It was a Wonderful weekend!
The Paris show is always one of the highlights of the year. But this year it was more special than ever.
It took a long time to make the decision to show our ten-year-old stallion Al Ayal AA in Paris. It was not an easy decision; Al Ayal's look is a bit different than most other show horses competing at today's shows. His is a more classic look, somewhat more old-fashioned in type, and Al Ayal is, after all, a breeding stallion. No one is showing breeding stallions any more.
After many days of deliberation, we decided to follow our VISION and listen to our hearts and show the "Big Al".
We are grateful that we had the best people ever behind our horse; two of the industry's best teams cooperating together on Al Ayal's behalf; the Aljassimya team and the Giacomo Capacci team. So many wonderful people took part in bringing out the best in our horse and they all did it in the best possible way.
Al Ayal arrived in Paris in wonderful condition and in very good spirits. Two of his best yearling sons came with him, Arraab Aljassimya & Qutuz Aljassimya; both proudly bred and owned by Aljassimya Farm.
Arraab Aljassimya (Om El Aisha Aljassimya), competing for the first time ever, was 1st in his class with a super score of 93.08 points. Qutuz Aljassimya (Minwah) was 2nd in his class with a wonderful score of 92.92. Both colts performed very well.
On the last day of the show, Arraab Aljassimya was named Silver World Champion Yearling Colt. Alf Mabrouk to H.H. Sheikh Jassim Bin Khalifa Al Thani, owner of Aljassimya Farm and breeder of these two colts.
Al Ayal's time to enter the ring came at the end of the second day; the last class of the day. He was beautifully shown by Giacomo Capacci and placed 3rd in his class with a score of 93.08 points, behind Equator (93.67 points) and ES Harir (93.33 points).
We are so proud that our Straight Egyptian stallion was the only horse at the 2018 World Championship who received perfect scores of 20 for Type across the board from all the judges!!! He also was awarded the Best Head Trophy for his class and named Best Straight Egyptian Male of the show.
The next day Al Ayal became the Bronze World Champion Stallion, tying in points with the Silver Champion Stallion!!! And finally, to make things even sweeter, Ariela Arabians was awarded the Best Breeder/Owner of the 2018 World Championship!
So, all in all, it was a very good weekend...
We would like to thank H.H. Sheikh Jassim Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Bart Van Buggenhout, Giacomo Capacci, the one and only Robin Hopkinson (couldn't have done it without you!), Emma Maxwell, Giuseppe Vetrò, Constantin Urinciuc and all the wonderful people who helped Al Ayal reach this fantastic achievement.
With sincere and special gratitude we would like to recognize and say thank you to all the wonderful people who came from Israel, our homeland, as well as from all around the world, to cheer and encourage Al Ayal. It was exceptionally heart-warming for us to see it and be there with you all. This is what horse shows should be about! Thank you, everyone, we simply could not have done it without you!
Photo by of Al Ayal AA, by Emma Maxwell.
