, with lovely eyes and elastic movements, developing a beautifully arched neck, and even if it looked sometimes a bit short, it fit his compact body. But on top of all his trademarks are his movements – this floating, free trot with lots of suspension. Ekstern started his show career as mentioned before, as a yearling in 1995, when he became Polish National Junior Champion, in an unexpected win over his favoured stablemate Ganges. In 2000 he achieved it again, this time in the Senior category. He went on to claim the title of All Nations Cup Champion in Aachen, European and World Champion followed, thus winning the European Triple Crown, while on lease to Christine Jamar (Jadem Arabians, Belgium), finishing his career as an undefeated show champion. He has two sons in Australia, Epic FX (ex Funkia by Gazal Al Shaqab) and Peronii MA (ex Debowa Polana by Eldon) and a daughter, Eudocja (ex Eunika by Wachlarz).

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In 2006, the first offspring of Ekstern were auctioned and from 2006 to 2015, altogether 42 of his daughters were sold for a total of 4.425 Million Euro (105,357 Euro on average). Like father, like son – Ekstern’s daughter Pepita broke the record of Kwestura, and sold for 1.4 Million Euro in 2015 to Saudi Arabia with Pinta (500,000 Euro) coming second and Wieza Roz (270,000 Euro) third, thus Monogramm and Ekstern offspring clearly dominated the sales of the last 20 years. Of all the Monogramm sons born in Poland, none was more favoured than the bay Ganges (out of Garonna by Fanatyk), born in the very first foal crop with fellow superstars Ekstern and Zagrobla. He was exactly the kind of colt Director Jaworowski had hoped to create to reestablish the Kuhailan Haifi sire line in Poland, with seven essential crosses to the invaluable sire Ofir, and to increase the influence of the legendary Bask in the modern Polish breeding program. A much more classic ‘Old World’ Polish style stallion than Ekstern, Ganges with his distinctive Kuhailan phenotype proved to be an important sire of daughters at both Michalow and Janow Podlaski. Ganges was also a superior athlete as a Stakes winning race horse, as well as a formidable competitor in the show ring as Polish National Champion Senior Stallion and Reserve Champion at both the All Nations Cup and the United States National Championships. Ganges has four direct progeny in Australia, all Pure Polish. They are the stallions Walidayt (ex Weltawa), senior stallion at Coolinda Park, Ennis (ex Ellada) and his full sister Entella, and the only grey Francjeska (ex Falindaa). Another important Monogramm son born in his first Polish-bred foal crop was Kordelas (out of Kabala by Palas). Also from a family of successful athletes and show horses like Ganges, Kordelas was one of the best race horses of his generation before selling to Dick and Christine Reed of Toskhara Arabians, then of the United Kingdom, and now

TOP Pepita (Ekstern x Pepesza). Photo Waiditschka MIDDLE Ennis (Ganges x Ellada). Photo Nicole Emanuel BOTTOM Embra (Monogramm x Emilda)

Many of the best Meia Lua-bred foals born in the new millennium are those with Debowiec in their pedigree, many of whom are now influencing the best breeding programs the world over. Today, Monogramm blood is found in all parts of the world where Arabian horses are bred. His influence is assured. Monogramm’s influence in the US prior to his trip to Poland was minimal, but after his return, and once his offspring came back like Kwestura, it grew exponentially. But only with his breeding commitment in Poland, he has set a memorial for himself. THE MONOGRAMM INFLUENCE IN AUSTRALIA

of Texas in the USA. Kordelas proved to be a very successful show horse in the UK before finding his niche in the States as a sire of working western athletes, especially in the sport of Reining. Several direct Kordelas descendants have achieved at the very highest level in North America in this very demanding sport, as well as in several other disciplines under saddle. Before Kwestura arrived in 1995, the spitting image of her sire in feminine form, the Monogramm daughter that ensured his success as a sire was Zagrobla (out of Zguba by Enrilo), born in the very first foal crop at Michalow in the winter of 1994. A maternal granddaughter of All Nations Cup Champion Zazula (Palas x Zlota Iwa by Arax), Zagrobla inherited the undeniable charisma, elegant forehand and powerful athleticism of her sire in abundance. She was his first daughter to win in Poland, and in a surprising turn of events, was the very first Senior World Champion for Monogramm in 2000, besting her extraordinary sister Kwestura in an unforgettable performance. Zagrobla was also named United States National Champion Senior Mare in 2003, giving her sire back-to-back winners after Kwestura’s win in 2002.

Closely related to Ganges, the 1994 grey Georgia (out of Gizela by Palas) proved to be one of Monogramm’s most influential daughters as an aristocrat producer with descendants succeeding on five continents. Two of her most famous progeny include World Champion Galilea (by Laheeb) and multi-South African National Champion Georgetown (by Gazal Al Shaqab). Also a successful race horse, Georgia became an icon in the show ring as a Senior Mare, outscoring all competitors at 20 years young at the Polish National Show in an inspiring performance. Georgia is still esteemed as one of Monogramm’s most well constructed and enduring daughters, who seems to improve with age, much like her late sire. She is a full sister to Gehenna. The Monogramm influence truly became an international phenomenon once his Polish-bred foals matured. Several leading breeders around the world were eager to incorporate his sons and daughters into their breeding programs, including the late Lenita Perroy at Haras Meia Lua in Brazil. Her choice was Debowiec (out of Debowka by Eternit), a well conformed extravagant fronted stallion who proved to be an ideal cross for her intensely line-bred Ali Jamaal herd.

Lusia Abbott – Alphalea Arabians Alphalea Arabians has long been involved with Polish lines. The Monogramm influence at Alphalea comes via his son Ganges through our sire Ennis (Ganges x Ellada) and the direct daughter Emmocja (ex Zymeniah) as well as mare RD Caprice (Bey Ambition x Gyselle), chosen for her link via Consensus (Monogramm x Opalessce). Monogramm daughters were something to dream of as a distant possibility. Polish Arabian Horse Days in 2008 only served to reinforce this idea. Having watched Kwestura sell for a record price, and also superb daughters of Ganges, Ekstern and Consensus granddaughters, made me more determined to own one. While vainly just hoping these lines would be available in Australia one day, I was offered a Monogramm daughter at a considerable discount. However, she was domiciled in the USA! To cut a long story short my dream arrived in foal to Pogrom (QR Marc x Pentla) as my choice of an upcoming young sire. Emmocja was rather smaller than I had hoped, however I reminded myself she was the same size as Kwestura. She had lovely, large eyes, an attitude that said ‘let me show off’ but was sweet and easy to deal with. Her bay filly foal by Pogrom certainly didn’t disappoint. With Monogramm being half Polish and half Russian, I looked for a next

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breeding for Emmocja to complement her pedigree with the Naadirah Family sire Windemere Imperial Nahdejni (Barabas x Moniet by Naazim). Unfortunately this was not to be, so Emmocja was leased to Diamond Road Arabians for a year and produced a lovely filly by another Naadirah Family stallion Naajmir (Ajman Moniscione x Sabtah Nahlah by WN Dasjmir). I then sent Emmocja to another Naadirah Family sire Fazaar ERA (Afrikah ERA x Nehima by Nazzai). She produced a dark brown colt since gelded, rather late in the season. I didn’t want to lose a year at her age, so I chose Na’Vi ERA (Afrikah ERA x Eagleridge Isabeau by Amadeus) for what would sadly turn out to be her last foal, a lovely grey filly since sold in WA. Emmocja was also dam of two beautiful colts in the USA sired by Ecaho (Pepton x Etruria by Palas). Deb Watson – Moondarra Arabians I met Monogramm in 1998. He had just returned to Bishop Lane Farms from Poland and was ‘recuperating’ in the paddock. He was a small and unobtrusive chestnut stallion, and very friendly. We went into his paddock and gave him lots of cuddles. While having loved his progeny in Poland and been stunned by the quality of the parade of some 17 mares by him the first year we were at Michalow, we do not have any direct progeny. Our first mare Eltesja, by Emigrant from Elgara, a Monogramm granddaughter has his lines. We also have an Ekstern (by Monogramm) stallion, Peronii MA, imported in dam (Debowa Polana), a four-year-old who has produced two outstanding foals for us. Lisa Smith – Foxridge Farm Foxridge Farm has always considered the influence of Monogramm an important ingredient in our breeding program. The stallion Titanium FX (Ekstern x Funkia by Gazal Al Shaqab) is a grandson, and our colt Epic FX (Pogrom x Elomina by Eryks) also

ABOVE LEFT Emmocja (Monogramm x Zymeniah). Photo Samantha Taylor ABOVE RIGHT Titanium FX (Ekstern x Funkia). Photo Jennifer Ogden

carries Monogramm through his paternal grand-sire. We have found that there is an improvement in type, body and movement, along with amazing, people-loving personalities. Titanium FX has only three foals so far, but all have consistent body type, athletic movement and unmistakable Arabian type. Epic FX is about to breed his first mares this coming season and we look forward to seeing what he can produce. Kim Cox – Caramea Arabians I had just returned from Poland where I was smitten with the extraordinary Monogramm daughters. Surfing the net, I came across an ad for a 15.2hh, pretty chestnut mare with great movement who was available for sale. Her name was Oakdale Sassafras, by Monogramm and from a Hucklebey Berry mare. Before long she was here in Australia with me...no she was not 15.2hh, closer to 14hh really. She has bred extremely well to different sires and all her foals to date, seven fillies and one colt, have all been much bigger than her and have been successful show and endurance horses. I have retained five of her daughters. My little mare has turned out to be a great investment and I couldn’t be happier with her and her progeny.

DIRECT MONOGRAMM GET IMPORTED INTO AUSTRALIA Oakdale Sassafras 2001 Mare from Sassy Pants (Hucklebey Berry x Miss Mona) Bred by Timothy Schwartz Imported by Kim Cox in 2005 Elganda 1994 Mare from Eloranta (Endel x Estela) Bred by Michalow State Stud Imported by Ademier Estate in 2006 Gehenna 1995 Mare from Gizela (Palas x Gilza) Bred by Michalow State Stud Imported by Ademier Estate in 2006 Emmocja 1998 Mare from Zymeniah (Diem x Zyrafa) Bred by Terie Ellis Imported by Lusia Abbott in 2012 WN Majestic Sumara 2006 Stallion from WN Samsara (GG Samir x Zaramiss) Bred by Wayne Newton Imported by Bremervale Arabians in 2011

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olish artist and photographer Sylwia Iłenda grew up near the beautifully situated Stud Farm in Białka. A graduate of the Art School in Zamość, from an early age she spent hours in pastures amongst mares and foals, and the beauty of these horses slowly transformed into a great passion and life’s work. An artist who without the presence of Arabian horses cannot imagine life, she shares this passion with the world, through her painting and photography, often through her first love, the horses of the Polish State Stud Farms.

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Foundation Crabbet mare Himar (Count Manilla (Imp UK) x Our Queen) produced 20 foals and every foal shown won many championships. Himar and her daughters were invaluable for producing many of the consistent champions from an early Egyptian outcross programme, which commenced following a study trip to the USA. These half Egyptian horses were consistently typey, balanced, smooth and with breathtaking movement for which they were much admired. The genetic prepotency of the Egyptian stallions ideally complemented the Crabbet mares with the consistent reﬁned quality of foals providing the impetus to gradually transition to breeding Straight Egyptians as half Egyptian show horses were sold, gelded or retired. The precious blood of Nazeer and the ethereal Moniet El Nefous is predominant in the pedigrees of Talika Arabians primarily through Ibn Moniet El Nefous and Ansata Ibn Halima. Sameh contributes smoothness, substance and balance. The charismatic black AK Sirhalima (imp/exp USA) was heavily used in the outcross, and later the Straight Egyptian programmes and today many of their descendants are closely line bred to these world famous horses.

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Talika’s ﬁrst Straight Egyptian mare was Janidah (IID USA) (Ibn Moniet El Nefous x Al Nahr Janie (imp USA)) followed by the exquisite show mare Shahmira (Ansata El Shahwan (imp USA) x Omayma (imp USA)). Their valuable legacy of exotic type, substance, athleticism and outstanding temperament is evident in the Straight Egyptians being produced today by consistently breeding to outside imported stallions.

The Three Sisters by Fayrid (Imp. USA)

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Author MI (Allegiance MI x Always An Angel by SK Shakla Khan) We at DaMar Arabians are super excited to have Author MI as a part of our stud, where he will become the Chief Sire – his breeding is impeccable and adds both new era bloodlines and old era bloodlines. His sire is Mulawa Arabians’ chief sire Allegiance MI and his dam is Mulawa Aristocrat Dam Always An Angel, who is by the amazing SK Shakla Khan, making Author MI a 3/4 brother to the amazing World Class filly A Vision MI. The future is bright for this young colt – he will be put to the test this season where we will try him out on none other than our beautiful mare Kaptivate MI (pictured below left) for a 2020 foal.

Kaptivate MI (Kavalle MI x Audacia) 2017 Bronze Australian Champion 2017 Qld Gala Intermediate Female Champion 2017 Qld Challenge Supreme Female Champion 2018 East Coast Champion 3 year old Filly

A shout out to the mares of DaMar Arabians who are due to foal this year. the anticipation awaits.

Aura MI

Klassical Desire MI

(Parkview Audacious x Mulawa Aria) In Foal to Allegiance MI

(Klass x Mulawa Dark Angel) In Foal to Kavalier MI

For all sales, training or show preparation please contact Nicole & Damien Henricus on 0417 560 848 or E: damararabians@gmail.com

Hula [above] (Penthagonn x Hulanka) Photographed at BiaĹ&#x201A;ka before her importation to Australia Pustynia Kahila [right] (Kahil Al Shaqab x Pustynna Malwa) The magic of Polish broodmares at sunset [below] Euskaria [below right] (Esparto x Euspira) with her filly Eulemia, taken at BiaĹ&#x201A;ka Stud in 2016

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Delicately blending the ﬁnest Straight Egyptian bloodlines from around the world to produce an Arabian of exquisite type, soundness, movement and trainability. Bluedawn Egyptian Arabians is eagerly awaiting the arrival of our only foal this year by Ashquar HM (DE) from Gloriana Al Saba (Thaqib Al Nasser x Simeon Shakova (Prince Fa Moniet)).

Bluedawn Jalila

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Bluedawn Egyptian Arabians is founded on the tail female line of 27 lbn Galal-5 through the daughters and granddaughters of Simeon Sukari, Simeon Sheba and Simeon Simona. Selectively breeding our mares with the ﬁnest stallions available to perpetuate true Southern Arabian type bred by the famous Egyptian Breeder Abbas Pasha I.

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We will be breeding our mares this season to Ashquar HM (DE) and Bluedawn Bahhei (Jadaan Al Shaqab x Simeon Siliet).

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Crave FF (Mash x Bremervale Charmed) Bay Purebred Arabian Stallion Multi State, National, Royal, East Coast and Australian Champion Leading Australian sire for both purebred and derivative progeny

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Gleniph Tiramisu Buckskin Partbred Arabian Mare by Crave FF Multi State, National, East Coast and Australian Championship winner in led, ridden, bph and show hunter (open and non pro) Reserve Australian Champion 6yo dressage pony at Dressage with the Stars 2019 Multi royal winner in show hunter, Buckskin and Arabian classes

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Bella Mirelle SBA (imp USA) Reserve Scottsdale Champion Filly Multi Regional Champion US National Top Ten

EKS Alihandro

Marwan Al Shaqab

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Joi El Jiuliusz Scottsdale Champion Las Vegas World Cup Bronze Supreme Champion Multi Regional Champion Owned by Sabble Farm. Watch out for her this season! Monogramm

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A-Vitoria FF (Vitorio TO (USA) x Audrey H JCA (imp USA))

Fahrenheit FF Rivoli Magic FF (Fever FF x Romance FF)

Jalilah FF

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(Sir Charmed FF (exp USA) x Double TT Fevia)

(Crave FF x Mystica Jamarlee)

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Concherto FF (Burren-Dah The Wizard (exp) x Aloha Symphony) Brown Anglo Arabian Stallion Multi State, National, Vic Classic, Qld Challenge, Royal, East Coast and Australian Champion led and ridden. Open log book endurance horse with exceptional heart rates.

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S A B B L E FA R M The most wonderful thing is that my whole family has decided to come on the journey with me BY SAM THOMAS

hat an amazing 12 months it has been for Brett and I. After being away from the horse world for more than 25 years, re-connecting with Arabian horses is a dream coming true. Our dream was always to buy a ‘small’ property and have a couple of horses

when our kids finished school in Melbourne. The first step was to find a location that worked for our family and as a place where we could enjoy horses. After searching for a property for more than three years, we found our piece of heaven in Tylden, Victoria. Rather than ‘small’ and ‘suitable for

a couple of horses’, it was 200 acres of neglected farm land, covered in gorse bush, rabbits, foxes and roos. We are slowly working on the land and building our farm so at the moment, whilst it looks more like a building site, it has a stunning view

and plenty of room to develop. We have always referred to it as The Farm, better known now as Sabble Farm, taken from the first initials of myself, Brett and our children – Sam, Alicia, Brett, Ben and Luke. My husband Brett was what I called a ‘Townie’. He grew up playing sports, especially baseball, so horses weren’t really his thing, although his grandpa was into racehorses. Back then the stables were in the backyard of their home in Mentone, so Brett visited regularly and tells me how as a kid he used to clean the stables, and clean his hands with horse poo! I was that girl that just loved horses and was lucky enough to grow up with many special Arabians in my life. I did everything from showing, dressage and one day eventing to driving sheep to market. I think a pivotal moment when I was really young was when Robert Hammond believed in my ability enough to entrust me with his Purebred gelding Mazoe (Fable x Mazzika) to compete on and to have as my horse for as long as I needed. I absolutely adored him, he was like my best friend, just one of those very special horses. I think that’s when I really started to love dressage and showing. There were many more horses that came into my life. Two that have a special place in my heart are Msila (Count Manilla (GB) x Safari) and Clarendon Oramah (Lord Bahram x Moulton Oranetta), both such generous horses.

As family took over, my time with horses came to a natural end however over the years, I would occasionally look at Arabian horses for sale and dream. Three years ago, I saw a stunning chestnut gelding for sale, he reminded me so much of Mazoe.

it wasn’t a total waste of a trip because I gained a good friend in Stacey.

I couldn’t stop thinking about him, so I picked up the phone and called. He belonged to the gorgeous Stacey Cucca in Western Australia. After talking to Stacey I believed I was meant to see this gelding, so I convinced Brett that we fly over to Perth and meet him. For various reasons, we decided he wasn’t the right horse for me at that time but

After the WA experience I decided I would get back into riding. I did not own a horse at that time, so I found the institute of dressage at Garfield, Victoria. There, I had lessons on well-educated dressage horses, which was so much fun. It was my instructor Megan that helped me get some of my confidence back.

PREVIOUS PAGE Brett and Sam Thomas with Gleniph Tiramisu (Crave FF x Gleniph Bombe Alaska). Photo Dana Russo ABOVE TOP Bella Mirelle SBA (imp USA) (EKS Alihandro x Martini Thyme RTA) ABOVE Sam and Jalilah FF (Crave FF x Mystica Jamarlee) competing in Fashions On The Field. Photo Julie Wilson ABOVE RIGHT Fahrenheit FF (Sir Charmed FF x Double TT Fevia) ABOVE FAR RIGHT Sam and Gleniph Tiramisu at the Classic – the smile says it all!

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Everything changed the day, that by chance, I met Kate Dertell from Future Farms Arabians. Brett and I had attended an open day at Future Farms and Kate invited me out to have a look at a bay mare she was selling. As I walked, I noticed a buckskin Gleniph Tiramisu and felt an instant connection with her but she wasn’t for sale. Sometimes the world has a mysterious way of working out the way you want it, and before long that beautiful buckskin mare was my first horse in so many years. I have to thank Kerry and Richard Chapman for letting her join our family. My horse journey changed from that moment, and with the support of Kate and Doyle, the next thing I knew I was entered in my first show. There were times I wondered if I was doing the right thing by getting back on a horse, where was all of this headed? I was given some words of wisdom from Kody Dertell, who asked me if liked riding my horse and was it fun? I answered ‘yes’, and his response was, ‘Well then, just go out there and have fun.’ That’s exactly what I have done ever since.

The Arabian horse makes it easy for me to enjoy riding. They are extremely clever, and are always willing to please. I have a trusted partnership with my horses. Plus I think that Brett has fallen in love with the beauty and movement of the Arabian. As someone that loves study and learning, he finds the breeding side of the industry to be fascinating. He often comments about how amazing the people are in the industry and how passionate they are for their horses. We have travelled to Scottsdale and met wonderful people there, and formed solid friendships in Australia, especially amongst my fellow no-pro competitors…I look forward to seeing them at shows as much as I enjoy showing the horses. People such as Carlie Beer and Ricky Carver, Shaz George and many others have really welcomed us. We enjoy being part of the Future Farm Team – they take amazing care of our horses and I have travelled to most of the shows with them. It’s like being part of a big family…nothing is too much trouble. The way we have found our horses, and the people that have helped us along the way...it has been life

changing. I have no regrets leaving horses behind to raise our children, it was really important to us to invest time into their lives, see them grow up and establish themselves as young adults. Today, they are so supportive of our new endeavour and why not? We now have the most stunning group of horses, and I am so proud. Gleniph Tiramisu (Crave FF x Gleniph Bombe Alaska) is our golden child. She has had a phenomenal season, not only in the Arabian world but also at Open shows, winning Champion Galloway classes, excelling in both led and ridden buckskin and then to top it off, was runner up 6 year old dressage pony at Dressage With The Stars, only missing out on top honours by the smallest margin. Jalilah FF (Crave FF x Mystica Jamarlee) was our first purebred as Brett just loved how she looked and moved. We then followed by purchasing A-Vitoria FF (Vitorio TO x Audrey H JCA), a gorgeous black mare that I have always loved and finally convinced Kate and Doyle to share with us. I admire Arabian Warmbloods, especially as riding

horses, and we are lucky enough to have Fahrenheit FF (Sir Charmed FF x Double TT Fevia), a beautiful big gelding that started his show career this year. Recently we wanted to bring a young horse into the farm and purchased Rivoli Magic FF (Fever FF x Romance FF), a grey Arabian Warmblood filly with lots of personality and size. I see all our horses as ridden horses, so the plan is to continue showing them, and of course having fun on Tiramisu (including lots of lessons to improve my riding!).

preview and out came the most impressive grey filly from Stella Bella Arabians – all snort and blow, floating above the ground. We all loved her!

Earlier this year Brett and I had the chance to go to Scottsdale with the Dertell family. It was very much a lastminute thing and we had no idea what to expect, but off we went anyway. We had a wonderful time and saw some magnificent horses. Scottsdale has this energy and enthusiasm for Arabian horses that really inspires people. We went to the United Auction

Over the following days, still somewhat reeling over the logistics of purchasing the filly, we attended several stud farms and presentations. At Krischke Training Centre we met Keith and Maureen who presented a stunning grey mare with unique breeding for Australia, Joi el Jiuliusz (Jiuliusz de Wei x Enjoi E), whose dam is by Enzo. She too now calls Australia home and will be a great asset to our show team and breeding program.

BELOW Joi el Jiuliusz (Jiuliusz de Wei x Enjoi E) BELOW RIGHT RD Dynamo (Bey Ambition x TF Falconsimprint)

With no intention to purchase anything, we attended the auction a couple of days later. When this grey filly entered the ring, it was electric, and I felt that special connection to her. Brett put his paddle up and the next thing I knew we had just purchased Bella Mirelle SBA (EKS Alihandro x Martini Thyme RTA).

And then we met RD Dynamo (Bey Ambition x TF Falconsimprint). Wow, the minute we saw this charismatic stallion and felt his amazing presence, we fell in love with him. We had seen his sire Bey Ambition at the Rae-Dawn

open barn and thought he was stunning. Both amazing stallions, but at that time we had no thought of bringing a stallion to Australia, let alone one of such renown. RD Dynamo was presented at the Marquis Auction at Scottsdale and sold to Michael Byatt Arabians, but then events led to the opportunity to purchase this great horse after he spent a period with Michael Byatt in his breeding program…I still pinch myself to see if I am dreaming. I know I am, and I think other people will also fall in love with him. He has also proven to be a very impressive sire in the USA. We were lucky enough to see his son Delacroixx at Scottsdale, where he won unanimous Scottsdale International Gold Champion Stallion. The past year has been a whirlwind for me and I’ve loved every minute, most of all that my husband has become just as enamoured with the breed as I am. When I think back to that first show, riding Tiramisu and being nervous, to how we finished the season, I just can’t believe how far we have come. Everything feels right, like it’s all just meant to be.

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ARABIAN PONY STUD ‘Outside of horses… is there such a thing?’ INTERVIEW WITH ANNA WEBB

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or the last little while, I have been noticing a steady stream of beautiful Arabian Ponies appearing in my news feed on Facebook. The photos were usually taken in a stable, looked like happy snaps (they certainly made me feel happy), yet each and every one of these ponies had a certain look that I came to admire. Upon further investigation, these facebook posts were from Anna Webb of Ajay Arabian Pony Stud…so I decided to find out more, and reach out. ‘Outside of horses… is there such a thing?’ asks Anna when I question whether she has any hobbies. ‘Although the ponies do pretty much consume our lives, I also love spending time with my family, whether it be doing farm work with my son, Tim, and husband, Jon, or going on one of our family outings. We are all big NRL fans, and we try to get to as many games in Melbourne as we can. There are often many in-house disagreements with myself being a Broncos supporter, hubby supports the Eels and Tim being the Storm supporter, but it’s all in good fun.’ Anna is also the owner/operator/ saddler at Carrington Saddlery, where she specialises in hand crafting show bridles. The business started in 2004 and has grown steadily ever since. ‘I still love opening an Arabian Horse News and seeing so many horses and ponies out there in my show bridles.’ Anna cannot remember a time without horses in her life. ‘I have seen pictures of myself as a young toddler being held on my first pony and led around our then backyard. I have done many years of pony club, have competed as a show rider but as time went on, my love for breeding and preparing my own led show horses really became my passion.’

LEFT Ajay Beauti’fyd (Ajay Satis’fyd x Ajay Shabby Chic). Photo Louise Sedgeman

Upon returning to the show ring, albeit ‘with a little push from my amazing husband’, after a long break due to a nasty car accident, Anna found some success with her Multi Supreme Winning Welsh B gelding Quamby Park Carrington. However, with his advancing age, Anna knew she would have to find a younger horse to advance her show career. ‘I always found myself being drawn to the Arabian ring, which I suppose is no surprise after having caught the Arabian love bug as a teenager, while working at Briarwoods Arabians in Queensland.’ For horses to work in her busy life, Anna wanted to combine the versatility of ponies in the height range of 13hh – 14hh with the elegance of the Arabian, with a healthy dose of the atmosphere of Arabian shows which she found appealing. ‘The Arabian Pony was the right path for me. I went in search of the perfect one, and leased my first Arabian Pony filly who I had a ball with, winning many championships!’ In the same year she acquired the mare Quamby Park Boutique, joined her to Australian Champion ‘Malabu’ and the following year a filly was born…and thus began Ajay Arabian Pony stud. ‘I want “my” Arabian Ponies to be unmistakably Arabian. I want that exotic dishy head, the big poppy eyes, the swan-like neck, super smooth body, along with that “look at me” attitude! I know everyone has their own ideals of what an Arabian Pony should be, but for me this is the look I like. I don’t think I have ever had any of my ponies mistaken for anything other than Arabian!’ Prior to breeding Arabian Ponies, Anna was friends with Dennis Knight of Quamby Park Stud, and owner of the well known stallion Hamil. ‘When I look back at it now, Dennis was someone I really admired. He always believed in his own bloodlines and never took a gamble on the “new fad”. I remember perhaps 25 years ago, he gave me a huge stack of Arabian Horse News magazines. I never for a second thought then, that all this time later I would still be reading them, using them as a tool to research bloodlines.

To be able to continue his breeding lines in my Arabian Ponies today really means a lot to me. He always believed in me, and my eye for detail.’ To that end, resident sire at Ajay is the homebred Ajay Satis’fyd (Halimas Prince Fayrid x Ajay Shabby Chic), Victorian Championships Supreme Derivative Entire. His dam is the matriarch of the stud, multi supreme winner Ajay Shabby Chic (Malabu x Quamby Park Boutique). This mare has four progeny to date, all supreme winners aside from her 2018 foal, yet to be shown. The 2016 Australian Champion Filly, Sarahn Sophia Loren (Halimas Prince Fayrid x Snowdonvale Fantasia) has joined the broodmare band and is currently in foal to Ajay Satis’fyd. ‘We also have two pinto mares, multi champion Little G Miss Devine (B’Anembo Kool Colour x Little G Highlight), dam of the super successful Ajay Fireworks, and the newest addition is 2019 Bronze Australian Champion Junior Filly, Little G Elegance (B’anembo Kool Colour x Nagero Chatterbox), who will be bred this season.’ Today, the farm is set on 20 acres in the picturesque South Gippsland town of Tarwin. ‘We moved here only three years ago, however it wasn’t a big move… we moved three minutes further down the same road from our previous home. We just adore this area. We are 15 minutes from the beautiful beaches of Inverloch and Venus Bay, and only one hour from the snow caps of Mount Baw Baw.’ Anna feels grateful to have all the facilities she needs to indulge her passion, including eight hardwood stables, an undercover round yard and indoor wash bay. There are 20 paddocks, all separated by tree-lined laneways allowing ample paddock rotation. ‘I love this property, and I look forward each day to preparing many more Ajay Ponies from here,’ says Anna.

TOP Ajay Glori’fyd (Ajay Satis’fyd x Dantra Park Celina) MIDDLE Little G Miss Devine (B’Anembo Kool Colour x Little G Highlight) BASE Ajay Satis’fyd (Halimas Prince Fayrid x Ajay Shabby Chic)

Anna prepares all of the ponies herself. ‘It is not just about what happens in the ring for me. The whole show experience includes watching their transformation from paddock yaks into sleek, elegant, sculptured show pieces. It is an awesome thrill to breed, to nurture, to grow and to train that one pony that is so special to you, and see them try their hardest for you. They are always trying to please, and all just for a big pat or cuddle, and of course their daily feed! The connection you make with them, training and preparing them, is an experience in itself. ‘One of my most adored memories is when Ajay Shabby Chic was awarded her first Supreme. She was a yearling, at the VAHA foal and young stock show. The judge pulled myself and an Anglo forward, and I thought it would go to the beautiful Anglo…how could a pony beat an Anglo?! Then my number was called out as the winner, it was my first ever Supreme award and it was even better to have done it with my homebred girl. There were many, many happy tears that day!’ There is one dream that is yet to elude Anna, and that is to prepare and show her own Ajay pony to an Australian Championship. ‘There have been a few Ajay ponies presented at Australian Championships previously by their owners, always bringing home a broad sash. But I have not done that myself yet…it would be such a thrill. I also really want to produce Pinto Arabian Ponies with a higher percentage of purebred blood, I just think they would be beyond pretty! The future will also see some new purebred blood added, I don’t like it to slip too far away in my pedigrees. But nothing has been set in concrete as yet! Whatever happens, the future is super exciting!’

TOP LEFT Ajay Shabby Chic (Malabu x Quamby Park Boutique) LEFT Little G Elegance (B’Anembo Kool Colour x Nagero Chatterbox)

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The Arabian Gelding – A Gateway to Happiness BY DAVID GILLETT

rabian horses have been described as people-oriented, sensitive, intelligent, affectionate, gentle, loyal and courageous, all traits that anyone of sound mind would look for in a companion of any species. These traits have travelled with these horses from their home in the desert, across Europe, into Africa, America, Australia and onto the rest of the globe. This was the horse that became Bedouin legend. The Bedouin depended on his warhorse to literally ‘watch his back’. The Arabians’ larger lungs and heart enable them to have more endurance than other breeds of horses, as is proven on the endurance trails in every country. They also have a slightly larger brain than most other equines, which may account for their versatility and certainly for the way they respond to humans. These are the traits that set the Arabian apart from other breeds. Not all of us are breeders, in fact most of us are not. The vast majority of Arabian horse enthusiasts own perhaps one, maybe two horses, and these horses fly the flag for their breed across multiple disciplines and communities. In more cases than not, the humble gelding fills this role as ambassador for his kind, and fulfils this charge with humility, skill and glory. If you’ve ever had a gelding, you probably already know how consistent their moods tend to be. Geldings are easy to work with, trainable, understanding, tolerable and responsive, and best of all, not affected by the urges and subsequent behaviours of nature and reproduction. I spoke to several AHSA members who own geldings to find out what makes each of them so very special.

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Well known competitor Viv Motbey has had many successes over the years with her geldings, the purebred River Oak Prominence (River Oak Prestige x River Oak Regal Girl) and palomino Part Arabian Wishlist (Ray of Light x Escarda Spozobella). ‘Royalund Jeramiah was my first purebred gelding. He gave me the insight into the versatility, temperament and beauty of the Arabian,’ says Viv. ‘I have always owned a purebred gelding since that time.’ With River Oak Prominence and Wishlist, Viv has competed successfully in Open Dressage, and won multiple Royal, East Coast and Australian National Championships. Her Part Arabian gelding Wishlist is the current WAHO Derivative Ambassador of the Year. Her attention to detail on not only the presentation of her horses, but also to their individual needs, are second to none. ‘I love showing horses but I prefer training saddle horses. Showing is just a means to demonstrate your conditioning and training. I love both halter and saddle classes. I also love the social aspect of showing. I compete regularly in dressage, which I find much more challenging, and when successful, much more satisfying.’ Queensland-based endurance rider Melieta Dart has been lucky to own two very special geldings. ‘In 2009 we purchased a property backing on to riding tracks for our horses, and by 2011 we had tried endurance riding and were hooked! Growing up we had pintos and Quarter Horses, but we knew our next step was to buy an Arabian if we were going to take this new sport seriously. My husband researched the breed and chose “The Cameo Stud”, owned by Ken and Coralie Gordon. When we went to visit they had two six-year-old geldings set aside for us, and I knew the moment I saw Cameo Rhodezia (Cameo Zhivago x Cameo Moonminx) he was the one I wanted. It was destiny. We had a little ride on them, loaded them both up and headed home…and it was

LEFT Bashirah Lodge Zinjara (Valley Springs Tamaan x Dowling Nefertari). Photo Sharon Meyers ABOVE Oakley Manor Zaphan (Fairlight Acres Kristian x Jayay Just Because)

the beginning of a lasting friendship with many miles under our belts. ‘I have recently purchased another purebred gelding named Gazal El Adien (Eukariont x Gehenna) and he is as beautiful as he is talented. We did our first 80km in March 2018 and even though he came in 4th he was awarded Best Conditioned in the Lightweight division with a returning heart rate of 48. His rides just got better and better, and in late 2018 he placed 1st again, and was awarded a trophy for Best of the Best Conditioned Horses. I was so proud of him. It’s always nice when the work you put in shows. ‘We’ve been working hard this year to overcome his fears and he is doing really well. He is so smooth to ride and that makes it such a pleasure to ride him. He loves getting out on the rides and never complains about the pressure and distance. He’s forward and sensible when we head out. I love that about him. ‘Sadly, due to an injury (of mine!), I am unable to compete with him at the Tom Quilty this year. That said, he will be competing with one of my friends on top, and I will be cheering them all the way. My dream is to

compete with Gazal in the Quilty, and hopefully the next twelve months will see that dream become a reality.’ Destiny…it is a common theme amongst the people that I interviewed for this article. Samantha Forster of Sydney is a well-known halter competitor who has much success bringing on young horses as weanlings and taking them through to adulthood. ‘For those that love horses, we will love every horse we own, but there is always one that stands out…that one horse we call our “heart horse”. Diamond Road Supremacy (Ray of Light x Fortissima KEI) will always be that horse for me. ‘I was in search of something special to take into the show ring. I wanted a buckskin, high percentage Part Arabian, but when an image of a poised and proud palomino colt foal caught my eye, I had to enquire. He was three weeks old, and by the time he was four weeks old he was mine…sight unseen and upon arrival, he did not disappoint. It was just like everything was as it was meant to be, looking back now it feels almost magical. Very quickly, he ruled the roost in his new home, we did many shows together and achieved so much, including

one. I wanted a gelding that would be fun to show in halter and later under saddle, and when I explained this to Julie Farrell she suggested Parlance MI (Klass x Parada) may be suitable. A week or so later we travelled to Scone where I met a stand out young horse with a beautiful, long blond mane, he was everything I wanted.’

East Coast Champion. He never went through an “ugly” stage…he has been extremely beautiful and correct every day of his life. The decision to sell Supremacy was not taken lightly, but he was heading towards the age to be broken in and I wasn’t going to be able to offer him a ridden career. He moved to Queensland, continued to take the show ring by storm, and I tried my hand at other youngsters in a bid to replace him. I was even inspired to breed a couple of foals after Supremacy.’ Such is the case with many Arabian breeders, who start off by owning a gelding. Indeed this was the circumstance for Jessica Bollen of Boxwood Estate, who began by simply purchasing a gelding to ride, then finding it was her passion. ‘Nevel (Nazzai x Nyraanah) was a giant of a horse, both in size and personality. He was one of those once-in-a-lifetime kind of horses, the kind that leaves a mark on your soul. He was the fulfilment of a young girl’s dream – my very own Hawley Arabian. Nevel

was trained in Western Pleasure and Reining, and being so calm, so brave and so sensible, was a delight to ride. Often confusing my non-Arabian horse riding companions of his breeding both due to his size and sensibilities, I would watch them watch me, with a puzzled look on their face as they witnessed this beautiful horse, leading the way through treacherous riding trails ahead of his often more experienced, yet fearful equine companions. The extreme face and giant eyes whose expression pierced your soul were unmistakable. It was always such a thrill to dispel their misunderstandings of Arabian horses.’ The gelding is often the first choice for young horse lovers when they finally come of age and can make their own purchases. After securing her first job at 17, Brittany Jessup went searching for her dream horse. ‘I was looking for something sired by Klass (TS Al Malik x Karmaa) in particular as I loved watching his progeny at the shows and had always wanted to own

While Brittany watched and practised her craft, Parlance MI was then shown for a year by some of Australia’s most notable handlers, culminating in a Gold Australian Championship win. By the time the following season was upon us, Brittany felt confident enough to prepare Parlance MI at home, something that she is extremely proud of. ‘It meant everything to prep my horses at home, and to have that daily contact with them. I found that now I had the right training, it was actually quite possible to condition the horses to the necessary standard amongst my other commitments. That first year Parlance MI was again Gold Australian Champion. In 2019 we travelled to our first interstate show at Boneo Park in Victoria with Parlance and Trend MI (Allegiance MI x DM Marcedes True Love) my yearling purebred gelding… as you know you can never settle to have just one! It was a very special moment, Trend MI was unanimous Australian Champion Yearling Gelding and Parlance MI Australian Champion Senior Gelding. Parlance was the youngest senior gelding in the class, in a class full of beautiful geldings which I have admired for many years. Parlance is now going well under saddle. He has made so many dreams come true, and he is just four years old.’ Most of the people I interviewed preferred to buy their geldings, rather than breed them. When asked why, Viv Motbey offers the following advice. ‘I buy my horses as foals. Not only is it much cheaper than breeding, I also have full control over what I buy. I can buy a horse that is the right colour, the right sex, exhibits the characteristics I desire, and is free of deformities. Essentially, I decrease my chances

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of being disappointed exponentially, compared to breeding something. ‘What excites me is bringing a young horse on to become a high class saddle horse. If I was to breed, I would need to buy, feed and breed a mare. If I simply buy a foal, not only am I a year ahead, I also save money on service fees and vet costs. Particularly in today’s market, I see breeding as too much of a risk. I like geldings…what happens if you breed a filly?’ Viv says with a smile. ‘Absolute disaster!’ I remind Viv of that time she did breed a foal. ‘Yes I did. I leased a mare and she foaled a grey filly. Great breeding! I sent the foal back with the mare. All jokes aside though, there are enough horses in this world so unless you are born to be a breeder and have access to the best of the best, always buy. Be patient, the right horse will come along.’ Others though, prefer to breed and campaign their own geldings, such as Jaymee Lord of Excalibur Park. Her homebred Arabian Pony Excalibur Park Golden Secret (Ralvon Secret x KimDande Analieze) is well known on the show scene, with multiple Royal and National wins on his resume. ‘There

isn’t much this horse hasn’t done,’ says Jaymee. ‘He excels in dressage, jumping, breed shows, mustering, western, costume, babysitting (both two and four legged kids), teaching beginners how to ride and is currently undefeated in working equitation. He is the current National Working Equitation Novice Champion.’ Excalibur Park Golden Secret is nearly 90% Arabian blood, and is the product of a serendipitous breeding opportunity that catapulted Jaymee into her life as a breeder. ‘I was very generously offered a free service to the very successful endurance stallion Ralvon Secret (Ralvon Mark x Ralvon Ami) who was at the time owned by my dear friend Monique Lincoln and her family. Her older brother Luke literally led the stallion to our house out of his car window to cover my muchloved champion mare. Upon being caught out, I promised my parents I would sell the resulting foal, but when a gorgeous buckskin colt was born, I couldn’t bear to part with him. I advertised him for the sake of my non-horsey father’s satisfaction, but I always used terrible photos so I wouldn’t get a call. Low and behold, almost 10 years later he has moved out of home and into married life with me, and is here to stay for good.’

Lisa Tomlinson too thought she may give breeding horses a try, after many years of having owned and shown Arabians that she had purchased. ‘The second foal I bred was from a maiden mare Jayay Just Because, and by a local but well established Riding Pony stallion Fairlight Acres Kristian. I am one hour from the nearest vet. The delivery itself was fairly traumatic as the foal’s legs had not straightened before foaling and with the mare exhausted I made the decision to unfurl his legs, one by one, and aid with his entrance into the world. He was born with severely contracted front fetlock tendons and could not stand so it was imperative to aid with his feeding for the first few days. He was also confined to allow his tendons to relax and enable him to walk normally. After three weeks thankfully he recovered fully, however he adopted the name “Forest” as in Gump, as for a while we thought he might need leg braces to aid his recovery.’ Suffice to say breeding isn’t always smooth sailing. ‘Forest’ became the very successful Half Arabian Gelding Oakley Manor Xaphan. Shown for many years as a Part Arabian, he was a successful youngster shown by Future Farms to an Australian Championships as a two-year-old, before being turned out. ‘I then took him to Future Farms to produce as a five-year-old and he won Supreme Led at Goulburn Valley and Supreme Part Arabian at the Victorian Classic. In that same year he took his second Australian Championship, and also Australian Champion in the Amateur Handler with myself which was very exciting. ‘The following year he won the coveted award of East Coast Champion of Champions for the first time. This for me was the absolute highlight of his showing career, the excitement and joy hearing his name called was just incredible, for me as a small time Arabian enthusiast to have bred the winner was just amazing.’ Nicole Henricus had this to say about her gelding. ‘A Prince DA (Allegiance MI x Anna Queen MI) is the first homebred foal for us at DaMar Arabians. He very conveniently blessed us with his presence mid-morning in August 2017 and we have adored him ever since. He was first shown as a colt

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and won his class however we made the decision to geld him to offer him a better life. We have not looked back on this decision as he is loving living with the girls and we enjoy watching him play. We have continued to show him very successfully and he is an important part of our team.’

open company. Now that we are off and running I’m really looking forward to going out competing and just enjoying him. He is the most well behaved, laid back horse I have ever had the pleasure of owning and is a wonderful representation of his breeding and his breeders, The Palms Arabians.’

Courtney Whittaker also chose to geld her stallion The Palms Monsoon (Maa’zoox x St Could Park Mona) to give him an easier life. ‘Monsoon is a true testament to the Arabian breed. I bought him sight unseen many years ago, having complete faith in his breeders having had a gelding from them previously. He was broken in as an eight-year-old stallion but due to time constraints his ridden career was put on hold until 2018. At his third outing he won Champion Open Galloway in

Perhaps you may have noticed another interesting thread throughout these interviews ... that many gelding buyers go on to buy a second gelding from the same breeder or family. Jessica Bollen remembers, ‘I poured myself into Nevel, attending training clinics and giving him every opportunity to be the best he could be. When his full brother Al Shebet was born, I felt a compelling need to add him to our little family. The thought of having two Nevels was a dream I had to pursue. I used to ask myself what if something ever happened to Nevel, how would I ever find another horse like him? And so Al Shebet came to live with us, and learned all he could from his big brother. Little did I know my fear of losing Nevel was like a fateful prophecy, after he was fatally struck by lightning. I had ridden him only a few days before his death, and I recall

LEFT Wishlist (Ray of Light x Escarda Spozobella) ridden by Viv Motbey ABOVE Phantom MI [left] and Regent [right]. Photo Sharon Meyers FOLLOWING PAGE Partbred (50%) gelding Alnotarj Statistic. Photo Sharon Meyers

that sense of tranquillity as we strolled up a beautiful sandy track, the reins resting on his neck, my feet dangling out of the stirrups. I petted him and whispered to him, ‘Nevel you have made it. You are everything I hoped you would be, all my work has paid off, you are amazing, I love my time with you.’ It was a crushing blow to lose Nevel, but Al Shebet quickly took up his new role, no longer in Nevel’s shadow, head of the herd and King of the farm. He is equally as delightful as his brother and a very important part of our lives. I owe my involvement with Arabian horses to these two amazing geldings. They have bought such joy to our lives.’ The Arabian can find his way into our lives in a myriad of ways, it just takes that magical moment, that initial discovery, to enhance the passion. For Christine Millar, introduction to the Arabian was ignited by the most unlikely of sparks, cancer. ‘I moved to Bungendore in 2000 and met Ally and Ray Hudson a year later through our journey with breast cancer. I went to Arabian horse shows with Ally and Ray, helping them with their horses at the show. I then met Doug and Kath Jones

who had a beautiful gelding at their farm who I went to visit. Very excited, I purchased my baby. He is now rising 17 and is still as stunning as the day I purchased him. His first show was at Hall and he was Champion. He was also Champion at National Capital, and a Reserve East Coast Champion amongst other wins. He makes me feel so proud, and is and will always be my special boy. I have my best mate at my side.’ For some, sharing their Arabians with friends and family is where they feel the most joy. After Samantha Forster sold Diamond Road Supremacy, she did not have the same success with her other purchases and before long, they had all been sold on. ‘I still remember the phone call when Supremacy was offered back to me. As much as I wanted him, I was reluctant at first as I still wasn’t in a position to ride him…but I now had an 11-year-old daughter that might be? For a while there, people thought I was crazy giving a young, green broken four-year-old Arabian to an 11-year-old rider…but I had a sixth sense about it. Now, two years later, Makayla and Supremacy have accomplished so much. Whether it be at pony club, jumping, interschools, dressage or the show ring, they are working hard together, and my heart horse is now also shared with my daughter.’

Like Samantha, Lozzy Toll Elliot shares her purebred gelding El Alazan with her daughter. ‘I purchased him as a weanling when I was 14, with my pocket money, for $150. Life got in the way, but I did ride him at the Classic as a three-year-old. He’d been broken in just six weeks and we came second in my rider class. We are still competing in HRACV and now, 23 years after I first bought him, my daughter now rides him at pony club and shows.’ Sue Savage found her heart horse in a case of serendipitous circumstance. ‘I first met Metaxa W (Avondale Cruise x Ajmala Mulahn) as a yearling at the Aussies and loved him. A few years later my good friend Katie Smith came down from Sydney in search of a gelding. We saw a few, but it was Metaxa that Katie decided on. ‘Twelve months later, I was home sick and saw him advertised for sale. I immediately rang Katie and said I would love him. From the onset he wormed his way into our hearts with his lovable character and personality. ‘In the early days I was very weak after my illness, so my very good friend Clint Bilson agreed to ride him for me and in our first twelve months under saddle he won ten out of his ten newcomer

classes, plus multiple championships under saddle. Just recently at the Australian Championships, we took out National Champion Bridle Path Hack and Reserve Champion Preliminary Dressage Horse. I am so excited for our future, at only six years old he has so much more to give. ‘I have had some exciting horses in my life, but I think Metaxa W goes to the top of the list. He is such an incredibly smart horse with such a willing nature to learn. Sometimes too eager, and thinks he knows it all, but don’t all the good ones?’ Lisa Holahan owns the gelding Rose Gum Crown Allegiance (Chelleason Crown Jewel x Rose Gum Ellustria). ‘I crossed to the dark side after years of having derivatives and now understand why “every girl should have a purebred gelding!” This boy has taught me patience and perseverance and guided me through some pretty tough times. He had over a year off the show ring due to injury and we have only recently started back showing. Lots of hiccups, a few triumphs but so very grateful to still have my beautiful little “seahorse”. He makes me laugh daily, frustrates the hell out of me often, but I just love my little “Alii Bear” to pieces.’ When I decided to write this story and asked people to be involved, I was overwhelmed by the response from those I contacted…too many in fact to include them all. What was overwhelmingly apparent was that gelding owners love to talk about their horses, to share their stories, to be the ambassadors of the Arabian horse world. And such incredible ambassadors they really are. When describing her horse Wishlist, Viv Motbey probably said it best, and the same can be applied to just about all of the geldings who feature in these pages. ‘Yes successful, yes beautiful, and yes versatile. He reminds me every day that training and competing with horses must be a partnership, and mutual respect is the key ingredient. He has achieved more than I could have imagined and for that I am grateful every day. I love my horse, and I love spending my life with him.’

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ARABIAN HORSES STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHARON MEYERS*

After years of turmoil and devastation, the Syrians celebrate and salute their treasured Arabians

was honoured and excited to attend the Al Sham International Arabian Horse Festival held at the Old Damascus Show Grounds in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic from April 16 to 20, 2019. Interestingly, the festival’s name is derived from Bilad Al Sham which is the heart of symbolism for Syria; the fertile crescent and the Arabian horse. Syria is the cradle of the Arabian horse and these horses are an intrinsic part of the country’s history and culture. It’s a well-documented fact that over the centuries many horse-purchasing expeditions, along with individual travellers such as Lady Anne and Wilfrid Blunt and many others from Poland, Spain, Italy and elsewhere, visited Syria in search of the Arabian horse. As a result of their acquisitions nearly every Arabian Stud Book in the world has horses tracing back to Syrian ancestors. My first visit to this magical country was in happier times during 2007, when attending their remarkable World Arabian Horse Organization (WAHO) Conference. Tragically, since 2011 Syria has been embroiled in vicious armed conflict but as the Phoenix of mythology did, Syria is now rising and renewing itself. This war has taken a terrible toll on the country’s horse population with Arabians being displaced, kidnapped or killed. It’s estimated that around 3,000 horses disappeared, around a third of their Arabians. Heartbreaking stories have surfaced, such as Syria’s oldest Arabian horse breeder Mr Mohammad Hisham Ghoreib having 250 of his treasured horses stolen. His lifetime work shattered! A breeder I visited in 2007, whose stud flanked the Euphrates River at Deir-ezzor had to flee for his life, forced to leave behind his beautiful pure Syrian horses. He was lucky as the Syrian Arab Army eventually found three offspring from his breeding program, and with the help of the Office of Arabian Horses they were returned to him. Fortunately freeze branding is universally used, making for easier identification of stolen or lost horses. A distinguished year for the Arabian horse was 2018 when the members and

committees of the Office of Arabian Horses contributed in the re-control and relocation of the movement and registration of the Arabian horse in Syria in cooperation with the breeders and owners, even in most of the war hot spots. During the years 2016/17/18 three visits were made to the eastern region of Syria and the province of Hasakah and Qamishli, source of the Arabian horse which continues to be found among the Syrian Badia (Bedouin) tribes including Shammar, Tai, Jabbour, Ikaidat, Noaim, Sharabeen and the

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rest of the Arab tribes. A total of 2,200 horses have been freeze branded during the three years. This was great work by the Registry Office members. On Monday April 15th I arrived from Australia and travelled out to the Old Damascus Fair Ground to see how things were shaping up for the Official Opening the next night. There was a hive of activity putting finishing touches to the Traditional Hand Craft Fair and Traditional Food Fair pavilions plus other sections, including the stage where the Jollanar Dance Theatre entertained us nightly with energetic folklore shows. These exhibitions and activities were important drawcards for the people of Damascus to visit the festival, where they could rekindle interest in their heritage and their Arabian horses. The festival’s organisers did a sterling job pulling it all together, as they only had a few short weeks to prepare for the event. Two weeks prior to my arrival, the grounds were covered in rubble which took 500 truckloads to remove!

Next morning, Tuesday 16th, a group of us visited one of my favourite destinations, Old Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. We did a fascinating walking tour where we soaked up the city’s ancient ambiance while pondering whose footsteps we were walking in. We visited the medieval tomb of Saladin (1137 – 1193), the first sultan of Egypt and Syria who led the Muslim military campaign against the Crusaders. Next we saw the impressive Umayyad Mosque, one of the earliest and most important Islamic religious structures in the world. This beautiful mosque is where a shrine is purported to enclose a relic honoured by Muslims as well as Christians, the head of St. John the Baptist. In 2001 Pope John Paul II spent three days in Syria and visited the mosque. While meandering through souqs, our senses were aroused by colourful displays of spices and food along with a plethora of other intriguing merchandise. At the Al-Buzuriyah Souq,

we dropped into the Khan As’ad Pasha (a caravanserai where travellers and their animals rested after a day’s journey). It’s one of the finest khans of Damascus, built in the Ablaq architectural style involving alternating rows of light and dark stone. We then spent time at the glorious Azem Palace, an early example of Damascene domestic architecture on a grand scale. Both were built circa 1749 by As’ad Pasha al-Azem, the governor of Damascus. That evening saw the official opening of the Al Sham International Arabian Horse Festival, a grand affair which included a flamboyant

BELOW LEFT Anna Sokolska travelled from Poland for the archery exhibition BELOW RIGHT Ayda J and her filly Maleka at Al Jadaan Stables

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folklore show about a stolen Arabian horse and how it was found and retrieved, creatively performed by the Jollanar Dance Theatre.

Arabian horses, several international visitors borrowed Arabians from the Police Equestrian Club and private breeders to take part in the parade.

Without doubt, an exciting and eagerlyawaited event of the festival was The Grand Sham Arabian Horse Parade held early afternoon on Wednesday 17th. The Old Damascus Show Grounds sprang to life as trucks and vehicles transporting 250 precious Arabians rolled in from Syria’s 14 provinces - a record attendance. Horses danced and pranced as they were unloaded, people darted here and there carrying eye-catching, multi-coloured saddlery, some proudly brandishing antique swords handed down through the ages.

The people of Damascus were in high spirits as the parade coincided with the Syrian Independence Day of April 17, 1946. Groups lined the streets to see the horses as they snaked along the six-kilometre route. The Syrians were rediscovering their equine companions across the centuries in both war and peace. They remembered that Syria’s warriors rode to glory on battlefields with their magnificent Arabian horses while defending their land and their dignity. Interaction between spectators, riders and horses was indeed heart-warming. Horses soaked up the attention, receiving masses of loving pats while starring in hundreds of selfies. Syrians are the king of selfies! The parade was sensational.

Many of the men, women and children were dressed in traditional costumes while their horses were festooned in Syrian saddlery, making for a kaleidoscope of colours. Also, as a show of solidarity with the Syrian people, and to express their love for the country’s exceptional

In the evening there was a presentation of horses by local breeders, where we saw a variety of pure Syrian Arabians.

These Arabians were strong, beautiful and functional with people-loving temperaments. While watching them, Dr Hazaim Alwair’s talk at the 2007 WAHO Conference sprang to mind. His knowledge of Syrian Arabians and their strains is prodigious. ‘They (Bedouin) had to breed the best, they had to breed the most powerful, they had to breed the horse which would survive this harsh and sometimes very hostile environment – the heat, lack of food and lack of water. Purity was of the utmost importance to them because they found there was nothing to improve on these horses as they survived in this harsh environment. So, it was important for them to keep them pure and not to introduce any foreign blood to them which would weaken them.’ Thursday morning saw us travelling out to the scenic countryside to visit Maaloula, where a Western Aramaic language is still spoken. We visited two monastic complexes. The first was Saint Sarkis which houses two of the oldest icons in the world, and

where we listened to a Psalm sung in the melodious Aramaic language by a young woman. (Jesus and his disciples primarily spoke Aramaic.) Then we walked to Saint Thecla via a narrow, steep gap through a mountain. This monastery holds the remains of Thecia, a pupil of St. Paul. A short drive away at Saidnaya, we went to the very old Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery. This remarkable fortress-like convent rises high above the town and has many ancient associations with the Holy Bible. It’s noteworthy that these monasteries are visited by many pilgrims, both Muslim and Christian. I would also like to mention here that on our last day in Syria we were whisked 113 kilometres out of Damascus to

the southwestern province of Sweida (Swaida), spending the day visiting several fascinating Roman sites. Thursday afternoon saw an auction for pure Syrian Arabians which created lots of interest with spectators. Three horses sold with the highest price being US$10,000 for the 10-yearold chestnut mare Safaa Al Sahraa (Beebars x Shamet Al Dara’an) of the Keheileh Jreishieh strain. Late morning on Friday 19th, photographer Gudrun Waiditschka and I visited the Al Jadaan Stables owned by Basil Al Jadaan. Basil is an industrious and passionate supporter of the breed, both home and abroad.

A few of his equine duties include being a member of the Executive Committee of WAHO, member of the Syrian Arab Horse Association and President of the Organising Committee of the festival. Basil’s encyclopaedic knowledge of Arabian horses and Syria is a reflection of his enthusiasm and love for both. He was another breeder who had his beloved horses stolen during the war but was fortunate, as a couple of horses of his breeding with family members were kept safe. These horses are now the foundation for the stud’s current breeding program. Regrettably, the weather was against us as it was freezing and raining on and off, in truth, closer to snowing! Disappointingly we only had time to photograph a few of the pure Syrian Arabians there. First was a gem within the herd, the grey mare Dahmaa Amer (Shadeed x Murrah). To Basil’s knowledge she is one of two mares left worldwide of her strain Dahmaa Amer. Next came the handsome grey stallion Taj Al Khair (Johar Adeeb x Mansora), an Obayan Seheili which is an important strain for the Shammar tribe, taken in battle from the Sharif or King of Mecca. He was followed by an attractive dark grey filly named Samar (Bishir Al Jameel x Shams Al Khair), also of the Obayah Seheilieh strain. When Basil’s horses were stolen, one precious young foal of the Keheileh Mimrahieh strain was left behind and was aptly named Ayda J, which translates to ‘the one that came back’. She has grown into a splendid mare and now has a pretty filly at foot named Maleka. Then it bucketed with rain! We hastily retreated to the stables where we were able to photograph Nassar J (Omar Al Khayam x Sohaila), a chestnut stallion of Shwaiman Sabba strain and the

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grey mare, Bint Shamkha (Shadeed x Shamkha) of the same strain. In the afternoon we attended the Arabian races at Al Demas. It continued raining, turning the track to liquid mud! It even snowed on nearby mountains, but this did not deter Syria’s courageous jockeys and horses from participating in the seven races. As the last race was run and won the sun started shining! Just in time for the exhilarating Equestrian Martial Arts Show, where Arabians and their riders from the Police Equestrian Club performed awe-inspiring feats of horsemanship. A surprise event was the international archery display on horseback performed by Ali Ghoorchian (Iran), Anna Sokolska (Poland) and Walid Khawashkieh (Syria) riding Arabians borrowed from the Police Equestrian Club. We were also lucky to meet Adnan Azzam, the intrepid horseman, who, along with his two Syrian Arabians was leaving the next day on his Syria World Journey: riding from Damascus to Moscow. The planned route for his epic trek was via Iraq, Iran and Azerbaijan.

The next morning, Saturday 20th, we strolled from our hotel to the huge roundabout at Umayyad Square to bid farewell to Adnan Azzam and his two lovely Arabians. Upon arrival I was amazed by the large mass of people, TV crews and photographers gathered there. I had to stand on my tippy toes on the gutter to actually find the horses in the melee. Eventually I spotted a pair of white ears flickering above the crowd. An impossibility pushing through, so I made my way around the back where I literally ran into the horses’ hindquarters. Chaos reigned with flapping flags, a band playing and a swarm of spectators patting the horses and feeding them carrots while taking selfies. The horses nonchalantly took it all in their stride. Eventually we waved goodbye as Adnan, his Arabians and the crowd disappeared down one of Damascus’ busiest peak hour roads, accompanied by a medley of loud honking car horns.

from around the country, while films from the past eight years of conflict were shown on a large screen behind them. It brought home how wars affect and traumatise the most innocent and vulnerable people of all, the children.

The closing ceremony for the festival was held that evening. A highlight being the poignant plays, dances and songs performed by Syrian children

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The Al Sham International Arabian Horse Festival was certainly a welcome and fabulous celebration for Syria’s jewel in the crown, the Arabian horse. An equine that transcends both religion and politics while giving immense joy to thousands of enthusiasts around the world! I would like to congratulation the Organising Committee comprising the Syrian Arab Horse Association, Syrian Equestrian Federation, Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, Ministry of Tourism, Police Equestrian Club, Muhafza Sport Club and the Damascus Governorate for arranging such an outstanding festival.

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C A S T L EB A R ENDURANCE

Going from Strength to Strength INTERVIEW WITH MEG WADE

hen I was a horse mad child, a very kind person named Jenny Oliver listened to my somewhat naive thoughts about becoming an endurance rider and sent me a Part Arabian gelding named Tollo to start that journey. At that time I lived in the inner suburbs of Sydney, far from rural Australia, yet we did have a few paddocks to keep horses tucked away not far from our house. A day or two after speaking with Jenny, into this suburban paradise of sorts, a lone driver with a horse float arrived with Tollo on board and even then, that naive child understood just how meaningful it was for someone to go so far out of their way to bring that horse into town. That person was Meg Wade, who would very quickly go on to become one of Australia’s most prominent endurance riders, a position she would hold for some time. It would not be a lie to say that I play that day over in my head surprisingly often, and so to have the opportunity to talk with Meg Wade again after all of these years was incredibly exciting, and ultimately both educational and inspiring. Meg Wade and her husband Chris Gates created Castlebar Endurance, breeding, riding, conditioning and exporting some of the world’s most competitive long-distance horses. The business has gone from strength to strength, surviving both the industry flow, and a catastrophic riding accident that almost cost Meg her life. ‘A typical day at Castlebar has changed over the years because I have to do things differently now. Because of my injury, everything has had to change. I get up, have breakfast, then go up and see the staff in the yard. We have a book up in the yard that I write notes in each night…horses to be ridden, medications, breedings and so on. They tick it off as they go. We have done that for many years and it works well, as if I go up to the yards and they are out riding, I can check in the book and know what has been done. It is very efficient and leaves little room for error. ‘Most days there are two or three staff. At one stage, maybe about 15 years ago we would have had more.

The situation has now changed as for many years we bred and competed with horses for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai, however we stopped doing that about ten years ago. So now, it is less horses in work, plus I had my accident.’ Castlebar still owns approximately 80 horses, with six or more in full time work at any time. There are usually 15 foals born each year, and they are a mixture of Purebred, Part Arabians and a few Anglo Arabians, all specifically bred for endurance. Meg grew up on the outskirts of Sydney, in the now peri-urban suburb of Wallacia. The property was set on 500 acres, right opposite the famous Bullen’s Animal World. ‘When I was about three or four, my parents bought that property and that is where I lived all my childhood. My father had a company that manufactured products used with high voltage electrical equipment in Redfern, and my mother was a nurse before she met my father and had her family. She didn’t have a farming background per se, but she was born in Broken Hill and had clearly learned a thing or two. For example, she was the one who taught myself and my two sisters to castrate calves.’

As children Meg and her sisters all had horses. ‘I had a Shetland pony, then went to a riding pony who I did everything on. My first big horse was a palomino gelding – I did campdrafting and showing with him.’

but I finished and for some reason in my psyche, it felt natural to race long distance. We did kayaking for fitness. I did both the Hawkesbury Classic 111km and the Murray Marathon 400km 5 day races a few times.’

Later, when Meg left school, one of her first boyfriends, David Hislop, was a professional cross-country skier who twice went to the Olympics. ‘My middle sister at that stage was working down in the Snowy Mountains, and I somehow managed to get down there, looking after a house that was owned by Dick Smith. I had my first ever helicopter flight with Dick Smith. I loved it! Later I got my PPLH – Private Helicopter Licence and had a helicopter at home. I worked at Paddy Pallin at Jindabyne, became a cross country ski instructor and it was at that time that I met David.

It wasn’t until Meg was 28, and back home in Wallacia, that she first heard about long distance horse riding. ‘There was a vet out at home, Tony Parker, who is still involved with endurance, doing some horses’ teeth. He was talking about this 100 mile horse ride he was going to. I had never heard of it so my ears pricked up as it sounded very interesting to me.’

‘After meeting him, I started competition skiing as well. He was at a high level, I just competed in cross country ski races. Skiers have these “World Loppet” competitions… we have one in Australia now called the Kangaroo Loppet. The races are from approximately 80km to 110km on skis, cross country. Because he did it, I did it! I raced in Italy, Germany and throughout Europe. I didn’t win,

That ‘100 mile horse ride’ was the 1987 Colo Classic, and although Meg just went out for a look, she knew this was going to be a major part of her future. ‘I loved it, I thought it was very interesting. My skier boyfriend ran the last leg with the horses!

PREVIOUS PAGE Castlebar Khalifa and Meg Wade ABOVE Mounir Font Noire (Lakshmi Font Noire x Medjana) RIGHT China Doll – Tom Quilty Winner, BC & Pat Slater Cup 2008 FOLLOWING PAGE At the Bright 25km Endurance Ride in 2013

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‘I knew how to ride horses. I had gone to Cobbitty Pony Club, which was a fantastic pony club, and to jumping clinics with John Faye. I knew how to ride, and I knew about training for long distance competitions, so endurance was perfect for me. A few months later Meg rode her first 40km on a Thoroughbred mare she had at home. ‘I realised very quickly that I couldn’t use the horses I had, and that I had to buy something else. I must have bought an Arab to ride because I wanted to do endurance properly. I did my first 80km ride at the beginning of 1988. I jumped in at the deep end.’ Within a year Meg had ridden and completed her first Quilty. ‘For some reason, I decided to compete as a middleweight which meant I had to carry lead as I was a lightweight rider. Later I came second lightweight at two Quilties, then decided to again carry weight to ride as middleweight, so I could win the Quilty. You can only win the Quilty if you ride as a Middleweight or Heavyweight – 73 kilograms or over. ‘In those early days I was very fortunate to get to know Jenny Oliver very well and she mentored me. I still catch up with her a couple of times a year. I also got to know Kevin Bohm from Kelkette Park. Those

early connections are very important for new endurance enthusiasts.’ When asked what makes a good endurance horse, Meg is adamant that the combination of breeding and conformation are equally important. ‘Genetics come into it a lot. You have to have the basic good conformation. Feet are everything, you must have good feet, I don’t care what colour they are, and height doesn’t really matter. We shoe our horses, but you have to have a good farrier. A farrier can ruin things in one fell swoop. ‘I was very fortunate the manager that Mum had at the farm in Wallacia at that time – John Really, also worked for Claire Proudford. It was through him I bought two stallions that she bred who were related to Aethon, who I always like to see in any horse’s pedigree. Those stallions were Tribal and Seraja. I competed on both of them, and their names still crop up in the pedigrees of the horses I have today. ‘A good, quick heart rate recovery is definitely linked to genetics. I also love the Chip Chase Sadaqa line. His daughter Crystal Flyer (from Franklin Rajull) was a great mare – I won my first Quilty in 2000 on her. Her full sister Kurrajong Concorde won the 2011 Tom Quilty in South

Australia with Kristie Taprell, and was then sold and exported to the UAE and went on to win the 2014 World Championships ridden by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum. ‘Another great broodmare for us was Shir’amar Obsession (Simeon Sa’ar x Dynasty Tamir by Crème Dynasty). She is completely different lines to what I am used to, and is the dam of one of Sheikh Abdulla’s best endurance mares, Castlebar Odessa. She races under the name of Castlebar Sobia in Europe and the Middle East, as she is a case of mistaken identity. ‘Shir’amar Obsession is also dam of our stallion Castlebar Odyssey. He only raced a couple of times, but for some reason he was such a loud mouth at rides and it was annoying for me and for everyone else. We never had a stallion like that before. We have competed with many, but Odyssey just roared and carried on at rides. At home he is an amazing horse to handle. We paddock serve with him and he is fantastic… take him to a competition and he would be terrible. So, we breed great foals with him now, and this season we are collecting semen (frozen) for export to Europe.’ During 2018 Castlebar imported a colt from France named Mounir Font Noire (Lakshmi Font Noire x Medjana). He is of predominantly Russian and Polish bloodlines, the best of performance lines available in Europe today. Meg is extremely excited about the future of this colt. ‘He was three in March this year, and we will start breeding with him this season. He has the most beautiful bloodlines you can imagine and will cross very well with our mares.’ At Castlebar, mares are foaled down naturally in paddocks and the climate and soil is such that they are raised almost exclusively on pasture, with little hard feed unless in work. ‘We use foaling alarms which are fantastic. When they get close, you will have the odd false alarm but all in all, it’s worth it and I wouldn’t do it without them. As the foals grow we bring them in regularly and do bits of handling with them when they are on their mothers. Once they are old enough to drench, we have a crush and we walk the mother

in there and the foal comes in with the mother. Then you can drench the foal. We don’t put halters on them as babies. ‘We break them in at around five years old, they are nicely grown and then can be kept in work and can do more in a competition sense. ‘My first really competitive endurance horse was Glenallen Sheida, who I competed on at the first WEG I went to in 1994 at The Hague. She also carried me to 2nd Lightweight at two Quilties. Aloha Gossip was another who I did very well with, including at the European Championships. Kurrajong Sequel was another stand out. When asked about favourite horses over the years, Meg is very quick to single out the legendary mare China Doll, on whom Meg won the 2008 Tom Quilty. ‘She is still here and is a broodmare, her foals are doing well. One of the colts that I have kept is out of her. He is by a stallion of ours called Aloha Delta. It’s funny because this is ‘just a partbred’ – I always used to say you don’t keep partbred colts, however because it’s such beautiful breeding and he has got the looks, I kept him. At the end of the day I am a bit like that now, if they are a good horse they are a good horse.

‘I also loved riding a mare named Castlebar Kalahari. She was by Castlebar Khalifa who I also liked riding a lot. Actually, he was an alltime favourite…maybe more than his daughter or China Doll.’ On 12 April 2009 Meg suffered a lifechanging accident at the Tumburumba FEI competition 110km race. ‘I don’t remember any of it. On the last leg, I only had about 10km to get to the finish, I had just passed through a checkpoint. They had recorded my number going past, nobody saw anything happen, but they saw a horse with no rider, and then saw me on the ground. One of the guys at that checkpoint who had a background in military realised something was very wrong and alerted the ride base. I was lucky it happened there, it could have happened miles from anywhere and I would not have been found for a long time. Fortunately, Trish Annetts was on the Ground Jury, she is a human doctor. Along with the ambulance staff, she determined my oxygen uptake was down so she put in what is called a Guedel tube, and I was then helicoptered out. I was three on the Glasgow Coma Scale …the lowest point on the scale you can be (the Glasgow Coma Scale ranges from 3 to 14).’

Once in Canberra Hospital Meg was put in an induced coma. ‘When you come out of a coma, you don’t just wake up and start talking. Not like on the movies. When you come out you go into PTA, Post Traumatic Amnesia. It varies from hours to days, and if you are in PTA for a week then they say it’s severe. I was in PTA for three and a half months. I was in Canberra Hospital for six weeks when they realised I was going to survive, and they wanted to move me so I could begin rehabilitation.’ Meg’s voice begins to crack, and tears appear on her face as she tells the next part of the story. ‘That was when Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Ruler of Dubai, stepped in. The hospital was planning to move me to Sydney. It was complicated because at that time I lived in Victoria, my accident was in NSW and I was in an ACT hospital. My family found out that one of the best places for people with Acquired Brain Injuries was Epworth Hospital in Melbourne. Sheikh Mohammed somehow found out and got me into Epworth. The story goes on from there.’ Meg is now able to ride again, however not in the same way she used to. ‘Since my accident I have done a couple of 20km rides. Right now, I am not riding at all. What was damaged mostly for me is my balance. I can walk but I need a stick, and even with the stick I still fall over sometimes. I can’t get on the horse properly, and when I am on I can only walk. ‘I am very fortunate I have my driving licence back. I am sure people get absolutely terrified when they see me get out of a huge Landcruiser and notice I can hardly walk! Bull bars are very handy to hold onto when you are walking around the front of the car.’ When asked what is next, Meg’s eyes light up! ‘The most exciting thing for me right now is the new French stallion. Mounir means “the most perfect man in the world, shining and glorious”…it’s a great name. For many years I had been wanting to incorporate the best of French endurance bloodlines with Australia, and this year we are going to do it.’

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MOUNIR FONT NOIRE Mounir Font Noire’s dam MEDJANA is the dam of Easy Font Noire and Dakar Font Noire – both winners. His granddam MOBROUKA is the dam of four winners: Movoska (dam of Quran el ULM winner), Karavan, Flegmatik and Kamaya.

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W E S TA C R E S I love how an Arabian horse looks, a more beautiful creature I do not believe exists INTERVIEW WITH JAYNE BELLCHAMBERS

HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN? I was born with an innate love of horses. Growing up on a large farm in northern New South Wales, my father and grandfather worked stock with horses, and whenever they were with the stock horses, I would be with them. It wasn’t until I was nine that my parents finally relented and bought me a pony of my own, a just broken in twoyear-old, hardly the ideal first pony. However, when things went pear shaped, which they inevitably did

regularly, with a beginner and newly broken in pony, my dad would get on the pony and straighten her out. He would then say to me, ‘if you don’t ride that horse, I’ll sell it’. Terrified as I was, as I loved the pony so much, I would get back on. The love of horses really took hold of me and it wasn’t long before I had horses from all over the district to ride, to quieten down for other kids. AND THEN YOU BECAME A BREEDER Growing up, I held a fascination for the Arabian. There was an Arabian breeder

local to us, I would ride past their farm and admire the stallions showing off in their paddocks. I would later find out that both these stallions were bred by my now dear friend, Pam Morris of Avondale Stud. Of course Avondale has been pivotal in our breeding program. When I left school and got my first job, I bought my first partbred. Around this time, I met and fell in love with Trevor, and although at that point he had nothing to do with horses, he was soon as hooked as I was, and very quickly demonstrated an innate appreciation of beauty and balance in a horse.

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Trevor influenced our decision to buy a purebred, an Ibn Antar daughter. She was in foal, and so Westacres was born. I love how an Arabian horse looks, a more beautiful creature I do not believe exists. However, beyond that is the unique affinity they have with their people. I believe the bond you can have with an Arabian is like no other relationship. We are a purebred breeding farm, however we have bred just a handful of Arabian Ponies and Arabian Riding Ponies. Just about all of them have won major titles at the Australian Arabian National Championships, as well as being successful in their other registry shows. Breeding ponies improved my exposure in the show ring and helped my training business immensely.

leased us two more Avondale mares to shape our program, the Monteego Bay daughters, Avondale Montaya and Avondale Grace. Grace would lift the bar again in the show ring for us. Sadly Salome didn’t produce a filly for us so we no longer have her blood at the farm. Montaya also only left us a son, Mulahn sired by MB Mayal, who is the grandsire of our current superstar, Voyager W. Grace has been just an amazing mare, not only in the show ring, but also as a broodmare. She is the dam of our stallion, owned in partnership with Pam, Avondale Cruise, by Crave FF and in recent years has blessed us with two daughters. These fillies are by Pshalomar (imp USA) and Gai El Jullyen (imp USA) respectively, and both are being retained.

Alongside our successful Avondale mares were the other two mares we purchased, Coolrain Shanara and Bakyda, both out of Bint Bint Sascha FA and by Amir El Shaklan and Akid Geshan respectively. Shanara would be 18 before she produced a filly, and then she had two in a row, full sisters by Mulahn, Ajmala and Amira Mulahn, who is the dam of Voyager W. We have retained one daughter from Bakyda, Ezra W, by Avondale Cruise, who has just had an impressive colt by Ulysium (imp USA). Our relationship with Pam and her influence on our program cannot be overstated. She was such a clever breeder, and I will forever remember long conversations in her office about horses, breeding decisions and outcomes. She was an amazing keeper of records and had pictures

WHICH HORSES HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO YOUR FARM? When we started we really just chose horses who appealed to us, which more often than not, were with high percentage Egyptian, or from the El Shaklan Family. It might surprise some to know, until this year, we have only ever purchased four breeding female Arabians, the first two both being daughters of the very classical Ibn Antar (imp). We were so very fortunate to meet Pam Morris at a time when she was still breeding, however not showing so much. Pam had noticed us with a filly having some success, and she offered to lease me one of her amazing fillies, in return for showing her. Her name was Avondale Salome. Salome’s success was nothing short of amazing really. Here we were, relatively new to Arabian showing, and she really put us on the map. Over the years, Pam

LEFT Avondale Grace with Jayne, Pam Morris and judge Ted Carson TOP RIGHT Trevor and Jayne with Voyager W and Pshamala W – Supreme Champions from the 2017 Victorian Championships RIGHT Coolrain Shanara (Amir El Shaklan x Bint Bint Sascha FA)

of everything she bred with notes on her thoughts of them. It was very exciting to show Avondale Grace, three times third at the Australian Championships (oh to have had Bronze Champions in those days!) and three times Supreme at the Classic, and to share these wins with Pam. HOW HAS THE BREEDING PROGRAM EVOLVED? When we were younger, our breeding decisions were very much influenced by what we could afford, and so rarely did we use outside stallions. We are now in a position to be able to utilise outside stallions more and we are enjoying this very much. WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY AT WESTACRES We are on 10 acres situated in the high rainfall area of Yarragon, West Gippsland, on some of the most fertile dairy country you could hope to find at the foot of the Strzelecki Ranges. The only horses we stable are those on the show team and weanlings. The rest of them enjoy spacious grassy paddock year-round. With my training business being full time, my whole day is spent on the farm, which I love.

BELOW Jayne and her father riding one of the family’s horses BELOW RIGHT Bakyda (Akid Geshan x Bint Bint Sascha FA) competing at the Classic

My training business was born quite by accident really. I suppose Avondale Salome got us noticed as she kept winning, and I soon had people asking me to show horses for them. It ticked along slowly from our property in Colac when I still worked outside the farm. In 2002, we moved to our current property and I started training full time. I’ve been very blessed to meet many amazing people through my training business, even made life-long friendships. I have been lucky to have so many very special horses to show – I really have been living the dream. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT STAND OUT FOR YOU? One sunny Saturday afternoon in October 2016 full sisters Amira and Ajmala both foaled within 30 minutes of each other. Amira foaled the colt Voyager W (by Sir Charmed) and Ajmala a filly, Pshamala W (by Pshalomar). In time, we took these two yearlings to their first show together, the 2017 Victorian Championships, where they would be named Supreme Champion Male and Female…now that was a special moment. And as if that weren’t enough, we also showed Jericho W (Avondale Cruise x Avondale Montaya) to Supreme Champion Gelding for his owner Stephanie Evans. I am not certain, however I cannot recall the same breeder and trainer winning all three Supremes at the Victorian Championships, it was quite an amazing day.

We continue to be so proud of our colt Voyager W, what a star he has been. We are especially proud of him as his dam line features so many of our horses, giving us confidence in what we do. WHAT INSPIRES YOU, AND WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE? Avondale is now finished, however there was so much to admire in what Pam did, often on a limited budget. Most impressively she started with one mare and her daughter, and kept those lines right up until the end, and managed to keep up with the times. We recently had a fantastic visit to Mulawa, they have an incredible program, filled with world class Arabians. Marion Richmond from Simeon Stud has stayed so true to her purpose, producing so many world acclaimed horses along the way. Over the next couple of show seasons, we plan to wind back the training business, so as to be able to focus on and enjoy our own horses more. After sadly losing one of our special mares last spring, we have recently purchased an exciting new addition, the exquisite filly, Emeeliah KH, sired by Emerald J and from the imported Marwan Al Shaqab daughter, HRA Unique. We sincerely thank her breeders, Steve and Sarah Muco for the opportunity to own this filly, and are so excited about the future with her.

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Sir Charmed FF exp US | Amira Mulahn

Westacres Arabians Trevor & Jayne Bellchambers Yarragon, Victoria M: 0419 346 218 E: westacres@iprimus.com.au www.westacresarabians.com

PA S S I O N Nat Conway loves spending those precious moments away from the spotlight with her first true love, horses PHOTOGRAPHY BY CARLOS WEST

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inger and songwriter Nat Conway is best known for her hits Everybody’s Free, Summer to Stay, So Loud and global number one club track Confessions with Sam Divine, however in her private time, Nat loves spending those precious moments away from the spotlight with her first true love, horses. ‘I have always loved horses…I was the girl at school who was obsessed with them, like many of my friends I guess, however I didn’t grow out of it. When I was a young teenager I finally talked my parents into buying me a horse…looking back I think they just wanted me to stop talking about it!’

Nat’s first horse was a 75% Part Arabian mare named Nova Mist. She was sired by Hawkesbury Darkan (Danzig x Pandora) and from Sanomi, a Part Arabian mare by Shosaan (Aethon x Shoshana), one of the earliest colts bred by Peter Simon, father of Marion Richmond. ‘Nova really taught me to ride. Looking back, she would not have been suitable for a young teen to learn to ride on, however she was my horse, and I didn’t know any better. Sometimes I think it was a good thing…I had to catch up to her level, and fast.’ Nat and Nova rode throughout the north western suburbs between Turramurra and Dural, attending Pony Club and local shows. ‘St Ives Show was a big one for us…I loved everything about it. Nova wasn’t so big on showing, she was more of a trail riding kind of girl. She loved to be at the front of every line and if she wasn’t, she would pull until she was. She would have been perfect for endurance…cest la vie.’ After becoming an adult, music took over and Nat did not have much opportunity to indulge her love of horses. Whilst living and working in Las Vegas, Nat would take the odd trail ride, but she was not connected to a horse in the same way

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she had been with Nova Mist. ‘My work usually involves me travelling somewhere, and then performing late, sometimes as late as 2am, and so horse riding, much less owning one, became less and less feasible.’ For each single release, Nat would often think about how she could incorporate horses into the video clip. ‘I would sit and dream of horses galloping in slow motion, with myself on board mouthing the words to the song…it was always so romantic in my mind.’ For her latest single So Loud, Nat was eager to convince her record label Universal Music, that this was the perfect song to combine her passion for both music and horses. ‘When they said it could happen, I was completely floored. And then when my manager told me we were filming at Simeon Stud, I just couldn’t believe it. As a child I would dream of visiting Simeon Stud and Hawley Arabians, those horses were on my walls, so it was a really grounding and emotional moment for me, to have my world come full circle, to collide in such a magical and positive way. ‘The shoot was such a wonderful experience. Aside from my manager and the label’s A&R guy, we had an all-girl team…the crew both behind

the camera and Tracey and her team wrangling the horses…and we had such a great time. I was worried at times that perhaps horses moving in slow motion might have come across a little cheesy, and too ‘pretty’ which is not my kind of vibe, but I think we pulled it off. The hardest part was trying to look beautiful and not start laughing as I was rolling around in the dirt, and probably poo, in that glorious white dress!’ Since shooting the video, Nat has managed to find time for horses on a deeper level. ‘Yes it is true, I have found a new love of my life in the form of a 17hh Thoroughbred showjumper named Wagga. My work means it is not possible for me to own a horse, however I am able to do an on-farm lease with Wagga, which means I can go and ride him when I can, and his owner is able to look after him when I can’t. It is a win-win for everyone. He is quite a bit bigger than Nova, and a completely different personality, but I love them both. I am convinced my manager is going to give me an Arabian one day. I follow the palomino (Part Arabian) mare Top Model (Ray of Light x Faith N Kate) on Instagram, I am obsessed with her…hint hint!’ The video for So Loud is available to watch now on Vevo and YouTube

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INTERNATIONAL A MBITION G LO B A L V I S I O N

Five decades of Mulawa Influence around the world BY SCOTT BENJAMIN

A VISION MI | August 2016 (Allegiance MI x Always Valentine MI by DA Valentino) Twelfth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Gold Champion; Member of the M ANGELIQUE Family; Owned by Al Bidayer Stud | UAE; Dubai International Gold Champion Junior Filly | 2019; Sharjah International Gold Champion Junior Filly | 2019; World Champion Top Ten Junior Filly | 2018

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ince the earliest days of Mulawa Arabian Stud, the international standard of the Arabian horse, based firmly on the desert ideal, one that optimally combines the essential qualities of both beauty and utility, has been the guiding vision of the breeding programme. Given the fact that the vast majority of foundation bloodlines were acquired from overseas, of primarily Polish and Crabbet origin, later blended with Spanish, Egyptian and American influences, it was only inevitable that the Mulawa-bred horses would prove to be both appealing and competitive in the international marketplace.

Mulawa’s close connection with Lasma Arabians, the global industry leader from the early 60s through to the late 80s, resulted in a select few of the earliest Mulawa-bred horses as consignments to several of the high profile auctions that were hallmarks of Scottsdale week each February. Those to arrive first at Lasma were two daughters of Ambition (Bask x Bint Ambara), Mulawa’s first, and most important, chief sire bred by the Lacroix Family and purchased by both Gregs Farrell, Jr and Sr, in 1976. Both Accolade (x Kothra by Grojec) and Kabbaret (x Sharsea by Shahpoor) were

MULAWA FANTASIA | April 1977 (Bask x Dzina by Buszmen) First-Generation MulawaBred Mare; Member of the DZINA Family; Last Owned by John & Toni Drummond | USA

ADVANTAGE MI | November 2012 (Allegiance MI x Valentine MI by DA Valentino) Fifth-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion; Member of the VALENTINE MI Family; Owned by The Advantage Partners | USA; Scottsdale Classic Reserve Champion Senior Stallion | 2018; United States National Champion Top Ten Senior Stallion | 2018; United States National Champion Top Ten Junior Stallion | 2017

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out of imported dams from the UK, each tracing tail female to Mulawa’s most important desert source dam family, that of Rodania or.Ar. (1869). On the heels of these early successes followed two very high profile exports to the USA: Mulawa Fantasia in 1983 and Mulawa Eunique in 1985. Sagaciously branded with the stud name, each were instrumental in raising the profile of Mulawa on the international stage, especially given their feature status in separate premier Lasma auctions. Fantasia had considerable appeal as Australia’s first Bask daughter, out of the Pure Polish US import Dzina (Buszmen x Dzisna by Naborr), while Eunique represented the best of her sire Ambition, combined with incomparability of the Janow Podlaskibred, German import Euni (Bandos x Eunice by Comet). Mulawa Eunique further represented the pinnacle of Mulawa breeding from its first decade, having just been named Australian

IMPRESSA MI | August 2011 (Aria Impresario x Mulawa Alexa by Parkview Audacious) Fourth-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion; Member of the LM MAGICS GIFT Family; Owned by Joanne Gunabalan | USA; Arabian Breeders World Cup Liberty Mare Champion | 2019; Scottsdale International Bronze Champion Senior Mare | 2019; Arabian Breeders World Cup Supreme Champion Top Ten Senior Mare | 2016; Canadian National Champion Senior Mare | unanimous | 2016; United States National Reserve Champion Senior Mare | 2016; Scottsdale International Gold Champion Senior Mare | 2014; Canadian National Champion Two Year Old Filly | 2013; United States National Reserve Champion Two Year Old Filly | 2013

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ALWAYS VALENTINE MI | September 2009 | (DA Valentino x Always An Angel by SK Shakla Khan) Seventh-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion; Member of the M ANGELIQUE Family; Scottsdale Classic Reserve Champion Junior Filly | 2011; United States National Reserve Champion Two Year Old Filly | 2011; Arabian Breeders World Cup Reserve Champion Two Year Old Filly | 2011

National Champion Senior Mare at just three years of age in 1984, the first in a long line of Mulawa-bred mares to have since earned this most prestigious of continental honours. Mulawa modelled its first Australian bloodstock sales after the successful auctions of Scottsdale fame, selling dozens of horses to fellow antipodean breeders in the 1980s. From Mulawa Sale II, the Farrell Family achieved its first direct overseas sale from Australian soil, selling a young On Eagles Wings (Arrival x Dzina) to the United States, furthering the acclaim of Ambition and Euni, Arrivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sire and dam, respectively, as well as that of invaluable foundation mare Dzina in the global spotlight. From these auspicious beginnings, sales of Mulawa-bred horses to overseas breeders slowed over the next two decades, reflecting the serious

KLASSIC HARMONY MI | (Klass x Fames Harmony by Fame Maker R) Sixth-Generation Mulawa-Bred National Champion; Member of the MULAWA CHANCE Family; Owned by Al Shaqab Stud | Qatar

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downturn in the global Arabian industry that began with the infamous crash of the American market in the late 1980s. The sluggish sales did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the Farrells, however, who used these decades to broaden the genetic palette of the breeding herd, consistently raising the quality of each successive generation with bloodlines introduced from all over the world. By the time the programme

expanded in earnest late in the first decade of the new millennium with the incorporation of Alabama Stud in Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Horse Capital near Scone, NSW, the excellence of each new foal crop had achieved world-class status, with several individuals clearly capable of excelling anywhere on the world stage. This confidence was put to the test in early 2011, when Mulawa returned to the familiar stomping grounds of Scottsdale, Arizona, the exact location where their initial export success had begun, with a homebred filly that represented an impressive seven generations of unique Mulawa-bred ancestors. This special filly was Always Valentine MI, the first of Mulawa-bred DA Valentino foals to find fame overseas, who not only boasted the presence of the earliest foundation icons Ambition, Dzina and Euni in her pedigree, but that of chief sires Vision, Warranty and Fame Maker R, and traced directly tail female to one of the oldest and

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KLASSICAL DREAM MI | December 2009 (Klass x Mustang’s Magnum by Magnum Forty Four) SecondGeneration Mulawa-Bred International Champion; Member of the SAHTARAH Family; Owned by Al Khalediah Farm | KSA; All Mediterranean & Arab Countries Gold Champion Senior Mare & Best in Show Female | 2015; Dubai International Bronze Champion Senior Mare | 2015; World Champion Top Ten Senior Mare | 2015; El Jadida Gold Champion Senior Mare | 2014; UKIAHS Gold Champion Senior Mare | 2014; West Coast Cup Gold Champion Senior Mare | 2014; World Champion Top Ten Senior Mare | 2014; Arabian Breeders World Cup Reserve Champion Mare | 6-8 Years of Age | 2014

most profoundly successful dam lines imported directly to Australia from Crabbet Park, that of Dajania or.Ar. (1876) through the immortal Skowronek daughter Nasirieh (x Nisreen by Nureddin II). Following a unanimous win in the junior section of two year old fillies, Always Valentine MI found her way once again to the winner’s circle on Sunday morning as Scottsdale Classic Reserve Champion Junior Filly, a first for the Farrells at the granddaddy of all Arabian events, but most certainly not the last such honour achieved for a programme on the rise.

PRUSSIA MI | February 2012 (ABHA Qatar x Parada by Magnum Forty Four) Fourth-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion; Member of the DZINA Family; Owned by Al Osool Stud | KSA; AHO World Cup Silver Champion Junior Colt | 2015; Bruges Gold Champion Junior Colt | 2014; PSIAHF Silver Champion Junior Colt | 2014; Menton International Gold Champion Yearling Colt | 2013; Scottsdale International Gold Champion Junior Colt | 2013; World Cup Gold Supreme Champion Yearling Colt | 2013; World Cup Champion Junior Yearling Colt | 2013; All Nations Cup Silver Champion Yearling Colt | 2013; World Champion Top Ten Yearling Colt | 2013

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Always Valentine’s modest debut in 2011 set the stage for an incredibly successful decade for Mulawa-bred horses in North America, especially at Scottsdale, the world’s greatest competition for Arabian breeding horses. In the last nine years alone, Mulawa-bred horses have achieved ten class wins, three Scottsdale International Gold Championships – Impressa MI, Prussia MI and Vangelis MI, three Scottsdale Classic Reserve Championships – Always Valentine MI, Advantage MI and Kavalle MI, and one Scottsdale performance championship – Maxium MI, with just ten horses competing, a remarkable record for any Australian stud. Every one of these Scottsdale winners has gone on to further acclaim in North America, at the Arabian Breeders World Cup in Las Vegas, at both the United States and Canadian National Championships, at the US Arabian Open in Central Park, and in AHA Regional competition, bringing the grand total of accolades achieved by Mulawa-bred horses on the continent to a staggering 62 since 2011.

Always Valentine MI was also the first of the Mulawa-bred horses to be honoured at the United States National Championships, winning the title of US National Reserve Champion Two Year Old Filly in 2011. Her full sister, the glorious Valentino’s Angel MI, would be the first to claim the highest honours for Mulawa as US National Champion Three Year Old Filly in 2014, with both Kavalle MI, as a Three Year Old Stallion in 2014, and Impressa MI, as a Senior Mare in 2016 and a Two Year Old Filly in 2013, adding further US Reserve National Championships to the Mulawa record books. Both Valentino’s Angel MI and Impressa MI were crowned unanimous Canadian National Champion Senior Mares in 2014 and 2016, respectively, while the Canadian National Champion Two Year Old Filly title has been won by Mulawabred fillies twice: first by Impressa MI in 2013, and again by Madora MI in 2018. With Mulawa-bred horses clearly back at the forefront in the world’s largest competitive arena of North America over the course of the last decade, several key exports to the Middle East/Arabian Gulf, the most expansive Arabian horse market on the planet, established a respectable reputation for Mulawa in an entirely new, and incredibly important, region of the world. The first of these to find new ownership in the ancient homeland was Klassic Harmony MI, a superlative product from the very first foal crop of her three-time Australian

National Champion sire Klass (TS Al Malik x Karmaa by Kaborr), who was purchased by the largest breeder of Arabian horses in the world: Al Shaqab Stud of Qatar. This strategic sale sparked the interest of Klass daughters in Europe and the Arabian Gulf, with breeders and trainers both eager to discover emerging superstars of bloodlines other than those popular, and oftentimes oversaturated, in most major markets. This keen interest led to the sale of Klassical Dream MI in 2014 to Al Khalediah Stud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who was crowned Australian National Champion Senior Mare in their ownership, before embarking on a global tour on which Dream was awarded championship honours on an astounding five continents, including Gold Champion Senior Mare honours at the All Mediterranean and Arab Countries Championships in Menton, France. Two other multi-Australian National Gold Champion daughters of Klass are also now based in the Arabian Gulf: Klassical Presence MI and Klassical Devotion MI, both premier matrons amongst the world-class breeding herd of Al Zobair Stud, United Arab Emirates. The trend initiated by the daughters of Klass in Europe and the Arabian Gulf was elevated by another Mulawabred sire, Allegiance MI, when his daughter Venice MI was purchased by Al Muawd Stud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2017. On a ‘Golden Tour’ throughout the European and Gulf

show scene in 2017–2018, Venice raised the standard for every Arabian filly in the world, outscoring the competition with astounding consistency, winning Gold at the Al Khalediah shows on both continents: the PSAIAHF title show in Saudi Arabia; and the AKEAHF ‘A’ show in Poland. Her final triumph as a Junior Filly was achieved in Aachen, Germany, at the All Nations Cup, the most important competition for breeding horses, outside of Scottsdale, in the world. Crowned All Nations Cup Gold Champion Junior Filly amongst a stellar line-up in late September 2018, Venice MI attained for Mulawa a life-long aspiration, reinforcing the Silver Yearling Colt Championship earned by Prussia MI and the Bronze Junior Filly Championship earned by Valentino’s Angel, both in 2013, as the ultimate breeding affirmation. The ascension of Allegiance MI as a sire on the global stage coincided with the fortunate return of Always Valentine MI to Australia, the same filly that initiated the reemergence of Mulawa as a significant source of international excellence just a decade earlier. This rare return from overseas, one that has bolstered the strength and scope of the Mulawa breeding programme monumentally, has occurred only one other time in recent years, with the return of her full brother Vangelis MI in early 2018 to assume chief sire duties, a decision compelled by the arrival of Always Valentine’s first filly in August

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VALENTINO’S ANGEL MI | September 2011 (DA Valentino x Always An Angel by SK Shakla Khan) Seventh-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion; Member of the M ANGELIQUE Family; Owned by Al Baydaa & Al Mai Studs | Egypt & Kuwait; Elran Cup Champion Senior Mare & Highest Scoring Female | 2018; Bruges International Gold Champion Senior Mare & Best in Show | 2017; Strohen International Silver Champion Senior Mare | 2017; Emerald Trophy Gold Champion Senior Mare & Best Female in Show | 2016; ABWC Supreme Bronze Champion Senior Mare | 2015; US Arabian Open Gold Champion Senior Mare | 2015; ABWC Supreme Bronze Champion Junior Mare | 2014; Canadian National Champion Senior Mare | unanimous | 2014; US National Champion Three Year Old Mare | 2014; All Nations Cup Bronze Champion Junior Mare | 2013

2016. This was the glorious A Vision MI, a twelfth-generation Mulawa-bred beauty that would raise the standard yet again for the Mulawa programme, completely dominating the show scene in Australia before finding fame overseas in the proud ownership of Al Bidayer Stud, United Arab Emirates. A Vision was most recently crowned Gold Champion Junior Filly at the Dubai International Championships for a delighted Sheikh Mohammad bin Saud Al Qasimi in a showstopping performance, raising her profile as one of the most universally admired fillies on the planet, as well as the profile of Mulawa as a consistent source of world-class quality Arabian horses.

Mulawa has also made significant progress exporting to China, a market of infinite potential, in recent years, selling several high-quality daughters of Klass, Allegiance MI, Magnum Forty Four and Guiliano to enthusiastic new breeders. Mr. Zengli Han is now the proud owner of three Australian National Gold Champions – MI Klassic Fantasy, Konquest MI and Truth MI – horses all destined to impact the aspiring Chinese market in profoundly positive ways. Further success in the Asian market has also increased dramatically in the new millennium in Thailand for Mulawabred horses, especially those skilled in the Olympic sport of endurance. Several high profile individuals have been flying the banner proudly on the international stage, including former Australian National Reserve Champion Konfidence MI, resident chief endurance sire at The Horses, as well as the highly accomplished Mulawa Angelus, one of Team Thailand’s most successful competitors in Europe and Southeast Asia. With continued clarity of purpose to the Arabian ideal and an unwavering commitment to the equine industry both at home and abroad, Mulawa has created an indelible brand identity within the global marketplace, one that continues to reap positive rewards for the entire Australian community. We look forward to the next chapters of this ever evolving expansion of excellence on the world stage, as both the emerging and established superstars continue to challenge the boundaries of possibility, while their descendants inevitably transform the breed for the better in every corner of the globe.

VENICE MI | October 2015 (Allegiance MI x Valentine MI by DA Valentino) Fifth-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion; Member of the VALENTINE MI Family; Owned by Al Bakhet Stud | KSA; All Nations Cup Champion Junior Filly & Highest Scoring Junior Exhibit | 2018; PSAIAHF Gold Champion Junior Filly & Highest Scoring Junior Exhibit | 2018; AKEAHF Gold Champion Junior Filly & Highest Scoring Junior Exhibit | 2018; KAAHC Gold Champion Junior Filly & Highest Scoring Exhibit | 2017; UK International Silver Champion Junior Filly | 2017

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or admirers of the Arabian horse, indeed perhaps admirers of all horses, the photography works of April Visel are a unique and inspiring series of images, that often convey feelings of romance, freedom and even musicality. April works with a small group of likeminded riders and trainers, who help bring her images to life. One of these, Andres Castano, is one of America’s younger generation of Equine Clinicians just starting to make his mark. ‘April was scouting for another rider for her workshops, and a couple of clients suggested that I would be a good fit. So April contacted me through social media. I said yes straight away of course…what an honour to work with one of the best equine photographers in the world.’ Since that time, Andres has been very fortunate to work with many wonderful horse photographers, like Hilary Bishop, Julie Patton and Elizabeth Jensen to name only a few. ‘What I enjoy the most about these workshops is the people, and the horses that I get to work with. They are just an amazing crowd to be around and some of the best horses in the world. And they often share the same idea about always having fun and enjoying your horse while being kind and humane and giving them the best care possible.’ Andres has been described as ‘an astoundingly naturally gifted trainer’ and educates Arabians for a variety of disciplines, including Western Pleasure and Hunter. ‘I am a horse trainer and clinician, not only for Arabians but for other breeds as well. I do mainly colt starting and problem horses, but also show some horses,’ says Andres. ‘I enjoy doing the clinics because I strive to keep learning as much as I can about horses, and share that knowledge with as many people as possible. I try to help make a change in the way we relate and see horses in general.’ Andres grew up in Medellin, Colombia. He grew up in the city, however his parents had a farm in the small town of El Retiro, not far from Medellin. ‘We had horses ever since I can remember. We would go to the farm every weekend and most holidays and vacations. The house was about 3/4

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of a mile from the main road which is just a small dirt road, and it’s very mountainous terrain, so the only access was either on foot or on horseback.’ From a very young age, Andres’ father started teaching both Andres and his younger brother how to handle and ride horses. ‘They would put us on a horse since before we knew how to walk and lead us around the property. We both started to actually ride at the age of three, and have been involved with horses since. We used to go on all-day trail rides across the mountains almost every weekend…it was always about enjoying and taking care of our horses before anything else.’ Although during his teen years Andres did own an Araloosa gelding, he did not start working with purebred Arabians until he was 18 years old and had decided to work with horses professionally. ‘I was hired by a gentleman from Australia named Justin Clark who lives in Colombia now, and breeds Polish Arabians for endurance. I started the first two mares that he imported from the USA under saddle and conditioned them for their first endurance race.’ ‘After working for Justin Clark, I came to the USA to study English and

then an internship as a horse trainer apprentice at an Arabian farm called C’s Arabians. Later, they sponsored my work visa and I started training and showing. I have been involved with Arabian horses ever since. ‘I love how inquisitive and versatile Arabians are. Their intelligence and sensitivity has made me refine the intensity levels of pressure in all my cues, as well as my body language.’ Andres likes to incorporate obstacles in his training program, which when considering how the human brain works when solving problems, makes complete sense. ‘Obstacles are great for improving your horse’s coordination and foot control while developing the thinking side of his brain,’ Andres explains. ‘They also help riders improve both timing and feel in their cues. ‘After winning the WP Championship at the 2015 Egyptian Event my stallion at the time, Scorpios, and I, were chosen to receive the El Gohara award, which is the best relationship between horse and rider of the entire show. The tradition is that horse and rider come down to the arena in their show attire and receive the award. I asked if I could do something a little different with my horse. We didn’t have anything prepared for such an event, so we just

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improvised. I wanted to show how trainable and willing these horses can be, so I rode him down to the arena bareback with just a rope halter. I asked him to rear up and then lay down. While he was laying down I took the halter off, and with just a little string around his neck, rode him around the arena. Everyone seemed to really enjoy it, so I asked if I could prepare an organised presentation for the following year.

often mistake this privilege with the right to take advantage of those who don’t share the same intelligence. Truth is, he said, we were not just given a huge privilege, but the biggest responsibility of all. We are supposed to be the guardians and caretakers of this planet, and all the other creatures we share it with. And do right by those, that for no reason trust us with their lives and would follow us until the end.

‘I have never looked at horses, or animals in general, the same way since. They are just as ‘stuck’ with us in this world, as we are with them, but with one big difference, they don’t make decisions over our lives, we make decisions over theirs. ‘So it doesn’t matter the breed, discipline or training program. Be fair, be kind, be respectful.’

‘I’ve been doing a presentation every year since, focusing on showcasing the versatility of the breed. Doing anything from tricks, to bridleless mounted shooting, liberty work, jumping, roping and even a horse scored a goal last year pushing a giant soccer ball with his nose. This year my good friend and horse trainer Patrick Sullivan, and myself will be doing a colt-starting demo at the Egyptian Event in Lexington, Kentucky. ‘A wise man, and good friend, once told me that we were put on this Earth with the privilege of being the smartest living beings. And that we

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B A I R A K TA R Bairaktar was the crown of the stud, a magnificent animal, whose progeny is unequalled BY GUDRUN WAIDITSCHKA

‘There are only very few Arabian stallions which have had an influence on horse breeding as lasting as the desertbred stallion Bairaktar, imported 1817 for the Royal Private Stud of Weil-Scharnhausen. He was imported from the Orient just over 200 years ago and not only did he have a worldwide influence on Arab horse breeding since then, but his blood is also an integral part of modern sports horse breeding.’

n May 1817, even before King William I. of Württemberg founded his Royal Private Stud of Weil, Scharnhausen and Klein-Hohenheim by decree on 30th September, the two stallions Bairaktar Or.Ar. and Tajar Or.Ar. were imported by Baron [Duke] von Fechtig and arrived at Stuttgart. Both stallions were of the Saklawi Djedran strain, and von Fechtig had purchased them through a middleman in Syria. This middleman was a veterinarian, who came with Napoleon’s French army to Egypt, and stayed in the Orient. It is written that he travelled ‘from Aleppo and Damascus to the interior

of Arabia, inhabited by Arab tribes, to purchase Arab stallions and mares of pure blood.’ The two stallions for Weil cost a fortune – von Fechtig asked for 4.500 Imperial ducats, payable in five installments. This was at the time more than 25.000 Gulden, which corresponded to the annual budget of the Royal Stud, designed for 165 horses; today, 4.500 Imperial ducats would have a gold value of around $750,000AUD. BAIRAKTAR’S BREEDING PERFORMANCE IN WEIL In the beginning, preference was given to Tajar Or.Ar. as a sire. However, after a group of desertbred mares had arrived, imported by Count Rzewuski in 1819, Bairaktar Or.Ar. would prove his worth as a sire. ‘Bairaktar was the crown of the stud, a magnificent animal, whose progeny is unequalled. The King used him for some time as his personal mount, as his value as a sire was not yet fully proven; but once we were convinced about it, he was used solely as sire and was kept as long as his strength would allow’, was written posthumously about the stallion. From a breeder’s perspective, Bairaktar was unsurpassed and a stroke of luck for Weil, which resonated for a long time. He served as chief sire in the years 1825 to 1838, covering about 10 to 15 mares each year, mostly Arabian mares, but also Persians; this branch of the breeding program (pure Persian and Persian-Arabian) was maintained until the 1850s, then it was terminated. Of the 200 mares he covered, about 110 purebred Arabian foals were born, of which there were 45 colts, the rest fillies.

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Among his sons, three distinguished themselves: Amurath I 1829, Bairaktar II 1836 and Mazud 1838. In the first place, Amurath I 1829 needs to be mentioned, who even exceeded his sire in quality and was the most noble and most perfect purebred Arabian of his time. ‘Amurath, son of Bairaktar, grey stallion, 16 Faust (Württemberg measurement, i.e. 152 cm) high, of strong bone and noble forms. He is a noble animal, formerly the riding horse of the King, now only used as sire. Although he often serves unwilling and sullen, he is nevertheless a good reproducer and produces descendants worthy of him. ... The stallion Bairaktar (II), son of the famous Bairaktar, also grey, measures 15 Faust, 2 inches (147 cm) and is just like Amurath bred by the Royal Stud... A third sire of our own breeding is the five-year-old grey stallion Mazud, a magnificent animal, a true ideal of a noble horse, but only 14 Faust 2 inches high (138 cm). The strictest hippologist would not find any blemish on this stallion, except for his size. All of him is in beautiful harmony, everything is beautiful, noble and graceful, at the same time his fire, his vitality, the beautiful head with those intelligent, bright eyes, the unsurpassable formation of the neck, the withers, the croup, the shoulder and the legs, the beautiful shiny silk-like hair, the long dark mane and the full tail, carried high – truly, any painter, any sculptor could choose this delightful stallion (for whom, it is said, 20.000 Gulden have been offered) as a model for the most noble horse. What the offspring of this excellent stallion will be like, remains to be seen, he covers this year for the first time... The mentioned stallions are the most distinguished of the Arabian breed and used for breeding purebred Arabians.’ Furthermore, the experts at the time agreed: ‘These stallions are striking proof of the quality of the offspring from purebred Arabian breeding and how even in our climate this noble breed cannot only be bred on, without losing its characteristics, but could get even more perfected according to our requirements and intended uses.’ Apart from the three mentioned stallions, several other sons of Bairaktar were also used for some time in the breeding barn: Kalif 1826, Selim II 1828, Aga 1832, Aleppo 1833 and Tajar 1836.

AMURATH I 1829 – EVEN BETTER THAN HIS SIRE Despite the qualities of these stallions, as described above, and despite quite a significant number of offspring in second generation, it was only Amurath I 1829, who succeeded as a long-term progenitor of this sireline. His dam was Sady III 1821, who was born during her dam’s trip from Hungary to Germany. Her dam Hamdany Or.Ar. was, just like Bairaktar and Tajar, purchased by Baron von Fechtig, who imported her from the Orient. Von Fechtig stabled the

horses, which arrived by ship in Trieste, Hungary, either at the stud of Count Hunyady at Ürmeny or at Bábolna. At this occasion, the mares were often covered by the stud’s own Arabian stallions. In the case of Hamdany, it was the grey stallion Siglavy Or.Ar., born 1810, who was purchased in 1814 by Count zu Schwarzenberg for his stud at Murau. That’s why Siglavy was mentioned as ‘Schwarzenberg’ in the records of Weil. Sady III had no less than 18 living foals, two of the colts and five of her fillies were used for breeding at the Royal Stud.

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In 1834, Amurath I was taken to the Royal Stables for training and served the King as his personal mount. In 1836, at the age of seven, he moved to the breeding barn, where he remained until his death; his last foal crop was born in 1857. He was, just like his sire, fertile until the end and left, next to several other stallions, three progenitors of his line: Chaban II 1844, Bournu III 1849 and Tajar 1851. Of the 44 Arabian broodmares in 1864, the year when King William I. died, 34 belonged to the Bairaktar sireline. While Bournu III 1849 was famous for a string of excellent daughters, it was

Tajar 1851 (Amurath I 1829/Geyran III 1845), a grandson of Bairaktar, who was most important to continue his line. Tajar was of bay colour without markings, 15 Faust 2,5 inches (148,5 cm) high. ‘This stallion, a representative of the most noble Arabian in gait, attitude and the whole appearance, is immediately recognised by any expert and surely would be admired as a beautiful and complete stallion even in the Orient itself.’ In another record it is said that he was ‘especially beautiful, and noble and perfectly built, he sired very noble offspring...’. It was therefore a bitter blow, when stud director von Hügel had to report to King Charles on

8th September 1866, who at the time was at his castle in Friedrichshafen at the lake of Constance, that ‘the stallion Tajar died as a consequence of a nerve stroke. A loss for the stud, which is difficult to replace.’ Fortunately, there was his son born in 1862, called Tajar 1862 (out of Daria VI 1852), but there is little known about him. When he was a four-year-old, he was moved from Kleinhohenheim, where the colts were raised, to the Royal Stables. A bay stallion with star and snip and both hindlegs with white markings. As a fouryear-old he measured 15 Faust 1,5 inches (146 cm). He was a typical breeding product of Weil at his time, being inbred to Amurath I (II./III.) and Bairaktar (2x III./IV.), bred in sixth generation at the stud and tracing back exclusively to original imports from the desert. When King William I. died, the stud was taken over by King Charles, who reduced its numbers, as he had less interest in Arabian horses; his interest was with Halfbloods. However, it was mainly the purebred Arabians, who were representing the stud at the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873, among them was also Tajar 1862. It was there that First Equerry von Rantzau met with his colleagues from Bábolna, who were exhibiting their horses as well, among them the five-year-old chestnut stallion Mehmed Ali by Mahmoud Mirza Or.Ar. out of Koreischan, the latter traced back in five generations to the original desertbred imports. Mehmed Ali was ‘without any doubt the best, he just does not show Arabian type in his head; however, his body conformation is so perfect, that he will become a chief sire and remain in Bábolna.’ The meeting, and the following visit of Rantzau at Bábolna should not be without consequences, as in 1875 three young mares from Weil travelled all the way to Bábolna. At least one, Selma V, came back to Weil pregnant by Mehmed Ali, and gave birth to a filly: Koheil III 1876, later the dam of the world-famous Amurath 1881 ‘Weil’.

LEFT Tajar 1873 (Tajar 1862 x Obeja 1862) TOP RIGHT Amurath 1881 (Tajar x Koheil III) TOP FAR RIGHT Amurath Sahib (Amurath II x Sahiba) RIGHT Said (Pamir I x Sadana)

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AMURATH 1881 – THE STALLION OF THE CENTURY Even if King Charles’ interest was not so much focused on purebred Arabian breeding, it was during his term that the ‘stallion of the century’, Amurath 1881, was born. His dam was the above mentioned Koheil III 1876, his sire was Tajar 1873 (Tajar 1862/Obeja 1862), also bay of 152 cm withers height and a very well-proportioned stallion, only his slightly flat knee and the steep and short pastern on his front legs could be criticised. His son Amurath 1881 was used at stud from 1885 to 1895 and left behind a number of excellent daughters, which dominated the broodmare band at the time. However, only one of his sons, Selim 1896, was used for breeding but only for a short time. When most of the younger mares of the stud were daughters of Amurath, there was no longer use for the sire and he was sold to Radautz (Romania) in 1895. There, we can read about him in the stallion register: ‘light fleabitten grey, with snip to the right, born in 1881, measures 163 cm (tape), 177 (girth), 20,6 cm (cannon). A beautiful, well-proportioned stallion, as it is very rarely found, with good, beautiful, noble body conformation, strong and correct legs, and very good flat movements. He has a very good and lively temperament despite his age, he is very docile, trusting and a good stud. He was bought on 29th March 1895 by the k.k. Agricultural Ministry from the Royal Private Stud of Weil in

Württemberg for 3000 Austrian Gulden. From 25th April to 10th May 1905 he got laminitis on both front legs. On 12th December 1910 he died of old age.’ Also in Radautz, Amurath 1881 became famous as a ‘sire of broodmares’. In Weil, all his colts had been sold – the last of this line was his grandson Nana Sahib I 1918 – and so the very existence of the Bairaktar sireline hung on a silk thread. The bottle neck, through which the Bairaktar-line had to go (genetically speaking), was the Radautz-bred purebred Arabian stallion Amurath II, who – when sold to Poland - got the name of 35 Amurath II (out of Fatme Or.Ar.). Only through his son Amurath Sahib (out of Sahiba, a great-granddaughter of Amurath 1881 through Nana Sahib I) and by fortunate circumstances, the line continued.

are the best examples. Unfortunately, after the untimely death of Dschehim, Said seems to be the last stallion of the Bairaktar sireline through the Polish branch which at the same time tails back to the damline of the foundation mare of Weil, Murana I Or.Ar. While the Polish representatives of the Bairaktar-line were rather feminine, and resembled the Saklawy type, the Russian part of the Bairaktar-line is quite different in its phenotype, as the dam of Arax, the mare Brda (from Bábolna) seems to have been predominant. From

But Amurath Sahib, just like many of his ancestors, sired better mares than stallions, and so only three colts went into breeding: Equifor, Arax and Gwarny, of which Arax was sold to Russia and Gwarny remained in Poland. Both continued the Bairaktar sireline in their respective countries. In the 1990s, the State Stud Marbach, which had taken over the horses of Weil Stud in 1932, attempted to re-introduce the Bairaktar-line with the Polish stallions Pasat, Penthagonn and the Germanbred Pamir I (by Penthagonn). This experiment was successful and the two chief sires Dschehim and Said

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now on, the Russian representatives of the Bairaktar-line (Arax - Nabeg Menes, etc.) were closer to the Kuhaylan type, which is what the Russians preferred anyway. The most significant branch is carried by Nabeg and Menes to Balaton, the ‘Stallion of the Century’. His son Kubinec has propagated this branch in Germany, much more than Neman (by Nabeg) who was imported before. But Kubinec’s most significant son was bred in Bábolna: Nabila B, out of Elf Layla Walayla, a straight Egyptian mare. El Nabila’s show career started in Germany, and continued with the Brazilian and US National Champion titles. Due to his dam’s influence, he belongs to the more refined Saklawy type. At 23 years old, El Nabila B (at the time if writing) is preparing to enter the ring in the US Nationals, quite possibly the eldest stallion to compete for the title, and testament to the enduring qualities of this bloodline. BAIRAKTAR’S BLOOD IN WARMBLOOD BREEDING When we leave purebred Arabian breeding and turn towards ShagyaArabian breeding, we find some offspring of Amurath 1881, who got a name in Warmblood breeding of various different countries, eg. with Amurath I 1898 (out of 314 Gidran XXIV) in Hannovarian breeding. Amurath I was widely used and six of his sons were breeding stallions at Celle, where you can find his blood through Amulett II and Amateur I, among others, in the pedigree of Gotthard (*1949), a famous sire of show jumping horses. Another stallion, Amurath II 1896 (out of 248 Shagya V), ended up in Schleswig-Holstein. Here, he had 11 licensed stallions, in Lower Saxony three, in Trakehnen one. But he also had a certain influence on Dutch Warmblood breeding, and so the Olympic horses Hickstead and Valegro carry Amurath blood. However, the most significant influence on European sport horse breeding was through the famous sire of show jumpers, Ramzes (*1937). He had

TOP RIGHT Menes (Nabeg x Metropolia) RIGHT Balaton (Menes x Panagia)

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Amurath 1881 twice in his pedigree and Bairaktar 28 times - through his dam, the Shagya-Arabian mare Jordy. Ramzes founded a true sport horse dynasty and many horses whose name start with ‘R’ trace back to him: Retina under Fritz Thiedemann, Romanus with Hans-Günther Winkler in the saddle and Ramona with Alwin Schockemöhle. They all wrote equestrian history and furthered the fame of Ramzes in Holstein. The strain of Ramzes was later split into two branches: From Holstein, the Raimond-Ramiro-branch spread and stamped show jumping worldwide. Today’s show jumpers such as Rubinstein, Rock Forever or Cornet Obolensky – he is said to carry Bairaktar more than 100 times in his pedigree – they all have

Ramzes among their ancestors. From Westphalia, the Radetzky-offspring through Remus I-Romulus I-Romadour II prevailed, but this time in dressage: Remus with Harry Boldt, Mariano with Dr. Josef Neckermann and Tiga with Heinz Lammers in the saddle. It is a phenomenon that is true ‘til today: Ramiro Z stands for show jumpers, while Radetzky stands for dressage horses, but all carry Ramzes and with him Amurath and Bairaktar in their pedigrees. Ramzes was considered one of the most influential sires of the postwar era. And thus, the genes of a rather small, but most significant desertbred Arabian from the Syrian desert are still present in the most important sport horse breeds of the world.

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SWIF T WOOD ARABIANS BY FIONA OSBORNE

It wasn’t just horses, it was Arabians that were to be my destiny

wiftwood Arabians is located in Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, 63km south-east of Melbourne. Koo Wee Rup is popular with horse owners and riders and has a rich agricultural background. The property is set on 17 acres of beautiful, flat, fertile ground, consisting of my home, stable complex, round yard, full size dressage arena, several paddocks including show paddocks, day yards and numerous shedding. I have always loved horses. My parents purchased my sister and I our first horse when I was nine

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years old. He was an ex-pacer. What fun we had! However, my sister, being the elder, claimed ‘Red’ as her own, so I was always patiently waiting for my turn to have a ride – and it sometimes never came! Eventually I got my own horse, a black pony foal. I raised her and eventually broke her in. If I wasn’t hooked on horses before, I certainly was from then on. My first purebred Arabian was a grey gelding Kharine Rosaan (Dunwingeri Tahir x Desert Roseana), a grandson of Al Karim Sirhalima and Boomerang

Muskateer. We successfully competed in halter and saddle. I knew from then on that it wasn’t just horses, it was Arabians that were to be my destiny. Swiftwood’s dearest foundation mare is Swiftwood Tahiera. She was out of Swiftwood Meen (Sankt Georg RSI x Yasmeen) who was the heart of Swiftwood Arabians for many years. Swiftwood Meen was a true lady in her day and she was sadly missed when she passed away, many years ago now. Swiftwood Tahiera was sired by the tall athletic black stallion Joda Alabama (Joda Aly Dahr x Joda Gamil).

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This family has been very good to Swiftwood, producing a mare called Swiftwood Khashmir who yet again upped her family’s contribution to our farm with her sons and daughters. Like many of us, it is not just one thing that attracts me to the Arabian. It is very hard to pin-point even just a few things for this interview, as they are countless and differ between individual animals. A fraction of this might be their gracefulness, I love a high neck carriage, pretty faces including a large eye and of course tail carriage. They are a very intelligent, proud breed… they are a breed not easily forgotten. In addition to my love for Arabians, I have also loved black horses since that very first foal I owned as a child, who I picked out because she was black. Swiftwood Arabians has bred quite a few blacks over the years, and we have exported a number of them overseas. The colour black is always in the back of my mind, however, there are many more factors that are considered when breeding before colour. Good legs, strong body, tail carriage, big floating movement, high neck carriage and of course that beautiful, refined, chiselled face. And of course, it must look like something you can always put a saddle on and ride. I want the horse to be true in all ways to their name, Arabian. Black is a colour that is noticed in the Arabian world as they are few and far between. I have bred some amazing black Arabians who have excelled in halter, saddle and endurance. Swiftwood is always striving for perfection and for me, that may just be my next black Arabian. Five years ago I saw a photo of the European stallion Magic Magnifique (True Colours x Magic Mon Amour) and instantly decided that I had to breed my mares to this stallion. He is a horse that dreams are made of, the type depicted in fairy tales…and being black was a bonus! I was so taken by him that I researched all I could and viewed pictures and videos endlessly. We had nothing like him in Australia, so I started the process of importing frozen semen straight away. I was so fortunate to breed two colts by him, both from my best mare family.

One of my most memorable moments was in 2014 when my vet Dr Cameron Hickley informed me that Swiftwood Khashmir (Swiftwood Ibn Zamir x Kanavor Kashami) was in foal. I was so elated I nearly cried. All of my hard work was coming to fruition. Those eleven months of waiting felt like an eternity. The bay colt My Magnifique SW arrived in September, 2015. He was, and still is everything I had strived for. The cross was so good I decided

LEFT C’est Magnifique SW (Magic Magnifique x Black Beauty SW) ABOVE TOP Swiftwood Khalilah and Black Beauty SW as a foal ABOVE My Magnifique SW (Magic Magnifique x Swiftwood Khashmir) FOLLOWING PAGE Australian Champion Part Arabian Stallion Mustang Lodge Sea El Paso

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the next season to put my Crave FF daughter Black Beauty SW in foal to Magic Magnifique as well. As well as being by leading sire Crave FF (Mash x Bremervale Charmed), she is a grand daughter of Swiftwood Kashmir, the dam of My Magnifique SW. Black Beauty SW was a maiden mare who, against the odds, went in foal on her first AI attempt. This time there were tears! A chestnut colt C’est Magnifique SW was born in December 2016 and once again, a spectacular result. Both colts are very different although do have some similarities. Both are very correct, well balanced, strong bodied colts who have inherited their sire’s amazing face. They are quite different to anything that I have seen

in Australia, and I am so proud and privileged to own the only two colts in Australia by Magic Magnifique.

with crosses to Aswan and Kubinec, and he is tail female to the great mare Mammona (Ofir x Krucica).

This is a huge step forward and an exciting time for Swiftwood Arabians and for those other breeders who have decided to take the opportunity to breed to these colts this season, as they are unique in this part of the world. Magic Magnifique has taken the European Arabian industry by storm. Magic Magnifique is sired by the vibrant straight Egyptian son True Colours, himself a son of the living legend Thee Desperado. Magic Magnifique’s dam is the very beautiful and exotic mare Magic Mon Amour by another Thee Desperado son, the black stallion Windsprees Mirage. His Russian damline is very strong,

Like everyone, my time at Swiftwood has seen many highs and, as can be the case owning and breeding horses, a few lows. The Australian Championship wins are always special, and not just for myself…winning for your clients is a highlight for me. That wonderful feeling and the great satisfaction I feel when an owner has entrusted their horse to me as a trainer, that feeling of success is hard to beat. I loved showing my two purebred geldings in halter and mainly under saddle, Swiftwood Jesse James (Swiftwood Ibn Zamir x Swiftwood Qani), who is now 24 years old living a life of luxury at Swiftwood, and Avondale Eternity (Abu Shaklan x Avondale Elite). I worked with them from the beginning, breeding to breaking them in, and then their education under saddle. Both achieved numerous Top 10s and Reserve Championship at the Australian Championships, and many more Supreme and Champion awards. We also own an amazing Australian Champion Part Arabian stallion Mustang Lodge Sea El Paso. He is a very special boy, being by Meadow View Apache and from Naadora, whose dam was the lovely Naadya, a daughter of Naadirah (GB). What an absolute gentleman he is. He still stands at stud at Swiftwood producing lovely type and excellent temperament progeny, some coloured. Swiftwood Arabians are so excited about what our two Magnifique colts are going to bring to my breeding program. My Magnifique sired his first two foals last season. The first is a purebred colt out of Swiftwood Tahiera. He is a tall, leggy, very upstanding, correct colt with loads of charisma while the other is a black Anglo filly. This is Swiftwood’s first Anglo we have bred and we are so impressed with her. She will be my next horse under saddle, but both will be out in the show ring as yearlings. It is exciting to know that even after all these years, the passion never wanes, and that life is wonderful.

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or Carlie Beer and Ricky Carver, who met and had combined their love of horses at a young age – it was the discovery of a purebred Arabian in a shared agistment paddock with Carlie’s riding horse. After being given the chance to ride and compete on such an amazing horse, they were literally head over heels for the breed. That little horse was the pure Crabbet gelding Inshallah Re-Ality.

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Together they have owned and shown Arabians from that moment on, for the last 16 years. They began showing that gelding Inshallah Re-Ality, who went on to claim six Australian Champion titles under saddle, and twice be awarded Purebred Saddle Horse of the Year by the AHSA. ‘He was a horse that would do anything he was pointed at, whether ridden by small children or other riders, whether it be Costume, Western or Working Hunter! He was

a truly lucky find!’ He is still in their paddocks today, and in honour of this incredible horse, Ricky and Carlie used his name as their stud and show team name – Re-Ality Arabians. ‘He was the start of it all, after all!’ Carlie and Ricky’s passion for attending Arabian shows over the years drove them to search for the next horse, to be better and to try harder. It still does to this day. Their philosophy is that any

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horse in their care or in their show team is to be given every chance possible to be their best – they believe humans are just the custodians of these incredible animals. Of course, finding the next show horse is always a challenge and a huge gamble whether you buy a young horse or breed one yourself… a lottery that many of us continue to roll the dice. Over the years Ricky and Carlie have bred only a few foals, preferring to purchase foals bred by others to join their show team. It is not numbers they are after, nor foals to sell but rather to maintain a quality show team for both the Arabian and Open show scene. They feel there are plenty of reputable studs out there breeding horses of their preferred quality and type, and have not felt the need to breed over the past few years. Of course this may change with the line-up of colts who have recently joined their team. Their plausible move after Inshallah ReAlity was his half-brother, a big, super quality gelding Inshallah Inspiration, who they enjoyed showing as both a ridden and halter horse. It was with him

LEFT Ricky Carver and Carlie Beer with their prized gelding Justified FF (Concherto FF x Aloha Symphony) ABOVE Ricky Carver, Jessica Dertell on Butterfly FF, Megan Cheeseman on Allegiant MI, and Carlie Beer ABOVE RIGHT Tahvo FF (Volcom FF x Future Farms Tinkerbell)

they discovered two things – how much Ricky also enjoyed showing horses in the halter ring, alongside Carlie doing the riding, and also how very different two closely related horses can be. Over the years he had some great moments and wins, but he certainly was not the easy horse like his brother. That said, these challenges also brought with them all-new learning and development, and inspired more drive to succeed. It was during this time that one of the most important relationships of their lives began, with an email enquiry to Doyle and Kate Dertell about a little Arabian Pony foal that was featured on their website. Ricky had been scrolling the ‘for sale’ page, pointed her out to Carlie and said ‘that’s my next Australian Champion’. When Butterfly FF trotted out two years later to win her first Australian Champion in 2013 another dream came true. And what a pony she has been… she is truly Ricky’s ‘heart horse’. In 2018, after several years off after a floating incident, Butterfly FF enacted her own ‘Cinderella story’ when she made her comeback. On a whim, she was sent back to Future Farms four weeks out from the Australian Championships, at which she won Gold Australian Champion Senior Arabian Pony and Silver Australian Champion Ridden. Of course achieving goals often results in setting new ones, and

Butterfly has yet again returned to Future Farms, this time forming an incredible partnership with Jessica Dertell over the past season. Watching her development as a saddle horse has been one of Ricky and Carlie’s most rewarding times, and the mare has enjoyed an incredible season winning at Nationals, East Coast, Victorian Classic and Victorian Arabian Championships, all culminated by winning Gold Australian Champion Ridden Arabian Pony. She was also Runner Up Grand Champion Saddle Horse and won the incredibly strong Shiranna Sash at the 2019 East Coast Championships. Butterfly FF also competed in the open show scene as a hunter pony and qualified and placed at Sydney Royal. To Ricky and Carlie it was such a thrill to have Arabian-bred horses at the open shows, demonstrating just how great they are as saddle horses. The next life changing horse that came along was the charismatic purebred gelding Allegiant MI – specifically purchased to be the ultimate show horse for both ridden and halter. He has given Ricky some great halter wins including Australian Champion Non Pro Gelding, and is helping to give Ricky the confidence to get into the ring at the bigger shows. Carlie enjoys riding him in the ring as he is just the ultimate show horse and gentleman, again giving her more confidence. At only age eight he has five Australian Champion titles,

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LEFT Re-Ality Arabians is a family affair ABOVE Allegiant MI (Allegiance MI x Audacia)

including back to back Gold Australian Champion Senior Gelding. After joining the Future Farms roster this past season he also won Gold at the Australasian Breeders Cup and Champion at East Coast, on top of Ridden Championships at every Arabian show he attended over the season. Another long term goal had been to qualify a purebred Arabian for the open Galloway ring at Sydney Royal, even more so after the purebred Arabian classes were removed from the Royal Show. Knowing this, Future Farms took it upon themselves to get him qualified, travelling to shows all over the state. And qualify he did. It was an emotional moment when through the morning fog, this big grey gelding trotted into centre ring at Sydney Royal with Megan Cheeseman up, a wonderful representation of the ultimate saddle horse breed. He most recently attended Bathurst Royal and came away with Supreme Purebred Arabian and Supreme Ridden Arabian/Arabian Derivative. Ricky and Carlie also work full time in their own business, a café, in Orange NSW and as most will know this means long hours, and often seven days a week work. They know that without the guidance and the work put in by the Future Farms team they would not have had the success they have had. Being a client of theirs has created so much opportunity and development, not only having the horses trained but developing their own knowledge and ring craft.

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Having the horses at Future Farms has also allowed Ricky and Carlie to purchase and campaign some incredible colts. Once again, not big breeders, but seeing the potential in the colts they have purchased and the desire to campaign and promote these horses not only for others to use, but to possibly breed their own stock. Leading the string is the purebred colt Satisfy FF, a moving machine, by Sir Charmed FF out of the Eden C mare, Mystica Sunshine. Most recently he was Bronze Australian Champion Junior Colt, and Silver at the Australasian Breeders Cup. With his incredible front and big movement, Ricky and Carlie can’t wait to see him under saddle when of age. They also own the closely related Sirocco FF, by Sir Charmed FF out of the Crave FF daughter Seduction FF. Unshown due to injury, he is a superb colt nonetheless and his future as a sire is anticipated by all who know him. Tahvo FF, by Volcom FF, fulfils their penchant for derivatives, and he joined the team at just a few weeks old. This half Arabian colt of Arabian Pony breeding is ‘blingy and flashy and just a little bit special’. A favourite in the barn and a super fun show colt, Tahvo was winning Derivative sashes and Championships from his first show. He won many Shiranna sashes in his first season and also Gold Champion Derivative at the Australasian Breeders Cup. If he wasn’t winning the Shiranna

sash, it was his stablemate Justified FF, by Concherto FF out of the WH Justice daughter Mystica Abia, a lovely Anglo gelding who Ricky and Carlie have specifically chosen as their next step into the open show scene. The excitement has been building at ReAlity Arabians for both the show team and the breeding prospects. There are youngsters waiting in the wings for foal show time, including the half sister to Butterfly FF, named Buttercup FF, as well as their next purebred gelding prospect, the effervescent Premiere FF, both sired by Volcom FF. And while breeding may be on the cards for the future, Ricky and Carlie are quick to define that Re-Ality Arabians is not a breeding barn or a stud as you would normally assume it to be run. Ricky and Carlie prefer it to be classed as a hand-picked show team with breeding options. They want their colts to be shown, to be in the ring and perform. They want people to be able to see them and consider using them, giving the colts the best chance to fulfil both a competitive career and be used as breeding prospects. They want their mares to have ridden careers, they want purposeful, beautiful saddle types that can go on to have show careers with others. This is their lot in life, after that lucky moment in a paddock when they met their first Arabian – to choose, develop and guide some more incredible horses…and hopefully with a few more lucky moments along the way.

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hen asked to write an article about when we ‘Noran Arabians’ (the Wall family) started, it made us reflect several years to 1969. Yes, 1969! How does one put all of 50 years on a few pages? What a journey. The Arabian horse has given our whole family a fantastic ride, along with the friends we have made all over the world. 1969 saw Norm (then Nancy’s longterm boyfriend) heading off to do his National Service based in Sydney. Norm to this day still says that this was the only lottery number he has ever won. With time off, sitting on their hands, Norm and a couple of mates started weekend jaunts out around Sydney ...looking. The first horse farm they visited was a Standardbred training farm of Lou Cini. On reflection, their thoughts sometimes dwell on where Noran’s future may have gone to if Norm and the boys had not discovered Ralvon Arab Stud. Ron invited Norm

back for another visit, and Noran Arabians’ future was set. Norm did his apprenticeship at Ralvon and has never forgotten that wonderful start over the many years that followed. Visiting Ron and Val Males has reinforced to Norm and Nancy how you should reflect and thank those that helped you at the start with your apprenticeship. Each person starts an apprenticeship with someone within the horse industry. Ron and Val Males of Ralvon Arabians are well known all over the world as horsepeople extraordinaires and breeders of quality Arabians, especially the magnificent Ralvon Pilgrim. Norm worked and learned a lot while at Ralvon with the Males family. A lot of their ethics and philosophies have carried through over the many enjoyable and successful years of Noran, continuing even now into the next generation of Noran. Noran’s next step came with a letter to Nancy, and Norm stating, ‘I have

just bought an Arab colt.’ Whenever Nancy speculates back to their start, she laughingly states the family often blame Norm for ‘starting it all. It’s Norm’s fault that they have horses!’ Norm’s first purchase was Razik, chosen by Norm because of his superb temperament. This colt’s sire was the stallion Rikham, imported as a foundation sire of Polocrosse horses for the Hurst family. This colt’s dam was the wonderful endurance mare Razzanna. Razik is the youngest horse to complete a Quilty as his dam was unknowingly pregnant when she completed her last Quilty endurance ride. What a start for Razik for his

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future as a saddle Arabian. A legend in Western Australia, Razik was bred by Ron and Val Males in partnership with the legendary R.M. Williams, and transferred to Norm and Nancy. The rest is now history for the Wall family. THE BEGINNING OF THE WALL FAMILY Along the trail of the Arabian horse Norm and Nancy found time to attend their all white wedding with some 250 guests at a huge banquet, enjoying time with friends and family celebrating their marriage. What a night that was, still recalled by some. After some three years of ‘playing’ horses along came Kylie and Stanley, quite close together. Two redheads that looked like their dad and became very well known by many on the show circuit – unmistakably the Wall children. Kylie Wall, with a Business degree and a Veterinary Nursing degree, has her own varied story to tell. International travel, training horses in England and USA, she is heavily involved in Noran’s past, present and a partner in Noran’s future. Stanley Wall has his Process Engineering degree and although he has strayed a little from the Noran horse life, maybe one of the grandchildren will make their own story in the future for Noran Arabians. At this time, Noran was on 600 acres just west of Mandurah, where they ran at times up to 65 head of horses...saddle breaking, halter training, agisting, breeding mares...you name it, they did it. The farm also ran 100 breeder cattle and 200 sheep. What a busy life for all. Noran’s first purebred Arabian mare was Melara Ar-Ra-Ba, a Sindh-bred mare purchased in the mid 70s. Interestingly back then this mare’s purchase price was the same as a brand-new motor car. Norm and Nancy’s parents thought that their children had both lost the plot. This mare’s first foal for Noran was the Count Cordova daughter Noran Kyan (named after Kylie and Stan, the Wall children). Kyan made her own history and is still the base of Noran Arabians’ highly successful Arabian band. Noran have always tried to stay in the middle of the road in their breeding program, keeping with

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their own ideals. They have not been swayed by fads and trends along the way, yet still moving with the times to remain successful. Consistency and predictability have always been paramount to the breeding program. Norm and Nancy bred the mares they had collected over the years to stallions that could reliably reproduce the qualities they were looking for in their offspring. Noran imported several well known Arabian stallions including Mashour, Simeon Shagrir, Priority and Hayyid, and stood at stud several other high profile stallions including Tarong El Nefous, Razik and Reserve Australian National Champion Tarren Hill Tarik, later exported to Al-Marah Arabians in the USA for a WA record of $50,000. This impressive line-up of stallions co-existed with an equally impressive group of Warmblood stallions, and together up to 65 visiting mares per year would call Noran home for a short while.

Noran would breed on average 18 foals per year. Today, Nancy often contemplates how they managed this lifestyle, running a huge breeding farm and show team, as a family. After scaling back on horses in the 90s, the Wall family increased their interest in stud cattle. Although cattle were always on the property for pasture management, being ‘breeders’ at heart the Walls upgraded the herd to purebred Maine Anjou cattle. Not content with the red cattle found in Australia at that time, the Walls travelled to Canada (followed by the wonderful Scottsdale Show in Arizona) and purchased a $14,000 cow, then embryos from a Grand Champion Congress cow, to start the first black Maine Anjou breeding program in Australia. That is a story on its own. Over time, the family also branched out into aquaculture, producing Silver Perch for the

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table. From there, a side hobby of breeding Koi was expanded, and today Noran Fish Farm is the largest breeder of Koi in Australia. Along the way, several Arabians bred by Noran have been exported from Australia, many into the endurance world. Norm always said Tarik’s sale was their ‘cream on the cake’ from the Arabian industry, helping purchase 43 acres of river flats for a hay property. Then came a huge change for Noran when Norm shifted to California USA for almost two years. Kylie came home to help run the farm so Nancy could travel too. It is these times when family rally for family that Norm and Nancy reflect on what their two wonderful children have done with them along the way with the Arabian horse. Stan, at university, helped Nancy run the farm while Kylie was in England, Europe and USA training horses, and Norm with lengthy stays in the USA. It was such a hectic time for the whole family but they were there for each other as this family always is. Kylie is now working at a veterinary clinic, with a huge part of her life today totally dedicated to riding and working with these wonderful horses. Stan is a Process Engineer who laughingly says he tolerates the horses but is always there to help when needed to do a horsey job. Norm and Nancy are extremely proud of the two beautiful adults their children have become.

leads for her clients as they are nonslip and do not break. The Norm Wall’s rope training halter and leads have been in production now for nearly 20 years, still being used by many. About five years ago Norm and Nancy started to scale down a little on breeding, yet they remain a force to be reckoned with on the show scene. Both are competent showring handlers, showing at least four to 12 horses at shows, both their own and on behalf of clients. Norm, Nancy and Kylie get a thrill from helping a client train their horse, to then see them capably and confidently show their own horse. Noran has been involved in all the Arabian Promotions over the years, race day exhibitions, Christmas parades through Perth city, you name it – Noran-bred and trained horses have been there to promote the Arabian Horse. Always prepared to help anyone who asks, Norm, Nancy, Kylie and Stan

are ever ready to help and support anyone along the way. The family at Noran Arabians want people to enjoy the journey of association with the Arabian horse. ‘Enjoy – It’s the journey that’s important, not the destination.’ Not only an exhibitor, Nancy fills National Panel Judging commitments, and was a Halter judge at the 2018 Australian Championships. A few years back, the Walls decided to make a radical move with their breeding program. Many of the mares were looked at closely and decisions were made to rehome, sell and purchase new mares...mares that could breed the modem Arabian horse. The half Spanish 16 hand stallion Quayyzar, senior stallion still at Noran, was retained to continue producing top saddle horses. Mystica Arabians helped shape the new Noran with the international bloodlines they had made available. Several Arabian mares were purchased including Mystica Al Shamah (Focus on Me x Coolinda Park Nisreya by Anaza El Nizr) and Mystica

Making the most of this opportunity in the USA, Norm and Nancy visited many studs, seminars and shows, learning more and more with each new day. They saw an opportunity to develop a line of cable show halters, made to order for Arabians, Miniature Ponies, Palominos and other breeds. Nancy’s showring leads are made to any length and colour, and have replaced leather

LEFT Norm and Nancy’s grandson playing ball with one of their Arabian foals. Photo Wall Family RIGHT Kylie is a Sidesaddle Champion, Western Pleasure – a first in Australia on an Anglo Arabian. Photo Wall Family

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Bella Psyche (Magnum Psyche x BellaVersace). These bloodlines, along with those of DA Valentino, Maharaja, LLC Prince Magnum, Shanghai EA and EKS Bay Gazal help shape the new breeding program. A QR Marc son, Markhan EL was added to the mix and although since exported, Noran has retained frozen breedings available for Australia. Noran is blending these bloodlines, consistently producing show champions. Not long after Markhan’s export, Norm received a phone call from Jeff of Mystica Arabians. ‘Norm, I have a colt for you.’ The next chapter for Noran arrived in the form of a hairy, bay, unnamed colt sired by Maharaja HDM, a World Champion and unanimous Scottsdale Champion, who is in turn sired by the World Champion and USA National Champion stallion Marajj. The dam of this colt is the world renowned WH Justice daughter AJA Aphrodite, the million dollar mare now owned by Sheik Ammar of Ajman Stud. At this time, he was her only son, and only foal born in Australia. After a few weeks Nancy named him

Mystica Santosa (meaning ‘peaceful’ and ‘saintly’). Santosa was not shown until he was two, winning State Champion and Supreme, Supreme at Perth Royal then the coveted Supreme of Supremes, a unanimous decision by the five judges from a field of 28 of all breeds. He finished the season with The Kadova Favoury High Point Arabian Horse of the Year in Western Australia. As an adult, Santosa came back into the showring after two years, especially for the Jackpot Show, where he was confronted by two international judges and a line-up of top class multi champion halter horses. Trained by Kylie Wall and shown by Steve Muco, this team wowed the spectators, and upon both judges awarding him Grand Champion, there was a roar from the approving crowd. As a sire Santosa has surpassed all expectations. He adds style, type and class to his foals whether they be purebred, Arabian Warmblood or Pony crosses. His first two foals shown won State Champions and Supremes as

weanlings, and our Magnum Psyche mare produced a world class filly, Noran Bella-Sansa who has already won two Gold Championships. Steve and Sarah Muco of Khizmeht Arabians also have a classy colt from their mare Goddess of Ajman by Ajman Moniscione. Today, Santosa is back in his paddock, enjoying life and being watched closely by the old man Quayyzar. When people come to the farm they can’t resist stopping to say hello to this beautiful stallion, who generally races them to the gate, demanding their attention. Noran Arabians and the Wall family have had their trials with Norm’s almost fatal accident three years ago, and then most recently, Kylie’s health scare last year which continues today. Their love of the Arabian horse is what has helped them keep going, enjoying their farm, family, grandchildren and friends worldwide. Norm, Nancy and Kylie are the consummate breeders looking forward to this season’s Arabian foals by Mystica Santosa.

LEFT Mystica Santosa (Maharaja HDM x AJA Aphrodite) BELOW Thor NS (pending) purebred colt foal – snoozing in sun (dam Goddess of Ajman MA by Ajman Moniscione)

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Famous horses of the past come to life. Naazim (Mustafa x Naadirah) Photographed in front of the old barn in Dural. Naazim was a National and QLD Challenge Champion Stallion, and sire of our much-loved Maaza from Flabys Sar Monisa.

ith the recent success and popularity of the book Hoofprints in History â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Australasiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arabian Horses written by Coralie Gordon and Jacquie Webby, available now from the Arabian Horse Society of Australia, I was inspired to continue to source historical photos and present them in the Annual. I consider myself very fortunate to access the libraries of several well known Arabian breeders. The treasure trove of memories and educational opportunities are valuable beyond measure. I am proud to present the inaugural Hoofprints in History, with photos sourced from the library of Tanya Hawley of Hawley Arabians. Tanya has been breeding Purebred Arabians for fifty years, beginning with her mare Naadirah (Aswan x Napraslina), purchased in England during 1969.

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A FAMILY PORTRAIT Nile (Mustafa x Nara) & Nazli (El Shareef x Nara) Pictured about 1985, winning Champion Stallion and Champion Mare at the Trophy Show.

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TABAL Congo x Hilandera 1952 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1971 | PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1969 AT YEGUADA MILITAR, SPAIN Bred by Luis Ybarra, sold to Yeguada Militar, Spain. He is best known as the sire of Estopa, dam of El Shaklan.

BANDOS Negatiw by Naseem Bandola by Witraz PHOTOGRAPHED IN POLAND IN 1978 Following the 1978 WAHO Conference in Hamburg, Germany a post conference tour was arranged to visit Janow Podlaski and Michalow, in Poland, as well as watching the young horses training at the racetrack in Warsaw. At Michalow we were positioned facing a level area where the horses were brought, one by one, to stand for photographs, including Bandos and Palas. Many mares were brought out for our inspection. Daughters of Comet and Celebes, Bandos and Palas. We were shown the mare barn, and Mr Jaworowski also paraded his spotted horses, of which he was most proud.

PAL AS Aswan x Panel (Nil x Platina) PHOTOGRAPHED IN POLAND IN 1978 Bred at Tersk. I tried to buy his daughter Etruria when I saw her at the race track as a two year old. She was not for sale. She became a World Champion mare, and is the dam of Ecaho.

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MUSTAFA Hadban Enzahi x Masarrah 1969 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1999 | BRED BY HAUPT UND LANDGESTUTT, GERMANY Dr Georg Wenzler, then Director of the State Stud at Haupt und Landgestutt, Marbach in Germany, chose Mustafa to come to Australia to breed to Naadirah and her daughter Nara. Mustafa was purchased by my friends Ted and Margaret Baltis, while on a family holiday in Switzerland in 1971. A wonderful choice not only for Hawley Arabians, but for the Arabian breed in Australia. He became a leading sire with 379 recorded get, known for siring horses of excellent conformation, legs and endurance ability. Today his name in a pedigree is very highly respected. A Royal Show Champion in halter and winner in Ridden Stallion classes as well as a 3 day eventing competitor added to his attraction to mare owners. As the Baltisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; did not have the facilities for a stallion and visiting mares on their farm at Dural, Mustafa was leased to Paul James of Arabian Park Stud at Richmond for two years. A further lease to Ray and Judy Smith for a season followed, before he was purchased by David Kemp of Homeleigh Stud in Victoria. Other unrecorded leases as an aged stallion followed, to Arabesque Stud and Kelkette Park both in NSW, and Cameo Stud in Queensland, with stopovers at Hawley Arabians, allowing him to breed our mares, before returning to Homeleigh Stud for the remainder of his life.

NILE & SIMEON SHARON ABOUT 1978, AT HAWLEY ARABIANS, DURAL Tanya Hawley riding Nile (Mustafa x Nara). Marion Richmond riding Simeon Sharon (Aethon x Shoshanna).

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NA AVAH Vision x Naazirah (Mustafa x Naadirah) I had seen a grey yearling colt in Germany in 1976 at Dr Nagelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Katharinenhof Stud. He was Jamill (Madkour by Hadban Enzahi - Hanan). Having just come from Russia where I was very disappointed that I was not able to buy the Aswan filly I had chosen (Nevesta), it was very tempting to instead buy this amazing colt. Jamill was not for sale, but Dr Nagel said that if he were ever for sale he would be mine! Meanwhile we talked about a lease. Jamill never came to Australia, instead going to Ansata Arabian Stud in the US for several years, where he became US Top Ten Stallion and sired many exceptional foals. Jamill returned to Katharinenhof and died shortly afterwards. Naturally, when the first Jamill son came to Australia, Vision, from the Polish mare Euni (Bandos x Eunice), I watched his progress with interest and was among the first to visit his first crop of foals. They impressed me immensely, so much so, that Nazli (El Shareef x Nara) was bred to him that year. It was in 1984 that Nazli produced her masterpiece, Nazelle, sired by Vision. Following the success of this mating the bay Mustafa daughter Naazirah was then bred to Vision. She produced firstly, a bay filly, Latifa Bint Naazirah, and following her a chestnut colt, Naavah. He was purchased as a foal by Louise Flores who nurtured him, conditioned him and had him show trained by Richard Sharman for a phenomenal show career. His 1996 Australian National Champion Stallion award is remembered by all those who witnessed the event.

MALIK AH Ghazal x Malacha (El Sareei x Moheba) PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1969 AT MARBACH When Naadirah was at Marbach to be bred to Hadban Enzahi (Nazeer x Kamla) in the spring of 1969, her stable mate was a pretty grey mare Malikah, also being bred to Hadban Enzahi. Her mother, Malacha, was a refined, exquisite bay mare who became one of my favourite mares at Marbach. Both mares conceived, and the following year (1970) a grey colt, Malik, was born to Malikah, and Naadirah foaled a grey filly, Nara. Both had an impact on the Arabian breed. Malik is probably best known as the sire of Asfour while Nara is most famous as the dam of the stallion Nile.

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Malleegrove Mandalla recently won the Versatility Award at the 2019 Australian National Championships. Not only did he do this but in competing at the Championships he ticked oﬀ the last classes – he has now competed in all AHSA classes that he is eligible for (and that have been made available). He has consistently proven himself in these classes: HALTER (OPEN & NON PRO) Reserve Australian CH stallion/colt - non pro Multiple times SA champion stallion Reserve CHs Vic Champs Reserve CH EC RIDDEN STALLION Bronze Australian CH Multiple SA CH Reserve at Vic CH Reserve at EC HUNTER Australian CH Multiple SA CH Reserve Vic CH

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WESTERN Top 5 Aus Championships x2 SA State CH Reserve at VIC CH

SIDESADDLE Reserve Aus CH SA State Champion

ENGLISH PLEASURE Reserve Aus CH Multiple SA CHs

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DRESSAGE Top 5 at Aus Championships Multiple placings in open company

WORKING STOCKHORSE Reserve Aus CH

BRIDLE PATH Aus CH Multiple SA CH

Also standing at Stud:

Multiple placings in cones and obstacles in open company at Royal level Multiple placings in Driven Dressage

HARNESS Aus Champ 2x Reserve Aus CH SA CH; Vic CH Reserve Champ EC Multiple placings at Adelaide Royal in open company Silver 2018 Masters Games in Driven Dressage

LIBERTY Disqualiﬁed because he wouldn’t let me catch him!! FREESTYLE Aus champ, ridden by a strawberry with team fruit salad. COSTUME 2x Reserve Aus Champ and multiple Top 5s SA CH Vic CH EC Champ

AWARDED SUPREME – AHSA ROM Manny is still on a mission outside showing; training passage and Spanish walk, cattle work and preparing for the 2019 Lower Lakes Stockman’s Challenge.

ARRETON ARABIANS Jessie and John Preece and Caroline Payne, Wasleys, South Australia | P: +61 423 137 803 | E: bdlhstud@gmail.com

THE NAZEER SONS MORAFIC Nazeer x Mabrouka 1956 – 1974 | PHOTOGRAPHED AT GLEANNLOCH FARM IN 1969

HADBAN ENZAHI Nazeer x Kamla 1952 – 1975 | PHOTOGRAPHED AT MARBACH IN 1969

ASWAN Nazeer x Yousreia 1958 – 1984 | PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1976 Photographed when Jon and I visited Tersk with Marion Richmond.

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COUNT CHATAIN Count Manila x Lady Tania 1972 – 1998 Owned by Anne Freudenstein, Naaman Arabian Stud. Champion Colt at National Stud Horse & Pony Show in 1974. Following his win, he bred 20 mares as a two-year-old. I became great friends with Anne Freudenstein when she bought Taani Bint Naadirah (Mustafa x Naadirah) as a foal, and showed her to win the Futurity at the NSW Division Show.

MILEX Exelsjor x Mimoza by Negatiw After the 1978 WAHO Conference in Hamburg, a post conference tour was organised which included visits to Janow Podlaski Stud, the National Polish Show and Sale, followed by a bus trip to Michalow Stud.

Ron and Val Males and I were the only Australians participating and at some stage conversation turned to favourite Polish horses. I had seen Excelsjor on a previous trip and loved him. Val also loved him and mentioned that she would like to buy a son of Excelsjor. Talking to Erik Erlandson from Sweden we discovered that there was a son of Excelsjor, named Milex, who was for sale. Ron and Val arranged to

see Milex in Sweden where he was being ridden and trained for dressage competition. A deal was agreed upon and Milex made his way to Australia. When he stood at stud at Ralvon, I bred two of the Hawley Arabians’ mares to him. Naadella, a Naadirah daughter, produced a brown colt in 1986, the magnificent Shahir Ibn Naadella. Shahir was used at stud briefly as a young stallion until he was gelded for a performance career. His daughter Nahla’s Mahabbah stayed at Hawley Arabians all her life and died in 2016. Her grand daughter Nahlenah (Sabtar Nassor x Nahlia from Nahlanah), bred by Jessica Bollen, is set to continue this bloodline. The following year, 1987, Naadella gifted us with a grey filly Negirah by Milex. Negirah was bred to Neshan for a grey filly St Cloud Park Neshanya (1991). Also in 1987, T Nahla (Linden Ghalab x Nara) foaled a grey filly by Milex, named Nitsa. Although five foals from Nitsa are recorded in the stud book, it seems that that branch of the family has not bred on.

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INDIAN MAGIC Raktha x Indian Crown 1944 – 1972 PICTURED IN 1969 AT CECIL COVEY’S STABLES

HAWKESBURY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ARABIAN SALE The production sale of purebred Arabian horses in April, 1970 at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College Arabian Stud proved to be a turning point in the Arabian ‘industry’. Mares and fillies were expected to fetch from $150 to about $300, and there were many people hoping to buy, as mares for sale were so very rare at that time - one had to be on a waiting list . Lot 1 was a purebred two-year-old chestnut filly named Maud, sired by the imported stallion Razaz (Champurrado x Rahab) from Pandora (Sala x Kassie). Certainly not the best female offered on the day. At the time I recall thinking that she was quite plain and not of great quality or type. However, regardless of what she was, she made history that day. It is amazing that 49 years later, I remember her, and her name, very clearly. When bidding on Lot 1 opened, without hesitation Ron Males shouted $1,000! This brought deathly silence for a moment before the stunned auctioneer continued. Maud was eventually sold for $1,200 to Ron and Val. She was bred to Rikash, Royal Domino, The Puritan, Ralvon Pilgrim and Ralvon Nazarene before being sold to Kerry and Ian Begaud. She was obviously a fertile broodmare as 15 progeny are recorded in the stud book. That first bid that day set the standard for the auction and prices that were unheard of in Australia were paid for the remainder of the horses.

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D R E S S A G E S TA R S Our beautiful Arabians excelling in the Dressage arena BY KATE DERTELL

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rabian Horses have been well known as the ultimate allrounder for centuries, and yet we still regularly hear from the uninitiated ‘oh - don’t buy an Arabian’ or ‘Arabians aren’t good saddle mounts’. At Future Farms we have continually strived to prove the knockers wrong, and regularly take Arabian and Arabian Derivative horses out as open Dressage horses. With Dressage, anyone can register and compete at EA competitions with any breed of horse, however you do need to gain qualifications to compete at the higher competitions. Last season we competed two Arabian Derivatives – both by the super purebred sire Crave FF (Mash x Bremervale Charmed), in the pony sections.

A mare, Gleniph Tiramisu owned by Sabble Farms was shown in the sixyear-old section, ridden by Megan Cheeseman, and the gelding Kizashi, owned by Ron Campbell in the fiveyear-old section ridden by Jessica Dertell. Both horses had multiple qualifying scores from various national and international judges, and won multiple events throughout the season. Hence, both very quickly qualified to compete at the sport’s biggest event of the year, the Australian Dressage Championships, where each would try to win the title of Australian Dressage Pony of the Year in their age sections. It is interesting to note the age sections in Dressage that are so specific. This is due to both the vast number of horses competing at any given event, as well as the level of training, undertaken over many years, that a competitive Dressage horse may experience.

At the 2019 Dressage with the Stars Australian Dressage Championships, both Kizashi and Gleniph Tiramisu had good first rounds. These results qualified them to ride again in the final rounds, competing for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Dressage Ponies of the Year. As the horses complete their tests, a brief bio is read out explaining the horse’s breeding and accomplishments – it is always fun to see the hundreds of people in the stands have a word or two about ‘Arabian show horses’ competing in Dressage! Well, our beautiful Arabian horses did us all proud, with Kizashi winning Gold Australian Champion Five-Year-Old Pony and the beautiful Gleniph Tiramisu winning Silver Australian Champion SixYear-Old Pony – both with great scores! Gleniph Tiramisu was beaten by a newly imported German Pony, and thus we claim she was still the best Australia had bred and trained. To further highlight the win for Kizashi, he was then featured in an article in the Euro Dressage magazine, talking of his win and his breeding. It is this kind of promotion that our beloved breed benefits from the most. There are many Arabian and Arabianbred horses out there competing in Dressage – let’s keep them all going and strive to prove again and again that Arabian horses can do anything! For more information on Dressage, please contact your local Dressage Club, Pony Club or Adult Riding Club. Or contact Kate Dertell from Future Farms and learn how you can turn your Arabian into a Dressage star.

PREVIOUS PAGE Kizashi and Megan Cheeseman at the 2019 Dressage with the Stars Australian Dressage Championships LEFT Gleniph Tiramisu and Megan Cheeseman OPPOSITE PAGE Valerius Waltermeyer, ridden here by Jessica Dertell, is another Arabian Derivative competing successfully in Dressage

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T H E R E A L M c COY He was built to ride and he learned quickly BY KAREN HODGES

n October 8, 2002, the palomino Australian Stock Horse mare Cobradah Elly May gave birth to a palomino colt by Ramadan Arabian Hafiid. He was a special foal, and with a future as a show horse his destiny was sealed. He was registered as ‘Real McCoy’. His sire, Ramadan Arabian Hafiid (aka Sonny) was an outstanding performance horse and had won two Australian Championships and one Reserve Championship in ‘Working Stock Horse’. His amazing speed and courage had also seen him win the Barrel Race at the Australian Championships three years running. Sonny was an excellent hack and his ability to turn his hoof to any discipline saw him win ‘The Elwyn Bligh’ Stallion of the Year three years running. This competition required the horse to compete in five different events including halter, and the highest scoring horse at the end of the day won. It was a great competition and everyone who participated enjoyed themselves, while showcasing the true versatility of the Arabian. Real McCoy (aka Macca), the palomino colt, grew quickly. He was built to ride and he learned quickly. In time he was sent to the Olympic Reining Trainer, John Wicks to start under saddle. He shone brightly and worked well. After he came home I rode him for a while, took him to a few small horse events and really enjoyed his lovely attitude and willingness to please. We won our fair share of ribbons but soon it was time for him to go back to John, and do some real work.

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We soon noticed that Macca had a natural talent for the discipline of reining. John competed with him and always came home with top ribbons. He was competing against Quarter Horses and was holding his own, and of course I loved it when some of the Quarter Horse owners would make comments such as ‘it was nice to see a quarter horse with such a pretty head’.

back to Queensland. I was devastated that I hadn’t been able to see him.

He competed at a few ‘A’ class shows, winning the Western and Australian Stock Horse classes under saddle. Taking Macca to a show was always guaranteed to be a good day out and a lot of fun. He had a strong competitiveness and there were some moments when I thought his heart would explode, he worked that strongly. He loved the attention after his wins; carrots, cuddles and being told he was a good boy.

A few years went past and I hadn’t seen or heard anything about Macca, and supposed he was still in the same home and much loved. Out of the blue I received a phone call from a friend who said that a woman had contacted her and sent her a photo of a brand and asked her if she recognised it, which she did – it was mine. It was on a creamy horse, very poor in condition, that she had bought from the ‘doggers sale’. It was Macca! I was horrified but pleased he had been saved. The woman told me he had been put through the sale as a seven-year-old, he was rising 17.

John competed on Macca at the Qld Challenge and won the High Point Western Horse of the day. They were unstoppable and it was clear Macca was an amazing horse and as adaptable as his sire. He was a bigger horse than Sonny, but they both had huge hearts. John advised me not to sell Macca, he thought his versatility was rare and he demonstrated a lot of talent and trust. Unfortunately, I had to cut down my horse numbers and I wanted to concentrate on purebred Arabians, so Macca was sold to someone I knew, as I could not sell him to an unknown home. He continued his winning ways and clocked up Australian Champion Led Arabian Stock Horse and a couple of ridden Australian Championships as well. His new owner didn’t compete with him in Western, so he went on collecting the trophies in the English ring. I went to Sydney for the Australian Championships and saw him in the warm-up ring, I stopped at the fence to take a few photos of him. His owner rode him over and said my presence was upsetting him and asked me to leave. I understood and didn’t want to ruin his chances in the ring. He went on to win another Australian title that day and when I went back to see him in the stables afterwards, I was informed he had been put on a truck

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Macca recognised me again at another show and I could tell this wasn’t in his best interests so I tried to keep away when he was competing. I knew he missed me and I missed him too, but he had to get on with his role in his new home.

Macca was ridden at the sale with a cowboy showing off what the horse could do, spinning and turning and running the bidding up with every sliding stop he could do on this poor animal who didn’t have the energy to do that in his condition. His heart was still as big as ever, he showed he could work and that he was no slouch. I asked if I could go and see him, but was told that his condition was so bad that it would probably upset me, but I had to see him. When I did, I had to hold back the tears as he was a walking skeleton. His neck was nothing and his wither seemed to stick up like a mountain, his hip looked like butterfly wings. His ribs stuck out as did his spine, he was in a pitiful condition. One of his eyes was bruised and shut, needing veterinary attention. His mane was hogged and he had about three hairs left in his tail…he had obviously been in a very rough paddock, with no feed and no one giving him any kindness. I really wanted to take him home, but these people had plans for Macca, as a school master, so he would become a school horse. I drove home a little despairingly, yet pleased he was safe. A few weeks went by and one Sunday morning I received a phone call asking

me if I still wanted Macca back. They were letting him go because Macca had untied himself in her truck and savaged her show horse. I gather he was on the truck as a baby sitter for the other horse, because he was in no state to be shown in his condition. I couldn’t get the float on the car quick enough, we finalised the deal and he was in my float on his way home – Macca and I were together again at long last! My family had all loved Macca when he was young, so he has had a steady stream of visitors bringing him carrots and licorice and giving him lots of cuddles. He has a stable and paddock of his own and has put on about a hundred pounds since being home. The ribs aren’t quite covered yet, but his expression has changed from a haunted look, to one of contentment. He loves his pampering and doesn’t like other horses even looking at his food, which is understandable considering there must have been many times in the past years when he had nothing to eat. Macca is home, where he was born and bred, and he will never leave here again. I bred him and it is my role to keep him safe. Real McCoy has had a colourful life and now enjoys a well deserved retirement.

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n just a few words, here is a lesson in saddle fitting for Arabians: they are often complicated, really complicated. That’s a very generalised statement, so if you have never had any trouble finding a saddle for your horse, please disregard it – there are plenty of exceptions and you are fortunate to own one. However, it remains that there’s a high percentage of complicated backs to saddle than in most other breeds. Take a look online and you’ll find plenty of saddle fitters writing a similar story. It’s worth taking a closer look at your horse’s back. In my experience, many Arabians have what could be termed a ‘combo back’. That is just my lingo to explain that Arabian horses often have a number of conformation features together that in other breeds would usually be found in different combinations. These all affect saddle fit, being the region from the rear third of the withers to the lumbar, or loins. What are we looking at here? The Arabian back is, as we all know, shorter, with (frequently) 17 thoracic vertebrae and 5 lumber vertebrae, instead of the usual 18 and 6. Their rib cage is often broad and well rounded, and their wither is either barely there or is mid-height, but long. In either case, at its base, the spine suddenly flattens out and widens into a flatter back. That’s happening bang in the area of the saddle seat. Their shoulders can be long and sweeping, either well-muscled or narrow, and the croup can be high, and sometimes extremely high. To spell out exactly why having two or three of these features can be complicated: in other breeds, a horse with narrower shoulders and a good wither will often have a narrower rib cage and an ‘A-frame’ shaped back, rather than a flat back. A horse with a high croup will often have a longer back, rather than a short compact one. Arabians are indeed, a breed of their own. This isn’t a problem for the horse, of course. Arabian horses have strong, magnificently functional bodies that have enabled them to swing through thousands of years and cover endless desert kilometres, and doing so without any apparent effort. The problem is

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a rather more obvious one and it’s common to all breeds: the horse’s back wasn’t designed to be sat on and certainly wasn’t designed for saddles. Until relatively recently, saddle designs were quite limited, but there are now many different models and designs on the market. You would think that finding a saddle would be easier – it is, but it’s still a problem-solving exercise. The first conundrum comes with the relationship between the horse’s back length and the rider size in terms of length of leg and/or their pant size. With a shorter back, the Arabian’s saddle must also be shorter, so that it sits over the stronger rib cage area. If it is longer and adding pressure to the lumbar spine, problems will follow, with the horse hollowing the back and potentially experiencing pain. On the other hand, taller riders need larger seat sizes, so their longer upper leg can be accommodated,

otherwise they’ll end up sitting against the cantle. It helps if they can ride with long stirrups and straight legs, but it is not so easy to adapt a larger seat size to a shorter saddle. If we add in another feature, a steep upward sweep towards a high croup, then there’s also a good chance that the saddle will bridge. This is when the panels make a strong contact at the front and back, but do not fit close to the horse’s body beneath the seat itself. This will then create excess pressure, and often pain, at the front and the rear of the saddle. This is also an issue with western saddles, which

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as well as being shorter need to have rounded skirts, as a square cornered skirt may dig in uncomfortably at the point of hip. The solution for both this, and to accommodate the nonpetite rider, is to use a saddle with compact panels that are shorter in length than the seat, or at least the cantle. Long panels that extend out behind the cantle are a definite no-no. The low or medium wither that widens rapidly into the flatter back with a rounded rib cage creates new needs. First, the panels of the saddle need to be wider and flatter for this kind of back. While saddles may

accommodate the moderate wither, many aren’t wide enough for the rib cage. If the croup is high, the tree and panels also need to sweep upwards at the back. If the back is fairly flat along the topline, then they need to be straight through the tree and panels.

and forth. When the rider is aboard, it tilts back, adding pressure to the loins. One solution to this is an English saddle tree design known as a ‘hoop’. Instead of being a more ‘V’-shaped pommel arch, it is more like an inverted ‘U’, allowing greater clearance.

With the low withered horse with a wide flat back, it is often not enough to simply widen the front of the tree at the points. With synthetic trees in particular, when this happens it becomes more concave through its length, with a stronger dip in the seat area. This is not always a problem, but can lead to a saddle that rocks back

We are not done yet! Add to all this the fact that a round rib cage usually means the ‘girth notch’ is well forward, close to the elbow. The notch is always the highest point beneath the sternum – the girth will always gravitate to this spot. There are two ways to work with this. First, a point strap on the saddle can help to bring the first girth billet forward, which stabilises the saddle. Second, an anatomically shaped girth will help, as the widest part sits in that narrower location. Otherwise, the girth will pull forwards and tilt the saddle, so that the panels again pull down into the loins. Finally, there is another feature of Arabians that affects saddle fit: the often seen ‘head high’ way of going. While this posture is undoubtedly natural, it can lead to problems for the ridden and saddled horse, given that a head held high will lead to a flattened or hollow back. Once more, this changes the nature of the contact between saddle and the horse’s back, with bridging all the more likely. Fortunately, this is something that can be addressed through training, leading to a lower chance of back pain through saddle fit and weight bearing generally. As we can see, this ‘combo back’ effect means that we need to think about the shape of the saddle tree along every inch of its length and width, as well as across the front. All too frequently, when we correct one aspect, another often goes wrong. These are truths for any saddle fitting, for any breed, and for all types of saddle. Thankfully, with the market expanding and more breed specific brands and models appearing, the task of finding the correct tack is becoming easier. I am firmly of the view that the more owners understand the nature of their horse’s back, the more chance there is of the horse’s ‘care crew’ getting it right. For more information please visit www.balancedhorse.com.au

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How one stallion got back to siring more future champions

ften at the beginning of the breeding season, when collecting semen from a stallion, the quality of the collection is not very good. Most breeding farms start collecting stallions a few weeks in advance of the breeding season to ‘clean the pipes’ as one gentleman told me. It is also a good idea to culture the stallion’s prepuce, urethra, penis and semen at this time, so that you know before the breeding season starts if you have any pathogenic problems. But what happens if after you have done your ‘spring cleaning’, the stallion’s sperm quality is still very poor? Here is an interesting case history. A 12-year-old stallion had been shown at a very high level for approximately six years. He bred 20-30 mares per year around the show schedule and the majority became pregnant. Over the last two years, the sperm quality had declined and the owners no longer shipped semen on him, as the motility was generally very poor within several hours of collection. Even on

the farm, the stallion was not getting mares pregnant. Another breeder who admired the stallion asked to lease him for a year and see if he could improve the stallion’s semen quality. In conversation with the new manager of the stallion, I had many questions. Had the stallion been under lights in the winter so that he would have a short

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hair coat for showing? Had the stallion been on any â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;supplementsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to decrease his interest in mares in the show arena? Had the stallion been living isolated from other horses? Was he stalled in a barn with mares or only male horses? What was the size and consistency of his testicles? How was his libido? Honest answers to these questions could have a significant impact on managing this stallion going forward. Fortunately the new manager, being an excellent horseman, arranged the lease to start in November, when days are short and winter is in full effect. The stallion HAD been under lights for show in previous winters. This winter he would be light-free. No lights other than natural daylight. No blankets. He would live as a horse should in winter, growing out a winter coat and being exposed to increasingly short days. The reason for this is that the hormones that control reproduction are driven by

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being exposed first to short light days and then longer light days. Horses are seasonal breeders. Keeping a stallion under lights in winter never gives the reproductive hormones a chance to re-boot. Often, stallions will get refractory. In other words, at the height of summer, if they had been under lights in winter, the semen quality will abruptly drop, as the hormone system has run its course and has to recalibrate which can only happen by undergoing a short/long day existence. The stallion was fed a very simple diet of roughage and oats. No processed feeds, no supplements of any kind. No one would admit as to whether the stallion had received any ‘supplements’. It is far too common in the show and race industry to give stallions hormones to suppress testosterone production. However, while the stallion might be better mannered in the show ring, he will be a dud in the breeding shed. It usually takes from several weeks to several months to even a year or more for a stallion’s hormone profile to normalise, depending on the substances given. Some stallions may never recover. He was placed in a barn that contained mares and he was turned out where he could see, smell, talk to and interact (from a distance) with mares in the vicinity. This is really important. Studies have shown that stallions that are not isolated from mares are more stimulated and can have increased sperm quality. Furthermore, a study showed that when stallions are kept in an ‘all stallion’ barn, there will be one stallion that is dominant to all the others. (The stallions know, the humans usually don’t – doesn’t have to be oldest, most aggressive etc.) They found that while the dominant stallion’s sperm quality didn’t change, all of the other stallions experienced a decrease in sperm quality. Although for most stallions, it wasn’t a large decrease, it was important to eliminate that as a cause in this case.

ABOVE LEFT Aria Impresario (Marwan Al Shaqab x GC Echlectica) LEFT Simeon Shifran (Asfour x Simeon Shavit) ABOVE RIGHT Australian Champion Vesuvio (Azteq LBA x Valouria) FOLLOWING PAGE Naajmir (Ajman Moniscione x Sabtah Nahlah)

Many stallions, as they get older, experience some degeneration of the testicular tissue, with a resulting decrease in sperm quality. Although this stallion was still quite young, it was important to measure, palpate and ultrasound his testicles to determine if there was any degeneration detected. There was not. Libido can be a window as to whether the stallion was given ‘supplements’ as low libido can indicate suppressed testosterone. Unfortunately, low libido can also be a result of over-correction to stallions in show situations as well, even carrying over into the breeding shed. I’ve seen many cases of behaviourally ‘impotent’ stallions that were made that way due to severe treatment from handlers. In this stallion’s case, his libido was mostly normal, although he had times where it was a bit weak.

The first thing to do was to draw blood and get a hormone profile to make sure he wasn’t experiencing a hormonal imbalance. He was not. His living environment was as basic and interference free as possible for three months. No lights, no rugs, exposure to being outside a lot and in the company of mares. In early February, the first collections began. The stallion was collected several times with normal libido and good breeding behaviour. The majority of sperm cells were dead. But there was a clue. The total number of sperm cells was very high. This is often the sign of a stallion that is known as an ‘accumulator’. In an accumulator stallion, the sperm cells are not being lost in the normal manner (ejaculation, masturbation, urination), instead these sperm cells basically continually accumulate and when the stallion ejaculates, it is not a ‘fresh’

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ejaculate of mature sperm cells, but a large number of stored cells that are not suitable for insemination or breeding. This stallion was then collected three times per day for several days, then once per day for ten days in succession. This accomplished several things. First of all, multiple collections over several days should have removed the most current batch of stored cells. Collecting the stallion every day for ten days will be producing his DSO or daily sperm output. The DSO is what he produces normally per day, unstored. For most stallions, that may be around 4-6 billion per day, compared to 10 billion on a normal stallion that is collected a few times per week. When an ‘accumulator’ is being collected, the number of

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sperm cells may be three times that number. Not surprisingly, at the end of the collection period, the stallion was producing around 5 billion cells per day, and the motility was around 70%. The manager put the horse on a frequent collection schedule every time they had a mare to breed, and as of this writing, a number of mares are in foal, both on the farm and via shipped, cooled semen. The owner had been about to retire the stallion from stud, but due to some detective work and a dedicated manager, the stallion is back to siring more champions for the future. It takes an extra effort, but everyone feels it is worth it. Will this work

with any stallion that has fertility problems? Of course not. But asking the right questions and treating this stallion in a holistic manner – environment, diet, mental and physical well-being – revealed a very treatable solution to his problem. Cindy Reich is a graduate of Colorado State University in the USA, and has been managing breeding farms for over 30 years. She is currently managing the breeding program at the WK Kellogg Arabian Horse Center at Cal Poly University in Pomona, California. In addition to being a breeding consultant, Cindy is also a sought after international judge of Arabian horses, and judges and conducts seminars and clinics worldwide.

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Endurance riding is a sport the Arabian horse continues to be the indisputable leader. COMPILED BY DAVID GILLETT PHOTOGRAPHY BY JO ARBLASTER

he competition gives the Arabian the opportunity to showcase the toughness, resilience, rideability and courage the breed has been revered for over many centuries. The following chart has been calculated using data collected in Australia from AERA sanctioned rides of 80 kilometres or more during 2018 and are rated by the number of successfully completed kilometres. Horses racing under different names than those registered with the AHSA are listed as ‘Unregistered’. RIGHT Poppy Kettlewell riding Oso Nicholas

Australia’s Leading Endurance Horses Horse

Sire

Dam

Sire of Dam

Sex

Breed

Height

Arabian %

Distance

Gelding

Arabian

15hh

100%

970

HEAVYWEIGHT (HW) Ausden Nile Prins

Ausden Picasso

Ausden Nile Princess

Linden Nile Star (Ansata Ibn Sudan x Ansata Nile Joy)

Unregistered Part Arabian

Royalund Sparkling Silver

Clansey

Connemara

Mare

Part Arabian

14.2hh

50%

800

Redline Heaven Can Wait

Andaman

Cashaan Elnika

Barabadeen Fortune (Talisman (DE) x Fama (DE))

Mare

Arabian Warmblood

16hh

50%

723

Chingford Just Dreaming

Jaytee Royal Conquerer

Chingford Black Magic

NRF

Mare

Part Arabian

15.1hh

50%

666

Cedarwood Lodge Red Diamond

Chelleason Crown Jewel

Cedarwood Lodge Balareena

Shakla’s Fame N Fortune (SK Shakla Khan x Joda Abela)

Gelding

Arabian

15.2hh

100%

661.5

Aloha Typic

Aloha Rostrum

Aloha Typist

Talquah Talik (Royal Domino x Quickstep)

Mare

Arabian

15.2hh

100%

640

Bodhisattva SCA

Al Kha-zar

I Candy

Rolling Hills Mr Natural (Danteffa x Malmsbury Kapri)

Gelding

Arabian

15hh

100%

640

Budding Dragon

Solaris

On Jessies Terms

ASB

Mare

Anglo Arabian

14.2hh

50%

582.1

Conderosa Assim

Conderosa Rassim

Mindari Quicksilver

Al Borg Fadil (El Erien x Al Borg Amtal)

Gelding

Arabian

15hh

100%

564

Avita

Valor

Avondale Flamingo

Jantason Cass Ibn Rish (Ralvon Pilgrim x Tallow Wood Rishla

Mare

Arabian

15.2hh

100%

560

Fonda

Bujo MF

Sugar Rain

NRF

Kinder Surprise Silkk

Mahazin Ibn Cairo

Danbar Desert Silkk

Jantason Bandaboy (Bandom x Tallow Wood Rishla)

Kintamani Katarina

Niarob ShouLin-El-Sadat

Adbarina Aria

Chip Chase Kaiwanna (Silver Spot x Kai)

Mare

Andalusian

15hh

560

Gelding

Arabian

15hh

100%

560

Mare

Arabian

15.1hh

100%

560

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Sire

Dam

Sire of Dam

Sex

Breed

Height

Arabian %

Distance

Gelding

Anglo Arabian

14.3hh

88%

1093

MIDDLEWEIGHT (MW) Arabika Cue Tee

Westhope Park Shakaan

Arabika Bonus

Salich Nahida (Classic Prince x Yamegi Ninmah)

Wasabi

Jaytee Royal Consort

Kurrajong Sar Simba

Ralvon Job (Milex x Ralvon Silver Jubilee)

Mare

Arabian

14.2hh

100%

890

Abberlyn Park Alivia

Meadow View Karnak

Lindal Asta

Mephisto (The General x Scimitar Mantilla)

Mare

Arabian

15.1hh

100%

883

Castlebar Belair

Arabian Park Batal

Castlebar Blue Chip

Kevisan Park Kentucky Blue (Talawa x Arabesque Stardust)

Mare

Anglo Arabian

15.2hh

75%

880

Mountain Breeze Mingha

Mindari Aellusion

Aloha Rozili

Shaarawi Bey (Sunshine Bey x Shalaani)

Mare

Arabian

14.2hh

100%

880

Unregistered AWB

Oakleys Absolution

Markus Debutante

Everon Park Debonaire (Dominaxy x Talmia Taminie)

Gelding

Arabian Warmblood

14.2hh

75%

823

Unregistered Part Arabian

Dyarah Park Astarh

Unknown

Mare

Part Arabian

15.1hh

50%

810

Unregistered Part Arabian

Beer Street Takone

Moon Witch

NRF

Gelding

Part Arabian

15hh

50%

800

Creswick Magdaleenah

Trystan Bobbi Dazzlah

Creswick Martinique

Fenwick Regal Glow (Sindh x Renita)

Mare

Arabian

15.2hh

100%

741.5

Girilambone Comet

Arabian Park Batal

Castlebar Blue Chip

Kevisan Park Kentucky Blue (Talawa x Arabesque Stardust)

Mare

Anglo Arabian

15.2hh

75%

720

Lindall Alabaska

Fen (PL)

Lindall Alena

The General (Bask x Wirginia)

Mare

Arabian

15hh

100%

720

Musical Gully Comedia

Mill Park Hale

Musical Gully Sonata

Karine Rasim (Ruberto x Iswira)

Mare

Arabian

15hh

100%

720

LIGHTWEIGHT (LW) Deep Forest El Kahdahr

Khardo Mordo Khassim Bey

Kargre Tiendi

Ambitious (Ambition x Sumiya)

Gelding

Arabian

15.1hh

100%

1413

Kholonial Farrington

Abrock Maestro

Mandala Femme Fatale

Scimitar Zardan (Scimitar Rudan x Zadita)

Gelding

Arabian

14.3hh

100%

1413

Noran Maxamillion

Mister Max

Noran Mashona

Mashour (Mehanna x Bint Shahbaa)

Gelding

Arabian

15hh

100%

1413

Shakari Bear

Polar Bear

Shamara

NRF

Mare

Appaloosa

14.3hh

1370

Beaucheval Akhiran

Somers Fire

Fenwick Velvet Miss

Fenwick Rendesvous (Sindh x Renita)

Gelding

Arabian

15hh

100%

1360

Mizzi Couger

Sutket Farm Damascene

Sutket Farm Kalimnah

Kardo Mordo Karel (Mahabi El Shaklan x Naaman Natalya)

Gelding

Arabian

14.2hh

100%

1040.1

Unregistered Arabian-bred

Unknown

Gelding

Unregistered

15hh

781.5

Kintamani Kimbra

Niarob ShouLin-El-Sadat

Kintamani Rose Maree

Arowana Mamaragan (Cool Hand Luke x Maharahni)

Mare

Arabian

15.1hh

100%

720

Rivergum Ripper

Kyle

Rivergum Renae

Rowallan Calibah (Diabolo x Wagga Jestical)

Gelding

Part Arabian

15.2hh

50%

657

Gungurri Xena

Tora Windigo

Tora Sara

Salich Nahida (Classic Prince x Yamegi Ninmah)

Mare

Anglo Arabian

14.2hh

50%

644

Oso Nicholas

Kelkette Park Legend

Oso Noelle

Kelkette Park Diplomat (Silver Eclipse x Blue Dusk)

Gelding

Purebred

15.1hh

100%

781.5

Windradyne Flame

Windradyne Fitzroy

Hillbrook Flyte

Palexis (Milex x Promissa)

Mare

Purebred

15.1hh

100%

780

Abberlyn Park Astanna

Fen

Lindall Asta

Mephisto (The General x Scimitar Mantilla)

Mare

Purebred

14.3hh

100%

760

Razara Momentum

Rokewood Rhiyadh

Razara Eleganza

Abu Shaklan (SK Shakla Khan x Joda Excitation)

Gelding

Purebred

15.2hh

100%

722

Unregistered Arabian

Karumba Vigo

Jaroc Beautiful

Dara Bronze (Ivan x Bronzia)

Gelding

Purebred

14.2hh

720

Razorback Sugar N Spice

Compadre

Feathers

Chip Chase Sadaqa (Cherokee Mecca x Silaa)

Mare

Part Arabian

14hh

88%

640

Picnic Park Smart Return

Eastwinds Axultation

Picnic Park Holly

NRF

Gelding

Arabian Stockhorse

15.2hh

50%

523

Concerto

Count Crysdafa

Cameo Coquette

Cedardell Zanzibar (Somerled x Zaria)

Mare

Arabian

14.1hh

100%

520

Unregistered Arabian

Unknown

NRF

Gelding

Arabian

15hh

520

Strogar

Elvstroem

Delgara

ASB

Gelding

ASB

16.3hh

484

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he following pages represent in numbers, an analysis of the most successful bloodlines currently on the Arabian show scene. This year, we have incorporated results from Ridden classes, as well as Halter. Classes in this study include all age group halter classes, and excludes speciality classes such as Classic Head or Classic Trot, or any jackpot or sweepstakes events. The ridden section is calculated from Breed classes only, it does not include for example Bridle Path Hack or Western, only Ridden Purebred Mare etc. The results have been deemed correct as supplied, and we do not make any claim that the horses represented here are ranked in any other system than which we describe in these pages. Some shows previously used in this study are absent this year due to results not being delivered. Allegiance MI (Magnum Forty Four x Audacia)

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Based on results from leading A, AA & AAA class shows in our study, the points on the following charts are awarded as follows:

Gold/Championship = 10 points

Silver/Reserve Champion = 7 points

Bronze Champion = 5 Points

Top Ten/Placing = 2 points

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Reserve

Top Ten/ Place

Total

Parkview Audacious (TS Al Malik x Aliha Bint Nizr)

116

Magnum Psyche x WH Nashahna

Bey Shah (Bay El Bey x Star Of Ofir)

Advise MI

Allegiance MI x W Alegria

Amado Juan (Barich De Washoe x DR Deere Doll)

Klass

TS Al Malik x Karmaa

Kaborr (Nabor x Bint Kholameh)

Emerald J (US)

QR Marc x Emandoria

Gazal Al Shaqab (Anaza El Farid x Kajora)

Guiliano (US)

Legacy of Fame x SC Psavannah

Padrons Psyche (Padron x Kilika)

TS Al Malik (BR)

Hello Barich ELS x BF Tiffany Select

BF Rageymazon (Ferzon x Gai-Ga-Rageyma)

Gai El Jullyen (US)

Jullyen El Jamaal x Gai Fantasha

Bey Shah (Bey El Bey x Star of Ofir)

SF Sir Real (US)

Sir Fames HBV x Veronica GA

Versace (Fame VF x Precious As Gold)

Fire Alert

TS Al Malik x Fire Flame

Fame Maker R (Fame VF x Inschallah El Shaklan)

Champion

Reserve

Top Ten/ Place

Total

Name

Sire x Dam

Sire of Dam

Allegiance MI

Magnum Forty Four x Audacia

Magnum Forty Four (US)

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Name

Sire x Dam

Sire of Dam

Sadiks Psyche

Padrons Psyche x Serdika

Simeon Sadik (Asfour x Simeon Safanad)

Chelleason Crown Jewel

Gai El Jullyen x Sophia WV

Falcon BHF (Bey Shah x Bey Serenade)

Desperado

WN Dasjmir x Bremervale Aquarius

Bremervale Destiny (Oxford Decimus x Bremervale Zendi)

Ajman Moniscione (IT)

WH Justice x Anthea Moniscione

Padron’s Ghibli (Padron x Santanas Dalight)

Guiliano (US)

Legacy of Fame x SC Psavannah

Padrons Psyche (Padron x Kilika)

Sarezin

Simeon Sa’ar x Malmsbury Samira

Amir El Shaklan (El Shaklan x Sascha)

Marwan’s Echo

Echos of Marwan x Myriad Park Krystelle

Opus Comet JP (Laddin BA x Key Maali JP)

Taywoona Qariim

Dynasty Qatama x Samiha

Arabian Prk Faraz (Farazdac x Sabah El Kheir)

DA Valentino (US)

Versace x DA Love

Padrons Psyche (Padron x Kilika)

Bacchante Nocturne

Saudi El Perseus x Bacchante Alezzandra

El Questro (Anaza El Nizr x Tarren Hill Diva)

MF Aryan El Thessa (DE)

JD Chalice x Thessalya El Jamaal

Ali Jamaal (Ruminaja Ali x Heritage Memory)

Saudi El Perseus (BR)

Perseus El Jamaal x Silk El Jamaal

Ali Jamaal (Ruminaja Ali x Heritage Memory)

Spades LRA (US)

DA Valentino x Serenata Eljamaal

Parys El Jamaal (Ali Jamaal x FF Pavielle)

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Sire x Dam

Sire of Dam

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Top Ten

Total

Klass

TS Al Malik x Karmaa

Kaborr (Nabor x Bint Kholameh)

Allegiance MI

Magnum Forty Four x Audacia

Parkview Audacious (TS Al Malik x Aliha Bint Nizr)

Gai El Jullyen (US)

Jullyen El Jamaal x Gai Fantasha

Bey Shah (Bey El Bey x Star of Ofir)

Guiliano (US)

Legacy of Fame x SC Psavannah

Padrons Psyche (Padron x Kilika)

Sir Charmed FF

SF Sir Real (US) x Bremervale Charmed

Desperado (WN Dasjmir (US) x Bremervale Aquarius)

LC Prince Magnum

Magnum Psyche x Ludy El Shahller HMR

Shahhlenger (Bey Shah x Wind Feature)

Echos Of Marwan (US)

Marwan Al Magnifficoo x PS Kashmir

Marwan Al Shaqab (Gazal Al Shaqab x Little Liza Fame)

Justin MI

WH Justice x Mulawa Alexa

Parkview Audacious (TS Al Malik x Aliha Bint Nizr)

DA Valentino (US)

Versace x DA Love

Padrons Psyche (Padron x Kilika)

SF Sir Real (US)

Sir Fames HBV x Veronica GA

Versace (Fame VF x Precious As Gold)

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Reserve

Top Ten/ Place

Total

Desperado (WN Dasjmir x Bremervale Aquarius)

SF Sir Real (US) x Bremervale Charmed

Desperado (WN Dasjmir (US) x Bremervale Aquarius)

LC Prince Magnum

Magnum Psyche x Ludy El Shahller HMR

Shahhlenger (Bey Shah x Wind Feature)

Allegiance MI

Magnum Forty Four x Audacia

Parkview Audacious (TS Al Malik x Ailha Bint Nizr

Spades LRA

DA Valentino x Serenata El Jamaal

Parys El Jamaal (Ali Jamaal x FF Pavielle

Vitorious KA

Vitorio TO x Breathless

Abu Shaklan (SK Shakla Khan x Joda Excitation)

Pshalomar (US)

Shanghai EA x MC Psynammon

Psymadre (Padrons Psyche x Tomorrows Dream)

SF Sir Real (US)

Sir Fames HBV x Veronica GA

Versace (Fame VF x Precious As Gold)

Avondale Cruise

Crave FF x Avondale Grace

Avondale Eclipse (Jantason Cass Ibn Rish x Avondale Elite)

Gai El Jullyen (US)

Jullyen El Jamaal x Gai Fantasha

Bey Shah (Bey El Bey x Star of Ofir)

Name

Sire x Dam

Sire of Dam

Crave FF

Mash x Bremervale Charmed

Sir Charmed FF

Klass (TS Al Malik x Karmaa)

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Gold

Silver/ Reserve

Bronze

Top Ten/ Places

Total Points

Parkview Audacious (TS Al Malik x Aliha Bint Nizr)

204

TS Al Malik x Karmaa

Kaborr (Nabor x Bint Kholameh)

102

Crave FF

Mash x Bremervale Charmed

Desperado (WN Dasjmir x Bremervale Aquarius)

Sir Charmed FF

SF Sir Real (US) x Bremervale Charmed

Desperado (WN Dasjmir (US) x Bremervale Aquarius)

LC Prince Magnum (AR)

Magnum Psyche x Ludy El Shahller HMR

Shahhlenger (Bey Shah x Wind Feature)

Magnum Forty Four (US)

Magnum Psyche x WH Nashahna

Bey Shah (Bay El Bey x Star Of Ofir)

Guiliano (US)

Legacy of Fame x SC Psavannah

Padrons Psyche (Padron x Kilika)

Advise MI

Allegiance MI x W Alegria

Amado Juan (Barich de Washoe x DR Deere Doll)

Spades LRA (US)

DA Valentino x Serenata Eljamaal

Parys El Jamaal (Ali Jamaal x FF Pavielle)

SF Sir Real (US)

Sir Fames HBV x Veronica GA

Versace (Fame VF x Precious As Gold)

DA Valentino (US)

Versace x DA Love

Padrons Psyche (Padron x Kilika)

Gai El Jullyen (US)

Jullyen El Jamaal x Gai Fantasha

Bey Shah (Bey El Bey x Star of Ofir)

Chelleason Crown Jewel

Gai El Jullyen x Sophia WV

Falcon BHF (Bey Shah x Bey Serenade SF)

Pshalomar (US)

Shanghai EA x MC Psynammon

Psymadre (Padrons Psyche x Tomorrows Dream)

Emerald J (US)

QR Marc x Emandoria

Gazal Al Shaqab (Anaza El Farid x Kajora)

Vitorious KA

Vitorio TO x Breathless

Abu Shaklan (SK Shakla Khan x Joda Excitation)

Taywoona Qariim

Dynasty Qatama x Samiha

Arabian Prk Faraz (Farazdac x Sabah El Kheir)

Jadaan Al Shaqab (QA)

Ashhal Al Rayan x Torfa Al Shaqab

Al Adeed Al Shaqab (Ansata Halim Shah x Sundar Alisayyah)

TS Al Malik (BR)

Hello Barich ELS x BF Tiffany Select

BF Rageymazon (Ferzon x Gai-Ga-Rageyma)

Desperado

WN Dasjmir x Bremervale Aquarius

Bremervale Destiny (Oxford Decimus x Bremervale Zendi)

Echos of Marwan (US)

Marwan Al Magnifficoo x PS Kashmir

Marwan Al Shaqab (Gazal Al Shaqab x Little Liza Fame)

Justin MI

WH Justice x Mulawa Alexa

Parkview Audacious (TS Al Malik x Aliha Bint Nizr)

Sadik’s Psyche

Padrons Psyche x Serdika

Simeon Sadik (Asfour x Simeon Safanad)

Position

Name

Sire x Dam

Sire of Dam

Allegiance MI

Magnum Forty Four x Audacia

Klass

For the first time in the four year history of producing this chart, we have a new stallion leading the tally with an incredible 204 points. Until now, Mulawa’s homebred Allegiance MI has settled for a top five place each year, and now takes the lead with more than twice the points of his nearest competitor. The sire of Allegiance MI, Australian Champion Magnum Forty Four, is sixth on our chart this year. Allegiance MI

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also has a son in the top ten, with Advise MI sitting at number eight. Down from first to third position, Crave FF is joined by his maternal half brother Sir Charmed FF, both from the matriarch broodmare Bremervale Charmed. Of the entire top ten, only one stallion LC Prince Magnum, was not owned or leased by either Mulawa Arabians or Future Farms, a testament to the success of both breeding programs in this country. It is interesting to note that the inclusion of ridden classes in the tally has introduced

a small number of new stallions, however for the most part, successful stallions are siring both ridden and halter horses. A total of 115 stallions gained points in the survey, meaning they sired at least one award winner. This is down from 116 different stallions that contributed to the chart in last year’s edition. Thirteen of the Leading Sires were born in Australia. Ten were imported from overseas and two are available via frozen semen. Two of the stallions are Straight Egyptian, Taywoona Qariim and Jadaan Al Shaqab, while the rest do not belong to a particular geographical group.

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Reserve

Top Ten/ Place

Total

Points

Purebred

100%

Perseus El Jamaal x Silk El Jamaal

Purebred

100%

JSS Cream Em Kidd

CL Classic Sensation x Platinum Blonde

Quarter Horse

Nalla Casanova

Mystica Sagali x Escarda Summer Luvin

Purebred

100%

Royalwood Boy Soprano

Syon Royal Portrait x Royalwood Merry Music

Riding Pony

19.48%

Tathren Strong Persuader

Maf-ue Enticer x On The Table

Anglo Arabian

50%

Trincada Strike

Pinelodge Pride x Simeon Classic

Arabian Pony

63%

Gold N Wings

Fame Maker R x On Angels Wings

Purebred

100%

Welfenadel (DE)

Welt Hit II x Friedonja

Warmblood

3.54%

SF Sir Real (US)

Sir Fames HBV x Veronica GA

Purebred

100%

Heste Arabique First Impression

Amaki’s Impressionist x Heste Arabique Jospehine

Part Arabian

88.28%

Anastazi MI

Magnum Forty Four x Mulawa Anastazia

Purebred

100%

Royalwood Scallywag

Kilvington Scoundrel x Syon Petite

Arabian Riding Pony

17.43%

Ray of Light

Amaki’s Impressionist x Amaki’s Golden Imp

Part Arabian

75.8%

Champion

Reserve

Top Ten/ Place

Total

Points

Name

Sire x Dam

Sire of Dam

Crave FF

Mash x Bremervale Charmed

Saudi El Perseus (BR)

VICTORIA – 2018 VIC Championships, 2018 VIC Classic, 2018 Extravaganza Name

Sire x Dam

Sire of Dam

Crave FF

Mash x Bremervale Charmed

Purebred

100%

116

SF Sir Real (US)

Sir Fames HBV x Veronica GA

Purebred

100%

Keira Park Cascade

Karlana Say Farewell x Keira Park Amber

Arabian Riding Pony

32.7%

Spades LRA (US)

DA Valentino x Serenata Eljamaal

Purebred

100%

Ray of Light

Amaki’s Impressionist x Amaki’s Golden Imp

Part Arabian

75.8%

Fever FF

Crave FF x Double TT Fevia

Arabian Warmblood

59.8%

Concherto FF

Burren-dah The Wixard x Aloha Symphony

Anglo Arabian

62.5%

Storm Haven Ulysses

Yarayong Caesar x Warranwood Exotic

Arabian Pony

6.64%

Sir Charmed FF

SF Sir Real x Bremervale Charmed

Purebred

100%

Trincada Strike

Pinelodge Pride x Simeon Classic

Arabian Pony

63%

Volcom FF

Crave FF x Beguine OH

Purebred

100%

Gymnastik Star (DE)

Glueckspilz x Creasy

Warmblood

Royalwood Boy Soprano

Syon Royal Portrait x Royalwood Merry Music

Riding Pony

19.48%

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QUEENSLAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA & WESTERN AUSTRALIA 2018 Challenge, 2018 WA Championships, 2018 SA Championships Purity

Championship

Reserve

Place/ Top Ten

Points

Arabian Pony

63%

Deveron Duvall x Gutherzig

Arabian Warmblood

70%

Sadiks Psyche

Padrons Psyche x Serdika

Purebred

100%

Pembrooke Park Marquiss

Cranston Park Khaan x Jaytee Marquissa

Purebred

100%

Andaman

Prince Dinnie x Merinda

Purered

100%

Crave FF

Mash x Bremervale Charmed

Purebred

100%

Willowcroft Soprano

Oakvale Park Serenade x Willowcroft Tiffany

Arabian Riding Pony

20.41%

Arabian Park Desert Dashar

Arabian Park Egyptian Magnetic x Desert Queen

Purebred

100%

Dreamtime Xzibit

Gumbanero x Jazzi

Arabian Warmblood

6.64%

Royal Hit (DE)

Royal Dance x Loretta

Arabian Warmblood

2.94%

Inshallah Silver Salute

Crenel x Fanfaronade

Purebred

100%

Zahriz

Sarafire x Silette

Purebred

100%

Donautraum (DE)

Donnerhall x Waischja

Warmblood

Regardez Moi

Rubinstein I x Clothilde

Warmblood

0.97%

Avlon Wilserene

Chipala Shabah x Foresthaven Serene

Anglo Arabian

50%

Name

Sire x Dam

Breed

Trincada Strike

Pinelodge Pride x Simeon Classic

Deveron Dimaggio

2019 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Name

Sire x Dam

Breed

Purity

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Top Ten

Total

Crave FF

Mash x Bremervale Charmed

Purebred

100%

Bracknell Muskateer

Bracknell Lookatme x Bracknell Showgirl

Arabian Pony

62%

Royalwood Boy Soprano

Syon Royal Portrait x Royalwood Merry Music

Riding Pony

19.48%

Concherto FF

Burren-dah The Wixard x Aloha Symphony

Anglo Arabian

62.5%

Ray of Light

Amaki’s Impressionist x Amaki’s Golden Imp

Part Arabian

75.8%

Warrawee Deecor

Rangeview Landstrom x Warrawee Malika

Arabian Warmblood

50%

Locksley II

Londonderry x Windblume

Warmblood

3.4%

Kublai Khan

SK Shakla Khan x HN Rasmiahh

Purebred

100%

Fairlight Acres Kristian

Rotherwood Acrobat x Fairlight Acres Kasette

Arabian Riding Pony

8.4%

Currahee Cavalier

Cawarral Gold Rush x Curahee Valentine

Part Arabian

25%

Spades LRA (US)

DA Valentino x Serenata Eljamaal

Purebred

100%

B’Anembo Kool Colour

Ali Halim x B’Anembo Splash of Colour

Arabian Pony

63.6%

SF Sir Real (US) (Sir Fames HBV x Veronica GA)

168

Ray of Light (Amaki’s Impressionist x Amaki’s Golden Imp)

A R A B I A N S T U D S & S TA L L I O N S

OVERALL LEADING SIRES OF DERIVATIVE CHAMPIONS Combining the overall points from each of the shows, we present the current Leading Sires of Derivative Champions in Australia. CHAMPIONSHIPS

Name

Sire x Dam

Breed

Purity

Gold

Silver/ Reserve

Bronze

Top Ten/ Places

Total Points

Crave FF

Mash x Bremervale Charmed

Purebred

100%

240

Ray of Light

Amakiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Impressionist x Amakiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golden Imp

Part Arabian

75.8%

122

SF Sir Real (US)

Sir Fames HBV x Veronica GA

Purebred

100%

118

Spades LRA (US)

DA Valentino x Serenata Eljamaal

Purebred

100%

117

Trincada Strike

Pinelodge Pride x Simeon Classic

Arabian Pony

63%

104

Royalwood Boy Soprano

Syon Royal Portrait x Royalwood Merry Music

Riding Pony

19%

Keira Park Cascade

Karlana Say Farewell x Keira Park Amber

Arabian Riding Pony

32.7%

Sir Charmed FF

SF Sir Real x Bremervale Charmed

Purebred

100%

Fever FF

Crave FF x Double TT Fevia

Arabian Warmblood

59.8%

Conchertto FF

Burren-dah The Wizard x Aloha Symphony

Anglo Arabian

62%

Storm Haven Ulysses

Yarayong Caesar x Warranwood Exotic

Arabian Pony

6.64%

Bracknell Muskateer

Bracknell Lookatme x Bracknell Showgirl

Arabian Pony

62%

JSS Cream Em Kid

CP Classic Sensation x Platinum Blonde

Quarter Horse

Volcom FF

Crave FF x Beguine OH

Purebred

100%

Cedarwood Lodge Kumait

Talquah Taraka x Talquah Jalinta

Purebred

100%

Saudi El Perseus (BR)

Perseus El Jamaal x Silk El Jamaal

Purebred

100%

Locksley II

Londonderry x Windblume

Warmblood

3.4%

Arabian Park Desert Dashar

Arabian Park Egyptian Magnetic x Desert Queen

Purebred

100%

Kublai Khan

SK Shakla Khan x HN Rasmiahh

Purebred

100%

Aratahnes Excalibur

Aratahnes Acclaim x Aratahnes Elated

Part Arabian

62%

Royalwood Rossini

Turberry Tom Kitten x Royalwood Merry Music

Riding Pony

25.29%

Gymnastik Star (DE)

Glueckspilz x Creasy

Warmblood

Ablue Moon Rising

SK Shakla Khan x Kim-Dande Stormgirl

Arabian Pony

65%

Nalla Casanova

Mystica Sagali x Escarda Summer Luvin

Purebred

100%

Tathren Strong Persuader

Maf-ue Enticer x On The Table

Anglo Arabian

50%

Position

No changes at the top this year, with purebred stallion Crave FF in first place, siring winners in all derivative categories. In second place for the fourth year running is Part Arabian stallion Ray of Light, siring winners in both Part Arabian and Half Arabian classes.

Crave FF (Mash x Bremervale Charmed)

A total of 25 stallions make up our Top Twenty this year, and of these, 10 are Purebred Arabian. One stallion does not carry any Arabian blood, and another two do carry a small percentage of Arabian blood, however are not registered Arabian derivatives. The remainder of the Leading Sires of Derivative Champions are registered derivatives. Congratulations to the owners and breeders of these stallions, and also to the owners of their progeny who made the results possible.

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