The 28th Israeli National Championships were held last weekend, with 150 horses participating - by far the largest show ever held in our country. Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision) was named Champion Foal Colt, and Naswah AA (Al Ayad x Insha Sha Latifa) won Filly Foal Champion. Our filly Dafina AA (Al Bilal x Dumka) was the unanimous Junior Champion Filly and Nawal AA (Al Maraam x Insha Sha Latifa), owned by the Cassandra Group - Lithuania, stood as her Reserve. The Al Bilal son, Mouadaar BKV (owned by Yoval Keler and David Vaknin) was named Israeli National Champion Colt and his stable-mate Leran AA (Laheeb x Latifah AA) stood 2nd in his age group with a great score. This upcoming young stallion is owned by Mr. Arūnas Cicėnas from Lithuania. Our mare Insha Sha Latifa won the title of Reserve Senior Champion Mare and our leased stallion *Nader Al Jamal took the Reserve Champion Stallion title (with the score of 92.33), behind the Paris winner A. Sharif Pacha. We would like to thank Katrien van Dycke who beautifully presented our horses, and a special thank you to all of our friends who gave all they could to help us go thru the last few days; all of you have share the credit in these achievements! Thank you! Photo of Al Ayal AA by M. Cohen.
