Exactly 20 years after our mare Loubna (Imperial Imdal x Imperial Kalatifa) was named Gold Champion Mare at the All Nations Cup in Aachen, another Ariela home-bred horse was named Gold Champion at this important show. This time it was Fajer AA...
Shown by Mussa Nejm, Fajer performed superbly in his class, scoring 92.38 points, including six perfect scores of 20 for movement! It felt like the old days of Aachen; when so many people around the ring cheered for the great performance of this fairytale white horse. He simply flew around the ring...
With this great score, Fajer led his age group and the next day he was named Gold Champion Junior Colt! What a tremendous achievement for this horse and for to breeding program.
Fajer AA ("Fajer" is sunrise in Arabic) is a son of the multi-champion Shanghai EA (WH Justice x Salymah) out of one of our best mares, Fadwa AA (Fadi Al Shaqab x Donya Jamal by Nader Al Jamal). The future looks bright for this young horse...
We wish to thank Tom Oben and his wonderful team! You all did so well with Fajer and you are deserving of our sincerest thanks and gratitude!!!
Photo by Paola Drera
Shown by Mussa Nejm, Fajer performed superbly in his class, scoring 92.38 points, including six perfect scores of 20 for movement! It felt like the old days of Aachen; when so many people around the ring cheered for the great performance of this fairytale white horse. He simply flew around the ring...
With this great score, Fajer led his age group and the next day he was named Gold Champion Junior Colt! What a tremendous achievement for this horse and for to breeding program.
Fajer AA ("Fajer" is sunrise in Arabic) is a son of the multi-champion Shanghai EA (WH Justice x Salymah) out of one of our best mares, Fadwa AA (Fadi Al Shaqab x Donya Jamal by Nader Al Jamal). The future looks bright for this young horse...
We wish to thank Tom Oben and his wonderful team! You all did so well with Fajer and you are deserving of our sincerest thanks and gratitude!!!
Photo by Paola Drera
Last week, the 2024 Straight Egyptian Show of Nahaf was held in the northern part of Israel. About two hundred horses registered to take part in this show. Unfortunately, due to some security circumstances the show had to end ahead of time, so we only have results for the young horses.
Here are the championship results for horses related to our breeding program (in 1st generation only):
Qadar Adel J (Al Ayal AA x Bell) - Silver Champion Filly Foal
Shams El Sahara (Shams Sharav AA x Sham El Haial) - Gold Champion Yearling Colt
Ajdal Salah KS (Shams Sharav AA x Asalah Salah KS) - Silver Champion Yearling Colt
Hanadi Al Rafif (Al Ayal AA x Safaa Al Nil) - Gold Champion Yearling Filly
Yasmin Al Rafief (Naseem Al Rashediah x Nadirah AA) - Silver Champion Yearling Filly
Masat El Sham (Shams Sharav AA x Al Shekha Mozeh) - Bronze Champion Yearling Filly
Sima AA (Al Ayal AA x Sinaya AA) - Gold Champion Junior Filly
Congratulations to all breeders and owners of these wonderful horses!
Photo of Shams Sharav AA, by Bar Hajaj
Here are the championship results for horses related to our breeding program (in 1st generation only):
Qadar Adel J (Al Ayal AA x Bell) - Silver Champion Filly Foal
Shams El Sahara (Shams Sharav AA x Sham El Haial) - Gold Champion Yearling Colt
Ajdal Salah KS (Shams Sharav AA x Asalah Salah KS) - Silver Champion Yearling Colt
Hanadi Al Rafif (Al Ayal AA x Safaa Al Nil) - Gold Champion Yearling Filly
Yasmin Al Rafief (Naseem Al Rashediah x Nadirah AA) - Silver Champion Yearling Filly
Masat El Sham (Shams Sharav AA x Al Shekha Mozeh) - Bronze Champion Yearling Filly
Sima AA (Al Ayal AA x Sinaya AA) - Gold Champion Junior Filly
Congratulations to all breeders and owners of these wonderful horses!
Photo of Shams Sharav AA, by Bar Hajaj
At the 2024 Bergamo Egyptian Event Europe, our home-bred mare Hikayat Hob AA was named Gold Champion Mare. Hikayat Hob AA is sired by Al Ayal AA out of Hamdiyah AA. Hamdiyah AA is by Simeon Sharav out of Al Halah AA (Laheeb x The Vision AA), tracing to the same dam line as World Champion Stallion EKS Farajj. This stunning ten-year-old mare was the first Al Ayal foal born at Ariela Arabians! Congratulations to her proud owner!!!
Photo of Hikayat Hob AA as a foal.
Photo by Shalomi Nissem
Photo of Hikayat Hob AA as a foal.
Photo by Shalomi Nissem
The last European show of the 2024 Global Championship Arabian Tour took place last weekend in the magical city of Rome. Just like the previous shows on this tour, this show was organized to perfection!!!!!
Our Fajer AA took part again and did very well; Fajer (Shanghai EA x Fadwa AA) was shown beautifully by Mussa Nijm as part of the Tom Oben team. He took his class by storm, winning it with a great score of 91.71 points, which was way ahead of all others participants. During the Championship the next day Fajer was named Bronze Champion Junior Colt of the show!
This is a great achievement for Fajer, but as we learned before, this young horse always gives his all in the ring and even finds a little extra at exactly the right moment. He always, but always, moves very well, with his long silky tail carried up high and then shows his stuff with great pride and class, just as a true Arabian horse should!!!
The future looks extremely bright for this living fairytale Arabian horse! We wish to thank Tom Oben and his whole team for all their hard work in bringing Fajer AA to such an excellent condition in preparation for the show, and to Mussa Nijm, who showed him with such professionalism to reach this success. Thank you all!!!
Photo by Paola Drera
Our Fajer AA took part again and did very well; Fajer (Shanghai EA x Fadwa AA) was shown beautifully by Mussa Nijm as part of the Tom Oben team. He took his class by storm, winning it with a great score of 91.71 points, which was way ahead of all others participants. During the Championship the next day Fajer was named Bronze Champion Junior Colt of the show!
This is a great achievement for Fajer, but as we learned before, this young horse always gives his all in the ring and even finds a little extra at exactly the right moment. He always, but always, moves very well, with his long silky tail carried up high and then shows his stuff with great pride and class, just as a true Arabian horse should!!!
The future looks extremely bright for this living fairytale Arabian horse! We wish to thank Tom Oben and his whole team for all their hard work in bringing Fajer AA to such an excellent condition in preparation for the show, and to Mussa Nijm, who showed him with such professionalism to reach this success. Thank you all!!!
Photo by Paola Drera
The hardest part for any horse breeder is to make the decision about when it is the right time to let his beloved horse go. It is our responsibility as their owners to let them leave us, in comfort and peace, when that time comes. However, it is never an easy thing to do.
Yesterday, we had to say Goodbye to our beloved Al Baraqai AA. Her "farm" name was Ali.
Al Baraqai was The Vision's oldest daughter, out of the elegant sire Baahir (Ibn El Mareekh x GF Nasra Bataa). She was born on the 24th of April 2000, just before dawn -- a beautiful refined bay filly with a beautiful, chiseled face and extremely long legs.
Ali was unique from day one and she grew up to be a kind and loving mare, but she didn't enjoy being a show horse. She was one of these who always preferred to be in the background. But, she was one hell of a marvelous broodmare!
And she was the first horse to teach our son Daniel to walk side by side with a horse. She became a friend and part of the family!
I will not start to write about all of her progeny as she had many foals during her lifetime, but I do want to mention a few of her daughters by Laheeb, a cross which turned out to be her best cross; Bamsah AA (Laheeb) - a multi champion mare and dam of many wonderful horses. Baraaqa AA (Laheeb) - a multi champion mare and the dam of Baha AA (Al Ayad) and Badriyah AA (Nader Al Jamal), Bilqis AA - the dam of our beautiful young mare Bahiya AA (Kenz Al Baydaa).
So, now we have to say goodbye but also, we have to say THANK YOU! Thank you, Ali, for being part of our life and part of our family for so long...
Photo by Bar Hajaj
Yesterday, we had to say Goodbye to our beloved Al Baraqai AA. Her "farm" name was Ali.
Al Baraqai was The Vision's oldest daughter, out of the elegant sire Baahir (Ibn El Mareekh x GF Nasra Bataa). She was born on the 24th of April 2000, just before dawn -- a beautiful refined bay filly with a beautiful, chiseled face and extremely long legs.
Ali was unique from day one and she grew up to be a kind and loving mare, but she didn't enjoy being a show horse. She was one of these who always preferred to be in the background. But, she was one hell of a marvelous broodmare!
And she was the first horse to teach our son Daniel to walk side by side with a horse. She became a friend and part of the family!
I will not start to write about all of her progeny as she had many foals during her lifetime, but I do want to mention a few of her daughters by Laheeb, a cross which turned out to be her best cross; Bamsah AA (Laheeb) - a multi champion mare and dam of many wonderful horses. Baraaqa AA (Laheeb) - a multi champion mare and the dam of Baha AA (Al Ayad) and Badriyah AA (Nader Al Jamal), Bilqis AA - the dam of our beautiful young mare Bahiya AA (Kenz Al Baydaa).
So, now we have to say goodbye but also, we have to say THANK YOU! Thank you, Ali, for being part of our life and part of our family for so long...
Photo by Bar Hajaj
Yesterday, at the Iksal Arabian Horse Show, our home-bred filly, Nashwat Al Awamrh AA, was named Silver Champion Filly Foal over all competitors from three large fillies classes.
This very pretty bay filly is sired by the well known AJ Marzan ( AJ Portofina x Hed AB Maria) and out of Nour Al Jamal AA. Nour Al Jamal AA is our youngest Nader Al Jamal daughter; and out of the very exotic Noya AA (Al Ayal AA x Insha Sha Latifa/Ansata Selman). This family, like all of the families in the Ariela program, is built on generation upon generation of classic mares lines that were chosen for their beauty and type.
We wish to congratulate the new owner of Nashwat Al Awamrh AA for this success!
Photo by Bar Hajaj
This very pretty bay filly is sired by the well known AJ Marzan ( AJ Portofina x Hed AB Maria) and out of Nour Al Jamal AA. Nour Al Jamal AA is our youngest Nader Al Jamal daughter; and out of the very exotic Noya AA (Al Ayal AA x Insha Sha Latifa/Ansata Selman). This family, like all of the families in the Ariela program, is built on generation upon generation of classic mares lines that were chosen for their beauty and type.
We wish to congratulate the new owner of Nashwat Al Awamrh AA for this success!
Photo by Bar Hajaj
As part of the Global Champions Arabian Tour, the show in Valkenswaard - Holland, took place last weekend. This worldwide tour was created to be a unique showcase for Arabian horse shows and to expand and promote such competitions. A great number of horses competed in this show and the quality was excellent. It felt like the good old days in Paris...
Our home-bred, three year old colt, Fajer AA (Shanghai EA x Fadwa AA) took part in this show. Unfortunately, due to some health issues, Tom Oben, who is Fajer's usual handler, couldn't show him, so Tom was replaced by Mussa Nijm.
Fajer's performance was stunning. He took the ring by storm with his tail up and simply had a great time performing, proving that he is simply a natural show horse.
He placed 2nd place in his class with a great score of 91.71 points. The next day at the championships, he was awarded the Bronze Medal! What a great achievement for this young horse!
We wish to thank Tom Oben and his whole team for all their hard work with Fajer, bringing him to such an excellent condition in preparation for the show, and to Mussa Nijm, who showed him so professionally to reach this success. Great team work!!!
Photo by Paola Drera
Our home-bred, three year old colt, Fajer AA (Shanghai EA x Fadwa AA) took part in this show. Unfortunately, due to some health issues, Tom Oben, who is Fajer's usual handler, couldn't show him, so Tom was replaced by Mussa Nijm.
Fajer's performance was stunning. He took the ring by storm with his tail up and simply had a great time performing, proving that he is simply a natural show horse.
He placed 2nd place in his class with a great score of 91.71 points. The next day at the championships, he was awarded the Bronze Medal! What a great achievement for this young horse!
We wish to thank Tom Oben and his whole team for all their hard work with Fajer, bringing him to such an excellent condition in preparation for the show, and to Mussa Nijm, who showed him so professionally to reach this success. Great team work!!!
Photo by Paola Drera
Last weekend, during the Venice Land Cup International B Show - Italy, our home-bred filly, Luiba AA, was shown by Giacomo Capacci. Luiba AA is sired by AJ Kafu out of Lulu AA, a daughter of Marwan Al Shaqab out of Labibah AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA by Al Maraam). She represents four generations of our breeding program...
It was Luiba's first European Show. Our young girl performed very well and was 1st in her class and then named Silver Champion Yearling filly of the Show.
We wish to thank Giacomo and his devoted team, for all the hard work they did with our filly and we look forward to seeing her in the next shows.
Photo by Bar Hajaj
It was Luiba's first European Show. Our young girl performed very well and was 1st in her class and then named Silver Champion Yearling filly of the Show.
We wish to thank Giacomo and his devoted team, for all the hard work they did with our filly and we look forward to seeing her in the next shows.
Photo by Bar Hajaj
We are happy to inform that Lisa & Willie Brown from the world-famous stud, Elkasun Arabian in South Africa is leasing (again!) one of our young stallions for their successful breeding program.
Lisa & Willie Brown are the founders of one of today's most successful breeding programs. They are the breeders of many fine horses, including the world champions EKS Alihandro and EKS Farajj. Some years ago they chose one of our junior stallions, Shams Al Din AA (Shams Sharav AA x Ralya) for the EKS breeding program and now they have chosen to cross one of our young stallions with their wonderful group of mares.
This young horse is the eye-catching Sarab AA. Lisa & Willie first set eyes on this young horse when he was only a yearling and asked to lease him. Later, they had the chance to see him again and they loved him even more!
Sarab AA is a Straight Egyptian Stallion. He is a son of the well-bred stallion Kenz Al Baydaa that was bred by the world famous Al Baydaa Stud from Egypt and then purchased at a very young age by Mrs. Nayla Hayek to join her exquisite collection of straight Egyptian horses. Mrs. Hayek was very kind and let us have him here for two breeding seasons. Needless to say, he did extremely well for our breeding program.
The dam of Sarab AA is the well known mare Sofiya AA, a daughter of Al Ayal AA out of Saniyyah RCA. She is a show champion in the US and in Israel. This mare is one of our most beautiful mares and in the last few years she has become a great broodmare for our program.
We would like to send our best wishes to Lisa and Willie; we wish you a lot of success with Sarab AA and we look forward to see how he will do for your great breeding program! And thank you for your long-time collaboration and trust!
Photo by Bar Hajaj
Lisa & Willie Brown are the founders of one of today's most successful breeding programs. They are the breeders of many fine horses, including the world champions EKS Alihandro and EKS Farajj. Some years ago they chose one of our junior stallions, Shams Al Din AA (Shams Sharav AA x Ralya) for the EKS breeding program and now they have chosen to cross one of our young stallions with their wonderful group of mares.
This young horse is the eye-catching Sarab AA. Lisa & Willie first set eyes on this young horse when he was only a yearling and asked to lease him. Later, they had the chance to see him again and they loved him even more!
Sarab AA is a Straight Egyptian Stallion. He is a son of the well-bred stallion Kenz Al Baydaa that was bred by the world famous Al Baydaa Stud from Egypt and then purchased at a very young age by Mrs. Nayla Hayek to join her exquisite collection of straight Egyptian horses. Mrs. Hayek was very kind and let us have him here for two breeding seasons. Needless to say, he did extremely well for our breeding program.
The dam of Sarab AA is the well known mare Sofiya AA, a daughter of Al Ayal AA out of Saniyyah RCA. She is a show champion in the US and in Israel. This mare is one of our most beautiful mares and in the last few years she has become a great broodmare for our program.
We would like to send our best wishes to Lisa and Willie; we wish you a lot of success with Sarab AA and we look forward to see how he will do for your great breeding program! And thank you for your long-time collaboration and trust!
Photo by Bar Hajaj
Something positive for our Passover holiday, celebrated in the early spring:
A bit over a month ago we had an unexpected surprise. A kind of surprise that none of us horse breeders are happy to have; in the middle of one of the coldest nights here this winter; one ofour finest mares, the multi champion Lutifna AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA by Al Maraam) lay down and starting to foal. All seems to be in order. Just another mare giving birth...
The first foal came out, a tiny little filly. She seems alert but very, very small. Then the mare kept pushing and pushing, as hard as she could. We had no idea what was going on so it was actually a very scary moment. Shortly after, two other tiny legs came out and within a few moments, a second filly was on the ground. She was alive too but both fillies were very small and looked extremely fragile. About half the size of a normal foal. To our surprise, both girls were standing up and drinking after three hours.
Unfortunately, the mare didn't have enough milk and became extremely impatient with her fillies. It was even dangerous to keep them with her without any of us standing next to her stall. So after giving them plasma, we decided to start feeding them with a bottle and stayed next to them around the clock.
It was a long road but slowly the mare became more and more patient and started caring for her girls. You could actually see her improving every day that passes. She still didn't have enough milk but the fillies seemed to be very happy with the bottle and then the bucket feeding. They slowly started to put on weight.
Now it's been a bit over a month since the birth of these fillies. We are happy to share that they seem fine but still have a long way to go. Until now we didn't have the courage to name them, but it feels like now is the time. So, we are asking for your help to help us to find two good names that start with "L".
(In order to remove any doubt and before any negative comments will pop up; please note that Lutfina had only one follicle during the time of her breeding and only one (!) Corpus Luteum after ovulation. She had five pregnancy checks during her pregnancy!).
Photo by Bar Hajaj.
A bit over a month ago we had an unexpected surprise. A kind of surprise that none of us horse breeders are happy to have; in the middle of one of the coldest nights here this winter; one ofour finest mares, the multi champion Lutifna AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA by Al Maraam) lay down and starting to foal. All seems to be in order. Just another mare giving birth...
The first foal came out, a tiny little filly. She seems alert but very, very small. Then the mare kept pushing and pushing, as hard as she could. We had no idea what was going on so it was actually a very scary moment. Shortly after, two other tiny legs came out and within a few moments, a second filly was on the ground. She was alive too but both fillies were very small and looked extremely fragile. About half the size of a normal foal. To our surprise, both girls were standing up and drinking after three hours.
Unfortunately, the mare didn't have enough milk and became extremely impatient with her fillies. It was even dangerous to keep them with her without any of us standing next to her stall. So after giving them plasma, we decided to start feeding them with a bottle and stayed next to them around the clock.
It was a long road but slowly the mare became more and more patient and started caring for her girls. You could actually see her improving every day that passes. She still didn't have enough milk but the fillies seemed to be very happy with the bottle and then the bucket feeding. They slowly started to put on weight.
Now it's been a bit over a month since the birth of these fillies. We are happy to share that they seem fine but still have a long way to go. Until now we didn't have the courage to name them, but it feels like now is the time. So, we are asking for your help to help us to find two good names that start with "L".
(In order to remove any doubt and before any negative comments will pop up; please note that Lutfina had only one follicle during the time of her breeding and only one (!) Corpus Luteum after ovulation. She had five pregnancy checks during her pregnancy!).
Photo by Bar Hajaj.
At the 9th Qatar Peninsula AHS for Individual Owners Show, the Al Ayal AA daughter, Asrar Al Nawasi (out of Safira Al Dohul), was the winner of her age group with 92.10 points.
Later on, this beautiful Straight Egyptian filly was named Silver Champion Junior Filly of the show.
Congratulations to her breeder and owner, Al Nawasi Stud from Qatar.
Photo of Al Ayal AA by Bar Hajaj
Congratulations to her breeder and owner, Al Nawasi Stud from Qatar.
Photo of Al Ayal AA by Bar Hajaj
We have been blessed...
Yes, over the years we have been blessed with some beautiful foals, some we kept for our breeding program, but many good ones were sold to some wonderful people. Every keen breeder knows that every now and then we get foals that make our hearts beat a bit faster, and a bit louder. For us, it happened when we get a foal (or foals, in this case) that are truly the results of our own breeding program. It is always more fun when you are the breeder behind the idea of crossing these horses in order to create your own dream.
This year it was the case when two very special fillies were born within two days of each other. The sires of these fillies are father and son, and the dams are mother and daughter. Crossing them together is just the essence of a breeding program in our opinion.
The first filly is sired by Shams Sharav AA, a son of the great stallion Simeon Sharav (Asfour x Simeon Shuala) out of our breeding pearl, Saniyyah RCA (Mishaal HP x My Shooting Star by Thee Desperado), a mare whose influence on our breeding program is equal to the influence of The Vision HG. The dam of this filly is the most exquisite young mare Nour Al Jamal, a daughter of the great sire Nader Al Jamal (Ansata Sinan x Savannah CC) out of Noya AA.
The second filly is sired by the extreme typey stallion Shams Al Din AA, a son of Shams Sharav AA (mentioned above) and the Laheeb (Imperial Imdal x AK Latifa) daughter Ralya (out of Sahara PG by Botswana). The dam of this filly is Noya AA herself, a mare who has her own fan club. Noya AA is a stunning flea bitten grey beauty, a daughter of Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) out of Insha Sha Latifa (Ansata Selman x Naffada by Imperial Imdal).
So, for us, this is what breeding is all about. Now, just look at these little girls and feel our happiness and satisfaction.
Photos by Bar Hajaj
Yes, over the years we have been blessed with some beautiful foals, some we kept for our breeding program, but many good ones were sold to some wonderful people. Every keen breeder knows that every now and then we get foals that make our hearts beat a bit faster, and a bit louder. For us, it happened when we get a foal (or foals, in this case) that are truly the results of our own breeding program. It is always more fun when you are the breeder behind the idea of crossing these horses in order to create your own dream.
This year it was the case when two very special fillies were born within two days of each other. The sires of these fillies are father and son, and the dams are mother and daughter. Crossing them together is just the essence of a breeding program in our opinion.
The first filly is sired by Shams Sharav AA, a son of the great stallion Simeon Sharav (Asfour x Simeon Shuala) out of our breeding pearl, Saniyyah RCA (Mishaal HP x My Shooting Star by Thee Desperado), a mare whose influence on our breeding program is equal to the influence of The Vision HG. The dam of this filly is the most exquisite young mare Nour Al Jamal, a daughter of the great sire Nader Al Jamal (Ansata Sinan x Savannah CC) out of Noya AA.
The second filly is sired by the extreme typey stallion Shams Al Din AA, a son of Shams Sharav AA (mentioned above) and the Laheeb (Imperial Imdal x AK Latifa) daughter Ralya (out of Sahara PG by Botswana). The dam of this filly is Noya AA herself, a mare who has her own fan club. Noya AA is a stunning flea bitten grey beauty, a daughter of Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) out of Insha Sha Latifa (Ansata Selman x Naffada by Imperial Imdal).
So, for us, this is what breeding is all about. Now, just look at these little girls and feel our happiness and satisfaction.
Photos by Bar Hajaj
What a wonderful start...
We would like to congratulate Johanna Ullström & Jeremy Malou for breeding this beautiful grey filly by Al Wahab AA! This filly is out of GT Shaharaah (Sharahm x TF Shahraaz)
Al Wahab AA is the youngest of our most important "Golden Cross". He is sired by Laheeb out of The Vision HG. That makes him a full bother to a great lineup of famous horses! His oldest brother is one of the most decorated Straight Egyptian horses ever; Al Lahab - World Champion Stallion. His other full siblings are all champions, including Al Hadiyah AA and Al Raheeb AA and Al Halah AA. Al Halah AA is also the great greatmother of World Champion EKS Farajj.
From his dam's side, Al Wahab is a half brother to Dubai Junior Champion colt and Bronze Champion Stallion Al Ayal AA (the only horse at the 2018 World Championship who received perfect scores of 20 for Type across the board), 1999 All Nations Cup Reserve Junior Champion Al Maraam and My Vision AA - Gold Champion Yearling Filly at the Mediterranean Arab Arabian Horse Championship, Menton.
This filly is Al Wahab's firstborn since he arrived at Johanna and Jeremy's beautiful farm in France. She is the first but we hope more beautiful fillies will come! Well done guys!
Photo by Johanna Ullström
We would like to congratulate Johanna Ullström & Jeremy Malou for breeding this beautiful grey filly by Al Wahab AA! This filly is out of GT Shaharaah (Sharahm x TF Shahraaz)
Al Wahab AA is the youngest of our most important "Golden Cross". He is sired by Laheeb out of The Vision HG. That makes him a full bother to a great lineup of famous horses! His oldest brother is one of the most decorated Straight Egyptian horses ever; Al Lahab - World Champion Stallion. His other full siblings are all champions, including Al Hadiyah AA and Al Raheeb AA and Al Halah AA. Al Halah AA is also the great greatmother of World Champion EKS Farajj.
From his dam's side, Al Wahab is a half brother to Dubai Junior Champion colt and Bronze Champion Stallion Al Ayal AA (the only horse at the 2018 World Championship who received perfect scores of 20 for Type across the board), 1999 All Nations Cup Reserve Junior Champion Al Maraam and My Vision AA - Gold Champion Yearling Filly at the Mediterranean Arab Arabian Horse Championship, Menton.
This filly is Al Wahab's firstborn since he arrived at Johanna and Jeremy's beautiful farm in France. She is the first but we hope more beautiful fillies will come! Well done guys!
Photo by Johanna Ullström
he Fakhar Al Arab Show for Straight Egyptian horses, was held in Kuwait last week with over 230 horses competing.
The Mare Lujina (Al Ayal AA x Mashalla Aleha/Al Manar) was 1st in her Mares class and in the Championship was named Silver Champion Mare. Congratulations!
Our home-bred stallion, Baahir AA, a son of Al Ayal AA out of Badriyah AA (Nader Al Jamal x Baraaqa AA/Laheeb) was 2nd in his class and later on was named Silver Champion Stallion! He was shown beautifully by Mr. Giacomo Capacci.
Baahir AA is no stranger to the winner's circle; since he was yearling he was shown with great success and as a two years old he was named Gold Champion Colt at the World Championship for Straight Egyptian Horses in Milano. This young stallion is a son of Al Ayal AA out of our great broodmare Badriyah AA (Nader Al Jamal x Baraaqa by Laheeb to The Vision HG), a dam of many champions. Baahir AA is a full brother to our Badaya AA & Basmin AA.
Congratulations to Mr. Khalid Abdulaziz Al Nughaimshi of Asayel Stud for Baahir's success!
Photo of Baahir AA by Gigi Grasso
The Mare Lujina (Al Ayal AA x Mashalla Aleha/Al Manar) was 1st in her Mares class and in the Championship was named Silver Champion Mare. Congratulations!
Our home-bred stallion, Baahir AA, a son of Al Ayal AA out of Badriyah AA (Nader Al Jamal x Baraaqa AA/Laheeb) was 2nd in his class and later on was named Silver Champion Stallion! He was shown beautifully by Mr. Giacomo Capacci.
Baahir AA is no stranger to the winner's circle; since he was yearling he was shown with great success and as a two years old he was named Gold Champion Colt at the World Championship for Straight Egyptian Horses in Milano. This young stallion is a son of Al Ayal AA out of our great broodmare Badriyah AA (Nader Al Jamal x Baraaqa by Laheeb to The Vision HG), a dam of many champions. Baahir AA is a full brother to our Badaya AA & Basmin AA.
Congratulations to Mr. Khalid Abdulaziz Al Nughaimshi of Asayel Stud for Baahir's success!
Photo of Baahir AA by Gigi Grasso
At the 2024 KIAHF - Arabian Peninsula Horse Show, for Straight Egyptian horses, held last weekend in Doha, Qatar, horses related to our breeding program did very well;
The yearling Shaheen AA (Al Ayal AA x Saniyyah RCA) son, AKM Lusail (out of Aisha) was first of his age group with the wonderful score of 92.36 points, including 12 scores of 20!
The three year old filly, Ora Nasamat, sired by Naseem Al Rashediah out of the Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) daughter Bint Sadaf El Asil, was 1st in her class too with a super score of 93.21 points, including 17 20's!!!!
Yesterday at the Championships, AKM Lusail was named Gold Champion Yearling Colt and Ora Nasamat was named Silver Champion Junior Filly! Alf, Alf Mabrouk to all the breeders and owners of these beautiful horses! Well done!
Photo of Shaheen AA, by Bar Hajaj
The three year old filly, Ora Nasamat, sired by Naseem Al Rashediah out of the Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) daughter Bint Sadaf El Asil, was 1st in her class too with a super score of 93.21 points, including 17 20's!!!!
Yesterday at the Championships, AKM Lusail was named Gold Champion Yearling Colt and Ora Nasamat was named Silver Champion Junior Filly! Alf, Alf Mabrouk to all the breeders and owners of these beautiful horses! Well done!
Photo of Shaheen AA, by Bar Hajaj
We are happy to welcome this Straight Egyptian grey colt by the well-known Qatari sire Nasser Al Rayyan (Sinan Al Rayyan x Nadrah Al Rayyan by Ashhal Al Rayyan), out of our mare Nashwat Al Shamal AA. Nashwat Al Shamal AA is one of our young mares. She is a rare daughter of the legendary sire Salaa Al Dine (Ansata Halim Shah x Hanan) bred by Dr. Nagel of Germany. Her dam is our premium mare Nashwah AA, one of most awarded and beautiful mares we had ever bred. Nashwah AA is the daughter of the German bred sire Al Ayad (Moheeb x Al Mamunah by Maysoun), out of Insha Sha Latifa (Ansata Selman x Naffada by Imperial Imdal), with dam line to the great mare Deenaa (Sameh x Dahma II) tracing to the Farida Branch of El Dahma.
We are looking forward to see how this little colt will be growing up and hope he can take part in the development of our Straight Egyptian breeding program.
Photos by Mansour Habka
We are looking forward to see how this little colt will be growing up and hope he can take part in the development of our Straight Egyptian breeding program.
Photos by Mansour Habka
Alf, Alf Mabrouk to Ajman Stud for the success of AJ Marzan progeny at the last Al Shiraa International Arabian Horse Show, held in Abu Dhabi. The stunning bay Marzan Daughter AJ Alula (out of Ayat Al Muawd) was named Gold Champion Mare, and her paternal sister Bidayer Albadr (out of Gaja Luna) was named Bronze Champion Mare.
AJ Marzan will stay in Israel until August 2024 and then will return to his homeland to Ajman Stud.
Photo of AJ Marzan, by Bar Hajaj
Photo of AJ Marzan, by Bar Hajaj
And here we are, starting all over again! We are so happy to welcome our very first foal by the great sire AJ Marzan (AJ Portofino x Hed AB Maria). And it's a filly, a beautiful bay filly out of our young Nader Al Jamal (Ansata Sinan x Savannah CC) daughter out of the most exotic mare Noya AA (Al Ayal AA x Insha Sha Latifa). This filly has HUGE black eyes, an extreme head, a good body and great movement! Just what we were all hoping for from this cross.
Photo by Bar Hajaj
Photo by Bar Hajaj
We would like to congratulate Mamoun and Omar Kitany on the birth of this beautiful Straight Egyptian grey filly sired by one of our junior stallions, Shams Al Din AA (Shams Sharav AA x Ralia/Laheeb).
Alf Mabrouk!
Alf Mabrouk!
Alf Mabrouk to our dear friend Salman Basha, a long time keen breeder of Straight Egyptian horses! Salman has been leasing one of our junior stallions, Adnan AA, for the past two years. Now, after seeing some of Adnan's first foals mature, and being extremely pleased with their high quality, Salman has made the decision to acquire this unique Egyptian stallion for his own breeding program.
Adnan AA is a son of the Al Baydaa bred stallion Kenz Al Baydaa, who was kindly leased to our stud for two breeding sessions by his owner, Hanaya Stud. Adnan's dam is the beautiful mare Atiq Adara, bred and owned by Idan Atiq Arabian Stud. She is a rare daughter of the German-bred stallion Al Ayad (Moheeb x Al Mamunah by Maysoun). tracing back in tail female to the root mare Venus, bred by the Shammar Bedouin.
Atiq Adara's dam is the champion mare Alhambra B, bred by the Babolna Stud in Hungary and chosen by Idan Atiq as a foundation mare. She was sired by one of the breed's most important sires, Salaa Al Dine (Ansata Halim Shah x Hanan), bred by Dr. Nagel of Germany. His dam, Hanan, was a game-changer for Straight Egyptian breeding, and is one of the most important Arabian mares of all time. Alhambra B traces back in tail-female to the RAS bred mare Bint Zareefa, a daughter of Balance and Zareefa, who traces to the very valuable Egyptian foundation mare Bint El Bahreyn, born in 1898, of the Dahman Shahwan strain.
We wish Salman good luck with Adnan AA and look forward to using this young stallion on our own mares in the future.
Photo by Bar Hajaj
Adnan AA is a son of the Al Baydaa bred stallion Kenz Al Baydaa, who was kindly leased to our stud for two breeding sessions by his owner, Hanaya Stud. Adnan's dam is the beautiful mare Atiq Adara, bred and owned by Idan Atiq Arabian Stud. She is a rare daughter of the German-bred stallion Al Ayad (Moheeb x Al Mamunah by Maysoun). tracing back in tail female to the root mare Venus, bred by the Shammar Bedouin.
Atiq Adara's dam is the champion mare Alhambra B, bred by the Babolna Stud in Hungary and chosen by Idan Atiq as a foundation mare. She was sired by one of the breed's most important sires, Salaa Al Dine (Ansata Halim Shah x Hanan), bred by Dr. Nagel of Germany. His dam, Hanan, was a game-changer for Straight Egyptian breeding, and is one of the most important Arabian mares of all time. Alhambra B traces back in tail-female to the RAS bred mare Bint Zareefa, a daughter of Balance and Zareefa, who traces to the very valuable Egyptian foundation mare Bint El Bahreyn, born in 1898, of the Dahman Shahwan strain.
We wish Salman good luck with Adnan AA and look forward to using this young stallion on our own mares in the future.
Photo by Bar Hajaj
