News and highlights of Ariela Arabians - 2014

As 2014 comes to a close and we ring in the new year, we would like to take the time to both count our blessings and wish all of our friends in Israel and around the world a meaningful holiday season and a wonderful new year.
Here at Ariela, a new chapter now begins -- in just two short weeks we move to what is both our new farm and our dream home at Moshav HaYogev. We are inspired by the peacefulness and natural beauty of the Jezreel Valley, as well as the rich history of this region. We are extremely grateful that our little family enjoys good health and we have continued delight in the daily joys of raising our four year old son Daniel.
We also take great delight in many of the foals born over the past few years, some of whom we believe will soon play key roles in our program. And finally we could not be prouder of the accomplishments of the two Laheeb daughters that competed at this year's World Championships in Paris and brought home Silver and Bronze medals for their owners. None of this could have happened without the help and support we receive on a continual basis from our families, our dedicated staff, and our good friends, including many of you, who gave of your support either from afar or simply pitched in and gave us a helping hand to keep everything running smoothly at the farm and at the shows while we were busy overseeing the building of our new farm over this entire year.
We would like to thank everyone who showed their support with a good word, phone calls, 'likes' and shares on Facebook, and in so many other ways. We are truly blessed with so many good friends and with so many good people around us. We want to thank all of you, wish all of you an extraordinary new year, and extend a warm invitation to come and visit us soon at HaYogev.
Eliko and Chen

The 2014 World Championship in Paris proved a huge success for our senior stallion Laheeb (Imperial Imdal x AK Latifa). Only two of his progeny were shown in what is one of the world's most important and prestigious shows, but both of these two absolutely stunning, fairy-tale beautiful Laheeb daughters excelled! Our home-bred Badawieh AA (out of Bahiha) was named 2014 World Silver Champion Mare and best Straight Egyptian mare of the show and Emira (out of Embra) was named World Bronze Champion Mare. Badawieh AA is proudly owned by Ajman Stud of the UAE and Emira by the Michalow Stud of Poland. What a great achievement for Laheeb. We are so proud!
Photo by Elisa Grassi and Gigi Grasso

At the Autumn Show held last weekend in Jericho, our home-bred filly Baarikah AA (Al Ayal AA x Baraqaa AA by Laheeb) was named Silver Champion Yearling Filly. Both Amanai AA (Nader Al Jamal x Ayat AA by Al Ayad) & Ainaan Al Qasem (Al Ayal AA x Baraket Al Salam by Leran AA) were named Top Five. M.A. Wardi (Nader Al Jamal x Sabra Dahir by Baahir) was named Gold Champion Filly. The Al Ayal colt Farid Al Kher (out of Takiya AA) was named Gold Champion Colt Foal and Nijm Al Laheeb (Laheeb x *JPJ Talai) was named Silver Champion Colt. Congratulations to all!
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Over 180 horses took part in the 2014 Israeli Nationals show. Despite the rainy weather, the show was beautifully run and well organized and the quality of the horses was superb.
We showed FIVE horses. All were Straight Egyptians and all our own home-bred horses.
We returned home with FOUR Gold Championships and ONE Silver Championship! Sofiya AA (Al Ayal AA x *Saniyyah RCA) - Gold Champion Filly Foal Salsabil AA (Laheeb x *Sanniyah RCA) - Gold Champion Yearling Filly Laheeb al Nar AA (Laheeb x Nashwah AA) - Gold Champion Yearling Colt Nashwah AA (*Al Ayad x *Insha Sha Latifa) - Gold Champion Mare Labibah AA (*Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA) - Silver Champion Filly.
Also, Farid Al Kher (Al Ayal AA x Takiya AA) was named Bronze Champion Foal Colt, Wadee Al Rehan (Laheeb x W. Warda) was named Bronze Champion Yearling Colt and A.A. Aluf (*Nader Al Jamal x A.A. Aseela) was named Silver Champion Stallion! Congratulations!!!!
A big thank you to Tom Oben who did a super job showing our horses. to our entire team and also to all our friends who made this unforgettable weekend possible!!!
Photos by Shlomi Nissim & Moshe Sandbank

The 2014 Israeli Egyptian Event was a great success. One hundred and thirty four horses took part in this show. Many horses related to our breeding program did very well at this show, although we only showed a small number of horses there. This was because the Israeli nationals were held immediately after the Egyptian show. Our junior stallion, Shams Sharav AA (Simeon Sharav x Saniyyah RCA) was 1st in his class and named 2014 Egyptian Event Israel Silver Champion Colt The show was a huge success for the progeny of our young stallion Al Ayal AA. His foals won the following titles: Gold Champion Filly Foal & Silver Champion Filly Foal, Gold Champion Colt Foal & Silver Champion Colt Foal, and Gold Champion Yearling Colt, Silver Champion Yearling Colt & Bronze Champion Yearling Filly! He made us very proud!

Here are the results of horses related to our program from this show:
Hikayet Hob AA (Al Ayal AA x Hamdiayh AA) - Gold Champion Filly Foal
Nardin (Al Ayal AA x Nijmat Al Sachra) - Silver Champion Filly Foal
Royal Alabina (Al Ayal AA x Princess Alabina) - Gold Champion Colt Foal
Dan D Sherif (Al Ayal AA x Atiq Shahira) - Silver Champion Colt Foal
Niran Al Hayal (Laheeb x True Heart) - Bronze Champion Colt Foal

Dalal Zamani (Laheeb x Zena Al Buraq) - Silver Champion Yearling Filly
Bushra AA (Al Ayal AA x Badriyah AA) - Bronze Champion Yearling Filly
Ayals Pearl (Al Ayal AA x O Rosettas Princess) - Gold Champion Yearling Colt
Nadeem AA (Al Ayal AA x Insha Sha Latifa) - Silver Champion Yearling Colt
Kayed Al Hayal (Nader Al Jamal x Rehan Al Jabal) - Bronze Champion Yearling Colt

Elica (Baha AA x EAI Safolima) - Gold Champion Filly
Infinity KA (Nader Al Jamal x Anjum) - Gold Champion Colt
Shamas Sharav AA (Simeon Sharav x Saniyyah RCA) - Silver Champion Colt
*JPJ Talal AA (Al Baraki x JPJ Talsasha) - Bronze Champion Colt

Lujyan AA (Nader Al Jamal x Lamis AA) - Gold Champion Mare
Atiq Shahira (Nader Al Jamal x Atiq SofSof) - Bronze Champion Mare
Amir El Hejra (Nader Al Jamal x Kenya PG) - Gold Champion Stallion
Amir Al Jamal (Nader Al Jamal x Atiq Altiga) - Bronze Champion Stallion
Congratulations to all!
Photos by Bar Hajaj

During the 34th Israeli National Championship Show, our homebred senior stallion Al Maraam (Imperial Imdal x The Vision HG) was awarded with the very prestigious WAHO Trophy. This exclusive award is given every year to horses who have earned special life achievements; each WAHO member country awards one to a horse bred in its own country. WAHO has requested that each country's awards committee should look for an Arabian horse which has in some way been an excellent “ambassador” for the breed, and we are very proud that our Al Maraam is seen in such a way.

We are happy to announce that Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) arrived safely to the USA. Al Ayal was leased by the well known AlJassimya Farm of Doha - Qatar, owned by HE Sheikh Jassim Bin Khalifa Al Thani. Al Ayal will stand at AlJassimya's Farm in Santa Ynez, California - USA. During this time he will cover some of Al Jassimya's finest mares.
We wish to thank HE Sheikh Jassim Bin Khalifa Al Thani for taking part in Al Ayal's future and for his trust in Al Ayal's ability, to Bart van Buggenhout - manager of Al Jassimya Farm, and to Giacomo Capacci.
We wish AlJassimya lots of success with this extraordinary young stallion.
Photo by Shalomi Nissim

For years Arlene Magid, the internationally respected Arabian historian, researcher, and bloodline expert has helped to educate the Arabian public through her Facebook pages about Arabian horses, influential bloodlines, and the significance of major show results. Typically she does a unique real-time coverage of the most important Arabian shows held worldwide via Facebook, in which she generously shares her knowledge and analyzes the deeper significance of the show results and makes them more meaningful for us by putting them in larger historical perspective.
Arlene recently published a post in which she analyzed which stallions had the greatest influence and sired the most champions at this year's prestigious All Nations Cup Show held in Aachen last month. Her research revealed that the leading sire of champions at Aachen this year was World Champion Stallion QR Marc, with three champions to his credit. Following him were the stallions who sired two champion at this show. These stallions included Marwan Al Shaqab, Kahil Al Shaqab and our own homebred Straight Egyptian stallion Laheeb!!!!
Such a great honor to be part of this lineup of some of the world's best breeding stallions!
Thank you, Arlene, both for your very important work, and for making us proud!
Photo by Shalomi Nissim

Congratulations to Mr. Giorgio Rossi of Italy, for acquiring the super young colt Baasim AA for his breeding program. This colt is by Al Ayal AA and the first born of the Laheeb daughter Basmah AA (out of Al Baraqai AA). We feel Baasim is one of the best young colts we ever bred here and he has a great future ahead of him.
We wish Mr. Giorgio Rossi lots of success with Baasim AA.
Photo by Shalomi Nissim

At the 2014 Jericho Show, some horses related to our breeding program did very well: Lyan (Al Ayal AA x Dameer RC by Simeon Sharav) was named Silver Champion Yearling Filly, Al Rashaya (Nadar Al Jamal x Al Duqa AA by Al Maraam) was named Gold Champion Filly. The Laheeb son OEJ Lahidaar (out of RZA Alidessa) was named Silver Champion Colt, and our home-bred stallion Akram AA (Al Hadiyah AA x Al Amal AA by Halim Shah I) was named Silver Champion Stallion. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to our dear friend Andrea Dello Lacono of Arabian Heart from Italy! His beautiful Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) filly AH Mona Lisa (out of Jamila MPE), was shown at the 2014 Straight Egyptian World Championship in Roma, and was named Silver Champion Futurity Filly! AH Mona Lisa is a full sister to AH Princess Soraya, who was named Bronze Champion Filly at the Italian Egyptian Event in Salerno, earlier this year. Congratulations Andrea!

Congratulations to Al Maya Arabians from Saint Ouen Sur Gartempe - France, for selecting two of our best horses for their Straight Egyptian breeding program. The two horses are The Laheeb daughter Tarah AA (out of JPJ Talsasha) and the Al Ayal AA son Lasani AA (out of Latifah AA by Al Maraam). Both are great quality young horses and we are sure that they will be wonderful additions to the Al Maya breeding program. We wish Al Maya Arabians a lot of success with these two beautiful young horses.
Photos by Shlomi Nissim

One more foal was born two days ago - a grey filly and she looks wonderful. This filly is a full sister to the 2013 colt Lasani AA who was sold to France. She is by Al Ayal AA and out of one of our best broodmares, the multi champion Latifah AA (Al Maraam x Imperial Kalatifa), which makes this newborn a material half sister to Lutfina AA and Labibah AA.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Here is a beautiful picture of the blue-black Al Khamsa colt Atiq Ayal (Al Ayal AA x Atiq Que Serra) who was named Reserve Champion Foal Colt at the 2013 Israeli Nationals. The dam of this colt, Atiq Que Serra (*Ser El Roc x *Fakhers Teekatu by Fakher El Din), bred by Idan Atiq Arabian Stud, represents very rare Egyptian-Blunt bloodlines that carry a very high percentage of rare pure desert blood combined with Abbas Pasha and Ali Pasha Sharif blood. Both Al Khamsa and the Asil Club work to preserve these rare and valuable bloodlines. This colt is bred and owned by Gay Hadad.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

The 32nd All Nations Cup show was held last weekend in Aachen, Germany. Some of the world's best horses competed at this prestige show and among them two Laheeb offspring took part: Our home-bred stallion, Al Lahab (Laheeb x The Vision HG), almost 16 years old, was named Silver Champion Stallion. Emira (Embra), the multi champion Polish-bred Laheeb daughter, was named Bronze Champion Mare. Congratulations to the Friedmann family of Germany, the proud owners of Al Lahab, and to Michalow Stud of Poland, the proud breeder and owner of Emira.
Photo by Elisa Grassi and Gigi Grasso

At the 2014 Middle East Championship (Title Show), held last weekend in Amman - Jordan, the Straight Egyptian Laheeb son Zain El Dean (out of Jowhara Al Okab) was named Gold Champion Colt! Congratulations to Mr. Talat Abu Dahes of Israel, breeder and owner of Zain El Dean and to Mr. Said Khair of Jordan who is leasing this promising young stallion.
Photo by Shira Yeger

Great news from far away; at the 13th Russian National Championship, held in Moscow on the 7th of September, the Laheeb son Leran AA (ex Latifah AA by Al Maraam) was named Silver Champion Stallion. Leran's two year old filly, Valeria, was named Bronze Champion Filly. The 2012 Nader Al Jamal son, Prince of Galilee, out of our home-bred mare Nawal AA (Al Maraam x Insha Sha Latifa by Ansata Selman) was named Bronze Champion Colt. All horses are Straight Egyptian Horses!
Leran AA and his daughter are both owned by Professor Minaev Valery, and Prince of Galilee is owned by Mr. Goman Elvira. Congratulations!!!
Photo by Shira Yeger

The 2014 Egyptian Event was held last weekend in Lanaken, Belgium. The three year old filly Wadad Zamani (by Laheeb) was the winner of the Three Year Old Fillies class. Asalah AlBadeia (by Al Maraam) was 1st in the Two Year Old Fillies class. The yearling filly KZ Sundus who is out of our home bred Tanajara (Imperial Imdal x KP Bint Tuhotmos) was the winner of the Yearling Fillies class and named Silver Champion Filly.
Our mare Lutfina AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA by Al Maraam) was first in her class (out of nine mares) with a super score of 93.86, including 7 X 20s! Lutfina who was beautifully shown by Raphael Curti is on lease to Al Baydaa Arabians from Egypt. Congratulations to all!
Photo by Gregor Aymar

At the 2014 Chantilly Breeders' European Championship Show, held last weekend in France, the Al Maraam (Imperial Imdal x The vision HG) son Elmaran (out of Ekstera) won First Place in his class and was also named Bronze Champion Stallion of the show. Congratulations to Mr. Wojciech Parczewski, breeder and owner of Elmaran.
Photo by Stuart Vesty

Amjad ibn Nader, SE yearling colt by Nader al Jamal and out of our home-bred mare Al Amal AA (Halim Shah I x The Vision HG) was named Gold Champion Colt at the Desert Cup show which was held last weekend in Kauber Platte, Germany. Congrtulations to Kathrin Hampe Klingebiel of EOS Arabians, breeder and owner of Amjad ibn Nader.
At the some show, the filly Umai Al Adeed by Al Adeed Al Shaqab out of our home-bred mare Luiba (Imperial Imdal x Imperial Kalatifa) was named Silver Champion Filly! Umai Al Adeed, was bred by La Movida Arabians in Austria and is owned by EOS Arabians.
Photo by Ferdinand Huemer

Great results for Al Maraam's progeny at the 1st Gran Premio PSA Citta di Tradate show, held last weekend in Tradate - Italy; his son KZ Mash Haar (Lady of the Evening) was 1st in his class and named Gold champion Stallion! Mash Haar's half brother, OR Walmar (Al Maraam x OR Walima), was 2nd in his class and Named Silver Champion Stallion! Congratulations!
Photo by S. Yegar

Congratulations to Al Shaqab Stud of Qatar for adding the multi champion mare Loubana to their wonderful breeding program. Loubana is a Straight Egyptian Mare by Laheeb and out of Bint Karima (by Mujalli). This mare has won many titles in the past include the title of 2012 Silver Champion Mare at the Middle East Championship in Jordan. Congratulations to Mr. Hikkmat Taha who bred and owned this wonderful mare and to Giacomo Capacci.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

At the 3rd Warsaw Arabian Horse Show held at the end of June in Poland, the Al Maraam (Imperial Imdal x The vision HG) son Elmaran (out of Ekstera) won First Place in his class and was also named Gold Champion Stallion of the show. Congratulations to Mr. Wojciech Parczewski, breeder and owner of Elmaran.
Photo by Stuart Vesty

Congratulations to AH Arabians for breeding this beautiful Straight Egyptian filly, Nardin AH. She is by Al Ayal AA and out of Nijmat Al Sachra by Al Safir AA (Al Maraam x Maar Bilahh). Mabrouk!
Photo by Shira Yegar

Congratulations to Sheikh Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi of Ajman Stud on Badawieh AA's (Laheeb x Bahiha) success at the Menton Show. Badawieh AA was 1st in her class with the highest score of all females, including eleven scores of 20! and was later on named Silver Champion at this exciting show!!!
Photo by Gigi Grasso

We are very sad at Ariela Arabians to hear of the passing of the beautiful straight Egyptian stallion, Nader El Jamal. We were very fortunate to have Nader here with us for a few years until his final departure in January 2012. Not only did he leave us with some beautiful sons and daughters but we enjoyed very much his playful and charismatic personality. Nader was a very special horse. Our condolences go out to his owners and his breeders as we know they must be heartbroken as we certainly are. Goodbye Nader El Jamal and may your spirit live on through your beautiful children.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Great results from the 16th Galilee Arabians Horse show which was held last weekend in Kafar Manda. Over 180 horses took part in this show. Here are some of the results of horses related to our breeding program:

Al Amira (Al Ayal AA x Al Ghalia) - Silver champion Weanling Filly
Fayid Al Khir (Al Ayal AA x Al Nijmh RZ) - Bronze Champion Weanling Colt
Bushra AA (Al Ayal AA x Badriyah AA) - Bronze Champion Yearling Filly
Al Haab (Laheeb x HS Reinette) - Gold Champion Filly
Hasna Al Fawaz (Al Raheb AA x Dalaa Al Fawaz) - Silver Champion Filly
Dorina RAA (Nader Al Jamal x AA Mona Albi) - Bronze Champion Filly
Dameer RC (Simeon Sharav x K.Z. Dafina) - Silver Champion Mare

Hikayat Hob AA (Al Ayal AA x Hamdiyah AA) - 2nd place 2014 Filly
Al Mortajes Dahir (Al Ayal AA x Filar) - 2nd place Weanling Colt
S.A. Al Rashaya (Nader al Jamal x Al Duqa AA) - 1st place Fillies 2011a
Balqis al Jamal (Laheeb x Mai Shah Atifa) - 2nd place Fillies 2011a
Salma Al Jamal (Nader Al Jamal x Shahabaa) - 2nd place Fillies 2011b

Congratulations to all owners and breeders!

Over the past few years stallions from our breeding program have done exceedingly well at the prestigious Egyptian Event annually held in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. In 2006 Al Lahab (Laheeb x The Vision) was named Gold Champion Stallion while Laheeb (Imperial Imdal x AK Latifa) stood behind him as Silver Champion Stallion. In 2011 Al Raheb AA (Laheeb x The Vision HG) was named Gold Champion Stallion. A year later his full brother Al Hadiyah AA (Laheeb x The Vision HG) won the title of Bronze Champion Stallion. This year it was Baha AA's turn to take the crown and be awarded the title of Unanimous Supreme Champion Stallion!!!
Baha is by Al Ayad and out of Baraaqa AA (Laheeb x Al Baraqai AA). He is on lease to Inga Appequist & Raymond Mazzei and is owned by Avi Aharoni & Rami Vaknin. He was beautifully shown by Raymond Mazzei to this prestigious title. In 2013 Baha was named Gold Champion Stallion at the Egyptian Event of Europe and was a Top Ten Stallion at the World Championship in Paris. Congratulations to everyone associated with this horse and wishing you the very best of luck in the future with Baha AA.
Finally, at this same Event our breeding program was awarded the Highest Honors Breeders' Award for breeding the highest scoring male of this important show. We are happy and proud!
Photo by Javan

At the Bruges Arabian National Horse Event - Belgium, the stunning Al Ayal filly F.M. Pippaa (out of F.M. Gloriaa) was named Bronze Champion Filly. Congratulations to her breeder James Swaenepoel and her owner Mieke Sans!
Photo by Elisa Grassi

Countess Charlotte Lewenhaupt just sent this picture of her beautiful Al Ayal AA A colt CL Sultan and wrote; “This is the best foal that I have ever seen in our breeding and both my mother and I are thrilled to present this colt”. CL Sultan is the first Al Ayal foal in Sweden and he is out of the SE mare Salma (Majd Al Rayyan x Isah by Il Nasek). Congratulations to Charlotte with family at Lewenhaupt Arabian Stud.
Photo by LS Photo and Design

Emilio & Antonio Manzi of Manzi Pure Egyptians stud (MPE Arabians) from Italy, sent some pictures of his homebred feminine beauty Fariha MPE, a 2012 SE filly by Al Ayal AA filly and out of HMT Farima (The Minstril x Princess Fariha by TheEgyptianPrince). This filly represents the result of linebreeding to the Saqlawi Jidran strain thru her sire and dam.
Photo by Linda Svensson

Congratulations to Andrea Dello Iacono from Italy. Last week his Al Ayal filly, AH Princess Soraya (out of Jamila MPE), was named Bronze Champion Filly at the at the Straight Egyptian show in Salerno – Italy. Andrea handled his filly by himself, which makes his success even sweeter!!! Well done Andrea!

At the Arabica Egyptian Europa Cup, held in May 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany a son of our homebred mare, Al Amal AA (Halim Shah I x The Vision HG) was named Bronze Champion Colt. EA Amjad ibn Nader is by Nader Al Jamal. He was bred and is owned by Kathrin Hampe Klingebiel of Eos Arabians. Congratulations!
Photo by M. Groger

Congratulations to our friend, Andrea Dello Iacono from Italy, on the birth of AH Mona Lisa. A beautiful Straight Egyptian filly by Al Ayal AA and out of Jamila MPE (True Colors).
Sometimes dreams do come true...

At the 2014 Egyptians Event show in Travagliato, Italy - The Laheeb daughter Loubana (Bint Karima) was named Gold Champion Mare. This multi-champion mare is bred and owned by Hikmat Taha and shown by Giacomo Capacci. The Laheeb son, Deffiance (Almona Moniet ) become Silver champion Colt. Deffiance is bred and owned by Raymond Mazzei of Furioso Farm and on lease to Angelo Scipioni. Congratulations!
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

The 2014 Israeli Spring show, which opened this year's show season, was a great success with more then 130 horses taking part. We took only two young horses, both were beautify shown by Uri Shaked. Salsabil AA (Laheeb x Saniyyah RCA by Mishaal HP) was named Gold Champion (Unanimous) Yearling Filly and Gabriel AA (Al Ayal AA x Gazania by Laheeb) was 1st place in his class and Bronze Champion Yearling Colt. It was Gabriel AA's first show. Thank you Uri!
Here are the results of horses related to our breeding program:
Salsabil AA (Laheeb x Saniyyah RCA) - Gold Champion Yearling Filly (Unanimous)
Busrah AA (Al Ayal AA x Badriyah AA by Nader Al Jamal) - Silver Champion Yearling Filly
Ainaan AL Qasem ( Al Ayal AA X Barkat Alslam by Leran AA) - Bronze Champion Yearling Filly
Jamilah ABD (Al Ayal AA x HT Kamilah) - 2nd place Yearling Filly
Wadee Al Rehan (Laheeb x W. Warda) - Gold Champion Yearling Colt
Gabriel AA (Al Ayal AA x Gazania by Laheeb) - Bronze Champion Yearling Colt
Elica (Baha AA x EAI Safolima) - Gold Champion Filly
Salma Al Jamal (Nader Al Jamal x Shahabaa) - Bronze Champion Filly
JPJ Talal AA (Al Baraki x JPJ Talsasha) - Silver Champion Colt
Bat Shabbat (Laheeb x Czeresnia) - Gold Champion Mare
AA Kawkabat (Simeon Sharav x FS Kalua) Silver Champion Mare
Fikrah (Nader Al Jamal x W. Sharavit) - Bronze Champion Mare
Congratulations to all!!!
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Here is some great pictures of a 2014 Straight Egyptian Grey Colt by Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) out of Shalimar AA (Nader Al Jamal x Saniyyah RCA by Mishaal HP). This great colt was bred by Susi & Ofer Pelag. Congratulations to his now owner Golan Bar.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Here is Ghadir AA, an Egyptian-related colt by Al Ayal AA and out of the Polish Michalow-bred mare Gazania (Laheeb x Giralda by Eldon). We have a wonderful full brother to this colt born last year, who also shows great quality. So far it seems as if the cross between Laheeb daughters and Al Ayal is working extremely well.
This colt and his dam are owned by Eshed Karabaki, Michael Berkovich, and ourselves.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

At the 2014 Arabian Breeders World Cup Championship, held last week in Las Vegas, two mares from our breeding program were shown. Durar AA (Gazal Al Shaqab x Dafina by Al Bilal) was 3rd in her class, and was eventually earned the title of Top Ten Filly. Lutfina AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA by Al Maraam), the only Straight Egyptian to participate at the Breeders World Cup, performed beautifully and was 2nd in her class. Lutfina AA is on lease to Mr. Ahmed El Talawi & Ms. Mai Bozuber of AlBaydaa Stud in Egypt and Al Mai Stud in Kuwait. Also, the Janow-bred Laheeb daughter Ariadne (Argentyna) was 1st in her age group.
Photo by Javan

Here are two pictures of Loubana al Qasem, 2014 SE Al Ayal AA filly out of the multi champion mare Loubana (Laheeb x Bint Karima). This beautiful filly is bred and owned by Hikmat Taha of Al Qasem Stud. Mabrouk!
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Two days ago, at the Jericho Equestrian Club race track, our young stallion, Hilal El Dine AA had his first ever race. And what a great start it was! He won this race ahead and far away from all other horses. Hilal El Dine is by the legendary Salaa El Dine and out of Al Halah AA (Laheeb x The Vision HG), the only full sister to World Champion Al Lahab. This young stallion is a true testimony that beautiful high quality horses can perform with great success. We wish to thank Muhamad Najami - co-owner of Hilal and his trainer, to Falah Wehabi, to Ala Grifat - Hilal's jockey and to all our friends who supported and helped.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Just got some wonderful new pictures from Janow Podlaski; Anki Lundberg from Sweden captured photos of our stallion Abyad AA (Nader Al Jamal x Al Amal AA by Halim Shah I) under saddle. He looks so good under saddle! Solid proof that Arabian horses can do it all!
Abyad has already had nine foals born this year at Janow and a few more are on the way. So far these foals show great quality and we hope to see them shown with great success in the future.
We wish to thank Anna Stefaniuk for sending these pictures.
Photo by Anki Lundberg

We are proud! At the 2014 Dubai International Championships, one of the world's best and most prestigious shows, two of our home-bred horses were shown! Both were sired by our home-bred stallion Laheeb (Imperial Imdal x AK latifa) ! Both straight Egyptians! And both had great success!!!
Badawieh AA (Bahiha) was 1st in her class and then Silver Champion Mare behind the 2013 World Champion Mare Emandoria. In the semi-finals the gap between both wonderful mares was very, very small.
Al Lahab (The Vision HG), at 15 years old, was 2nd in his class behind former World Champion Stallion Marquis CAHR. Later on Al Lahab was named Bronze Champion Stallion behind Marquis and Abha Qatar!
Congratulations to Ajman Stud who owns Badawieh AA and has leased Al Lahab, and to the Friedmann Family, the owners of Al Lahab.
Photo by Gigi Grasso

Here is a picture of the 2013 filly by Al Ayal AA out of Hamdiyah AA (Simeon Sharav x Al Halah AA by Laheeb). Al Halah AA is the only full sister to World Champion Al Lahab. This extremely beautiful filly is bred by our farm and proudly owned by Abdel Naser Musleh of Ramalla. Mabrouk to Abdel Naser!
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Al Jassimya Farm announcement:
We are excited to announce the next step in our journey.
The beautiful Al Ayal AA will be joining the Alijassimya Farm program.
Thank you to Ariela Arabians for their confidence in leasing such an extraordinary stallion to us.

Elisa Grassi just sent us a super new picture of the Al Ayal AA son, Al Ayal Moniscione (out of Ariel Moniscione). Last autumn this young colt was named Gold Champion Colt at the UAE Nationals. Al Ayal Moniscione is bred and owned by the Buzzi Family from Italy and currently on lease to Ajman Stud.
Photo by Elisa Grassi

She did it again!!! Only one week after being named Gold Champion Mare at the Abu Dhabi Show, Badawieh AA (Laheeb x Bahiha by Baahir) was shown at the 23rd Qatari International Arabian Horse Show and named Gold Champion Mare! Congratulations to her owner Sheikh Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi of Ajman Stud.
Photo by Irina Filsinger

We would like to present this picture of the SE 2013 filly, Ainaan AL Qasem ( Al Ayal AA X Barkat Alslam By Leran AA ). This filly is owned by Mr. Hikmat Taha of Kfar Qasem. This filly was named Gold Champion Filly Foal at the 2013 Palestinian International Show, held at the end of 2013 in Jericho. Mabrouk Sheikh Hikmat!
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Today, the 17th of February 2014, the queen of our farm, *The Vision HG , is 20 years old! The Vision was bred by the US breeder Marilynn Geurin. We first met The Vision in the spring of 1995 during the Egyptian Event in Lexington, Kentucky, while she was under the wonderful care of Steve Dady, and we made the decision to buy her on the spot. It was love at first sight, and the rest is now history.... Shortly after her purchase, The Vision made her trans-atlantic trip to Israel in the companionship one of our other mares (Imperial Im Tiarah). It didn't seem to take very long before we recognized that VIsion had already made herself the heart and soul of our program. Over the years this magical black mare was shown many times and was named 1996 - Middle East Reserve Junior Champion Filly and Most Classic Head winner, 1996 Israeli National Champion Filly and Most Classic Head winner, 1998 Israeli National Champion Mare and 1999 Israeli National Champion Mare. In 2007 The Vision finished her show career by taking part in Israel's annual Egyptian Event where she won the title of Gold Champion Mare.
Over the years The Vision become not only our own most important broodmare but has also been recognized as one of the world’s best-producing mares. Today her descendants can be found in all parts of the world. Among her best progeny are the All Nations Cup Reserve Champion colt Al Maraam (by Imperial Imdal), All Nations Cup, European Champion, World Champion and Dubai Champion Al Lahab (by Laheeb), Israeli Egyptian Event Gold Champion Al Halah AA (by Laheeb), Israeli National Champion & Egyptian Event Champion Al Hadiyah AA (by Laheeb), US Egyptian Event Supreme Champion Al Raheb AA (by Laheeb) and Dubai Gold Champion & Egyptian Event Europe Gold Champion Al Ayal AA (by *Al Ayad). One more of The Vision’s jewels will soon be present to the world. We have named him Al Ghazali AA and he is sired by the World Champion stallion Gazal Al Shaqab.
On this memorable day we wish to thank all the people who have taken part and played a role in The Vision's life; including her breeder, her devoted veterinarians, her trainers and handlers, her many admirers, and most importantly the people on our farm staff who have taken daily care of her and loved her so very well over so many years. Our twenty years with The Vision have passed amazingly fast. We are so very grateful for having had the privilege of knowing and loving this once-in-a-lifetime mare. Our birthday wish for our regal black jewel is that we continue to celebrate many more such birthdays together, and that she and her progeny will continue to reign at Ariela.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Two of our homebred horses competed at the 2014 Abu Dhabi International Horse Championship. Both are progeny of Laheeb! The first one was Badawieh AA (out of Bahiha), who was 1st in her class with 94.25 points (include nine 20s!!!) and named Gold Champion Mare of the show! The other was Al Lahab (out of The Vision HG) who won his class with 93.96 points and named Gold Champion Stallion! Badawieh AA is owned by Ajman Stud and Al Lahab is owned by the Friedmann Family and on lease to Ajman Stud. Both horses was shown by Frank Sponle. Congratulations to all!
We are so proud!!!
Photo by Gigi Grasso

We are pleased to present this picture, taken by our farm photographer Shlomi Nissim, of our first 2014 Al Ayal foal. It is a filly and she is just beautiful! Sofiya is by Al Ayal and out of our Mishaal HP daughter Saniyyah RCA. As some of you may know, Saniyyah was not doing well in the last few months, so this filly is a truly a special gift and we feel so blessed. We hope Saniyyah will get better and will live with us for many more years.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

A wonderful picture of true Arabian horse beauty. This golden chestnut filly is Jamilaa ABD (Al Ayal AA x HT Kamilaa by Shaikh Al Kuran). She was named Gold Champion Filly Foal at the 2013 Israeli Spring Show. She is proudly bred and owned by Abed Baset. Congratulations!
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Congratulations to Mr. Abu Ras Fadi on his recent acquisition of the beautiful young SE Laheeb son, Basel AA (Laheeb x Al Baraqai AA by Laheeb). This promising young colt is full brother to our Baraqaa AA & Basmah AA. We look forward to seeing him shown in the future.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

At the 2014 International Egyptian Event of Kuwait, our homebred mare Lutfina AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA by Al Maraam) was 1st in her class with a score of 92.93 points!!! Later on she was named Bronze Champion Mare of the show. Lutfina AA is the first of our breeding program to be shown in Kuwait. We are so proud!
Congratulations to Mr. Ahmed El Talawi & Ms. Mai Bozuber of AlBaydaa Stud in Egypt and Al Mai Stud in Kuwait, who are leasing Lutfina. And thank you to Mr. Raphael Curti who so beautifully presented Lutfina in the Kuwait show and will continue to handle her at upcoming shows!
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

We are proud to announce that our homebred stallion, the multi champion Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) will depart for the US in August 2014. Al Ayal is being leased by one of the world's best breeding program and home of some of the most highly-awarded horses of our time; Al Jassimya Farm of Doha - Qatar, owned by HE Sheikh Jassim Bin Khalifa Al Thani. Al Ayal will stand at Al Jassimya's Farm in Santa Ynez, California - USA for two and a half years. We wish to thank HE Sheikh Jassim Bin Khalifa Al Thani for putting his trust in Al Ayal's ability, to Bart van Buggenhout - manager of Al Jassimya Farm, and to Giacomo Capacci for negotiating on both parties behalf.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

We are very excited to announce that *Ansata Nile Pharoah (Ansata Imhotep x Ansata Misty Nile by Ansata Hejazi), bred by the world famous Ansata Arabians - USA and proudly owned by Rhodium Arabian Stud in New Zealand, will be standing at stud at our farm during the 2014 and 2015 breeding seasons.
Ansata Nile Pharoah is by the US Egyptian Event Supreme Champion Stallion Ansata Iemhotep, a full brother to World Reserve Champion & European Champion Stallion Ansata Sinan. Pharoah traces from both sire and dam female lines to the very important Egyptian foundation mare Sabah and carries a close up cross to the valuable international sire, Ansata Hejazi. Pharoah carries the some dam line as our foundation mare Imperial ImTiarah (Ansata Imperial x Imperial Mistry), a mare on whom we set high hopes who was lost way too early.
After his export to New Zealand, Nile Pharoah was named 2010 New Zealand Reserve National Champion stallion, 2010 North Island Champion stallion and Supreme Champion, and 2011 New Zealand National Champion Senior Stallion. One of his SE daughters; RNZ Flos Ferri (out of Simeon Sukar) was named 2011 New Zealand Reserve National Champion Filly. Ansata Nile Pharoah will be an important source of outcross blood for our mares and will offer an exciting new opportunity for Israeli breeders who wish to infuse this proven blood into their own programs.
We wish to thank Mr. Fanus Crous, owner of Rhodium Arabians Stud for making this wonderful opportunity possible and to Mr. Joe Polo for helping to make this dream come true. Please enjoy these photos from New Zealand. We promise to share new photos as soon as Pharoah has completely recovered from his long journey and settled into his new home.
Photo by Stuart Vesty

Al Ayal AA filly out of Elettra (dam of Shael Dream Desert). Proudly bred and owned by Ajman Stud.
Photo by Elisa Grassi

Abyad AA (Nader Al Jamal x Al Amal AA by Halim Shah I), remains on lease to Janow Podlaski Stud in Poland, where he has already sired lovely foals and competed successfully on the race track. His success has been such that he is now covering some of Janow's highest ranked mares.
Photo by W. Pawłowski

The very rare Hilal el Dine AA (Salaa El Dine x Al Halah AA by Laheeb), will also stand at stud this year. Hilal's dam, Al Halah AA, is the only full sister to World Champion Al Lahab, and his sire is the world famous Katharinenhof's bred stallion Salaa El Dine (Ansata Halim Shah x Hanan). and we are intrigued with his very special pedigree and the genetic potential of blending our and Dr. Nagel's bloodlines. Hilal is on lease to Mohammad Najemi from Ebelin, located in Israel's north.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Shams Sharav AA (*Simeon Sharav x *Saniyyah RCA by Mishaal HP), is our very special two year old colt who will cover his first mare in 2014. In many ways Shams Sharav typifies the special look of both his sire Sharav and grand sire Asfour, with his exceptionally expressive eyes, sculpted ears and his wonderful presence and charisma. We believe this colt will add an exciting new dimension to our stallion battery.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

Al Ayal AA (*Al Ayad x *The Vision HG) has a stunning future ahead of him as a major breeding stallion after competing successfully in prestigious halter competitions on the European and Middle Eastern show circuits over the past several years. His first foals, born overseas, have proven very competitive in foreign show rings, and his 2013 Israeli foal crop has done much the same here at home and looks extremely promising. Al Ayal is a horse of extreme type and quality, and has the prepotence to pass on his exotic looks and great refinement to his foals.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

The second stallion is our homebred Laheeb (*Imperial Imdal x *AK Latifa), the first straight Egyptian horse ever leased to stand as head sire at the Polish National Studs, and sire of many international champions and exceptional breeding animals. Laheeb is considered by many breed experts to be the most influential living representative of the Saklawi I (Nazeer) sire line worldwide. Now eighteen, Laheeb once again serves as head sire at Ariela Arabians, after having traveled the world to sire excellent get on four continents.
Photo by Shlomi Nissim

The first stallion we present is our homebred Al Maraam, who come back from abroad a short time ago. Sired by the World Champion *Imperial Imdal out of *The Vision HG, Al Maraam is himself a multi champion and the sire of many champions around the world. His show record includes All Nations Cup Reserve Champion, Top Ten at the World Championships in Paris, two times class winner at the European Championships and Israeli Reserve National Champion Stallion. Among his best foals are the multi-champions Latifah AA, Al Bilal and Parmana.

In the next few posts we will present the stallions who are standing at our stud during the 2014 breeding season. All stallions are being used for breeding our own and outside mares. We will also be posting photos of our stallions who are presently standing in some other locations.

The first foals of 2014 have arrived. So far, it's been one colt and one filly! The colt is by Laheeb out Al Baraqai AA, so he is a full bother to our homebred fillies Basmah AA and Baraaqa AA. The filly is by Al Ayal AA out of Hamdiyah AA by Simeon Sharav. Both are healthy & beautiful and we feel very blessed.
The filly is the first born foal of Hamdiyah AA who we recently sold to Abdel Naser Musleh from Kafar Aqab, Jerusalem. We wish to congratulate Abdel Naser and the wonderful Musleh family on the birth of this beautiful filly and a lot of success and joy with her and her dam.
Photo by S. Nissim