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Der Araber als Freizeitpferd

“Die Freizeitreiter” sind eine reichlich undifferenzierte Gruppenbezeichnung, und dennoch stellen sie den größten Absatzmarkt für unsere Vollblutaraber dar. Aber worauf achtet der Freizeitreiter, wenn er einen Vollblutaraber kaufen will? Frühjahrszeit ist Fohlenzeit – aber welche Bestimmung wird dem Fohlen mit in die Wiege gelegt? Wird es Zucht-, Schau-, Reit-, Distanz-, Rennpferd? Wohl kaum, denn eine …

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Aus Spaß an der Freud’

Häufig wird die Frage gestellt, wozu wir denn Amateur-Schauen brauchen? Die Antwort darauf ist eigentlich ganz einfach – in erster Linie um Spaß zu haben zusammen mit dem Partner Pferd. Wir kennen das ja: Sein Pferd auf einer Prämienstutenschau, Beständeschau oder einer kleineren C-Schau vorzustellen, wäre ja schon ganz reizvoll – wenn da nur nicht …

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Happy Birthday – Eldon

The oldest Arabian horse at Michałów turned 32 on 7th March: Eldon (Penitent / Erotyka). Born in 1985, Eldon became European Champion (1991) and Polish National Champion (1992) just like his sire Penitent several years before. And he raced – just like his sire – and achieved in 10 starts 3 wins (3; 4; 1; …

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Happy Birthday – Monarch AH

On 5th March, Monarch AH (Wiking / Sasanka) celebrated his 30th birthday at his home at W’rsan Stables in Abu Dhabi. Quite a big crowd of international guests gathered to celebrate him, surrounded by a group of his magnificent daughters and granddaughters. But life has not always been so kind, as his dam died when …

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“Sori” ist Spitze!

Innerhalb von wenigen Jahren hat sich Susanne Hoyler mit dem Vollblutaraber-Wallach Haifi El Sorrento an die Spitze der FN-Ranglistenpunkte aller arabischen Rassen hochgearbeitet. Wer die Turniersaison dieses Jahr ein wenig verfolgt hat, der wird sich über das Ergebnis unserer FN-Ranglisten-Statistik nicht wundern: Haifi El Sorrento (v. BS Specific) hat mit seiner Reiterin Susanne Hoyler fleißig …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Endurance at a Crossroads (II) –
The Bouthieb-Initiative in Abu Dhabi

The Bouthieb Initiative wants to get endurance riding back to its old values, where more horsemanship and less speed are awarded. One who wants to change the attitude of his countrymen to the horse and the endurance sport by giving a good example and by teaching the young generation, is H.H. Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed …

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