There is currently a lot of turmoil and public outrage in dressage about the pictures seen of a “semi-lame” Totilas at the European Championship of dressage in Aachen. In addition, to make matters worse, there were “live” demonstrations of the infamous Rollkur by a representative of the Dutch team in the warm-up arena. Experts say …
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Aug 30 2015
Happy Birthday – CH El Brillo (*1985)
Early August, CH El Brillo (El Shaklan / AZH Basknaborra) celebrated his 30th birthday. It was a stroke of luck for La Movida Stud, when this El Shaklan son came into the stud in 1999. Ferdinand Huemer was actually looking for some El Shaklan daughters for his Ali Jamaal stallions, when he heard that Fritz …
Jul 04 2015
Let’s Go Western!
It’s not easy, to find neutral performance records of our Arabian horses. For classic sports (of the National Federation), there is an online-database (at least in Germany), where all competition results are available. For Western, there is nothing like that – unfortunately. Therefore we have asked the GAWA (German Arabian Westernhorse Association) and had a …
Jun 29 2015
Swiss Mountain Cup – Ergebnisse
In Siwtzerland, the Swiss Mountain Cup with 57 competing horses took place on 27.-28. June at the beautiful riding center at Obergerlafingen (near Solothurn). Additionally, there was a small ridden show class with 5 riders. The show was characterized by good quality senior mares, the colts on the other side varied a lot in their …
Jun 25 2015
Tänzer im Viereck – Exquisite’s Fantasy
He competes in dressage up to Intermédiaire I, he has earned many fans by his victory in Aachen and now has been awarded with the WAHO Trophy 2014: Exquisite’s Fantasy! We asked his breeder and owner, Susanne Hofbauer-Werth, how it all came about. Arabian Horses IN THE FOCUS: Susanne, you have bred Exquisite’s Fantasy yourself. …
Jun 24 2015
Miteinander zum Sieg
Austrian Championships for Arabian Sport Horses English Summary The Austrian Sport Championships are organised since 1998 under the rules of the National Equestrian Federation of Austria. Unfortunately, the number of participants is stagnating and without opening the event for foreigners, it would not be possible to maintain it. The participants came from Germany, Poland, Denmark, …
Jun 21 2015
Der Araber als Veredler
Der Araber als Veredler über den “Umweg” Partbred An der diesjährigen ZSAA-Körung haben die Arabisch-Partbreds zahlenmäßig bei weitem überwogen. Grund genug, beim Vorsitzenden des ZSAA, Ahmed Al Samarraie, nachzufragen, was es mit dieser relativ neuen “Rasse” auf sich hat, wozu sie dient – und wo die eigentlichen “Kernrassen” des Verbandes bleiben.
Jun 20 2015