The most intense two weeks of the year are behind us – Polish Arabian Horse Days, during which as many as 79 horses were presented – both at the 47th National Arabian Horse Show, the Pride of Poland and Summer Sale auctions, and the Michałów Breeding Parade that concluded the event.
47th Polish National Arabian Horse Show
Once again, the cooperation between the Michałów team and the Elegantcia Training Centre – this time consisting of Nicola and Enrico Mearelli and Fillipo Lanzi – has yielded abundant results in terms of medals – we brought as many as 8 of them from Janów to Michałów – 4 silver and 4 bronze, 3 Top Five titles, the title of Best Pure Polish Horse and the Award for Best Trainer.
The National Championship began with the stallion competition – already in the first class, the one-year-old DYTWIN (Morion – Dama Róż / Vitorio TO) presented himself very well and won his class. The best performance this year was given by the two-year-old PARTES (Dominic M – Protekcja / Ekstern), who took 3rd place in his class, qualified and made the most of his chance in the championship. The highest score in Friday’s classes was achieved by PTOLEMEUSZ (Złoty Medal – Parmana / Al Maram), who was awarded an excellent 92 points by the judges.
Saturday was spent admiring mares – both in the junior and senior categories. The best performers among our yearlings were ZANELLA (Mutabahi Al Hawajer – Zigi Zara / Shanghai E.A.), who won her class with a score of 92.17 points – including two “20s” for movement, and EPIFORANA (Mutabahi Al Hawajer – Espana / QR Marc), who also won with a score of 91.50 points. FIDELA (Petrus PA – Fortecja / El Omari) also performed very well, taking second place in her class with a score of 91.33, as did WIOSENNA PRZYGODA (KA Nabras – Wiosenna Róża / Empire), who placed third in her class.
EL MAHMALA (Prometeusz – El Medonia / Shanghai E.A.) impressed in the two-year-old mares class – with a score of 92 points, she defeated the titled ANAGRAMMA (Picasso di Mar – Aminata / Abyad AA) from Janów.
Once again, we were treated to an excellent performance by the three-year-old EKAROSA (Paris – Emandoria / Gazal Al Shaqab), trained and presented by Paweł Kozikowski. She confidently won her class with a high score of 92.17. Right behind her was PUSTYNIA WIKTORII (Dominc M – Pustynia Kahila / Kahil Al Shaqab) with a score of 91.67 points.
In the senior mare classes, the first of the Michałów horses to be presented was the four-year-old LABONITA (Dominc M – Lakonia / Chimeryk), who took second place with a score of 92.33 points. She was only surpassed by Janów’s ASCALONIA (E.S. Harir – Alsara / Kahil Al Shaqab) – the Silver Medalist of Older Mares. In the 7-10 year old mare class, POGANINKA (El Omari – Pentra / Poganin) took second place with a score of 92.50 points, followed closely by WILDANOVA (WH Justice – Wilda / Gazal Al Shaqab) with a score of 92.33. The last of the mares presented was the twelve-year-old EL MEDARA (Shanghai E.A. – El Emeera / Ekstern), whose performance was scored at 91.83 points, giving her third place in the class.
Excellent performances in class brought a shower of medals in Sunday’s championships:
Polish Yearling Mare Championship (4 Michałów fillies qualified):
Silver medal – ZANELLA (Mutabahi Al Hawajer – Zigi Zara / Shanghai E.A.),
Bronze medal – EPIFORANA (Mutabahi Al Hawajer – Espana / QR Marc),
Top Five – WIOSENNA PRZYGODA (KA Nabras – Wiosenna Róża / Empire).
Polish Yearling Colt Championships (2 colts qualified):
Silver Medal – DYTWIN (Morion – Dama Róż / Vitorio TO)
Polish Junior Mare Championship (3 mares qualified):
Silver medal – EKAROSA (Paris – Emandoria / Gazal Al Shaqab),
Bronze Medal – EL MAHMALA (Prometeusz – El Medonia / Shanghai E.A.).
Polish Junior Stallion Championship (1 stallion qualified):
Bronze Medal – PARTES (Dominic M – Protekcja / Ekstern).
Polish Senior Mare Championship (4 mares qualified):
Bronze Medal – WILDANOVA (WH Justice – Wilda / Gazal Al Shaqab)
Top Five – POGANINKA (El Omari – Pentra / Poganin)
Top Five – LABONITA (Dominic M – Lakonia / Chimeryk).
Polish Senior Stallion Championship (1 stallion qualified):
Silver Medal – PTOLEMEUSZ (Złoty Medal – Parmana / Al Maram).
Pride of Poland & Summer Sale
Before the excitement surrounding the National Show had died down, the next horses were already preparing for their performances – this time at the Pride of Poland Auction. All of the mares offered found new buyers for a total of €627,000. The highest price of €350.000 was achieved by EL MEDIDA (Morion – El Medara / Shanghai E.A.) and PARANTELLA (Kahil Al Shaqab – Palanga / Ekstern), which was auctioned for €100.000.
Monday’s Summer Sale auction also attracted a lot of interest. Ten horses were sold for a total of €131.500. The highest price was achieved by the mare PUSTYNNA LILIA (Złoty Medal – Pustynna Kalia / Esparto) – €21,000.
Michałów Breeding Parade
The Arabian Horse Days ended with an Open Day and a Breeding Parade. The large audience was presented with 39 horses representing the entire spectrum of the Michałów herd – chief sires, mares with foals, young horses and highly distinguished and titled mares. Among the audience were members of parliament, representatives of the National Agricultural Support Centre with directors Jan Szopiński (Warsaw) and Dariusz Błażejewski (Kielce), representatives of local authorities – Pińczów County Administrator Zdzisław Leks and Michałów Commune Administrator Bogusław Kowalczyk, representatives of the State Fire Service and Police, Prison Service and Pińczów Forest District.
We would like to thank all the reliable staff of the Michałów Stud, without whose commitment and effort it would not have been possible to organise this huge undertaking.