Jul 07 2017
On 7th May, the mare Plejada AH celebrated her 30th birthday in Austria. She has been at the side of Alexandra Dietl since the age of two and a half and is an integral part of her life – although Alexandra Dietl had initially looked for a different type of ‘Arab’ … Even as a …
Jul 07 2017
Arabian horses are known for their longevity, but to celebrate the 35th birthday in good health, is not a common thing, not even in Arabians. For that reason we wish Count Sethos all the best and – quite contrary to all the others before him – dedicate these lines not to a famous breeding stallion …
Jul 07 2017
Gemeinsame Erklärung der Pferdezucht- und -sportverbände Warendorf (fn-press). In dieser Woche wurde bekannt, dass die hessische Landesregierung das Landgestüt Dillenburg nicht weiter unterstützen wird. Die 400 Jahre alte Traditionsanlage steht damit vor dem Aus. In ihrer Begründung stellt Umweltministerin Priska Hinz unter anderem das Wohl der Pferde in Frage. Die Schließung des Gestüts hätte nicht …
Jul 07 2017
At the moment, we are bombarded with “Jubilees”: “200 Years of Weil-Marbach breeding”, “200 Years of Janow Podlaski”, “200 Years of Shagya-Arabian breeding”. What was going on, 200 years ago, that “almost everything” started around that time? Quite simply, Napoleon had overrun Europe with his wars and had robbed it not only of his men, …
Jul 07 2017
Prikhot is the founder of a very sought after family in Russian race horse breeding. She comes from the Rodania damline (see our last issue) in combination with the stallion Sport. He did his name justice, but his conformation was not that of an ideal Arabian. The use of Sport to procreate mares for the …
Jul 07 2017
WAHO Conferences do have a great appeal, and so around 200 participants followed the invitation of the Royal Family to come to Bahrain for the 22nd WAHO Conference. But it is not only the social gatherings and meeting with friends, the horses and sightseeing that make a WAHO Conference attractive, there are also interesting hard …
