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
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 …
Jun 15 2017
Im Alter von 33 Jahren starb der Rennchampion und Rennpferdevererber Amer. Er kam einst als Geschenk von Saudi Arabian in den Besitz des Gestüs Umm Qarn von Sh. Abdullah bin Khalifah Al Thani in Qatar. Er stand als Deckhengst erst in Dependancen dieses Gestüts in England und Frankreich, wo er jetzt im Haras de Le …
Jun 05 2017
On a sunny weekend in May, the State Stud Marbach celebrated “200-years of Weil-Marbach Arabian breeding” in honour of the founder of the Royal Stud of Weil, King Wilhelm I. Marbach is home of the oldest dam and sire lines in Arabian horse breeding, i.e. those of Murana I and Bairaktar, which originated in the …
Jun 05 2017
ZSAA-Körung in Alsfeld 2017 Zur diesjährigen Körung stellten sich insgesamt 21 Hengste, davon erhielten zwei Drittel ein positives Ergebnis, drei Hengste wurden prämiert. Das kann sich sehen lassen. Zur diesjährigen Körung des ZSAA waren insgesamt acht Vollblutaraberhengste angereist. Für diese ist die Körung auf freiwilliger Basis, es sei denn, sie sollen für andere Rassen eingesetzt …
May 04 2017
Already at the beginning of the year 2017, the Friedmann family had to bid a last farewell to one of their foundation mares, F Samirah (Ali Valentino), a half-sister of European and Reserve World Champion F Shamaal. Bred from American Straight Egyptian lines, she soon became a successful show horse. She was multiple champion mare, …
Apr 10 2017
English articles include:Royal Horses – 200 years of Weil-Marbach breedingThe Deserbred Arabians of BahrainDamlines of Russia – PrikhotFeeding the endurance horse – Basic needsEndurance at a Cross Road – The Misery in DubaiThe Bouthieb Initiative in Abu DhabiShagya-Araber – Assessing the Shagya ArabianHappy Birthday – Monarch AH und EldonObituary – Prof. Fritz Koenig
