Ariela Arabians had a great finale to a wonderful year as our homebred mare Loubna won her class in the most prestigious show for Arabian horses the World Championships at the Salon du Cheval in Paris. Loubna is the first Israeli-bred horse to ever achieve such an honor and we are very proud of her. In the Championships, Loubna equaled the Reserve Champion mare in placements, with both receiving a first and second place from the judges. The tie for reserve was then determined by total points awarded in the qualifying class, so Loubna only narrowly missed the title of Reserve, which was given to the beautiful Palmira. In addition, the beautiful HS Ramira, by Simeon Sadik, was named 2003 Reserve World Champion Filly, and her dam Rihahna (Baahir x Nil Nour) was also bred by us. This was a wonderful way to conclude an extremely successful show year for Ariela Arabians! Photo by Irina Filsinger.