Al Khalediah
European Arabian Horse Festival 2019

Al Khalediah
European Arabian Horse Festival 2019

Elegance in Poland
August 16th - 17th 2019
Text: Sonja Smaldone

This year was the 11th anniversary since Al Khale- diah Stables in Ryhad, Saudi Arabia, built a Euro- pean branch of their herd in Nowe Wrońska, near Warsaw, under the name of Al Khalediah Poland. Last year the Stud’s Board of Directors introdu- ced signi cant changes in the breeding program of show and racing horses of the branch, making staff changes at the very top levels of Al Khalediah Poland. But also, and even more importantly, the show got promoted to a class ‘A’ - Ecaho show. Close to 130 horses checked in the show catalogue for the 6th edition of the event to compete for the total amount of 125.000 Euro that was dedicated to the winners: all the horses placed 1-5 respecti- vely in their classes as well as in the championships with Top Fives and the Al Khalediah Poland Cup race held traditionally at Warsaw Race- track on Sunday. Although A-ranked, the show had no particular quali ca- tion requirements so it was open for all Arabian horses. It also gave a chance to Top 3 hor- ses from each class to qualify to the Finals. The new rule added this year was Ecaho open system with Top Five being used for the Championship that raised the chances for every classi ed hor- se for the medal places. The show was judged this year by the international pa- nel of jury as follows: Maria Fer- raroni (Italy), Helen Hennekens Van Nes (The Netherlands), Irina Stigler (Rus- sia), Klaus Beste (Germany), Mark Ismer (Germany) and Tamas Rombauer (Hungary). Every class was scored by 4 out of 6 judges selected by computer lottery system and the whole show has been live thanks to Arabian Horse Global team. As per tradition, the rst day belonged to the Ju- nior Classes - Females and Males from 1 to 3 years old while Saturday featured the Senior Classes with many illustrious names in the catalogue. The qua- lity of horses that came to 6th edition of Al Khale- diah European Festival was outstanding and could be witnessed by the names that appeared on the Medals and Top Five places on Sunday afternoon. FINAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Yearling Fillies Championship@ Al Khalediah Eu- ropean Arabian Horse Festival. Gold medal winner the bay D Shu’alah (Fa El Ra- sheem x Ft Shaella) bred by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Shaikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum. Silver medal winner the chestnut D Shamkhah (Fa El Rasheem x Ft Shaella) bred and owned by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud). Bronze medal winner the grey Fk Ghalyah (Fayad Alfayyad x Panonia) bred and owned by Fahed Al Hameli from Fk Arabians Farm. Yearling Colts Championship@ Al Khalediah European Arabian Horse Festival. Gold medal winner the bay D Mezyan (Fa El Rasheem x D Mazaja) bred and owned by Dubai Ara- bian Horse Stud. Silver medal winner the grey D Nayel (Fa El Rasheem x D Nawal) bred by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Shaikh Saeed Bin Ma- ktoum Bin Juma Al Ma- ktoum. Bronze medal winner the bay D Shakhat (D Khattaf x D Shire- en) bred and owned by Dubai Ara- bian Horse Stud. Junior Fillies Championship@ Al Khalediah Eu- ropean Arabian Horse Festival. Gold medal winner Priscilla Os (Poseidon Os x El Lucina Os) bred by Gestüt Osterhof Stoeckle Gbr and owned by Abhaa Arabians. Silver medal winner the chestnut Encarina (Ascot Dd x Eneria) bred and owned by Sk Janów Po- dlaski. Bronze medal winner the grey Paprotnia (Elgast x Paeksa) bred and owned by Lech Błaszczyk. Junior Colts Championship@ Al Khalediah Euro- pean Arabian Horse Festival. Gold medal winner the bay Magic Al GazalMagic Al Gazal also got the highest points in his class. Silver medal winner the bay D Kaheel (Fa El Rashe- em x D Muwadah) bred by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Abhaa Arabians - Albabtain A S Ahmed. Bronze medal winner the chestnut Erantis (Ascot Dd X Eugara) bred and owned by Sk Janów Po- dlaski. Senior Mares Championship@ Al Khalediah Eu- ropean Arabian Horse Festival. Gold medal winner the grey Ekspulsja (Gazal Al Shaqab x Elandra) bred by Sk Michałów and ow- ned by Halsdon Arabians, Mrs. Shirley Watts. Silver medal winner the bay Pustynia Kahila (Kahil Al Shaqab x Pustynna Malwa) bred and owned by Sk Michalów. Bronze medal winner the grey Prunella (Abyad Aa x Pradera) bred by Sk Janów Podlaski and owned by Suweco Cz, Nina Suskevicova. Senior Stallions Champioship@ Al Khalediah Eu- ropean Arabian Horse Festival. Gold medal winner the bay Equator (Qr Marc x Ekliptyka) bred by Sk Michałów and owned by Ghazi Bashher Alotaibi. Silver medal winner the bay Shadi Al Khalediah (F Shamaal X Layan Al Khalediah) bred by Al Khale- diah Stables, Pr. Khalid Bin Sultan Al Saud and ow- ned by Reza Allahdadi. Bronze medal winner the bay Calateon (Vitorio To x Calatea) bred by Marek Kondrasiuk and owned by Halsdon Arabians, Mrs. S.A. Watts. SPECIAL AWARDS Best in Show - Gold Champion Yearling Filly D Shu’alah (Fa El Rasheem x Ft Shaella) bred by Du- bai Arabian Horse Stud and owned by Shaikh Sae- ed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum. Best in Show - Gold Champion Yearling Colt D Mezyan (Fa El Rasheem x D Mazaja) bred and ow- ned by Dubai Arabian Horse Stud. Best in Show - Gold Champion Junior Filly Priscilla Os (Poseidon Os x El Lucina Os) bred by Gestüt Osterhof Stoeckle Gbr and owned by Abhaa Ara- bians. Best in Show - Gold Champion Junior Colt Ma- gic Al Gazal (Gazal Al Shaqab x Ale By Magni - que) bred by Sweden Arabian Stud and owned by Shaikh Arahmah Saoud Bin Khalid H Alqasse. Best in Show – Gold Champion Senior Mare Ek- spulsja (Gazal Al Shaqab x Elandra) bred by Sk Michałów and owned by Halsdon Arabians, Mrs. Shirley Watts. Best in show – Gold Champion Senior Stallion Equator (Qr Marc x Ekliptyka) bred by Sk Michałów and owned by Ghazi Bashher Alotaibi. CONCLUSION Another edition of the event that brought to Po- land over hundreds international participants of the highest level and some exciting, unexpected twist up in the results at both the show and the races is behind us and there should be no words needed to describe the worth of this remarkable show that has been taking place in Poland since six years already. Saying big thank you to all the precious exhibitors and guests for coming to 2019 Al Khalediah European Festival, we on AHM Team do suggest you all to join in sharing emotions and the enthusiasm of another three- day event also in 2020 edition!