Jul 29 2019
It is with a heavy heart to write these lines and to inform about the passing of Ryan Jones, one of the most talented handlers in the Arabian horse world. The tragedy happened at the British Nationals at Malvern last weekend where Ryan died very suddenly, presumably of a heart attack. Ryan was born in …
Jan 22 2019
Auch wenn Horst Stern primär nichts mit arabischen Pferden zu tun hatte, so hat er doch mit seinen Büchern “Bemerkungen über Pferde”, “Bemerkungen über das Pferd im Zirkus” und “So verdient man sich Sporen” viel für das Pferd in den 1980er Jahren getan. Jetzt ist Horst Stern im Alter von 96 Jahren gestorben. Horst Stern …
Jan 23 2018
With Dani El Barbary one of the most passionate horse women of Egypt has died. Emancipated and self-assured, she followed her heart and devoted herself entirely to her horse breeding – not a given thing for a woman in Egypt. As a young woman she became, and learned in several stables in Europe. Horses became …
Jan 16 2018
Just a few months before her 81st birthday, Brazilian breeder and judge Lenita (Maria Helena Ribeiro) Perroy passed away yesterday. With her, the Arab world has lost a breeder, who has created her own “horse type” in 35 years of breeding, by line breeding and a very special eye for beauty. Lenita Perroy was born …
Jan 15 2018
Yesterday, Hanna Luise (Hansi) Heck-Melnyk passed away at her farm in Hawthorne, Florida at the age of 86. With her, the Arabian horse world has lost a major breeder, but also a belligerent pedigree expert. Born in 1931, Hansi Heck-Melnyk emigrated to Canada at a young age. Her actual equestrian origin were warmblood horses, and …
Oct 17 2017
A great breeder and mentor of the Arabian horse is no longer among us: Dr. Nasr Marei passed away this morning at the age of 75. I met him first some time in the 1990ies and finally visited him in his paradise-like stud Al Badeia in Cairo for the first time in 2003. Many more …
May 14 2016
It is with a heavy heart that I write these lines – completely surprising our colleague and photographer Erwin Escher has passed away. I still cannot comprehend, that the next shows will be without him, without his grin, without his humor, without his sometimes snappy comments about the horses in the ring. Born in 1959, …
May 13 2016
On 10th May 2016, Sigi Siller, founder of Om El arab passed away – the world of Arabian horses would look different without her influence, her vision and her drive. Om El Arab stud, which – with El Shaklan – gave the world one of the most important sires of all times, actually started with …
Apr 30 2016
Her logo “Fil” we know from many photos, that capture the true spirit and essence of the Arabian horse in a most unique way – no more, as the known and talented photographer Irina Filsinger passed away after a long illness. Irina Filsinger grew up with horses – her father, Dr. Erwin Filsinger, a vet …
Feb 10 2016
Today, Alexander Ponomarev died in the morning; on 27th December last year he celebrated his 76th birthday. Alexander Ponomarev studied veterinary medicine and afterwards spend some years in the former GDR to gain some work experience. Therefore he spoke some German, as well. In 1971, as a young vet, he was appointed as successor of …
