News and highlights of Ariela Arabians - 2005

Ariela Arabians would like to send our warmest Holiday Greetings and best wishes for a Happy New Year to all our friends and clients throughout the world.
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At the 2005 World Championship in Paris, the Laheeb daughter Galilea won the title of 2005 Reserve World Champion Mare. Earlier this year Galilea was crowned Champion Mare at the challenging Polish Nationals. Congratulations to Michalow Stud and Stud Director Mr. Bialobok, for their great success with this promising young mare.
November 2006 - As a result of the dope test conducted at the World Championships 2005 in Paris, the mare WN Fawn Obsession was found to be positive, and was disqualified from any titles and awards achieved at the World Championships in Paris 2005. Due to these circumstances, Galilea is the 2005 World Champion mare.
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Congratulations to Martine and Paul Despeghel-Van Hee
of Dion Arabians, Belgium on their purchase of our 2004 World Champion mare Loubna.
Loubna is the finest mare ever bred at our stud and we are extremely proud that Martine and Paul have chosen her to join their successful breeding program. We wish them all the best with this wonderful mare and hope to see Loubna in the show ring again in the future.
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Congratulations to Jadem Arabians - Belgium on leasing the Laheeb son A.A. Assal from our friend and client Avi Aharoni. This promising young stallion is one of Laheeb's most beautiful sons and no stranger to the show ring; being 2004 and 2005 Israeli Reserve National Champion Colt.
We would like to wish Avi Aharoni and Jadem Arabians all the best with this great horse.
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The 25th Israeli Nationals was held last weekend, and horses which are connected to our breeding program did extremely well; in particular, both foals championships were won by Laheeb progeny.
As was the case at the Egyptian Event six weeks ago, all colts classes was won by Al Maraam sons. At the end of the championships, the colt Al Bilal (Al Maraam x Bahiha) was awarded the Junior Champion title, and his reserve was AA Assal (Laheeb x Asia).
Junior Champion Filly was our homebred filly Barakaa AA
(Laheeb x Al Baraqai AA), and the Reserve title went to Aroussa
(Al Maraam x W. Warda). The Mare Championship was won by our mare *Dumka (Laheeb x Dabrowa).
The Stallion Championship was extremely exciting. Champion Stallion was A. Sharif Pacha (AS Sinans Pacha x TZG Westona), shown and handled by our team, and the Reserve was our homebred Lail
(Mosalli x Imperial Kalatifa).
The Al Maraam son AA Al Bashyr won the Must Classic Head class.
Thank you to Frank Sponle for showing our horses and to all our friends and clients.
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During a special ceremony held during the European Championship in Verona, our mare Loubna was awarded the ECAHO Cup trophy and became the first mare ever to win this prestigious title. Loubna's beautiful trophy was presented by ECAHO Chairman, Mr. Ferdinand Huemer, to Mr. Frank Sponle, who represented us during this ceremony.
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Last weekend was the opening of our racing season and the very promising Al Maraam son, Al Mawardi, did it again by handily winning his heat, open exclusively to former race winners. He beat some of the country's top race horses and did it in style - finishing three lengths ahead of the second place horse.
Congratulations to Ofer Braz, who both owns and trains Al Mawardi.
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Great results for Laheeb foals around the world: The stallion Poganin, owned and bred by Janow Podlaski Stud - Poland, was named Champion Stallion at the 20th National Animal Breeding Exhibition in Poznan. And the Michalow bred mare Eloida, which sold at the 2004 Pride of Poland Sale, won the Supreme Champion Mare title at the large North West Show in South Africa. Congratulations to all owners and breeders.
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We are happy to welcome the German Straight Egyptian stallion
Al Ayad to our breeding program.
Al Ayad's extreme type well reflects his pedigree, a blend of some of the best and most classic"old" German breeding, lines which are becoming more and more difficult to find today in SE breeding.
Al Ayad, 2002 Egyptian Event Europe Junior Champion Colt, has an unusual pedigree. His sire is traces to one of the breed's finest mares, Moheba II (Ghazal x Malacha), of the Farida branch of the El Dahma family. His dam, Al Mamunah, is a Maysoun daughter that recently sold to the Middle East. Al Mamunah is Hadban Enzahi by strain, tracing back tail female to the root mare Venus, bred by the Shammar bedouin.
We would like to thank both Monika Wenzel, Al Ayad's proud owner, and The Arabian Garden, for helping to make this lease possible.
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Congratulations to Michalow stud on the success of their Laheeb daughter Emesa at the 2005 All Nations Cup. Emesa took 2nd place in an extremely strong class of beautiful fillies. We hope to see this ultra-refined young mare in some additional European shows in the near future.
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At the first Israeli Egyptian Event, judged by Mrs. Christina Wale, horses related to our breeding program swept the show.
Three out of four champions were Al Maraam progeny;
Latifah AA ­ Champion mare, Fayrouz ­ Junior Champion Filly & Al Bilal ­ Junior Champion Colt.
Actually, all the colts classes were won by Al Maraam progeny!
In addition, another Al Maraam son, M.D. Shakel, was named Reserve Junior Champion colt, and the filly Atiq Ell Hashem, by our home bred stallion Sinjabi (Imperial Imdal) was named the Reserve Junior Champion Filly.
And finally, the stallion Lail (Mosalli x Imperial Kalatifa) won the Reserve Champion Stallion title.
Champion foal colt was Al Hadiyah AA (Laheeb x The Vision AA) and his Reserve was another Al Maraam son, S. Al Mahar.
A huge thank you to Rhodri Jones who did a wonderful job despite the heavy heat.
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Congratulations to Michalow Stud ­ Poland on the victory of the Laheeb daughter Galilea (Georgia) at the 2005 Polish National Championship show.
This beautiful young mare become 2005 Poland National Champion Mare against extremely tough competition. Right behind Galilea in the class, came two other Laheeb daughters: Emesa and Siklawa.
Galilea is no stranger to the show ring. Her previous successes includes: 1st place at the Polish Spring Show, twice 2nd place at the Polish Nationals, and 2nd place at the All Nations Cup ­ Aachen.
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Congratulations to the Friedmann Family of Germany on the great success of their young stallion Al Lahab (Laheeb x The Vision) at the Egyptian Event ­ Europe; Three of the junior classes were won by Al Lahab foals.
Also, congratulations to the Wagner family, owner of the Reserve Junior colt Pyramid Layyan K, a truely classic Al Lahab colt.
Three stallions (out of twelve) at the Stallions showcase, were bred by our farm: Tahir, Labib and the ultra black beauty Al Hakim. This year none of our horses were competing at Baden Baden, but obviously our breeding program was well represented.
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Interesting news from Germany.....in the latest issue of the German Arab Horse Society newsletter there is a list of which stallions covered the most mares during the 2004 breeding season. Three stallions in the Top Twenty of this prestigious list were bred by our stud:
Al Lahab, Al Hakim and our own Al Maraam, who was in Europe for only part of the '04 breeding season. What is even more extraordinary is that all three stallions share the same dam: The Vision HG.

The VIII Arabians Summer Festival of the magical Fontanella Arabians was a resounding success.
It started with a seminar given by Judith Forbis and was followed by a presentation of the farm's beautiful horses, and of course, accompanied by wonderful food and music. One of the highlights of the day was the presentation of two unique horses: the black beauty Windsprees Mirage and our own stallion Al Maraam.
We would like to thank Giuseppe Fontanella and his team for this unforgettable weekend.
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Bon Voyage, Laheeb. We miss you already and can't wait for you to come back home.
Laheeb left today on his long journey to sunny California where he will stand at Furioso Farm for the 2006 and 2007 breeding seasons. Although he has a great show record and numerous get in Israel and Europe, particularly Poland, this trip will be Laheeb's American "debut".
We would like to wish Raymond Mazzei and the entire staff at Furioso loads of fun and great success with this very special horse.
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Congratulations to longtime friend and client Ofer Braz, the proud owner of Al Mawardi, a three year old SE colt sired by our Al Maraam out of AK Bint Maisa.
Al Mawardi, the first Al Maraam colt to compete on the race track, won his maiden race against seven runners, all older than this promising youngster.
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At the 8th Galilee Festival of the Arabian Horse horses related to our breeding program were among the stars of the show. The two weanling champions were both sired by sons of Al Maraam, and the Champion Filly was the beautiful Al Maraam daughter Arosa. Our own homebred Al Taj AA, also sired by Al Maraam, won the Champion Colt title, and the Laheeb son A.A. Assal took Reserve. The Al Maraam son,
A.A. Bashir, won Most Classic Head and stood third in his class behind Al Taj AA and A.A. Assal.
The Senior Male Championship was an unforgettable spectacle and, when all the dust settled, two Mosalli sons, MD Talal and Lail brought home the Senior Male Champion and Reserve titles.
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Once again Mosalli showed that he is a great show horse by winning the Champion Stallion title at the International B Show Arabitalia at Travagliato, Italy. Congratulations to Giuseppe Fontanella and the whole Magic Fontanella team.
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We're off to a great start for the 2005 show season - at the Israeli Spring Show, the Champion Filly was sired by our homebred Al Manar (Al Maraam x Luiba), and the Reserve Champion Filly was sired by another Ariela - bred stallion, Mufftan (by Mosalli). The Champion Colt was sired by Babolna's Halim Shah I, a stallion we leased for two seasons, and the Reserve Champion Colt was the Laheeb son,
AA Assal. Champion Stallion was M.D. Taladin, a beautiful young horse sired by Al Maraam.
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MD Taladin, a beautiful young Al Maraam son, won the 2005 Israel Breeder's Cup Halter competition last weekend under European Judge Francesco Sanchi (Italy), with the highest score of the show.
The racing segment of this competition will be held later this year. Congratulations to Mr. Arnon Bergman, Taladin's new owner.
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The first Al Maraam foal to be born in Holland was foaled a few days ago - she is Bess Ginger,
a lovely chestnut filly born at Bessewacht Arabians. The little girl is out of Bess Cordessa, a direct daughter of the pure white legendary stallion Ibn Estaasha, and one of Francine's most precious mares. Congratulations to the Besseling family on this newest addition to your breeding program.
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America, here we come! We are happy to announce that our head stallion Laheeb will stand at Furioso Farm, California from June 2005 through August 2007. Raymond Mazzei, Furioso Farm owner and well-known international judge, has been extremely impressed over the last few years by the quality of the Laheeb foals in Poland. After watching Laheeb's performance at the 2004 Israeli Nationals, where he won the title of Champion Stallion for the second year in a row, Raymond approached us and asked to lease the stallion for two years. As a result of this venture Laheeb will soon be standing next to an old stablemate from Janow Podlaski, the widely acclaimed Ecaho, now at Furioso Farm, California. We wish Raymond & Furioso Farm great joy and success with Laheeb.
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We are happy to present our junior stallion, Al Safir AA's, first foal - a beautiful eye-catching chestnut filly with an extremely wide short head, born just a few weeks ago at the stables of our longtime client, Mr Ofer Brez. Ofer is the owner of Braz Arabians, the leading breeding program of Arabian race horses in Israel. The dam of this little girl is one of Ofer's favorite mares, Anjom, sired by our own bred stallion Labib with tail female line tracing to one of our first Straight Egyptian mares; Al Sachra Bint Amal. Well done Safir!

At last weekend's annual Israeli All Breed Stallion Exhibition at Nezer Sireni four out of the ten Arabian stallions shown were direct sons of Al Maraam - Al Safir AA, Al Bilal, Al Taj AA, and Al Manar - what a great honor for this young stallion!
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Ariela Arabians is happy to announce the arrival of 2002 Israeli Reserve National Champion Colt; Al Bilal, who will stand at the farm during the 2005 breeding season. Al Bilal is an Al Maraam son, out of our own bred mare; the multi-champion beauty Bahiha. Bahiha's sire, Baahir, is a double Israeli National Champion and 1992 Egyptian Event reserve Supreme Champion. Her dam Imperial Im Tiarah was one of our best mares until her untimely death. Tiarah's dam line traces to the top producing mare Ansata Nile Mist of the famous Nile family, and back to the Sabah branch of the Dahman Shahwan strain and thence to El Dahma. Al Bilal is owned by Mr. Avi Arviv.