We are honored to welcome to our breeding program another jewel from the highly regarded Ajman Stud program; the most exotic stallion AJ Nawash.
This young grey stallion is sired by one of the world's most beloved Arabian stallions, Shanghai EA, the most famous son of the champion maker WH Justice. The dam of AJ Nawash is the multi champion mare Inspired Najla, daughter of Ajman Moniscione (again a son of WH Justice) out of the Russian-bred mare Natalia. Inspired Najla is also the dam of the two wonderful horses; Cyclone OS and AJ Norah.
On her dam's side, Inspired Najla is a descendent of the Tersk Stud bred stallion, Balaton, who appears two times in her dam's pedigree. This Menes son, out of the Aswan daughter Panagia, was foaled in 1982 at Tersk and was immediately identified as the stud’s next great hope. Balaton became one of the youngest stallions to become a head sire at Tersk at just three years of age, and Tersk Director Alexander Ponomarev called him "the horse of the century at Tersk" after his first foal crop arrived. He is considered by many as the stallion with the most influence in Russian Arabian horse breeding today; through both his daughters and his sons. Balaton is the sire of World Champion Kubinec, who was not just one of the world's bred show horses but also an important sire with world-wide influence.
So, as bloodlines never lie, AJ Nawash's pedigree indicated that he has it all: beauty/type combined with great movement. We are looking forward to see how this horse will cross with our group of mares.
We wish to thank Sheikh Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman for letting us use his beloved stallion and we thank Elisa Grassi & Frank Sponle for putting this wonderful opportunity together for Ariela Arabians.
Photo by Elisa Grassi.
