Last weekend, the 32nd Israeli National Championship Show was held at Kibbutz Alonim. 190 of Israeli finest horses took part in this three-day event. It was an especially exciting show because many newly-imported Arabians of the most dominant bloodlines found in the top showrings worldwide were competing with Israeli-breds in almost every class. When the dust settled in the semi-finals, most of the championship titles went to Israeli-bred Arabians, and the majority of these were of straight Egyptian bloodlines or Egyptian-sired.
Some horses related to our breeding program did extremely well:
Alma GB (Nader Al Jamal x Zarka) 3rd place 2010a Fillies
Safiyyah AA (Laheeb x Saniyyah RCA) 3rd place 2010b Fillies
Gazania (Laheeb x Giralda) 3rd place 2009a Fillies
SA El Sahara (Nader al Jamal x Al Duka by Al Maraam) 1st place 2009b Fillies
Karim Al Jamal (Nader Al Jamal x ZK Zamzam Sultana) 2nd place 2011 Colts
Wahildaar BKV (Laheeb x Barakis Whisper) 3rd place 2010 Colts
Denar (Nader al Jamal x A. Salwa) 3rd place 2008 Stallions
MD Talal (Mosalli x W. Aalia) 2nd place 2003 & Older Stallions
Shams Sharav AA (Simeon Sharav x Saniyyah RCA) Silver Champion Colt Foal
Jowhar Al Qasem (Nader Al Jamal x L. Ibtihaj by Al Lahab) Bronze Champion Colt Foal
Durar AA (Gazal Al Shaqab x Dafina AA) 1st place & Silver Champion Filly
AA Aluf (Nader Al Jamal x AA Aseela by Laheeb) 1st place & Bronze Champion Colt
Zain El Dean (Laheeb x Jowhara Al Okab) 1st place & Silver Champion Colt
Nashwah AA (Al Ayad x Insh Sha Latifa) 1st place and Silver Champion Mare
Saniyyah RCA (Mishaal HP x My Shooting Star) 1st place and Gold Champion Mare
Our two mares, Saniyyah and Nashwah were tied with 92.5 points with the highest score of the show, but Nashwah had the higher score for type so she was named the Highest Scoring Horse of the 2012 Israeli Nationals!
Congratulations to all!!!
Photo of Nashwah AA, by Mosha Sandbank
