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Apr 07 2017
Nutritional Needs of the Endurance Horse
Due to domestication, stabling and riding, we have to feed our horse with an adapted ration of food, to compensate for his decreased grazing time and increased burning of energy. When the horse moves forward for several hours, the repeated muscle contractions require energy provided by the burning of fat. It needs obviously more than …
Apr 05 2017
Breeders Tour to the Russian Stud Tersk – Update
From 24th August to 1st September 2017 – the Russian Stud Tersk opens its doors for the “Open Day” and the Russian National Championship (RASB). Don’t let this opportunity pass without coming with us to Russia! IN THE FOCUS, in co-operation with the travel agent “Reit-Safari” in Munich, offers a breeders tour to Tersk and …
Apr 05 2017
Prikhot – The Birth of a Legend
Russian Damlines – Rodania (I) In this first part about the legendary mare Prikhot, Russian registrar Alexander Shemarykin introduces us to her ancestors, that came as foundation stock from England to Tersk stud. If we talk about the development of racing families in the Arabian breed in general, breeders and owners of racehorses have said …
Apr 04 2017
A Window to the Past
The Desertbred horses of Bahrain Bedouin stories are part of the folklore and history of the Arabian horse. But hardly any breeder of today has a clear image, of how these Bedouin horses actually looked like. On the contrary, the “piece of art”, as we know it from the show ring today, is regarded as …
Apr 04 2017
Royal Horses – The Sireline of Bairactar
There are only very few Arabian stallions, which have had an influence on horse breeding as lasting as the desertbred stallion Bairaktar, imported 1817 for the Royal Private Stud of Weil-Scharnhausen. He was imported from the Orient exactly 200 years ago and not only did he have a worldwide influence on Arab horse breeding since …
Apr 04 2017
Die neue Ausgabe 1/2017 ist im Webshop erhältlich
Zeitschrift Arabische Pferde IN THE FOCUS, das Magazin für Freunde, Züchter und Besitzer von arabischen Pferden. Aus dem Inhalt: Königliche Pferde – Bairaktar-Hengstlinie Ein Fenster in die Vergangenheit – Die Wüstenaraber in Bahrain Prikhot – die Geburt einer Legende Fütterung des Distanzpferdes Ursprung der Arabischen Rasse Distanzsport am Scheideweg (I) – Die Misere in Dubai …
Apr 03 2017
Marbach Classics ganz im Zeichen der Araber
Dieses Jahr liegt der Fokus der Marbach Classics auf den edlen arabischen Vollblutpferden. Denn 1817, vor 200 Jahren, hat König Wilhelm I. von Württemberg sein Königliches Privatgestüt Weil-Scharnhausen gegründet. Es war dies die erste Zuchtstätte in Europa, die sich der Zucht von arabischen Vollblütern gewidmet hat und deren Linien bis heute weiterbestehen. Fürstin Pauline zu …
Apr 02 2017
SWR-Film über 200 Jahre Araberzucht Weil-Marbach
„Gott hat den Menschen aus Erde gemacht, das Pferd aber schuf er aus Wind“ Dieses arabische Sprichwort passt perfekt zu der „silbernen Herde“ in Marbach, Gomadingen: Wenn dort die Araber-Stuten über die Weiden auf der Alb galoppieren, spüren alle Besucher die besondere Faszination dieser Pferderasse. SWR Autorin und Pferdespezialistin Inken Pallas lässt die Zuschauer in …
Mar 27 2017
Online Course in Equine Genetics
At the 2017 WAHO Conference in February, Guest Speaker Dr. Samantha A. Brooks, PhD, from the Brooks Equine Genetics Lab at the University of Florida Genetics Institute, announced that they would be offering a 6-week online course in equine genetics. This is with the aim of improving the understanding of genetic principles and technologies among …
Mar 26 2017