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TOTAL

CHAMPION CLASSES

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

YEARLING CHAMPION FEMALE

200.000

100.000

50.000

350.000

YEARLING CHAMPION MALE

200.000

100.000

50.000

350.000

JUNIOR CHAMPION FEMALE

250.000

150.000

100.000

500.000

JUNIOR CHAMPION MALE

250.000

150.000

100.000

500.000

SENIOR CHAMPION FEMALE

300.000

200.000

150.000

650.000

SENIOR CHAMPION MALE

300.000

200.000

150.000

650.000

PER CLASSES

TOTAL PRIZE MONEY FOR THE CHAMPIONS: 3.000.000

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AL SHIRA’AA ARABIAN HORSE SHOW 2020 WILL TAKE PLACE IN ABU DHABI.

OUR VENUE BOASTS THE VERY BEST EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES AND HOSPITALITY. OUR 5* FACILITIES ON SITE INCLUDE: -5* Marriott Hotel -Air Conditioned Indoor Arena 60 x 30 – VIP hospitality – 4×4 Stables in beautiful surroundings – Parking on site – Water sports and other activities – 10 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport

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LOCATION:

AL FORSAN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS | HALIFA CITY – ABUDHABI | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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HOTELS

MARRIOTT HOTEL – RATING : 5* Al Forsan International Sports Resort Khalifa City A, Street 12 – Abu Dhabi, +971 2 201 4000 This hotel is on the actual show ground, simply walk out and enter the equestrian facilities.

Special Rates for Al Shira’aa Arabian Show Competitor : Al Shira’aa Room Rates: The above rates are per room per night, including breakfast and excluding all taxes & TD Fee.

TRADERS HOTEL ABU DHABI – RATING : 4.5* Traders Hotel Abu Dhabi, Souk QARYAT AL BERI COMPLEX , ABU DHABI, 128881 +971 2 510 8888 Approx 15 mins from show ground, great facilities and easy access.

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IBIS ABU DHABI GATE – RATING : 4* Road 34, Gate City, Bain Al Jessrain, Abu Dhabi, +9712 508 9999 The 4-star IBIS Abu Dhabi Gate hotel is 10 minutes from show ground.

Special Rates for Al Shira’aa Arabian Show Competitor.

NOVOTEL ABU DHABI GATE – RATING : 4* 222 Al Maqta Street, Abu Dhabi, +9712 508 9999 The 4-star Novotel Abu Dhabi Gate hotel is ideally located between Abu Dhabi Gate City and Bain Al Jessrain. Explore Yas Island and all the leisure activities like Ferrari World and Warner Bros, enjoy the fun in Yas Waterworld, go for shopping in Yas Mall or simply visit Louvre Museum and witness a wide array of artistic masterpieces.

Special Rates for Al Shira’aa Arabian Show Competitor.

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THE BRAZILIAN BEAUTY BAVIERA HVP

Baviera HVP (Marwan Al Shaqab x HB Bessolea) was born in 2012 in Brazil. Bred by Nelson de Oliviera Prata Pinto Moreira, Brazil, is currently owned by Aria Prestige Holdings LLC and is on lease to Mr. Ahmad Abdulaziz Al Babtain of Abhaa Arabians, Kuwait. Baviera HVP is considered a vision of perfection. Her parents have blessed her with the very best. Baviera HVP gained stardom very early in life and it was evident that she was going to be considered a queen of the ring. It was at the 2016 Brazilian Nationals that Baviera HVP made her name known. In the United States, with her main man, Andrew Sellman at her side, she took on all the major shows in the U.S. in 2018. When Ahmad Abdulaziz Al Babtain of Abhaa saw Baviera HVP, he knew that he had to have her under his banner. He knew that she would be a perfect fit as well as the perfect candidate to campaign throughout Europe. Once the lease was signed, Baviera HVP made her way to Italy where she

would reside and be trained and shown by professional horseman and lover of the Arabian horse, Paolo Capecci. Baviera HVP made her European debut on the sun kissed sands in the French Riviera at the Mediterranean and Arab Countries Arabian Horse Championships.

Paolo showed her to perfection and she was crowned Silver Champion Senior Mare and both her supporters and the teams at Abhaa Arabians and Capecci Training Centre were elated. With Paolo Capecci at her side and the full support and love of the Abhaa Arabians, Capecci Training Centre, Sahara Scottsdale and Aria Arabians teams behind her, Baviera HVP was bound to blossom on European soil. At the Salon du Cheval World Championships in Paris 2019, Baviera HVP was named the most beautiful mare in the world, Gold Medal Senior Mare. She dazzled crowds and judges, taking her name and the of name Abhaa Arabians to the Olympus of the Arabian breed.

GOLD MEDAL SENIOR MARE 2019 PARIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

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MIDDLE EAST 2020 Dear fellow Breeders and Lovers of the Arabian horse, What you hold in your hands is the 2020 Middle East special edition. On its 5th birthday, we feel to share with you this important accomplishment by hosting in this issue new desert stories, beautiful pictures, breaking news and the most recent results in the breeding industry with a special focus on the Middle East circuit. There is content focusing on training and breeding advances and innovations, a showcase of some of the most important Arabian Horse Shows in the world: the upcoming Al Shira’aa Horse Show 2020 in Abu Dhabi, the first edition of Verona Arabian Dream 2019 – Italy, the Paris World Arabian Horse Championships 2019, France, the 22nd Qatar National Arabian Horse Show 2019 in Doha, and Fujairah Arabian Horse Show 2019, which took place outside the Emirate’s historic fort. This edition duly celebrates the most talked about champions and promises of the breed. Their striking results over the 2019 Paris World Championships and in the Middle East we thought should be further divulged. So you will read extraordinary things about Abhaa Arabians’ Baviera HVP (2012) (Marwan Al Shaqab x HB Bessolea) - Paris World Gold Champion Senior Mare; Dubai Stud’s D Shamkhah (2018) (FA EL Rasheem x FT Shaella) – Paris World Gold Champion Yearling Filly 2019; D Sheimaz (2018) (FA El Rasheem x Ladi Veronika) - Paris World Silver Champion Yearling Colt; and D Shihanah (2017) (FA El Rasheem

x D Shahla) – Paris World Bronze Champion Junior Filly. Great sire FA El Rasheem and his prolific son D Seraj have also gained special advertising pages in this edition. Moreover, you will find a very nice essay on Dominc M (Da Vinci FM x Rosa La Valentina) updated with the most recent victory of his offspring over major competitions in the United Arab Emirates along with a revisited story of Kanz Albidayer (Ajman Moniscione x DL Marielle). His gorgeous daughter Sangraia (x GC Le Marais) grabbed a well-deserved Bronze medal at 2019 King Abdul-Aziz Arabian Horse Center Show (KAAHC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Another titan of the breed, Muranas Jasseehr (2007) (Major x Jana El Bri) deserved his own story in this issue. … We have also included a photopresentation of Mr. Giacomo Capacci stallions’ selection at his first-class breeding station in Tuscany. So, relax and feast your eyes…

In conclusion, we did not miss out the chance to interview judge Mr. Terry Holmes from Arizona, US; handler Mr. Chandler Pace Kozikowski from Poland; painter and artist Mr. William Black from the United Kingdom; model and Arabian horse lover Mrs. Chloe Ann Lloyd from the US and Mr. Alessio and Giovanna Scaramella as a Riding Couple from Italy. At the very start of the New Year, we want to wish all our readers, breeders, judges, handlers, trainers, photographers, models, artists, and all the wide range of professionals involved in the sector, a very inspiring and productive year 2020 with many other challenges and new opportunities to grow!

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INDEX Al Shira’aa Int. Arabian Horse Show.................................. 001 Dubai Arabian Horse Stud................................................. 008 Baviera HVP.......................................................................... 020

Cover: AL SHIRA’AA INTERNATIONAL ARABIAN HORSE SHOW Under the patronage of H.H. SHEIKHA FATIMA BINT HAZZA BIN ZAYED BIN SULTAN AL NAHYAN

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A NEW LEADING SIRE

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ominic M. is an only 6 years old stallion, owned by Dominic M Partnership, sired by the Versace son Da Vinci FM and out of Rosa La Valentina, a daughter of DA Valentino out of a Ryad El Jamaal daughter. His pedigree combines some of the most valuable bloodlines giving breeders all over the world a huge range of new opportunities.

A new partnership with great project supporting Dominic M for his future.

His unique pedigree can be an enrichment for a lot of breeding programs: twice Versace combined with a genetic pool blessed with some of the best representatives of the breed of all times such as El Shaklan, Padrons Psyche, and Ali Jamaal.

The mother of Versace, Precious As Gold was herself a very special and pretty mare and a great backbone to have in a breeder’s program.

After his first offspring in the United Arab Emirates started

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winning Championships in 2018, including the 2018 Dubai International Show Gold Champion Foal Raboubah Al Hawajer, owned by Al Hawajer stud the 2019 Show Season started with amazing results. Once again, Raboubah made her way into the Championships by winning her class and later awarded Bronze Champion Yearling Filly at the Ajman Arabian Horse Show. In addition, Fam Donatella owned Al Jawaher stud was crowned Gold Champion at Abu Dhabi International Show 2019- Yearling Fillies Championship; Bronze Champion at Dubai International Championships 2019, and more recently, Gold Champion Yearling Filly at Milan 2019 - Yearling Fillies Championship and Silver Champion Yearling Filly at All Nations Cup Aachen 2019.

Not to forget the incredible success at the Brazilian National Championships 2019 of Lady Dominica owned by Jorge Costantino Selume Zaror who grabbed the Title of Gold Champion Junior Filly; and Preludio OSB owned by Al Kaisar Stud who won the Title of Gold Champion Young Stallion.

In the meantime, the first babies sired by Dominic M that are born in Europe look really fantastic. So, we now have the physical evidence that what we were waiting for it did come by in the end.

Three of them have already given the international public a real chance to talk about them over major competitions in the United Arab Emirates. We want to mention them as they really dazzled both judges and audiences: Al Ryam Banafsaj, owned

by Al Aryam Arabians Stables - Gold Champion Yearling Filly at Kalba Show in the United Emirates; Shumoos Al Hawajer, owned by Al Hawajer Stud - Gold Champion Yearling Filly at Sharjah Arabian Horse Festival; last but not least Ghaly Al Hawajer, owned by Al Hawajer stud - Gold Champion Yearling Colt at Sharjah Arabian Horse Festival.

Special thanks go to Las Rosas and European Breeding Trust for their great management of Dominic M. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE NEXT STEP FOR THE 2020 BREEDING SEASON AT DANUBIUS ARABIANS, ROMANIA.

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Text by Sonja Smaldone - Photos by Paola Drera

Travelling around Italy, Europe and the world to celebrate the beauty, the charisma and the versatility of the Arabian Horse is now routine work for Arabian Vibe Srls and his staff of professionals.

In Italy, we are used to following and organizing the most important events on the Italian Show Tour 2019, affiliated to Anica and Ecaho, and conceived by Gianluca Martino. But, most of all, from this year on, we have managed to earn a living space in the framework of a very important showcase like Fieracavalli Verona 2019, given the rich calendar of collateral events that this Fair brings about every year.

This centenary historical event is no longer just a Fair, but a real tradition with the horse at its heart. A catalyst of interests for all horse enthusiasts, particularly, for all the people who recognize themselves in a new way of conceiving life through horses, between sport, leisure, environment and adventure. A unique parterre in Italy, but also in Europe, where amateurs and professionals in the sector meet and get to know each other.

A history and a strong brand that this year was further enhanced by a top class actor in the automotive world such as Volkswagen, main sponsor of Fieracavalli 2019 along with many other partners such as Banco BPM and Cattolica Assicurazioni.

The big news of the 2019 edition can be summed up in two words: ethics and sustainability, both social and environmental. They represent the two cornerstones of Fieracavalli Academy, which is a multidisciplinary project with the aim of spreading an increasingly respectful animal welfare driven culture. The work of the Academy started from afar as an initiative of Veronafiere. Unlike other fairs promoting products such as wine, marble or construction machines, here they proudly host living beings that are also faithful companions in sport, in slow tourism, in everyday life and even in people’s rehab thanks to hippo-therapy.

Fieracavalli Academy is divided into 5 different sectors, each with specific purposes and under the coordination of experts in the field: sport, horse protection, tourism, western and social riding. A final note about the other ‘spirit’ of Fieracavalli: the business. 750 companies from 25 countries joined in the Fair, for a total of 25 thousand net square meters only for the exhibitors. All the most important Made in Italy and international brands of items for horse riding and horse care equipment were there: from stables to clothing, from supplement to veterinary products.

Starting from Saturday 7th November 2019, the spotlight was on the highly anticipated Arabian Horse Show - Fieracavalli Verona 2019

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Viaggiare per l’Italia, l’Europa e il mondo intero al fine di celebrare la bellezza, il carisma e la versatilità del Cavallo Arabo è ormai un’attività di routine per Arabian Vibe Srls e il suo staff di professionisti. In Italia, ci siamo abituati a seguire e ad organizzare gli appuntamenti più importanti di morfologia dell’Italian Show Tour 2019, affiliato Anica ed Ecaho, e ideato da Gianluca Martino. Ma, soprattutto, a partire da quest’anno, ci è stato affidato l’incarico di organizzare il Salone del Cavallo Arabo all’interno della prestigiosissima 121° Fieracavalli Verona.

Fieracavalli Verona, è un catalizzatore di interesse per gli appassionati e soprattutto per le persone, in gran parte giovani, che attraverso il cavallo si riconoscono in un nuovo modo di concepire la vita, tra sport, tempo libero, ambiente e avventura. Un parterre unico in Italia, ma anche in Europa, in cui amatori e professionisti del settore si incrociano e conoscono.

Una storia ed un brand forte a cui quest’anno ha deciso di legarsi un primissimo attore nel panorama dell’automotive come Volkswagen, main sponsor di Fieracavalli 2019, insieme ai tanti altri partner come Banco BPM e Cattolica Assicurazioni.

La grande novità dell’edizione 2019 è racchiusa in due parole: etica e sostenibilità, sia sociale che ambientale.

Sono infatti i due cardini della Fieracavalli Academy, un progetto multidisciplinare che ha l’obiettivo di diffondere una cultura sempre più rispettosa del benessere dell’animale.

Quello dell’Academy, è un percorso che inizia da lontano.

Si tratta di un’iniziativa di cui Veronafiere va molto fiera perché a dispetto di altre fiere, qui non trattano prodotti come vino, marmo o macchine da costruzione, ma ospitano tra i padiglioni esseri viventi che sono compagni fedeli nello sport, nel turismo slow, nella vita di tutta i giorni e perfino nella riabilitazione delle persone, grazie all’ippoterapia.

Fieracavalli Academy si articola in 5 diversi settori, ognuno con finalità specifiche e sotto il coordinamento di referenti esperti nel proprio campo: sport, tutela del cavallo, turismo, monta western e sociale.

Un’ ultima annotazione riguarda l’altra anima di Fieracavalli: quella commerciale.

Presenti in fiera 750 aziende da 25 nazioni, per un totale di 25mila metri quadrati espositivi netti. Tutti i più importanti marchi made in Italy e internazionali di articoli e attrezzature per l’equitazione e la cura del cavallo: dalle scuderie, all’abbigliamento, fino a mangimi e prodotti di veterinaria.

A partire da sabato 7 Novembre 2019 a Fieracavalli Verona, i riflettori sono stati puntati sull’attesissimo Salone del Cavallo Arabo - Fieracavalli Verona 2019 - denominato “Arabian Dream” e conclusosi con notevole

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ending in overwhelming success, showered with honours and praise; particularly for insiders, it proved to be a much-needed and enjoyable event.

The historical Pavilion 2 at FieraCavalli Verona witnessed the alternation, in the elegant ring, of top quality Arabian horses coming from the most celebrated breeding farms.

In addition to the International Championships, the Egyptian Event, itself an international event, was held along with the Females and Males 2019 Futurity Championships, reserved for the sole European citizens and powered by the European Breeders Trust Association with a prize-pool of Euro 5.000, followed by an Amateur competition, sponsored by Aljassimya Stud from Qatar and reserved for non-professional handlers.

Dulcis in fundo, the Finals of the Italian Show Tour reserved for Arabian horses born and bred in Italy, and a wonderful presentation of stallions complemented with horse selling initiatives and a breeding clinic.

Therefore, we are talking about an impressive’ machine’ that put in place a great deal of activities related to the equestrian world in only four days, with international breeders, world-famed characters including high-profile judges, handlers, investors and representatives of important families from the Middle East.

A mighty ‘machine’, starting from the very location, the romantic city of Verona. We checked on stands and famous brands. Each team some more and some less, of course – built and decorated its own promotional booth to the smallest detail according to thematic areas, with moments of great entertainment for the public. Three exclusive evenings with rides, dressage shows, free shows with music, dance, equestrian theatre and lots of good food thanks to the presence of the ‘Assunta Madre’ Restaurant inside the Fair, directed by internationally renowned Chef Franco Bloisi. For all those who, like us, were personally involved in organizing and managing the various morphology competitions, it was a dream that turned into reality ending with unexpected success. We had a great panel of judges in a super mix

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successo, raccogliendo onori ed elogi. E, per gli addetti ai lavori, l’evento si è già inserito tra gli appuntamenti fissi e imprescindibili del settore.

Lo storico Padiglione 2 di Fieracavalli Verona ha visto alternarsi, sull’accogliente ring predisposto per l’occasione, cavalli purosangue Arabi di alto livello provenienti dalle più blasonate scuderie. Oltre ai Campionati Internazionali, si sono svolti, l’Egyptian Event, anch’esso internazionale; il Campionato Futurity Femmine e Maschi nati nel 2019, riservato ai soli cittadini Europei e sponsorizzato dall’Associazione European Breeders Trust con un montepremi di Euro 5.000 e, infine, una prova Amatori, dove gareggiavano handlers non professionisti, sponsorizzata da Aljassimya Stud dal Qatar.

Dulcis in fundo, si è svolta la Finalissima dell’Italian Show Tour, dove concorrevano cavalli Purosangue Arabi Anica, nati ed allevati in Italia, ed infine una presentazione di stalloni insieme ad iniziative di vendita di cavalli ed un breeding clinic.

Stiamo parlando, dunque, di una ‘macchina’ incredibile che ha racchiuso in una quattro giorni tantissime attività legate al mondo equestre, aziende espositrici e visitatori internazionali, personalità di fama internazionale tra cui giudici di alto profilo, handlers, investitori e rappresentanti di importanti famiglie provenienti dal Medio Oriente. Una ‘macchina’ imponente, a partire dalla location, la romantica città di Verona, passando per stand e brand presenti. Spazi curati e personalizzati nei minimi dettagli da ciascuna scuderia– chi più e chi meno, naturalmente, - aree tematiche e momenti di entertainment per il pubblico presente a nostro avviso incredibili.

Tre serate uniche con giostre, spettacoli di dressage, spettacoli gratuiti con musica, danza, teatro equestre e tanto buon cibo, grazie alla presenza, all’interno della Fiera, del Ristorante Assunta Madre diretto dallo Chef di fama internazionale Franco Bloisi.

Per tutti coloro che, come noi, sono stati coinvolti in prima persona nell’organizzazione e nello svolgimento delle varie rassegne di morfologia, è stato un sogno che è divenuto realtà e che ha avuto un successo inaspettato. Abbiamo avuto una grande squadra di giudici in un super

of international and national. Therefore, glory to: Dr. Vet. Gianmarco Aragno (Italy); Mr. Terry Holmes (USA); Mr. Gideon Reisel (Netherlands); Mr. Hassan Al Mannai (Qatar); Mrs. Martine Van Hee (Belgium); Mr. Rashid Nasser Al - Ali (United Arab Emirates); Mr. Alaa Abdul-Jabbar Ahmed Isa (Bahrain); Mr. Khalil Ali Mukhtar (Bahrain); Mr. Ali Daraskwa (Israel); Mr. Medat Gaber (Egypt); Mr. Mahmoud Mohsen (Egypt); Mr. Gerard Paty (Port of Spain, Trinidad e Tobago) and Mrs. Amira Safady as a probationer judge (Netherlands).

Kudos to the Disciplinary Commission which monitored the correct conduct of the morphology championships thanks to the contribution of: Mr. Fharang Fazeli (Iran) and Mr. Mario Bonomi (Italy); to the Ringmaster: Dr. Mohammed Hammad (Egypt); to the official speakers who animated the heart of the shows: Mr. Erik Blaak (Holland) and Mrs. Costanza Farnese (Italy); to the General Secretariat represented by Mrs. Debora Martino; to the official photographers: Mrs. Paola Drera (Italy) and Mr. Giovanni Messinese (Italy); to ArabianEssence and their fantastic staff that broadcast the event via Live stream.

In addition, our most sincere thanks to Arnica’s representatives, Mr. Claudio Mazza and Mr. Domenico Ciceroni as they gave us a real chance to do this memorable event; to Veronafiere in the person of President Maurizio Danese and General Manager Dr. Giovanni Mantovani.

A very special thank you goes to the whole ‘Arena of Verona Foundation’ as they generously offered the wonderful scenic design inside the ring and outside of Pavilion n.2.

Besides that, we want to express our most sincere gratitude to the numerous sponsors who came to support the event, first of all the Municipality and the Province of Verona, the Minister of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, the Italian Equestrian Sports Federation and the famous Volkswagen car brand that kindly sponsored some of the most beautiful models of their automotive range for the judges.

Everyone worked very hard, with dedication, commitment and professionalism, making the Arabian Dream become a reality. Last but not least, we deeply appreciate the many foreign farms that generously

mix di internazionale e nazionale. Pertanto, gloria a: Dr. Vet. Gianmarco Aragno (Italia); Sig. Terry Holmes (USA); Sig. Gideon Reisel (Paesi Bassi); Sig. Hassan Al Mannai (Qatar); Sig.ra Martine Van Hee (Belgio); Sig. Rashid Nasser Al –Ali (Emirati Arabi Uniti); Sig. Alaa Abduljabbar Ahmed Isa (Bahrein); Sig. Khalil Ali Mukhtar (Bahrein); Sig. Ali Daraskwa (Israele); Sig. Medat Gaber (Egitto); Sig. Mahmoud Mohsen (Egitto); e la Sig.ra Amira Safady (Paesi Bassi) in qualità di giudice probatorio.

I nostri elogi vanno anche alla Commissione Disciplinare che ha monitorato il corretto svolgimento dei campionati di morfologia grazie al contributo di: Sig. Fharang Fazeli (Iran) e Sig. Mario Bonomi (Italia); il Ringmaster: Dott. Mohammed Hammad (Egitto); le voci ufficiali che hanno animato il cuore delle rassegne: Sig. Erik Blaak (Holland) e Sig.ra Costanza Farnese (Italia); la Segreteria generale dello Show rappresentata dalla Sig.ra Debora Martino; i fotografi ufficiali: Sig.ra Paola Drera (Italia) e Sig. Giovanni Messinese (Italia); ArabianEssence e il suo fantastico staff che ha trasmesso l’evento in diretta Livestream. Tutti hanno lavorato duramente, con dedizione, impegno e professionalità facendo sì che il Sogno Arabo divenisse realtà.

Inoltre, i nostri più sinceri ringraziamenti vanno ai Responsabili Anica, Sig. Claudio Mazza e Sig. Domenico Ciceroni per averci dato la possibilità concreta di organizzare questo evento memorabile; a Veronafiere nella persona del Presidente Maurizio Danese e del direttore Generale dott. Giovanni Mantovani.

Un ringraziamento davvero speciale va poi a tutta la ‘Fondazione Arena di Verona’ che ci ha generosamente offerto le meravigliose scenografie presenti nel ring e all’esterno del Padiglione n.2.

Oltre a ciò, vogliamo esprimere la nostra più sincera gratitudine ai numerosi Sponsor intervenuti a supporto dell’evento, primi fra tutti il Comune e la Provincia di Verona, il Ministro delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali, la Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri; al celeberrimo brand automobilistico VOLKSWAGEN che ha messo a disposizione dei giudici alcuni dei modelli più belli della sua gamma. Infine, siamo infinitamente riconoscenti ai numerosi allevamenti esteri che hanno generosamente supportato l’evento: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud, AHM | 39

supported the event: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud, United Arab Emirates; Abhaa Arabians, Kuwait; Al Shaqab Stud, Qatar; Al Jawaher Stud, United Arab Emirates; Alorasia Stud, Bahrain; Knocke Arabians, Belgium; Aljassimya Farm, Qatar; Orrion Farms, Usa; Zobin Stud, Iran; Al Waly Arabians, Egypt; Al Tarzy Stud, Egypt; Abo Gamal Stud, Egypt; Albadeia Stud, Egypt; JM Arabians, Greece.

The guests of the first edition of Verona Arabian Dream 2019 were so numerous, coming from all over the world. We want to thank them all, one by one, as their presence and active participation meant a lot to us. Therefore, thanks to: Mr. Federico D’Inca, Italian Minister for Parliament Relations; to Mr. Gerard Paty (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) as representative of Alorasia Stud of the Sheikha Mona Saleh Al Rashed, Bahrain; to Mr. Mohammed Al Tawheedi and Mr. Abdelaziz Al Marzooqi representing His Highness Mohamed bint Rashid AlMaktoum, Dubai Emirate; Mr. Mr. Khalid Al Anzan, owner of Shazin Stud, Italy and Saudi Arabia; Mr. Ahmad Al Albabtain, owner of Abhaa Arabians, Kuwait; Mr. Josif Mertyris and family which rushed from Greece, plus many other illustrious guests that we may forget here.

International C-Show Championships “Ecaho” @Verona Arabian Dream Verona 2019 In the Yearling Fillies International Championship, Gold medal D A’asaleyyah (Fa El Rasheem x Elle Flamenca) bred and owned by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud; in the Yearling Colts International Championship, Gold medal D Shakhat (D Khattaf x D Shireen) bred and owned

by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud.

In the Junior Fillies International Championship, Gold medal D Seeneyyah (Fa El Rasheem x Royal Emira) bred and owned by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud; in the Junior Colts International Championship, the Gold medal was awarded to the handsome D Ibn Rasheem (Fa El Rasheem x Angeliccah) bred by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud and owned

by GM Arabians by Iosif Mertyris. In the Senior Mares International Championship, Gold medal the beautiful Mourina J (Emerald J x Magnificent Lady J) bred by Christine Jamar Bvba and owned by Kaheel Stud. Finally, among all of the Senior Stallions, the Gold medal was given to the exotic Jayan De Nautiac (Shael Dream Desert x Joumalia Nautiac) bred by Mme Rachel Bourasse and owned by Knocke Arabians.

Futurity Championships @Verona Arabian Dream Verona 2019 In the Futurity Fillies Championship, first on the podium Darjana El Aziz (Excalibur EA x Danha El Aziz) bred and owned by Woody Arabians. This spirited filly took over her male class-mate according to the comparison method and she was awarded the Verona Trophy 2019 under the admired gaze of his breeder and owner.

In the Futurity Colts Championship, first place for Preisen PPJ (Shanghai EA x EA Sihan Ajmania), a beautiful male bred ad owned by Az. Agr. PPA by Lagella Giovanna.

Egyptian Event @Verona Arabian Dream Verona 2019 In the Egyptian Event Yearling Fillies category, first on the podium D Tamjeed (DF Al Majeed x D Taghreed) bred by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Abhaa Arabians. The Egyptian Event Yearling Colts category was absent.

In the Egyptian Event Junior Fillies category, first place for Ansinaatsa (Shams Sharav Aa x Amasi Al Ayal) bred and owned by Abhaa Arabians; in the Egyptian Event Junior Colts category the victory went to Fa Sirius (Fa Nile Safir x Magic Sibilla) bred and owned by Florio Sabato. Next, the Senior Mares category where the stunning Hikayet Hoob (AL Ayal AA x Hamdiyah AA) got first place. She is bred by Ariela Arabians and owned by Abhaa Arabians. Finally, in the Egyptian Event Senior Stallions category, the first place was given to the charismatic Jameel Md (Baha AA x Cedars Bellavia) bred and owned

by Davide Mariani.

Italian Show Tour Championships @Verona Arabian Dream Verona 2019 In the Yearling Fillies category from 1 to 3-year-old, Gold medal Va Lady Madhjra (Maher Al Jamal x Va Lady Plamena), a female bred and owned by Victor Arabians, Ranieri Mauro; in the Yearling Colts category from 1 to 3-year-old, Gold medal Qatar di Mar (Psyrasic x

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Emirati Arabi Uniti; Abhaa Arabians, Kuwait; Al Shaqab Stud, Qatar; Al Jawaher Stud, Emirati Arabi Uniti; Alorasia Stud, Bahrain; Knocke Arabians, Belgium; Aljassimya Farm, Qatar; Orrion Farms, Stati Uniti d’America; Zobin Stud, Iran; Al Waly Arabians, Egitto; Al Tarzy Stud, Egitto; Abo Gamal Stud, Egitto; Albadeia Stud, Egypt; JM Arabians, Grecia.

Gli ospiti di questa prima edizione di Verona Arabian Dream 2019 sono stati numerossimi, provenienti da ogni parte del mondo. Vogliamo rendere grazie a tutti in quanto la loro presenza e partecipazione attiva hanno significato molto per noi. Pertanto, grazie a: Federico D’Incà, Ministro Italiano per i Rapporti con il Parlamento; Sig. Gerard Paty (Porto di Spagna, Trinidad e Tobago) in qualità di rappresentante di Alorasia Stud della Sheikha Mona Saleh Al Rashed, Bahrein; Sig. Mohammed Al Tawheedi e Sig. Abdelaziz Al Marzooqi, in rappresentanza di Sua Altezza Mohamed bint Rashid AlMaktoum, Emirato di Dubai; Sig. Mr. Khalid Al Anzan, proprietario di Shazin Stud, Italia e Arabia Saudita; Sig. Ahmad Al Albabtain, proprietario di Abhaa Arabians, Kuwait; Sig. Josif Mertyris e famiglia accorso dalla Grecia più tanti altri ospiti illustrissimi che potremmo qui dimenticare.

Show Internazionale di Categoria C affiliato Ecaho@Verona Arabian Dream Verona 2019 I Campionati dello Show Internazionale di Categoria C, affilato Ecaho, sono stati vinti, nella categoria Puledre di 1 anno, da D A’asaleyyah (Fa El Rasheem x Elle Flamenca) allevata da e di proprietà di Dubai Arabian Horse Stud; nella categoria Puledri di 1 anno, troviamo sul gradino più alto D Shakhat (D Khattaf x D Shireen) allevato e di proprietà di Dubai Arabian Horse Stud.

Campionessa della categoria Puledre Junior, D Seeneyyah (Fa El Rasheem x Royal Emira) allevata e di proprietà di Dubai Arabian Horse Stud; nella categoria Puledri Junior, la vittoria è stata assegnata a D Ibn Rasheem (Fa El Rasheem x Angeliccah) allevato da Dubai Arabian Horse Stud e di proprietà di GM Arabians, Iosif Hertyrsi. Nella categoria Fattrici, prima tra tutte, e con notevole distacco dalle altre, la bella Mourina J (Emerald J x Magnificent Lady J) allevata da Christine Jamar Bvba e di proprietà Di Kaheel Stud. E infine tra gli Stalloni, il primo posto sul podio è andato a Jayan De Nautiac (Shael Dream Desert x Joumalia Nautiac) allevato da Mme Rachel Bourasse e di proprietà di Knocke Arabians.

Campionati Futurity @Verona Arabian Dream Verona 2019 I Campionati Futurity sono stati vinti, nella categoria Puledre, da Darjana El Aziz (Excalibur EA x Danha El Aziz) allevata e di proprietà di Woody Arabians. Questa vivacissima puledra ha superato il suo compagno di classe maschio secondo il metodo di comparazione vincendo sotto lo sguardo ammirato del suo proprietario e allevatore il Trofeo della città di Verona 2019.

Nella categoria Puledri troviamo sul gradino più alto del podio Preisen PPJ (Shanghai EA x EA Sihan Ajmania), bellissimo maschio allevato e di proprietà dall’Az. Agr. PPA Di Lagella Giovanna.

Egyptian Event@Verona Arabian Dream Verona 2019 L’ Egyptian Event anch’esso internazionale è stato vinto, nella categoria Puledre di 1 anno, da D Tamjeed (DF Al Majeed x D Taghreed) allevata da Dubai Arabian Horse Stud e di proprietà di Abhaa Arabians. Assente la categoria dei Puledri di 1 anno.

Campionessa della categoria Puledre Junior, Ansinaatsa (Shams Sharav Aa x Amasi Al Ayal) allevata e di proprietà di Abhaa Arabians; nella categoria Puledri Junior la vittoria è andata a Fa Sirius (Fa Nile Safir x Magic Sibilla) allevato e di proprietà di Florio Sabato. Veniamo alla categoria delle Fattrici, dove ha dominato la bella Hikayet Hoob (AL Ayal AA x Hamdiyah AA) allevata da Ariela Arabians e di proprietà di Abhaa Arabians. E infine, tra gli Stalloni il primo posto sul podio è andato al carismatico Jameel Md (Baha AA x Cedars Bellavia) allevato e di proprietà di Davide Mariani.

Campionati Show Tour Italiano @Verona Arabian Dream Verona 2019 I Campionati dello Show Tour Italiano 2019 sono stati vinti, nella categoria Puledre 1/2/3 anni, da Va Lady Madhjra (Maher Al Jamal x Va Lady Plamena), femmina allevata e di proprietà di Victor Arabians di Ranieri Mauro; nella categoria Puledri 1/2/3 anni troviamo sul gradino più alto, Qatar di Mar (Psyrasic x Principessa di Mar), allevato dalla Soc. Agr. Tre Stelle Sas di Cristina C. e di proprietà di Storti Gabriele.

Principessa di Mar) bred by Az. Agr. Tre Stelle, Cristina C. and owned

by Storti Gabriele.

Next, in the Senior Mares category, the Gold medal was given to Free Lara (Free Endel x Free Baila), bred and owned by Ge.Mar. Srl. In the Senior Stallions category, the victory went to Masai Moniscione (Ajman Moniscione x Masaida Al Tiglio) bred by Az. Agr. Buzzi Giancarlo and owned by Mr. Luca Ferretti.

STALLIONS PARADE: The Show reached its climax when we saw each of the stallions entering the ring at a majestic, manly pace; announced by the galvanizing voice of Mr. Erik Blaak, all together put up a sensational parade with even greater vigour as they came to a circular close. An extraordinary vision of beauty that stood up in front of the judges for some time and catalyzed the interest of experts in the sector and the public audience. The value of these stallions is immeasurable; it embodies and permeates everything, Present and Future of the entire Italian breeding industry. Therefore, we need to mention all of them: Kanz Albidayer - Bariq Al Shaqab - Makkisa Adaggio - D Khaeel - Invictus - Masai Moniscione - Grea Halim - Majid By Shanghai - SG Labib.

CONCLUSION: The Arabian Dream 2019 in the beautiful city of Verona involved almost fifty people among technicians and staff professionals deployed and operating inside of Pavilion n. 2.

Show Director Mr. Gianluca Martino wants to warmly thank them all for their incredible work. “The rendezvous, he said, is renewed for next year with another mesmerising episode of the Arabian Dream in 2020. Therefore, “Stay tuned”...

Veniamo alla categoria Fattrici, dove ha primeggiato, Free Lara (Free Endel x Free Baila), allevata e di proprietà di Ge.Mar. Srl. E infine tra gli Stalloni, la vittoria è andata a Masai Moniscione (Ajman Moniscione x Masaida al Tiglio) allevato da Az. Agr. Buzzi Giancarlo e di proprietà del Sig. Luca Ferretti.

PARATA STALLONI: Lo spettacolo ha poi raggiunto il momento culminante quando abbiamo visto entrare nel ring tutti gli stalloni con incedere maestoso e virile; annunciati dalla voce galvanizzante di Erik Blaak, tutti insieme hanno sfilato in una parata sensazionale, con ancora più vigore quando hanno trottato in chiusura circolare. Una straordinaria visione di bellezza e mascolinità che è rimasta in piedi al cospetto dei giudici per qualche tempo e ha catalizzato l’interesse di esperti del settore e del pubblico presente. Il valore di questi stalloni è incommensurabile, incarna e permea ogni cosa, il Presente e il Futuro dell’intera filiera italiana. Pertanto, dobbiamo menzionarli tutti: Kanz Albidayer - Bariq Al Shaqab - Makkisa Adaggio – Invictus - Masai Moniscione - Grea Halim - Majid Di –Shanghai - Sg Labib.

Blue Desert Fana - Rasma Fana - Dakota Fana - Athaliah El Aziz - Ducan El Aziz - Aaron By Ocean - Nejd Zahir Jj Mia - Lady Walenthine - Sg Pegasus - Leroy Nicefora Nikita Ka - Nazeera Gazala - Tb Fayza - Free Nat - Free Parola – Faradyba.

CONCLUSIONE: Arabian Dream 2019 nella splendida città di Verona ha coinvolto circa cinquanta persone tra tecnici e professionisti dislocati e operanti all’interno del Padiglione n. 2.

Il Direttore dello show, Sig. Gianluca Martino, desidera ringraziarli calorosamente tutti in quanto il loro lavoro e supporto alla manifestazione desta grande ammirazione. “L’appuntamento”, ha detto, “è rinnovato per il prossimo anno 2020 con un altro emozionante episodio del Sogno Arabo. Pertanto, egli conclude, “Restate sintonizzati.”.

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Yearling Fillies | FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP INTERNATIONAL C-SHOW CHAMPIONSHIPS “ECAHO”

SILVER MEDAL

MANDHARA MAA Sire: Aj Mandar Dam: Ag Excquisit Breeder: Tenuta Poggio Binaia Srl Owner: Tenuta Poggio Binaia Srl

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Fa El Rasheem Dam: Elle Flamenca Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud

D A’ASALEYYAH

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ARETUSA DELFINA Sire: Invictus Dam: Dafne Breeder: Aretusa Arabians Team Owner: Aretusa Arabians Team

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SS TYARI

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: D Khattaf Dam: D Shireen Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud

D SHAKHAT

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DUCAN EL AZIZ Sire: Zt Marwteyn Dam: Danka El Aziz Breeder: Woody Arabians Owner: Woody Arabians

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VICKTORIA PG

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Fa El Rasheem Dam: Royal Emira Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud

D SEENEYYAH

BRONZE MEDAL

JUMANAH P Sire: Sa Faez Simbad Dam: Jamuna P Breeder: Pintar Gregor Owner: Bayoumi El Khatib

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EMAR AVI

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Fa El Rasheem Dam: Angeliccah Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Gm Arabians, Iosif Hertyrsi

D IBN RASHEEM

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JASMIN Z

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ASH DESIREE

Sire: Ajman Moniscione Dam: Donna Diva Breeder: Sifaco Benelux Sa - Mr Rocco Messina Owner: Az. Agr. De Vitto Antonio AHM | 50

GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Emerald J Dam: Magnificent Lady J Breeder: Christine Jamar Bvba Owner: Kaheel Stud

MOURINA J

BRONZE MEDAL

MAYESTA OS Sire: Rfi Farid Dam: Ariella Os Breeder: Gestut Osterhof Owner: Rota Alessandro

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RENEE EL LAWRENCE Sire: Lawrence El Gazal Dam: Reza El Bri Breeder: La Movida Arabians Owner: Regalis Arabians Srl

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Shael Dream Desert Dam: Joumalia Nautiac Breeder: Mme Rachel Bourasse Owner: Knocke Arabians

JAYAN DE NAUTIAC

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STY ESSTIMATE Sire: Don Giovanni J Dam: Evita El Javier Breeder: Steylaers Giovanna Owner: Zaniboni Roberto

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Futurity Female | FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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ABA MONFARA Sire: RямБ Farid Dam: Monna Rose Chandra Breeder: Barbaro Andrea Owner: Barbaro Andrea

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GOLD MEDAL & SUPREME CHAMPION VERONA CITY

DARJANA EL AZIZ

Sire: Excalibur Ea Dam: Danha El Aziz Breeder: Woody Arabians Owner: Woody Arabians

BRONZE MEDAL

DAENERYS BY MALIKA Sire: Al Pacino Dam: Malika By Virginia Breeder: Cavalli Marco Owner: Cavalli Marco

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Futurity Male | FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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ALFIERI REGALIS Sire: Renee El Lawrence Dam: Demetra Regalis Breeder: Regalis Arabians Owner: Regalis Arabians

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Shanghai Ea Dam: Ea Sihan Ajmania Breeder: Az. Agr. Ppa Di Lagella Giovanna Owner: Az. Agr. Ppa Di Lagella Giovanna

PREISEN PPJ

BRONZE MEDAL

RAGHDAM AL MAHA Sire: Kaheelan Al Maha Dam: Maya By Megandapua Breeder: Abdulazeez Alshamsi Owner: Abdulazeez Alshamsi

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GOLD MEDAL

D TAMJEED

Sire: Df Al Majeed Dam: D Taghreed Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Abhaa Arabians

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TB FAYZA

Sire: Jamil Al Rayyan Dam: Tb Helwa Breeder: Allevamento Tre Balzane Owner: Allevamento Tre Balzane AHM | 64

GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Shams Sharav Aa Dam: Amasi Al Ayal Breeder: Abhaa Arabians Owner: Abhaa Arabians

ANSINAAT SA

BRONZE MEDAL

BELLA BAHIA Sire: Baha Aa Dam: Cedars Bellavia Breeder: Davide Mariani Owner: Davide Mariani

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CLASSIC TABOUR

Sire: Tareef Malim Dam: Lv Safyyah Breeder: Susanne Poth Classic Egyptian Arabians Owner: Susanne Poth Classic Egyptian Arabians AHM | 66

GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Fa Nile Safir Dam: Magic Sibilla Breeder: Florio Sabato Owner: Florio Sabato

FA SIRIUS

BRONZE MEDAL

AMEER ALKTHBAN Sire: Fa Nile Safir Dam: Princess Pasha Breeder: Az Agr Girolamo Di Benedetto Owner: Rizzi Germano

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LOMHAI AL BORAQ Sire: Magrhebi Dam: Lohisha El Nour Breeder: Jamal Ghizlani Owner: Jamal Ghizlani

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Al Ayal Aa Dam: Hamdiyah Aa Breeder: Arabians Ariela Owner: Abhaa Arabians

HIKAYET HOOB AA

BRONZE MEDAL

TAMAR CASS

Sire: Shams Sharav Aa Dam: Layyanah Aa Breeder: Uab Kasandros Grupe Owner: Oao Samarinskoe

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NESYAMON AL BORAQ Sire: Magrabibi Dam: Pasha Yasmeena Breeder: Jamal Ghizlani Owner: Jamal Ghizlani

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Baha Aa Dam: Cedars Bellavia Breeder: Davide Mariani Owner: Davide Mariani

JAMEEL MD

BRONZE MEDAL

GREA HALIM Sire: Ansata El Salaam Dam: Classic Alifa Breeder: Tizzani Elisabetta Owner: Petroselli Davide

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Junior Fillies | FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

SILVER MEDAL

ATHALIAH EL AZIZ Sire: Kahil Al Shaqab Dam: Da Alima Breeder: Zeller Noemie Philomena Owner: Zeller Noemie Philomena

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Mahder Al Jamal Dam: Va Lady Plamena Breeder: Victor Arabians Di Ranieri Mauro Owner: Victor Arabians Di Ranieri Mauro

A LADY MADHJRA

BRONZE MEDAL

FREE OLIVIA Sire: Mundher Al Shaqab Dam: Free Dea Breeder: Ge.mar. Srl Owner: Ge.mar. Srl

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SILVER MEDAL

MAJID BY SHANGHAI Sire: Shanghai Ea Dam: Medea By Galaa Breeder: Bolzieri Roberto Az. Agr. Owner: Bolzieri Roberto Az. Agr.

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Psyrasic Dam: Principessa Di Mar Breeder: Allevamento Tre Stelle Owner: Storti Gabriele

QATAR DI MAR

BRONZE MEDAL

TF ROYAL MAGNUM Sire: Shanghai Ea Dam: Tf Lady Royal Breeder: Tripodi Franceso Az. Agr. Owner: Tripodi Franceso Az. Agr.

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SILVER MEDAL

UNIQUE STARS

Sire: Coco Stival Star Dam: Aidha Star Breeder: Arabian Stars Di Massimiliano Rocchino Owner: Arabian Stars Di Massimiliano Rocchino AHM | 78

GOLD MEDAL

FREE LARA

Sire: Free Endel Dam: Free Baila Breeder: Ge.mar. Srl Owner: Ge.mar. Srl

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PICCADILLY

Sire: Ajman Moniscione Dam: Shakira By Kir Breeder: Sparapan Amadio Owner: Scalvini Maria Angiola AHM | 80

GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Ajman Moniscione Dam: Masaida Al Tiglio Breeder: Az. Agr. Buzzi Giancarlo Owner: Ferretti Lucas

MASAI MONISCIONE

BRONZE MEDAL

FREE EUKALIPTUS Sire: Gazal Al Shaqab Dam: Elicja Breeder: Ge.mar. Srl Owner: Ge.mar. Srl

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In the Junior Amateur Fillies category, the first place went to Lady Walenthine (Wadee Al Shaqab x Verena By Czekura) bred and owned by Pace Ivana Az. Agricola.

In the Junior Amateur Colts category, the first place went to Ducan El Aziz (Zt Marwteyn x Danka El Aziz) bred and owned by Woody Arabians.

In the Amateur Mares category, first on the podium Nikita Ka (Perugino x Naminan Bint Nadshan D) bred and owned by Scaglia Gianluigi.

In the Amateur Stallions category, first on the IM Cathare (Padrons Immage x Bint Idrees) bred by Richard Roques and owned by Az. Agr. Monte Cucco by Gloria Gatti.

The Amateur Championship was won with a well-deserved Gold Medal by Ducan El Aziz (ZT Marwteyn x Danka El Aziz), a beautiful yearling colt owned by Woody Arabians; by the yearling gray filly Athaliah El Aziz (Kahil Al Shaqab x Da Alima) with a Silver medal. She is bred and owned by Zeller Noemie Philomena; and by the graceful yearling filly Lady Walenthine (Wadee Al Shaqab x Verena Di Czekura) with a Bronze medal, for the proud of her breeder and owner Pace Ivana Az. Agricola.

Nella categoria Puledre Junior Amateur, il primo posto è andato a Lady Walenthine (Wadee Al Shaqab x Verena By Czekura) allevata e di proprietà di Pace Ivana Az. Agricola.

Nella categoria Puledri Junior Amateur, il primo posto è andato a Ducan El Aziz (Zt Marwteyn x Danka El Aziz) allevato e di proprietà di Woody Arabians.

Nella categoria Fattrici Amateur, la prima in classifica è stata Nikita Ka (Perugino x Naminan Bint Nadshan D) allevata e di proprietà di Scaglia Gianluigi.

Nella categoria Stalloni Amateur, primo in classifica IM Icare Cathare (Padrons Immage x Bint Idrees) allevato da Richard Roques e di proprietà di Az. Agr. Monte Cucco Di Gloria Gatti.

Il Campionato Amatoriale è stato vinto con una meritatissima Medaglia d’oro da Ducan El Aziz (ZT Marwteyn x Danka El Aziz), bellissimo puledro allevato e di proprietà di Woody Arabians. Medaglia d’argento la splendida Athaliah El Aziz (Kahil Al Shaqab x Da Alima) allevata e di proprietà di Zeller Noemie Philomena. Medaglia di Bronzo la graziosa Lady Walenthine (Wadee Al Shaqab x Verena Di Czekura) allevata e di proprietà di Pace Ivana Az. Agricola.

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SILVER MEDAL

ATHALIAH EL AZIZ Sire: Kahil Al Shaqab Dam: Da Alima Breeder: Zeller Noemie Philomena Owner: Zeller Noemie Philomena

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GOLD MEDAL

Sire: Zt Marwteyn Dam: Danka El Aziz Breeder: Woody Arabians Owner: Woody Arabians

DUCAN EL AZIZ

BRONZE MEDAL

LADY WALENTHINE Sire: Wadee Al Shaqab Dam: Verena By Czekura Breeder: Pace Ivana Az. Agricola Owner: Pace Ivana Az. Agricola

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By Nakashen Valaitham

The word magnificence is a noun that means: the quality of being magnificent. And if we look at the meaning of magnificent, we see it is an adjective that means: extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive. In the Arabian horse industry, there is a stallion that embodies the word magnificent. As he trots his mane dances to the tune of the wind; his lustrous bay coat plays with the sun’s rays as he strikes the air. His flared nostrils, pricked ears, perfectly dished head and timeless expression stops one in their tracks – his magnificence radiates far beyond the horizon; his name is Kanz Albidayer.

Kanz Albidayer was bred by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Saud Al Qasimi of Albidayer Stud in Sharjah, UAE. From the day that he was born, it was evident that Kanz Albidayer was destined for magnificence and that superstardom was only a few steps away. Whether it is in a photo, a video, a live stream recording or in the flesh, Kanz Albidayer is truly a sight to behold. His exotic head is adorned with expressive eyes that are set at the perfect distance apart and ears that are short and shaped like the tail of a scorpion. His neck is strong and his body is solid; and when he moves, he engages, lifting his legs high off the ground and keeping his tail over his back. This type of striking beauty and magnificence was passed on to Kanz Albidayer through his illustrious genotype.

Kanz Albidayer’s pedigree is a magical blend of the breed’s greatest

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individuals; each generation is filled to the brim with beauty, quality and success. Kanz Albidayer is sired by Ajman Moniscione (WH Justice x Anthea Moniscione), a stallion known as the “master painter of living art.” This exotic, chestnut stallion got his

KanzAlbidayer - Ajman 2010 nickname because of the outrageously beautiful foals he has been producing and Kanz Albidayer is definitely one of Ajman Moniscione’s most spectacular

KanzAlbidayer - Dubai 2010 and successful masterpieces. The uber-exotic type, large, expressive eyes and refinement that both Ajman Moniscione and Kanz Albidayer possess were all blessings given to them by their sire and grandsire

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respectively, “The Champion Maker” himself, WH Justice (Magnum Psyche x Vona Sher-Renea). WH Justice brings with him the blood of U.S. National Champions Magnum Psyche, Padrons Psyche and Padron and through his dam comes a line to the breed icon, El Shaklan. Ajman Moniscione’s dam, Anthea Moniscione (Padrons Ghibli x Armonia), adds a huge dose of Russian blood to this pedigree. Through her sire she adds a second cross to Padron and through her dam we find lines to the Russian legends, Negatraz and Nariadni.

Kan Albidayer’s dam, DL Marielle (Marwan Al Shaqab x RGA Kouress), is a full sister to World and U.S. National Champion Marajj. She is a daughter of the incomparable, three time World Champion, Marwan Al Shaqab (Gazal Al Shaqab x Little Liza Fame). From Gazal Al Shaqab to Anaza El Farid to Ruminaja Ali to Morafic, the immortal Marwan Al Shaqab brings with him the highly influential Nazeer sire line. Marwan Al Shaqab also brings with him the blood of U.S. National Champion Fame VF and in turn Bey Shah through his dam, the Al Shaqab Stud foundation mare, Little Liza Fame. Both Marwan Al Shaqab and his sire, Gazal Al Shaqab are living legends and icons that will forever be revered for the impact they have had, currently have and will continue to have on the breed. DL Marielle’s dam is an aristocrat of the highest form; she is RGA Kouress (Kouvay Bey x Angophora).

RGA Kouress is a classic beauty that is gifting the breed with exquisite individuals one after the other. It is RGA Kouress’s sire that adds a second cross to Bey Shah as well as a cross to U.S. National Champion, Aladdinn.

Her dam, Angophora, is sired by the Polish super-sire Eukaliptus and is out of Belbowrie Baskana, a daughter of Bask – the stallion known to single-handedly change the face of the breed.

With such a power packed interior, Kanz Albidayer was bound to have such an ultra-gorgeous exterior. And it is that same beauty, correctness, refinement and overall depth of quality that was bestowed upon him by his ancestors that enabled Kanz Albidayer to become a show ring sensation.

Kanz Albidayer was shown extensively as a junior by Scott Allman; together they reached the top and became well known names in the winner’s circle. Kanz Albidayer made his debut in December of 2009 at the Sharjah Arabian Horse Festival where he was named unanimous Gold Champion Junior Colt; and from there, the golds just kept streaming in. Kanz Albidayer started off 2010 at the Ajman National C Show where he was awarded Gold Champion Junior Colt as well as highest scoring horse of the show.

After being named Silver Champion Junior Colt at the Abu Dhabi International Show, Kanz Albidayer went on to win two Gold Junior Colt titles back to back; one at the Sharjah International Show and the other at the Dubai International Show.

After dominating the Middle East, it was time for Kanz Albidayer to take on Europe. At the Mediterranean & Arab Countries Arabian Horse Championships, Kanz Albidayer was named Silver Champion Junior Colt. And

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later on, at the European Futurity, he was named Champion Yearling Colt and Overall Futurity Champion. In 2011, Kanz Albidayer went back to the Dubai International show arena to defend his title, but was named Silver Champion Junior Colt.

Then in 2012, as a beautiful three year old, he competed in the Middle East for the last time as a junior. He went on to win the Gold Junior Colt title at the Abu Dhabi International Show and earned his third Dubai International Show title after being named Gold Champion Mayahdah Albidayer Junior Colt.

After such a successful show career, Kanz Albidayer was ready to take on the role that many were waiting for – his role as a sire. The Kanz Albidayer foals are easy to spot in a crowd; their sire stamps them with his signature look; it is a look of luxury, superiority and magnificence.

The foals all have their Nisreen Albidayer sire’s extreme face, perfectly shaped ears and expressive eyes. Where best to start naming the Kanz Albidayer foals then where he was bred. Albidayer Stud bred Kanz Albidayer to a many of their top mares and the results met everyone’s expectations. At the UAE Nationals, the charismatic Burkan Albidayer (x Bidayer) was named Silver National Champion while his gorgeous, bay half sister, Nisreen Albidayer

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(x Nismat Albidayer) was named Bronze National Champion. Another daughter, Mayahdah Albidayer (x Maranta) has won titles in many international arenas, while the elegant Kareemah Albidayer flew her sire’s name high in the U.S.A. after being named Scottsdale International Gold Champion Yearling Filly and Las Vegas Silver Champion Yearling Filly.

Two colts, both out of Marwan Al Shaqab daughters, Elle Ammar (x Allamara MA) and El Ettore (x Dena Kay FF) are fine representatives of the ‘Kanz Albidayer brand’ in the U.S. Both have shown successfully in regional arenas and the future can only get brighter. Kanz Albidayer’s most successful foal to date is Luigi (x Lolita). Luigi is an outstanding, bay stallion that was bred by Danielle Saelens in Belgium and is owned by Al Shahania Stud.

As a yearling Luigi was named Gold Champion at the Tulip Cup and at Vichy. He was named Silver Champion Yearling Colt at the European Championships and Bronze Yearling Colt at the All Nations Cup and World Championships. As a two year old, Luigi added the Silver Champion Colt title from Menton, Aachen, Europe and Paris to his ever growing collection.

Another Kanz Albidayer son, AJ Jabran (x DA

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Seranza - Bronze Yearling Filly AHBA breeders cup 2017

Seranza - Bronze Yearling Filly

- All Nations Cup - Aachen 2017

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SERANZA Bronze Champion Yearling Filly ALL NATIONS CUP - AACHEN 2017 Bronze Champion Junior Filly STRÖHEN INT SHOW 2017 Bronze Champion Yearling Filly Highest Score Filly LAS VEGAS 2017

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MT Mantra

Princess Of Justice), bred and owned by Ajman Stud, has been adding titles to his collection, some of which include PSAIAHF Gold Champion and Dubai International Silver Champion.

Two Kanz Albidayer daughters in Europe, one grey and the other bay, both hailing from small breeding programs, have shown successfully. JL Azamah (x JB Aurora) is a glorious grey filly that was named Gold Champion at the Tulip Cup and Silver Champion at the Scandinavian Open. MT Mantra (x Mandalai Blu FA) is a beautiful bay that was named Bronze Champion at the Strohen and UKIAHS Shows and she was recently sold at the Schoukens Training Centre auction. Seranza (x Evening Serenade) is a sensational Kanz Albidayer daughter that was bred in the U.S. by

Michael Byatt and is currently owned by Mohamad Shekh Sliman of Al Sheikh Stud.

She is the reigning 2017 Bronze Champion Yearling Filly at the Las Vegas Arabian Breeders World Cup, Strohen International and All Nations Cup Shows. The latest foal crops by Kanz Albidayer are filled to the brim with superstars. At the Saudi Arabian Horse Festival held in January early this year, three wonderful Arabian specimen all sired by him have literally sent the audiences to franzy.

The pretty chestnut TL Rayana (2018) (x Reema La) was nominated Gold Champion Yearling Filly for the proud of her breeder and owner Abdulaziz Bin Ahmed Alfawzan from Tala Stud. The gorgeous bay colt Kanz LNJ (2018) (Fadya LNJ) was crowned Gold Medal Champion Yearling Colt under the watchful eye of his breeder Othman Bin

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Sangraia

Bronze Ch. At 2019 King Abdulaziz Arabian Horse Center Show - Yearling Fillies Championship

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Abdullah Linjawi from Al Linjawi Stud and owner Omar Yaser Mohammad Baryan.

Next two these little new jewels, the 4 years old grey mare Mayar IV (2015) (x Abha Qawatin) was crowned Gold Champion Senior Mare. She is bred by Ali Bin Hussain Bin Ali Smaa and owned by Fahad Faisal Abdulrhaman Almoammar. With a magnificent exterior, a magnificent show record and foals of magnificent proportions, I can with confidence say that Kanz Albidayer is the epitome of magnificence.

Kanz Albidayer has been passed through the hands of the greatest horsemen and women in our industry; from Scott Allman to Johanna Ullstrom and to Michael Byatt to name a few. They have all helped shape and mould his career to what it is today. The

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magnificence that they have lent to Kanz Albidayer has only added to his own, the question is, will there be more to come? And the answer is yes! His gorgeous bay daughter Sangraia (x GC Le Marais) proved already to be the perfect extension of such an inoxidable daily magnificence. This filly tremendously impressed the judges and the audiences at 2019 King Abdulaziz Arabian Horse Center Show by taking over the arena with a welldeserved Bronze medal. She has already become Mr. Mai Al Hanaper’ s apple-in-the eye who spares really no effort to give her the most adequate living conditions and training sessions. Sangraia will soon get ready to start a brilliant show career and build her way up to stardom.

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udging Arabian horses’ conformation takes practice, but anyone who has spent time around these beautiful creatures can learn to do it. Judges usually look for a combination of balance, structure, muscling, gait, and breed-specific features. For the 2020 Special Middle East edition, I had the pleasure to interview Mr. Terry Holmes he was pleased to walk me through the main aspects of his professional experience in judging Arabian horses.

Once my dad opened his own practice my mother purchased a couple of half Arabian horses. She had grown up with horses and missed not having them. Then one day we traveled to look at some horses at an Arabian farm in Iowa. My parents bought their first purebred Arabian mare that was in foal. The resulting foal was a Filly that we showed in halter and English pleasure. She won a lot and we bred her and her first two Fillies together sold for a half a million dollars. We

Hello, Mr. Terry Holmes. Just to set the scene with our readers, give us some background to you, to your family and education please.

I was born and raised in Iowa, USA. My father was going to veterinary school at Iowa State University when I was born. He graduated from veterinary school there and that’s where my bond with animals started.

sold her to a great home and they continued to breed her. While this was going on I went to go to work for the Boggs family and Midwest training center for 15 years. Then I went on to work for RA Aloha Arabians, where I helped make the purchase of Khadraj NA for RA Aloha. Then I went to work for myself Terry Holmes Arabians. Now I manage a farm in Scottsdale, AZ. Regency Cove Farms, where we stand Apalo, Basi-

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lio and Antares RCF. My wife, Melissa has been around Arabian horses her whole life.

She has been with and manages Show Season for over 30 years. Show Season makes all

whole life with Arabian horses. She has won numerous National Championships in many divisions. She is currently in Medical School in Kansas City. She volunteers around the world in her free time and now rides as an adult in Arabian reining. Just got her first Reserve National Champioship in 2019 When did you become a judge? What specific preparation did you get?

I have been a judge for over 25 years.

The education system in the United States is very difficult and I went through the process to become a judge. The continual education for judges in the United States is very progressive. Just go to the AHA judging website to find out how to become a judge in the United States. Between AHA and USEF, they have numerous programs and testing for all licensed officials to stay current with breed standards. All licensed judges must stay current at all times.

the custom riding apparel for all disciplines.

She is very respected in helping you choose your custom outfit for your special Arabian horse. My daughter Chloe has grown up her

What do you feel has been your most rewarding experience as a judge?

My most rewarding experience has been to judge the great Arabian Horses all over the world. I’ve had the honor to judge just about everywhere in the world at all the best shows. And it truly is an honor to judge the beautiful Arabians around the world.

What horse or horses have you judged that have left the greatest impression on you?

I cannot single one horse out that I’ve wor-

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ked around or judged as there has been so many great great horses that I’ve been able to see and be around. I did get to spend a lot of time when I was young with Padron!!! He was an amazing Arabian Stallion.

What are, in your opinion, the strengths of the breed and how do you tackle the concepts of ‘beauty’ and ‘functional correctness’?

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The Arabian breed is the original horse.

Arabian Type covers all the strengths of our breed. Our Arabians are bred to look beautiful, move beautiful and have a long lasting endurance to perform in any event. Conformation, great legs and feet, and exceptional movement with charisma is a must!!!

Which particular skills are necessary to beco-

me an accountable judge?

Honesty, accountability, professionalism, experience and compassion for the Arabian horse.

At least in Europe there have been many complaints about trainers abusing horses. Some of them have also been punished for drugging a

horse or for cosmetic alterations on necks, in addition to eye tattooing. Do you feel these are isolated incidents or do you feel they may be more widespread?

I am not aware of abuse in Europe. Sometimes the handler’s get a bit aggressive, but not out of line. As far as the isolated incidents, I believe that even in Europe or the United

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States these incidents have been punished to my knowledge. I believe ECAHO, AHA and USEF are doing an amazing job of policing the welfare of our horses, regardless of breed.

cost, you can only do what you can afford.

After that, you need to decide how to enjoy your horse whether an Arabian or any other breed.

Do you think that the Arabian World has been a bit in a downtrend lately? Many blame the decline on politics and the cost of showing.

What are your feelings?

I believe the Arabian horse is on an upswing around the world. Cost of showing has always been expensive “to be the best you can be”. My advice: trainers, breeders and owners stay the course. If there is some politics going on. FIX IT!!! Personally, I’m proud of the horses I’ve judged and how they placed. It’s a tough job, but I’ve cherished every moment looking at these beautiful animals.

If you were empowered to effect change in the Arabian World, how would you go about it?

Just promote! Share the love for the Arabian Horse. And all of us that love the Arabian Horses promote them as the amazing animals they are! Just share the love of the Arabian Horse!

Do you feel with the politics and the high cost of showing in rated shows, that many Arabian owners should consider Open Shows? Do you see this as a viable alternative to promoting the versatility of the breed?

I truly believe that even if it’s an Arabian horse or any other breed, you need to show it where it’s competitive and can win. If it’s

Do you feel like leaving a message to the readers of this interview or to those who are willing to get to know you better?

I just want to say “Thank you”!

The Arabian Horse and all the people, places and horses I’ve met along the way. It’s amazing and I appreciate the opportunities that I’ve had. And look forward to many more.

Mr. Terry, thank you very much for your contribution. It was an honor to interview you.

May the Arabian horse cast a spell on us and keep us together forever and ever!

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n this series, we would like to introduce young, up and coming stallions from around the world that have the potential to become super sires and ultimately add a new dynamic to your breeding program. The first stallion hails all the way from the beautiful, picturesque Spanish island, Mallorca and his name is BV Unik.

SHANGHAI EA

BV Unik (Shanghai EA x Flavia) is a breathtakingly beautiful, five year old, grey stallion that was bred and is owned by Bautista Vich Stud.

The family have been breeding and loving the Arabian horse since 1991. They have been one

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of the forerunners in preserving and carrying forward the history and lineage of the Spanish Arabian horse.

BV Unik’s pedigree is an amalgamation of Spanish, Russian, Straight Egyptian and some Crabbet blood. His sire, Shanghai EA (WH Justice x Salymah EA), is a multiple International Champion and a sire of champions around the globe. While his dam, Flavia (Thamil x Uztariz), a foundation mare of Bautista Vich Stud, garnered numerous titles at the Mallorca Championships and other regional shows in Spain. What makes this pedigree so spectacular is the fact that both BV Unik’s paternal and maternal grandsire’s are considered to be two of the greatest stallions to grace the face of the planet. WH Justice (Magnum Psyche x Vona

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Sher-Renea), known to all as “The Champion Maker” has forged a unique dynasty in the industry, one that is filled to the brim with exotic faces, sublime beauty and championship garlands from around the world.

Thamil (El Namib x Hadi), on the other hand, was a multiple Spanish National Champion title holder as well as the sire of a countless number of Spanish National

Out of the mare TAHARA by Abha Qatar Bred and owned by Marieta Salas, Ses Planes.

Champions, and is to this day, considered as one of the best Spanish stallions.

Add to this already illustrious pedigree the influences from World Champion Carmague, World Reserve Champions Khidar and Ansata Sinan as well as three 3 crosses to the immortal El Shaklan, and one can with confidence say the BV Unik has been blessed with the best.

Xaia BV - Gold Medal Champion Filly - Silleda Int. Show 2018 - once shown, once champion

While BV Unik has been used minimally in the Bautista Vich breeding barn, his ability to cross well with mares of a different phenotype and genotype and consistently sire foals of excellent quality is evident. At his home stud, BV Unik has four foals: 2017 filly Xaia BV (ex AJ Narida), 2018 colt BV Ypnotik (ex RHR Bellacontessa), 2019 filly Safira BV (ex Fer Safiya) and 2019 filly Macarena BV (ex Magnolia EA). While each foal possesses their own uniqueness, all have pretty, dry faces with very refined muzzles, wide foreheads, long legs and elegant movement.

BV Unik offers breeders the chance to add Spanish blood that comes with the ever-famous athleticism, correctness and beauty to their breeding programs, but a modern day, almost exotic type.

An almost perfect blend of yesterday’s heroes with tomorrow’s stars.

Antonia Bautista Phone: (+0034) 679 834 156 - E-mail: info@antoniabautista.com

www.bautistavichstud.com

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Written by: Sonja Smaldone | Pictures by: Paola Drera

ince its very inception the Paris World Arabian Horse Championship has been working non-stop to promote the Arabian horse industry and upgrade the breed’s standards. Under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, the pageantry was held from 29th November to 1st December 2019 at Parc d’ Expositions hall 5B Villepinte, France. With CENECA as a sole owner of the event, the lead of Show by President Mr. Jean-Luc Poulain, and the entire Organization provided by Comexposium. The highly skills of: Mrs. Jessica Gordon – Manager of the Salon du Cheval, Mrs. Laurence Boccard – Show Manager of the World Arabian Horse Championship, Mrs. Christianne Chazel and Mrs. Dominic Briot as Technical Counsellors were blended into a fantastic refreshed team that proved to be very efficient and professional. Each of them carried out their duties doing their best in a very smooth way.

A top professional panel of international judges was this year composed by: Mrs Annaratone-Ferraroni Maria (Italy); Mr. Holmes Terry (United States); Mr. Huemer Fer-

dinand (Austria); Mr. Lieblang Steve (United States); Mrs. Norden Ann (Sweden); Mr. Rocco Luiz (Brazilian); Mr. Shaarawi Ali (Egypt); Mr. Veray Marc (France); Mrs. Weidner Michaela (Germany).

As DC´s: Dr. vet. Abdelwahab Bin Ali Amira, (Arab Emirates); Dr. vet. Malak Benamar, (Marocco) ; Mr. Jean-Bernard Kupaj, (France) and Mrs. Christine Valette, (France).

Ringmasters of this exceptional arena: Mr. Alain Ladek, (France) and Mr. Bertrand Valette – (France).

The elegance of the show-ring was echoed in the sumptuous seating areas and the public audience with an all-pervading Arabian kind of style. Each horse entry was beautifully conditioned, carried out, and presented irrespective of their owner, handler, or country they competed for. The best of the very best of the breed fought to claim the ‘Title of Title’ until the end of the championships when the final results were announced. The Paris World Championships 2019 were a sensational edition last November and a first-class ending of the 2019 European show season. Therefore, thanks to: President Mr. Jean-Luc Poulain, Mr. Laurence Bauccard, Mrs. Jessica Gordon; Mrs. Christianne Chazel and Mrs. Dominc Briot.

On the whole, another great achievement that keeps this annual event at the very ‘Top’ of similar organizations.

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Yearling Fillies FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLD MEDAL

SILVER MEDAL

MONA LISA ALJASSIMYA Sire: Equator Dam: Minwah Breeder: Al Jassimya Farm Owner: Al Jassimya Farm

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D SHAMKHAH

Sire: Fa El Rasheem Dam: Ft Shaella Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud

BRONZE MEDAL

ADWAA AL ARAB

Sire: Emerald J Dam: Hk Jojo Rlc Breeder: Ali Bin Mohammed Owner: Al Arab Stud AHM | 125

Yearling Colts FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLD MEDAL

SILVER MEDAL

D SHEIMAZ

Sire: Fa El Rasheem Dam: Ladi Veronika Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud AHM | 126

RHAN AL SHAHANIA Sire: Marwan Al Shaqab Dam: Jwaaher Al Shahania Breeder: Al Shahania Stud Owner: Al Shahania Stud

BRONZE MEDAL

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Sire: Fa El Rasheem Dam: D Mazaia Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud AHM | 127

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ERALDA

Sire: Emerald J Dam: Enezja Breeder: Falborek Arabians Owner: Al Shiraa Arabians AHM | 128

ALGAMRA

Sire: Aj Portofino Dam: Ava Maryia Breeder: Dr. Hugh And Alexandra Hodsman Owner: Al Sheikh Stud

BRONZE MEDAL

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Sire: Fa El Rasheem Dam: D Shahla Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud AHM | 129

Junior Colts FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Sire: Hp Shakir Te Dam: Lonco Baby Maria Breeder: Familia Duch Matthei Owner: Hanaya Stud AHM | 130

EKS FARAJJ

Sire: Ibn Farid Dam: Eks Bint Helwah Breeder: Elkasun Arabians Owner: Al Khashab Arabians

BRONZE MEDAL

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Sire: Fa El Rasheem Dam: Angeliccah Breeder: Dubai Arabian Horse Stud Owner: Gm Arabians, Iosif Hertyrsi AHM | 131

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Sire: Ajman Moniscione Dam: Eagleridge Passionata Breeder: Cindy Mcgown And Mark Davis Owner: Naf Stud AHM | 132

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Sire: Marwan Al Shaqab Dam: Hb Bessolea Breeder: Nelson De Oliveira Prata Pinto Moreira Owner: Abhaa Arabians

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SHANGHAI EA

Sire: Wh Justice Dam: Salymah Ea Breeder: Equus Arabians Owner: Ajman Stud AHM | 134

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Sire: Qr Marc Dam: L Serenella Breeder: Paul Gheysen Owner: Al Saqran Arabian Horse Stud

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Sire: Imperial Madori Dam: Ameera Saqr Breeder: Saqr Arabian Stud Owner: El Farida Stud AHM | 135

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I’ve loved and ridden horses all my life, but my love for the Arabian horse started at about 12 years old. I was introduced to the Arabian breed at St. Croix Training Center in Hudson WI. I rode every week with a few friends of mine for about a year until I decided it was time to own one of my own.

Being around the horses was an esca-

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pe for me. I was able to get away from all the negativity that was happening in my life. It was a breath of fresh air. There was never a dull moment being around the horses. Whether it was just grooming them, riding or just loving on them. Many years went by showing in the performance and halter ring. Each year learning new

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ally explain. It’s as if they understand you. Your emotions, feelings...whether you’re happy or sad. It’s crazy, really. You could be having the worst day and in an instant it all changes.

Being involved with Arabians has truly chan-

things and meeting amazing people. My love for Arabians taught me responsibility, compassion, discipline and strength, but also gave me true happiness.

Arabians are special.

They show you love in a way you can’t re-

ged my life. I’ve become a stronger individual with goals and a mindset that I can accomplish anything I put my mind to. I’ve met incredible people that have taught me

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more than I could explain. I met the love of my life through the Arabians, whose love for the Arabians is stronger than anyone I know. Our now 1 year old son shares the love for horses just as much as we do. I’m beyond thankful for having the opportunity to be involved since I was a little girl. I don’t think there’s any words to explain how grateful I am for the experiences I’ve had, the people I’ve met, and the life I’ve lived because of the Arabian horse.

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WORDS BY: SONJA SMALDONE

Qatar is a hereditary constitutional monarchy and its Head of State is Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, a man with a strong personality and great charisma. He is described as friendly, confident, and open by those who know him. But, he is also described as savvy, careful, and smart. In addition, he is considered to be a pragmatist, and to have excellent relations with the West. Sheikh Tamim has always promoted sport as part of Qatar’s bid to raise its international profile. In 2005 he founded Qatar Sport Investments, which owns Paris Saint-Germain F.C. among other investments. Tamim is a member of the International Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Committee chairman. He has headed Doha’s bid for the 2020 Olympics. The country will host the football World Cup in 2022. A great horse rider himself, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has also founded the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club that today is a major source of pride of everyone in the country. Its facilities represent a unique architectural masterpiece that is in con-

tinuous and accelerated development through the efforts and guidance of the visionary leadership of Tamim. The country hosts numerous equestrian events such as the much awaited ‘Qatar National Arabian Horse Show’. Governed by the Constitution and Rules of the European Conference of Arab Horse Organizations (ECAHO), this Event is a National Show organized and supervised by Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC). A total of nine referees oversaw this year’s competition. They came from various countries around the world: Ms. Janet Court (UK); Mr. Guziuk Wladyslaw (Poland); Ms. Sheri Amir Aslani (Iran); Ms. Maria Ferraroni (Italy); Mr. Sulaiman Hattali (Oman); Ms. Alicja Poszepczynska (Poland); Ms. Amira Safady (Netherlands); Mr. Mohammed Al Khamis (Kuwait) as a Probation Judge. DC’s: Dr. Malak Benamar (Morocco); Ms. Line Brunsgaard (Denmark); Ms. Bahareh Sotodehnia (Iran); and Mr. Ali Hashemiah (Iran) as a Probation DC. Ringmaster: Mr. Roberto Ceccaroni (Italy). The Final Championships gave the following results.

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FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS YEARLING FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal winner Al Wazna Al Shaqab (Sma Magic One x Bushrah Al Shaqab) bred and owned

by Al Shaqab Stud.

Silver medal winner Jamilah Al Rasheed (Farhoud Al Shaqab x Mystica Soraya) bred by Al Rasheed Stud and owned by Muhammed Mesned Al Misned.

Bronze medal winner Nawar Al Rayyan (Al Adeed Al Shaqab x Nawal Al Rayyan) bred and owned by Al Rayyan Farm.

YEARLING COLTS CHAMPIONSHIPGold medal winner Fahar Al Shaqab (WH Justice x Vanessa Al Shaqab) bred and owned by Al Shaqab Stud.

Silver Halul Al Khor (Excalibur EA x PSL First Light) bred by AL KHOR STUD and owned by Nasser Khalid Nasser Abdulla Al Mesnad.

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Bronze Arooj Al Aqeed (Mardf Al Shaqab x D Hamaiel) bred and owned by Al Aqeed Stud.

JUNIOR FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIPS Gold medal winner Hamamat Al Shahania (Kahil Al Shaqab x Majolicaa) bred and owned by Al Shahania Stud.

Silver medal winner Suwaira Al Shaqab (Sma Magic One x Shamah Al Shaqab) bred and owned by Al Shaqab Stud.

Bronze medal winner D Fala (Emerald J x Fer Fiera Blanca) bred by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Saad Salem Al Hajri.

JUNIOR COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal winner Badi Athbah (Eks Alihandro x Fedora RG) bred by Athbah Stud and owned by Yousuf Mubarak Al Qwari.

Silver medal winner Amir Al Reeh (Fadi Al Sha-

qab x Zahira Al Zobair ) bred and owned by Al Reeh Stud.

Bronze medal winner Badiea Al Nasser (RFI Farid x Aliah Al Nasser) bred by Al Nasser Stud and owned by Abdulla Mohammed Al Kaabi.

SENIOR MARES CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal winner Da Magic Moment (WH Justice x DA Enfidha) bred by Cornelia Kolnberger and owned by Nasser Mohammed M A Al Hajri.

Silver medal winner Magna Ms (Abha Ubangui x Magna Begum) bred by Mandara Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Assayel Al Uwaynah Stud Bronze medal winner Fattam Al Nasser (RFI Farid x Sarah Al Nasser) bred by Al Nasser Stud and owned by Al Asayel Stud.

SENIOR STALLIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Gold Medal winner Falah Al Shaqab (Fadi Al Shaqab x Joseph Just Emotion) bred and owned by Al Shaqab Stud.

Silver medal winner Gazwan Al Nasser (Gazal Al Shaqab x Ftoon Al Shaqab) bred by Sh. Nawaf Bin Nasser Al Thani and owned

by Nasser Bin Mohammed Al Hajri.

Bronze medal winner D Daffer (Marajj x Shownel) bred by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud and owned

by Al Salem Stud.

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YEARLING FILLIES / FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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AL WAZNA AL SHAQAB

SIRE: SMA MAGIC ONE DAM: BUSHRAH AL SHAQAB BREEDER: AL SHAQAB MEMBER OF QF OWNER: AL SHAQAB MEMBER OF QF

NAWAR AL RAYYAN SIRE: AL ADEED AL SHAQAB DAM: NAWAL AL RAYYAN BREEDER: AL RAYYAN FARM OWNER: AL RAYYAN FARM

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YEARLING COLTS / FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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FAHAR AL SHAQAB

SIRE: WH JUSTICE DAM: VANESSA AL SHAQAB BREEDER: AL SHAQAB OWNER: AL SHAQAB

AROOJ AL AQEED SIRE: MARDF AL SHAQAB DAM: D HAMAIEL BREEDER: AL AQEED STUD OWNER: AL AQEED STUD

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JUNIOR FILLIES / FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

SUWAIRA AL SHAQAB SIRE: SMA MAGIC ONE DAM: SHAMAH AL SHAQAB BREEDER: AL SHAQAB OWNER: AL SHAQAB

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HAMAMAT AL SHAHANIA

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D FALA

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JUNIOR COLTS / FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

AMIR AL REEH SIRE: FADI AL SHAQAB DAM: ZAHIRA AL ZOBAIR BREEDER: AL REEH STUD OWNER: AL REEH STUD

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BADI ATHBAH

SIRE: EKS ALIHANDRO DAM: FEDORA RG BREEDER: ATHBAH STUD OWNER: YOUSUF MUBARAK AL QWARI

BADIEA AL NASSER

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SENIOR MARES / FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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DA MAGIC MOMENT

SIRE: WH JUSTICE DAM: DA ENFIDHA BREEDER: CORNELIA KOLNBERGER OWNER: NASSER MOHAMMED M A AL HAJRI

FATTAM AL NASSER SIRE: RFI FARID DAM: SARAH AL NASSER BREEDER: AL NASSER STUD OWNER: AL ASAYEL STUD

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GAZWAN AL NASSER

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FALAH AL SHAQAB

SIRE: FADI AL SHAQAB DAM: JOSEPH JUST EMOTION BREEDER: AL SHAQAB OWNER: AL SHAQAB

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MAZOUNAT ALWADI Montasir Al Rayyan x Bisaan Al Naif & Mr. Hamad Bin Quraya

ALWADI STUD

The story of Alwadi Stud was created M Dhahran M 2005, in a region located in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, when Hamad Bin Awad Bin Quraya was given an Arabian horse magazine by a good friend; It was love at first sight. He initially ended up buying a race horse, though Hamad’s real passion got ignited by the Straight Egyptian.

With an eye on preservation of the Arabian horse heritage, it is a responsibility not to be taken lightly, the breeding philosophy at Alwadi Stud aspires to be of world-class. It includes all strains and is dominated by the Dahman fine.

The horses that carry the “Alwadi” name reflect the alluring type and charisma of what the Arabian horse is celebrated for since long rime. They are true royalty of the Arabian desert.

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tor at the time. After a huge fight, Giovanna was supposed to fly back to Italy. So, I stopped her and said: “Listen darling, in a year and a half, I’ll marry you. I promise.”

Hello Alessio. Hello Giovanna. How are you today? How and when did you first meet exactly?

We are fine, thank you. We have known each other for ages. We used to be good neighbors.

Giovanna, what was your first reaction?

We hugged each other and looked into each other eyes for hours and hours…

What are in your opinion the key elements for a good and long-term relationship today?

Communication and dialogue, but, above all, respect for each other ideas, feelings or personal interests. Some time only for you is also good.

Our characters are too different, we always argue but we keep moving forward together you see. And will never break up!

Alessio, When and how did you ask Giovanna to marry you?

In August 2009, in New Ulm (Texas - USA) in the midst of an extraordinary plain near the farm of Michael Byatt. He used to be my men-

Alessio, we would like to know everything about your life and involvement with horses. What do you do exactly? What role has this passion for Arabians played in building your life?

Horses are my all life and I could stop here. This

or the Middle East issue 2020, I had the chance to interview Mr. Alessio and Mrs. Giovanna Scaramella from Italy. They have known each other since they were just two kids as they lived in the same city, on the same street. A match made in Heaven. Alessio’s involvement in Arabian horses led Giovanna to move with him to Qatar. On December 10th, 2015, they were married by the Italian Ambassador in Doha. Ever since then for these two it has been like in the fairytales…

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passion has been running through my veins since I was in my teen. It is about chemistry, I talk to Arabians, and I understand them from the very first glance. It is about pure feelings, something almost visceral…It is something words cannot just explain you see. I sacrificed my whole life for them and I have built my future around them. I was born and raised every day as a trainer and handler of a stable, Al Rayyan Farm. I feel at home here.

Work makes man noble, horses are my absolute pride.

Giovanna, to what extent has Alessio’s passion for Arabian horses influenced your life? Do you like Arabian horses yourself? Why? I love horses but what a big statement.... Say, I am learning to live by them and appreciate them. I

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admit they are majestic, imperial animals. Particularly, the Arabian horse is an icon of elegance, power and absolute beauty. Alessio’s constant involvement with Arabians made me travel the world, he knows so many people. I love mixing myself with different cultures. I love tasting different food, learning new habits, values and traditions of other human races.

However, first and number one, Alessio and I would like to give our children a real chance to open their mind. They are now really ‘cosmopolitan’ kind of kids. They are so cute and so peculiar.

We want them stay this way forever…

People, describe an average day with your Arabians.

This is an easy one. No doubt, their life-style is

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the one that fits us better. We work to live over here, not the other way round. In this country, the sun kisses you since the first hours of dawn, it keeps kissing you as the day unfolds and, believe me, this will put you in a very good mood for the rest of the day. We are always surrounded by respectful people. They are happy to let you in their homes and their hearts… By their local rites of hospitality, they want to teach you their culture, their traditions and their values. For example, “Have you ever tried tea with fresh ripe dates? Absolutely gorgeous! You should try one”.

Alessio, do you participate in beauty competitions?

Of course! Both local and international. I always feel blessed each time I am given the chance to participate in one of them.

How is life in Doha? Do you have any children?

How many? Will you educate them to love and respect horses?

Living in Qatar is just amazing, it is a great place.

We have two children, a boy whose name is Mayo. I share with him the same passion and love for horses. Then, we have Myosotis, one year younger than Mayo. Our little daughter is

getting used to horses little by little.

How do you see yourselves in ten years?

Ten years? Make it twenty... In old age, I see my wife and I in a nice house in front of the sea, I can fish any time of the day, and Giovanna walks barefoot on the sand. In those days, our children will probably be living elsewhere…Maybe in a wonderful place in the world.

Alessio and Giovanna, will you please leave one last message for our readers?

Be free. Never think you can please everyone, enjoy life more, dare more, make the most of your time and never miss a good chance. Take some risk, test yourself, it will only help you to grow. Let your children go, encourage them to leave home and discover the world. Beautiful things are often around the corner. You can get to know the world and hold tight to your roots at the same time.

Thank you very much Alessio and Giovanna.

Speaking to you was so inspiring. On behalf of the entire Arabian Horse Magazine Team, I wish you the very best in your future life together with your children and amazing horses!

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The serenity of the nature so quiet, The sound of the enchanting tide, The pictorial view takes your breath away, The scenic beauty of the bay, The beauty of nature is a captivating sight, Looking at it, you can forget your entire plight!

Muranas Jassehr, in an Egyptian type, is the ‘apple of the eye’ of Michaela Weidner from Murana Arabians in Germany. This Koheylan Adjuz grey stallion was born at Murana Stud in 2007. He is sired by the stallion Major. A stallion formerly leased by Murana Stud and now a very successful show horse in the Middle East. Major is sired by the Straight Egyptian stallion El Allah Abu (Thee Desperado) and comes out of the fantastic broodmare Marischka (Plakat) – who was awarded with the title of ELITE mare in Germany.

A title some broodmares or stallions receive for their out s t an d i ng offspring.

The dam of Jassehr is one of the most successful broodmares of Murana Stud, the beautiful Jana el Bri. Jana el Bri came to Murana Stud as a yearling and has produced some fantastic foals, which gave her the ELITE title as well. The sire of Jana is the exotic CH El Brillo. A son of El Shaklan and out of AZH Basknaborra.

The dam of Jana is Julliana el Jamaal who is by the legendary Ali Jamaal and out of one of the best broodmares in Brazil: NV Justa Dream, who is also the dam of the unforgettable Jullye el Ludjin.

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exotic pedigree. His big dark eyes, his exotic face, well-shaped neck, smooth body and spectacular movements have gathered him fans all over the world. Also the judges have always been charmed by this exotic stallion. In 2008 he achieved the gold medal unanimously at the show in Exloo, The Netherlands. That same year he was also chosen as the National Champion of Germany.

In 2009, Jassehr won the gold medal at Kauberplatte again unanimously and also won the Breeders Cup. At the stallion license that same year, he took home another Gold medal. In 2010 he went to the International A-show in Wels, Austria, to compete against the big boys. He did well and got awarded with the Bronze medal. In Ströhen that same year, he took home the Gold again, which he repeated at the Breeders Cup in Chantilly, France in 2013. In 2015, Jassehr conquered a second place in Menton, France and he has been named Silver Champion Stallion at the Al Khalediah Arabian Horse Festival in Poland in 2016.

He had been brought from home just for fun.

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Muranas Majeed, colt foal

spectable breeding sire age and some of his babies have already conquered the show scene. One of the first foals of Jassehr was the impressive grey

Aachen in 2013. Just to name additional Jassehr’s progeny: the 2013 colt chestnut Muranas Nadir out of Muranas Nasheetah. He had his first Show in Frankfurt and he made it, Class winner and Gold champion on the Intern. B-Show in Frankfurt; Junior Gold champion in Jericho in 2015 and 1st place at the Israeli Nationals in 2014. The 2013 bay filly Muranas Marwanah out of Muranas Marquesa who was sold to Bahrein. The 2013 chestnut colt Muranas Nebraska out of Nioba who was sold into Germany. The 2013 black colt Muranas Nasr out of Nirwana Jamaal who was sold into Germany. The 2013 grey colt Muranas Eliah out of El Arba who was sold to China. The 2013 grey colt Muranas Eldor out of Muranas Emira who was sold to Israel. The 2014 grey filly Muranas Nabila out of Nioba. The 2015 grey filly Muranas Nour out of Muranas Nasheetah.

The 2015 grey colt Muranas Emir out of Muranas Emira. The 2015 grey filly Muranas Nemrah out of Nirwana Jamaal who was sold to Bahrein. The 2016 chestnut filly Muranas Nasirah out of Muranas Nasheetah. The 2016 black colt Muranas Nadeer out of Nirwana Jamaal who was sold into Germany. The 2016 grey filly Muranas Ela’Iza out of Muranas Emira. The 2016 grey colt Muranas ADL out of Murana’s Azeezah. The 2016 grey

Muranas Nasirah

colt Muranas Hacin (out of Hacinas Gloria).He was sold to Iran at a young age and won many

Muranas Nour

shows there. One of the most recent successes of Jassehr’s offspring is the 2013 grey colt Muranas Majeed (out of Muranas Mamuschka) – who claimed the Silver medal at the German Nationals in

Multichampion Colt Muranas Nadir

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Muranas Magic Gold Champion colt German Nationals 2018

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Muranas Njmah

Muranas Magic Gold Champion Colt Al Khaledia Festival 2018 Poland

filly Muranas Maha out of Muranas Mooneerah who was sold to France. To finish up the list, we shall mention few little individuals of Jassehr’s 2017 latest crop: the chestnut colt Muranas Nadeem out of Muranas Nasheetah. The chestnut colt Muranas Magic out of Muranas Muhtarah.

The grey filly E.S. Amarah out of Lady Amarisa.

The chestnut filly E.S. Djenna out of E.S. Darifa and the chestnut colt E.S. Majazz out of Muranas

Marquesa.

To name are also three client horses that did really well such like the charismatic Pharouk Al Amaar (*). He was Gold champion colt at the international Show in St. Oeddenrode in The Netherlands.

The multiple Junior Champion mare Czelina S owned by Alle Arabians in the U.K. She is not only a very pretty show horse; she is also very successfully presented under saddle.

Last but not least, the beautiful Amurath Mona Lisa (* Amurath Mofeedah). She is multiple champion filly and already as a three-year-old awarded by the German studbook VZAP. In 2017 Muranas Adl out of Muranas Azeezah won in different shows. He was Bronze Champion Junior colt Al Khalediah Festival A – Show; Bronze Champion European Cup Prague and again Bronze Champion at the German Nationals in Aachen.

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Polish mares and we can’t wait to see what he will produce there.

Muranas Jassehr however, is more than just a good-looking and prolific stallion who has produced wonderful foals. He also has a great temperament, something which is very important to his breeders Michaela Weidner and Michael Verhoeven. ‘Arabian horses need to love people’, they both explain. Jassehr is also being ridden on a daily basis, which is a great test not only for his bodies but also for his mind.

Phantasia Al Amar

ses and just to name a few, there is Muranas Marcello out of Marieta B. He just won the Halloween endurance ride over 62km and also got awarded for the best condition. Another beautiful example

by Muranas Jassher is Phamouk Al Amar out of Panamerah Al Amar. He has won the Gold Champion Junior colt title at the Krakow Show for his proud owners. The beautiful Phantasia Al Amar the full sister to Phamouk has also been successful in the show ring and was named Bronze Champion Senior mare at the Jeddah Show in Saudi

Muranas Marwanah (*Muranas Marquesa)

Arabia. The latest fantastic win for the breeding program of Murana Stud has been with their own bred colt Muranas Magic out of Muranas Mutharah by Stival. He has won the Gold Champion title at the A Show at the Al Khalediah Festival in Poland and has also been named Gold Champion at the German Nationals in Aachen this year 2018.

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Some other Jassehr’s Foals

Malik colt by Muranas Jassehr

Muranas Majesta (* Mamuscka)

Muranas Nooryiah

Muranas Nadir (* Muranas Naseetha) - Multi Champion

Muranas Nooryiah (* Nirwana Jamaal)

Parys Al Amar, colt foal

Phantasie Al Amar

Pharouk Al Amaar (*Panamerah Al Amar) 2015

Muranas Nabila

AJ Nadira, owned by Ajman Stud

Czelina S (*Czelina S)

Mare by Muranas Jassehr

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Interviewed by Sonja Smaldone

Horse training and handling is a tough profession for a man or a woman. But Chandler Pace Kozikowski is undaunted.

His love for horses is overwhelming to the extent of spending twenty-four hours with the most elegant animal in the world.

Kozikowski lives in Poland where he trains and looks after many of the Arabian Horses standing at JP Training Centre.

Hello Chandler. Just to set the scene with our readers, will you please give us some background to you, your family and education?

I’m a middle-aged guy who works with horses every day, I like what I do and it makes me very happy. Before I started to work with horses, I graduated in Economics at University, and I have always been a very active person. I did a lot of training during my life, maybe that’s why I’m not so bad at running with horses...

How did this passion you have for Arabian horses begin? To what extent has this love you have acquired for the Arabian horse affected your life?

The beginning is simple and her name is Joanna. All started when I met her, and she showed me how special horses can be. My life changed totally, I knew it from the beginning that she would bring mess into my life, but I must say that I like this mess and it’s the best thing that could ever happened to me.

For sure, in the very beginning, I didn’t expect to become a handler, but I knew that horses were getting more and more important to me. When she was only a little girl, Joanna used to spend all of her free time in the stable, so it was obvious that if I wanted to be with her, I needed to like what she loved in the first place. After a couple of months, we started to work together. Now it’s been 14 years and we own our JP Training Centre so I can say that Arabian horses have changed my life completely and I’m really happy about it.

Chandler, have you developed a systematic program for handling Arabian horses. Can you describe this program? How have your handling techniques evolved over the years?

I think every trainer has his/her own way of training horses. For me the most important thing is the horse, I know it may sound banal to you but it’s the basic of our training program. I like when a horse feels free and comfortable when I’m standing next to him. We try to build self-confidence in horses

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Is there a limit to what an Arabian horse can be taught through handling?

For sure there is a limit but every horse is a different one. What I mean by that is not every horse is born to be a super star in the show ring. For sure, we can develop horses’ skills by rigorous training, but, the final result depends a lot more on a horse and his/ her mind.

during the training. Our horses work really hard every day but they also have their own time in the pastures with friends, when they can clear their heads and have normal horse life.

We try to keep them in a good mood and not to put much pressure on them.

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What, in your opinion, really defines a good Handler? What do you need to become a successful one?

For me, a good handler is a person who loves and understands horses without any mental reservation. There’s got to be a connection between a handler and his/her horse. It’s easy to say that, but it’s not easy to see it in the show ring. To beca-

me a successful one, I think you need a lot of hard work, talent and lots of luck and, of course, you got to have a great horse at the end of your lead.

Chandler, how do you feel about the showing environment? Do the most deserving horses in terms of today’s standards really win at shows?

I think that as long as many people are involved in it, there will always be there as many different opinions and points of view.

As a handler, I can only hope that my horse will do the best performance he/she can do, and the rest is in judges’ hands. As long as my horses do their best, I’ll be very happy anyway.

What are your favourite bloodlines?

The answer is simple. I’m Polish and this is what I love. For

sure, I especially like the famous P-line from Janow Podlaski’s.

Everybody knows that Pinga is the Love of my life! I guess you can feel something like that just once in your life. And I felt this with her. She represents everything I love in Arabian horses: not only does she carry so much “beauty” and Ara-

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bian “type”, Pinga also has an “extraordinary personality”. And, then those beautiful black eyes...Every time she looked at me before entering the show ring, I would feel we were just unbeatable...

Which Training Centre are you working for at the moment? How did it all start?

We opened our own Training Centre in 2016 after we left Janow Podlaski State Stud where we had been working for six years.

You can say that JP Training Centre is our little baby that started to grow really fast.

Share with us most exciting moments at the 2019 All Nations Cup in Aachen.

For me the highlights of all the Show were the Senior Mares Classes and their Championship. Just by standing between all those stunning mares, it made me feel so special! I need to mention Atius O and his Bronze medal though. He is an amazing show horse which never refuses to give me back all I have taught him, and I ask for when we are in the arena. Atius O always shows himself 120%, he is a great horse but also an incredible daily partner.

How important are the Fairs of Arabian horses?

I think they are really important. It’s your opportunity to promote your own Arabian horses, but also to meet up and attract new people. It’s time when people from all over the world can meet each other and compare their horses or breeding programs, and, of course have fun with it!

How and where do you see yourself in ten years?

I hope I will still be doing what I love and always be surrounded by beautiful Arabian horses. I hope that my life will bring me joy, happiness and as much satisfaction as I have now.

Chandler, will you please leave a final message for the readers of AHM? I wish you all the best and have fun with Arabian horses.

May this journey continue for all of us!

Thank you so much Chandler. This was truly inspiring. On behalf of the entire AHM Team, I wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavours!

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WORDS BY: SONJA SMALDONE

The world-class standard and internationally recognized quality of the Arabian horse in the Emirates is already fully appreciated throughout the world, and it is being further promoted by holding this beauty show under international rules and standards.

Organized by the Emirates Arabian Horse Society, (EAHS) with the kind patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqui, Crown Prince of Fujairah and Chairman of Fujairah Culture and Media Authority (FCMA), Fujairah Arabian Horse Show 2019 took place around the end of December outside the Emirate’s historic fort.

The Championship was staged under the directives of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nayan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Fujairah, with the higher supervision of H.E. Salem Mohammed Abdulla Alzahmi and H.E. Abdullah Mohammed Al Hantoobi. The Show was attended by a large group of top breeders and owners in the U.A.E. The Judging Committee was composed by: Dr. Aragno Gianmarco (Italy); Mr. Zaragoza Gimenez Carmelo (Spain); Mr. Jung Nikolaus (Germany); Mrs. Lewenhaupt Charlotte (Sweden); Mr. McCrea Bruce (United States of America) and Mr. Saltzman Jonas (Kuwait).

Ringmasters: Dr. Sameh Bedair (UAE) and Dr. Abdel Wahab Bin Ali Amira (UAE). Offi-

cial commentator: Mr. Abdallah Albarmaki (UAE). Show music by Mr. Ali Yaeesh (UAE). Official photographer: Mr. Morhaf Al Assaf (UAE). More than 100 horses distributed to 8 rounds, participated in the final championship. The results were as follows: YEARLING FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal Al Aryam Yara (Ajman Moniscione x Al Aryam Al Yaba) bred and owned

by Al Aryam Arabians.

Silver medal winner Jawhrat Albadr (Raoud Al Bidayer x Shahmaans Midnight) bred and owned by Badr Adnan Ahmed Mohamed Al-Ali. Bronze medal winner Al Aryam Suha (Aj Marzan x Al Aryam Sama) bred and owned

by Al Aryam Arabians.

YEARLING COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal winner D Saffar (Fa El Rasheem x D Safana) bred and owned

by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud. Silver medal winner Qaswarah Al Bustan (D Qaswarah x BS Noor) bred and owned by Al Bustan Stables. Bronze medal winner Nizar Ms (Abha Ubangui x Ujana Mb) bred and owned by Mandara Arabian Horse Stud.

JUNIOR FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal winner Al Aryam Hawayel (Aj Mardan x Al Aryam Hanna) bred and owned by Al Aryam Arabians. Silver medal winner Al Yazi Bhm (Marwan Al Shaqab x RFI Amira Almaktub) bred and owned

by Ali Ghanem Ali Humaila Almazrouei.

Bronze medal winner D Nobeyyah (Exca-

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libur E.A. x D Gezaila) bred by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Rabdan Arabian Horse Stud.

JUNIOR COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal and higher score in class Sg Su’oud (Fa El Rasheem x Vivianaa) bred and owned by Al Nakheel Stud. Silver Medal winner Muhab Bhm (S.M.A. Magic One x Mademoiselle) bred by Bin Humaila Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Talal Humaid Mohammed Humaid Almaskari. Bronze medal winner Hayzoom (Fa El Rasheem x FT Shaella) bred and owned by Ziad Abdulla Ibrahim Galadari.

SENIOR MARES CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal winner Enshooda Bhm (Moharib Al Khazna x Al Khazna Manal) bred and owned by Ali Ghanem Ali Humaila Al Mazrouei. Silver medal winner SS Farah Olivia (Kahil Al Shaqab x Farah-Darina) bred by Stigler Stud - Irina Stigler and owned

by Ahmed Mohammed Ali Shulaik Alshemeili. Bronze medal winner Canari Bhm (E.S. Harir x Caterina Fm) bred and owned by Ali Ghanem Ali Humaila Al Mazrouei.

SENIOR STALLIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Gold medal Riyadh Am (Abha Qatar x Dana Al Mohamadia) bred by Al Mohamadia Stud-Hrh Prince Abdullah Bin Fahad Al Saud and owned by Samjad Stud Project Management (L.L.C.). Silver medal winner Babilon Ms (Alfabia Babilon x Abha Nouba) bred by Mandara Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Jumah Mohammed Hamdi Bin Hamdi Alshemeili. Bronze medal winner Bashaar Bhm (Moharib Al Khazna x Petra Sf) bred by Ali Ghanem Ali Humaila Al Mazrouei and owned by Mohammed Humaid Mohammed Humaid Almaskari.

CONCLUSION The closing ceremony was attended by HH Sheikh Masoud Bin Saud Al Qassimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Central Department of Finance, HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Suroor Al Sharqi, Essam Abdalla, Chairman of the Emirates Arabian Horse Society and Chairman of the Higher Organizing Committee of the Championship, Ali Musbah Alharbi, Show Manager; Mohammed Alharbi, Show coordinator, Mohammed Al Tawhidi, General Manager of Dubai Stud, and a number of owners, breeders and lovers of the breed who thoroughly enjoyed the show.

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YEARLING FILLIES

SILVER MEDAL

JAWHRAT ALBADR

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GOLD MEDAL

AL ARYAM YARA

SIRE: AJMAN MONISCIONE DAM: AL ARYAM AL YABA BREEDER: AL ARYAM ARABIANS OWNER: AL ARYAM ARABIANS

BRONZE MEDAL

AL ARYAM SUHA

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YEARLING COLTS

SILVER MEDAL

QASWARAH AL BUSTAN SIRE: D QASWARAH DAM: BS NOOR BREEDER: AL BUSTAN STABLES OWNER: AL BUSTAN STABLES

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GOLD MEDAL

D SAFFAR

SIRE: FA EL RASHEEM DAM: D SAFANA BREEDER: DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD OWNER: DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD

BRONZE MEDAL

NIZAR MS

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JUNIOR FILLIES

SILVER MEDAL

AL YAZI BHM

SIRE: MARWAN AL SHAQAB DAM: RFI AMIRA ALMAKTUB BREEDER: ALI GHANEM ALI HUMAILA ALMAZROUEI OWNER: ALI GHANEM ALI HUMAILA ALMAZROUEI AHM | 202

GOLD MEDAL

AL ARYAM HAWAYEL

SIRE: AJ MARDAN DAM: AL ARYAM HANNA BREEDER: AL ARYAM ARABIANS OWNER: AL ARYAM ARABIANS

BRONZE MEDAL

D NOBEYYAH

SIRE: EXCALIBUR E.A. DAM: D GEZAILA BREEDER: DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD OWNER: RABDAN ARABIAN HORSE STUD AHM | 203

JUNIOR COLTS

SILVER MEDAL

MUHAB BHM

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GOLD MEDAL

SG SU’OUD

SIRE: FA EL RASHEEM DAM: VIVIANAA BREEDER: AL NAKHEEL STUD OWNER: AL NAKHEEL STUD

BRONZE MEDAL

HAYZOOM

SDAM: FT SHAELLA BREEDER: ZIAD ABDULLA IBRAHIM GALADARI OWNER: ZIAD ABDULLA IBRAHIM GALADARI AHM | 205

SENIOR MARES

SILVER MEDAL

SS FARAH OLIVIA

SIRE: KAHIL AL SHAQAB DAM: FARAH-DARINA BREEDER: ALLEVAMENTO STIGLERSTUD DI IRINA STIGLER, ITALY OWNER: AHMED MOHAMMED ALI SHULAIK ALSHEMEILI AHM | 206

GOLD MEDAL

ENSHOODA BHM

SIRE: MOHARIB AL KHAZNA DAM: AL KHAZNA MANAL BREEDER: ALI GHANEM ALI HUMAILA AL MAZROUEI OWNER: ALI GHANEM ALI HUMAILA ALMAZROUEI

BRONZE MEDAL

CANARI BHM

SIRE: E.S. HARIR DAM: CATERINA FM BREEDER: ALI GHANEM ALI HUMAILA AL MAZROUEI OWNER: ALI GHANEM ALI HUMAILA ALMAZROUEI AHM | 207

SENIOR STALLIONS

SILVER MEDAL

BABILON MS

SIRE: ALFABIA BABILON DAM: ABHA NOUBA BREEDER: MANDARA ARABIAN HORSE STUD OWNER: JUMAH MOHAMMED HAMDI BIN HAMDI ALSHEMEILI AHM | 208

GOLD MEDAL

RIYADH AM

SIRE: ABHA QATAR DAM: DANA AL MOHAMADIA BREEDER: AL MOHAMADIA STUD-HRH PRINCE ABDULLAH BIN FAHAD AL SAUD, BELGIUM OWNER: SAMJAD STUD PROJECT MANAGEMENT (L.L.C.)

BRONZE MEDAL

BASHAAR BHM

SIRE: MOHARIB AL KHAZNA DAM: PETRA SF BREEDER: ALI GHANEM ALI HUMAILA AL MAZROUEI OWNER: MOHAMMED HUMAID MOHAMMED HUMAID ALMASKARI AHM | 209

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Zayd

SA

sa faez simbad x sa zein

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Madison

SA

wh justice x sa minerva

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Janira

SA

sa faez simbad x princesa pin

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Kamila

SA

sa faez simbad x sa karima

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Sonja

SA

ajman moniscione x sa sofia

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Safiyah AL SAFIR

fadi al shaqab x sa sonja

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Wali al Safir wadee al shaqab x exposita ka

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Luna

DI ALABAMA

claudius el shams x lady alabama terrace

owner az.agr. av araby di vitaro alberto

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Enotri

EEA

shanghai ea x enjoi e

owner Enotri eea partnership

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El Perfecto Legacy at Le Soleil

Batistah © Elvis Giughera

El Perfecto | Baraquessa 2001 straight Spanish bay mare

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INTERVIEWED BY SONJA SMALDONE

“My love for the horse is immense. This creature is one of the greatest and unique spirits in the universe. The very name Horse signifies wildness, freedom and escape. I frequently use the image of the horse as my personal avatar. The idea of this animal is a symbol of human unification with nature, identifying the horse as a friend and ambassador to the animal kingdom. Without the horse we humans would never have survived in the cruel wilderness of the ancient world. I see the horse as a gentle loving friend, a link to nature, and a powerful ideal of beauty”.

Hello William! Just to set the scene for our readers, will you please share with us some background to you, your family and your education?

My background was a time of immense trauma because I could not study art at school as this option was not available. Without this outlook for my passions life became unbearable and I became very depressed and subject to suicidal thoughts. Did you know that a dolphin will drown itself if it is not permitted to swim free? In this way the creature strives to allow its spirit to escape. My favourite animal is Quatzalcoatlas. It is a giant pterodactyl the size of a biplane that existed at the end of the cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. As a child I read about this creature, a real life dragon that mastered the skies and flew across continents. When I found out it was extinct a great sorrow enveloped me.

In my early life I was obsessed with science fiction and read copiously the novels of Asimov and Brian Aldiss Brave. New World and the Foundation trilogy took hold of my mind. Later I got interested in superhero graphic novels, stories and comics. The visual dimension of the human figure in action and adventure captivated my imagination.

Later I became aware of the ecological crisis. Humanity increasingly is destroying the life support systems of planet earth. This informed my outlook on life and I trained initially as a landscape architect. This proved to be something of a disaster. My mind is not adapted to designing drainage details and car-parks. I failed this course but decided to study an Environmental degree in Geography instead.

About this time, when I was still very young, I went on a lovely family holiday to Tuscany, Umbria I think, where we stayed in a villa surrounded by olive trees overlooking a valley. I spent hours drawing the ancient olive trees with their knurled lattice work surfaces.

So, I travelled to Yorkshire instead to study Human Ecology, a type of Geography. In my spare time, I walked across the fields and woodlands of the Yorkshire countryside and painted miniature oil landscapes.

Can you talk a little about your formative years as an artist? Have you been trained, and if so from what Institution? Or are you self-taught?

My formative years were a battle to find myself as an artist against overwhelming odds. It seemed as though I had to fight a mythical battle against powerful supernatural forces that ranged across the infinity of dimensions. I was always interested in art and so I taught myself to paint using manuals of the great artists across time and the many biographies, feasting my eyes on the work of Picasso, Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse, Max Ernst, anything I could find. When I finished my academic studies I set up a studio in Yorkshire, Northern England, and proceeded to devote myself to art, filling my room with drawings and paintings. At first I drew images of people from the TV, mutating them into writhing monsters or abstract impressionist shapes, layering them with colours.

Is there someone special who has encouraged your work as an artist? If yes, tell us about this person and how they have influenced your path as an artist?

Sometimes you meet a special person who becomes a guru or a great influencer in one’s own inner spiritual life. I think a great influence was the artist and musician Mick Karn, who became famous in the early 80s with the avant-guard ambient funk pop band Japan. He sadly died 10 years ago. He was a

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painter, sculptor, musician of many instruments, a real polymath. His music is incredibly hypnotic and pagan, with a strong Middle Eastern flavour. He was seen as the greatest living bass player, if not surely the most original. His sculptures are like a new form of Giacometti, and his paintings are abstract and figurative, embracing the modernist themes of colour saturated dynamism and neo-platonic primitivism.

Secondly, I met this girl in Yorkshire who was very beautiful and taught me to look inside myself to find deeper inner meanings to life and its mysteries.

How did you first get into painting?

I first got into painting gradually in my spare time then more and more until it took over my every waking moment and my every thought. I knew I always wanted to be an artist but I never knew how to do it. Sometimes I wished I could be normal like everyone else and be a doctor, lawyer, or teacher. I don’t think a life in the professions could ever be compatible with the life of an artist. An artist is like a swimmer who dives into the collective unconscious to bring up pearls from the depths of the human mind.

Human beings have subjected themselves to apocalyptic wars, famine, genocide, and environmental destruction and ecological ruin. They are facing the greatest challenge of all time, global heating, caused by the release of carbon dioxide. It is my honour and great duty to warn the humans they are facing extinction unless they embrace the necessary changes in their technology, infrastructure politics, behaviour and attitude to nature and to each other.

What is your favorite subject to paint? Why?

My favourite subjects are usually imaginative mythical poetic stories based on daydreaming, nightmares of technology gone wrong, or animals and nature, and people and places. Sometimes they are abstract colour field impressions of landscapes. Sometimes I focus on a particular place like pagan Rome and the ancient Middle East. Often the horse will appear as a symbol of spiritual freedom, galloping into the distance, or swimming along coastlines.

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The horse has become a very important theme for me, representing wildness and existential, spiritual freedom.

How would you describe your painting style?

My painting style is a mixture of impressionism, expressionism, abstraction and surrealism. I like very much to explore the texture of paint and the coarseness and vigour of the fractured painted surface. Paint itself has a sculptural essence in that it fragments on the brush into infinity of lines, sub-textures, caresses, and gestures.

Which painters do you most often use for reference? Why?

In my mind there exists a sort of holy trinity if you like, of Picasso, Van Gogh and Cezanne, followed by the surrealists especially the women, Dorothea Tanning and Frida Kahlo spring to mind. People like De Kooning, Soutine, Dali, Ernst and Magritte also come to mind.

What is your favourite genre of music to listen to while painting?

Music? I listen to Sidi Mansour, by Rimitti, an Algerian pop artist who makes phenomenal swirling archiopeggios of sound. Japan and Joy Division, the Doors, Gary Numan, followed by Bowie and Roxie Music. In the nineties, I largely ignored the phenomenon of Britpop, with its conservative guitar melodies recycled from the sixties, and instead became obsessed by the ambient trance bands of transglobal underground, black

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star liner and loop guru. Also Arcade Fire, Hannah Peel, Goldfrapp and Anna Calvi. Also a lot of traditional Arabic and Indian music feature heavily with its quarter tone chants and pulsing rhythms. At the moment, I am into Jonny Marr, the guitar player from The Smiths, who has made two excellent albums of cascading, uplifting sonic landscapes, a sort of cross between the happy Mondays and Joy Division. I think Marr is one of the finest guitarists as well as David Torn and Robert Fripp.

William, maybe you could tell us about some of your journeys…

Which is your favorite destination to travel to?

I have travelled far and wide in many different times. This is the opening track called Decades by Joy Division. I have in fact travelled all over Europe, North Africa, South Africa, Turkey and the good old U.S.A., sadly in a state of advanced decay in its current administration. I was in California a while ago for an exhibition in Los Angeles, a solo show in Beverly Hills, at an art-space called AD FINE arts. I found the squalor disturbing. If America has the money to go on all these indeterminable wars why can’t it look after its own citizens? In the bus into downtown LA I saw tented cities on the sidewalks stretching as far as the eye could see.

One of the greatest and most exiting journeys was to visit my uncle in Ceret, near Perpignan, a department of La Française in Catalonia, in the shadows of the Pyrenees. We journeyed all the way from Britain via Paris.

The French landscape revealed its secrets from the high speed train, tra-

versing the plains of the north, through the mountainous Massive Central, and the marshes of La Camargue. Here I saw flamingos, dragonflies, and majestic herds of wild horses riding the waves of the salt marshes. I have had exhibitions in art-spaces in Izmir, Turkey, in the U.S., in Columbia and in several places in Britain.

Despite what I said, I still have a fondness for North America. It has a great art-scene and a lot of potential. Unfortunately, its populace is suffering great injustice with the highest levels of poverty and early death from malnutrition and ill health anywhere in the world surrounded by astonishing wealth at great proximity. So while it may be a good place to be an artist, the quality of life is pretty terrible for the average citizen.

However, I have always been interested in India. It is an ancient civilization with many artifacts and monuments surviving which have been destroyed elsewhere in the world due to religious bigotry and intolerance.

This is one place that I have always been interested in.

They say if you could be anything but an artist, don’t be an artist. What career are you neglecting right now by being a full time painter?

The idea of another career is impossible. Art chooses you, you don’t have a choice. It could be a bit like voodoo in that respect. However, if I could live a thousand lives, one of them would be a politician, helping to fight

for social justice and environmental issues; one would also be a warden on a nature reserve, and another would be a rock star, poet and so on. Or, perhaps, a quiet life as a lawyer or a doctor.

If you could meet any artist who is no longer living, who would it be and why?

If I could meet a dead artist maybe Picasso. I would like to go out drinking with him in Paris, and meet his bohemian friends, or maybe go to the theatre with him. Perhaps to see a production where he has designed a stage set. I don’t think I would get on with Van Gogh, he seems too intense, and I already feel like I know him through his work. Probably Francis Bacon because I know people who used to hang out with him as he lived in SoHo, in London, when it was once a seedy, atmospheric slice of real London life.

Do you have any upcoming exhibitions or collaborations?

I am planning a new exhibition in a place called Galeria Pilares in Columbia.

What are your hopes and dreams or future goals, where do you see yourself in the next 10 years?

I hope to live in peace and harmony in a world that is overcoming the problems of climate change, deforestation ad environmental collapse.

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WILLIAM BLACK IS ALSO A POET. EXCLUSIVELY FOR ARABIAN HORSE MAGAZINE, HE WROTE TWO BEAUTIFUL POEMS THAT WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE WITH OUR READERS. THE HOUSE WHERE THE HORSES LIVED

BY WILLIAM BLACK Steel and clay cannot contain you rain cannot deter you thunder is your guide shelter on the plains the endless rain run across the shoreline swear you will always be mine pine tree ridge lightning ridge a company of horses together against all odds a swamp of forbidden words the atmosphere closes in you shall be the leader one stallion many foals watching endless echo groves a rusting stone bitten to the bone five in your group seven in mine a stitch across time once there was Palestine the sound of hooves across the shoreline an outline in aqauline spare me a dime the one with the horses head.

MY MESSANGER THE HORSE

BY WILLIAM BLACK I watched you running over the sands of Babylon where the railroad meets the sea you answered my promise that one day I would be free how did I know? that you would still be here after all these years a symphony of elegance a shapely ambassador of utopia where once were lions now pigmies cower for without you we are nothing we who would be free free to ride you over limitless expanses free to conquer continental interiors free to fly over seas of grass free from the noise of breaking glass free to ask questions none that last free to visit places none unsurpassed free to visit oasis mountains and river forests free to visit midnite bars free to live without fear of cars.

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Stallions collection

What we talk about when we talk about...

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

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Marwan Al Shaqab

Š Gigi Grasso

(Gazal Al Shaqab x Little Liza Fame) 2000 Bay Stallion

3 Times World Champion Stallion

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Gazal Al Shaqab

Š Kelly Campbell

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Anaza El Farid x Kajora) 1995 Bay Stallion

World Champion And Platinum Champion Stallion

www.giacomocapacciarabians.com giacomo_arabs@yahoo.com AHM | 240

Wadee Al Shaqab

© Gigi Grasso

(Marwan Al Shaqab x OFW Mishaahl) 2010 Bay Stallion

2 Times World Champion Stallion

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Kahil Al Shaqab

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Marwan Al Shaqab x OFW Mishaahl) 2008 Bay Stallion

2 Times World Champion Stallion

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Fadi Al Shaqab

© Gigi Grasso

(Besson Carol x Abha Myra) 2008 Bay Stallion

World Champion Stallion

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Falah Al Shaqab

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Fadi Al Shaqab x Joseph Just Emotion) 2013 Chestnut Stallion

International Champion Stallion

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Medan Al Shaqab

© Ricard Cunill - SIR Arabians

(Farhoud Al Shaqab x Abha Myra) 2014 Grey Stallion

International Champion Stallion

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Hariry Al Shaqab

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Marwan Al Shaqab x White Silkk) 2010 Grey Stallion

Scottsdale Champion Stallion, US National Stallion, World Champion Stallion

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Hadidy Al Shaqab

© Ricard Cunill - SIR Arabians

(Gazal Al Shaqab x White Silkk) 2011 Grey Stallion

International Champion Stallion

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Farhoud Al Shaqab

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Al Adeed Al Shaqab x Johara Al Shaqab) 2008 SE Grey Stallion

International Champion Stallion

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Ghasham Al Shaqab

© Gigi Grasso

(Al Adeed Al Shaqab x Gazala Al Shaqab) 2010 Bay Stallion

International Champion Stallion

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EKS Alihandro

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Marwan Al Shaqab x OFW Psylhouette) 2010 Bay Stallion

3 Times All Nation Cup Champion Dubai Gold Champion Stallion 2 Times World Champion Stallion

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Sabea Al Sahraa

© Gigi Grasso

(Koronec x Nouf Al Thalitha) 2002 Bay Stallion

International Champion and Champion Sire

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EKS Mansour

Š Gigi KellyGrasso Campbell

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(EKS Alihandro x EKS Phateena) 2012 Grey Stallion

International Champion Stallion

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Figaro

© Kelly Campbell

(Wadee Al Shaqab x Shirin By Aisha) 2016 Grey Stallion

2017 World Champion Colt

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Qutuz Aljassimya

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Al Ayal AA x Minwah) 2017 Bay Stallion

International Champion Colt

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Sahm El Arab

© Gigi Grasso

(WH Justice x Om El Excella) 2013 Grey Stallion

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LC Prince Magnum

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Magnum Psyche x Ludy El Shahller Hmr) 2007 Chestnut Stallion

International Champion Stallion

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Maharaja HDM

Š Gigi Grasso

(Marajj x Yasminah Elamaal) 2007 Bay Stallion

Reserve World Champion Colt

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Shael Dream Desert

© Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Ansata Shaamis x Elettra) 2001 Grey Stallion

A

Breeder Choice

PROUDLY OWNED BY Al Waseel Stud

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Equator

© Nawaf Al Johani

(QR Marc x Ekliptyka) 2010 Bay Stallion

2018 World Champion Stallion

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Naseem Al Rashediah

Š Stuart Vesty

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Al Adeed Al Shaqab x Nabaweyyah Ezzain) 2014 SE Grey Stallion

T

he Most Talked Champion Of Today

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Shamekh Al Danat

F

© Gigi Grasso

(Ajmal Al Kout x Ajmal Sherifa) 2009 Straight Egyptian Grey Stallion

ather Of National And International Champions

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Ezz Al Danat

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Shamekh Al Danat x Shalwa) 2014 Straight Egyptian Grey Stallion

T

he Straight Egyptian Sire

International Champion

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Zain Al Dean

T

© Alessio Azzali

(Laheeb x Jowhara Al Okab) 2011 Grey Stallion

odays Outcross

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SM Bariq

© Alessio Azzali

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Sameh Al Rayyan x Shawq Al Nasser) 2014 SE Grey Stallion

2019 Milan Gold Champion Stallion, 2019 Egyptian Event Europe Gold Champion Stallion

PROUDLY OWNED BY Salman Stud

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Ayals Pearl

S

© Nawaf Al Johani

(Al Ayal AA x O Rosettas Princess) 2013 Straight Egyptian Chestnut Stallion

ire Of Type

PROUDLY OWNED BY Igal Tabori

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Al Whaid El Dine

© Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Salaa El Dine x Gioia Aps) 2012 Straight Egyptian Grey Stallion

PROUDLY OWNED BY Gian-Paolo Teobaldelli

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Sultan GK

© Stuart Vesty

(WW Stivallea x Al Magna) 2015 Bay Stallion

2019 Las Vegas Reserve Champion Stallion, 2019 Scottsdale Gold Champion

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SA Faez Simbad

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Ajman Moniscione x Altam Nur Simbad Hec) 2012 Bay Stallion

T

he Italian Sire

National Champion, Multi International Champion Sire

PROUDLY OWNED BY Angelo Scipioni

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Al Ayal AA

© Nawaf Al Johani

(Al Ayad x The Vision HG) 2008 Straight Egyptian Grey Stallion

International Champion Sire, 2018 Bronze World Champion Stallion

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Jakhal Alfabia

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(ZT Marwteyn x ZT Magnapsyche) 2012 Black Stallion

T

he black stallion

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Cavalli

Š Gigi Grasso

(Da Valentino x Aspyn) 2009 Chestnut Stallion

International Champion Sire, International Champion Stallion

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Al Raheeb AA

Š Gigi Grasso

Giacomo Capacci Arabians

(Laheeb x The Vision HG) 2006 Straight Egyptian Grey Stallion

www.giacomocapacciarabians.com giacomo_arabs@yahoo.com AHM | 272

Picasso Di Mar

© Gigi Grasso

(Cavalli x SG Wendetta) 2016 Chestnut Stallion

National and International Champion Colt

PROUDLY OWNED BY Soc. Agr. Tre Stelle

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