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My first visit to the Polish National Show and the auction, at that time named Polish Prestige, was in 1989 and it was then a very intimate gathering of Arabian horse enthusiasts.

For me, it was the first trip I made by myself as an adult and there was never a question about what the destination would be. The feeling I get when I drive down the road towards the gates of Janów Podlaski is still the same as it was 23 years ago; to see the famous Zegarowa, the Clock Stable, at the end of the road is truly something special and it gives me goosebumps. In 1989 the show and auction was held in September but it has been held in August since 1992 and today’s event is a big event in Poland with coverage on national television, and the Polish President has also been there on several occasions. Even though the schedule of the week is pretty much the same as it was in 1989 with the show, auction and the breeding parades at the State Studs, some changes have been made. Instead of starting with the International Race Day in Warsaw, everything starts on Friday evening at Janów Podlaski with the Polish National Show and the colt classes. Up until 2006, the Colt Championship was held during the Spring Show, but now the colts are shown on the Friday evening and they open the Polish Nationals. Last year’s Junior Champion Colt was the QR Marc son Pogrom (ex Pętla by Visbaden) and this year another striking bay son of QR Marc would impress and eventually be named Junior Champion. While Pogrom is bred by Janów Podlaski, this year’s star, Equator, is bred and owned by Michalów Stud. His dam Ekliptyka (Ekstern x Ekspozycja by Eukaliptus) is a full sister of the Polish chief sire and multiple champion Esparto. Equator was named Bronze Champion last year as a yearling but he had a lot more self confidence this year. Showing off his amazing movement, he was named Białka Spring Show Junior Champion earlier this summer. Here at the National Show, Equator got a total score of 92 points with an almost full score on movement of 20-20-19.5. Second placed colt in his class was Janów Podlaski´s grey Pomian (Gazal Al Shaqab x Pilar), a full-brother to the great mare Pinga. Om El Bellissimo (Om El Shahmaan x Om El Benedict) was standing at Janów Podlaski for two seasons and returned to Om El Arab International at the beginning of this year. One of the three sons by him born in 2011 won the yearling colt class with 89 points, Barok is out of Baida (Balon x Bajeczka). After seeing his impressive foal crop this year at Janów, I am positive that we will see a lot more of his offspring in

the show-ring. Second place went to Emirzo (Enzo x Emira), bred and owned by Michalów Stud. This grey colt is a full brother to the 2010 Polish National Junior Champion Colt Empire. The three year old class had only three entries and none were from the State Studs as they send most of their three-year-old horses to the racetrack. The winner with 90 points was the charismatic QR Marc son Emarc, bred and owned by Falborek Arabians. He is out of Eksterna (Ekstern x Emanta), which makes him a member of the successful Emigracja family through Emanacja. Emarc was later to be chosen to be the Silver Champion with Barok as the Bronze Champion. Emirzo

and Pomian were awarded with Top Five titles. Saturday’s yearling fillies were divided into three very tough classes. Class 1A was won by the great moving Potentilla (Ekstern x Panonia) from Janów Podlaski. She

received 90.83 points with El Siena (HDB Sihr Ibn Massai x El Aria) in second place with 90.67 points. El Siena is bred and owned by ZPH Strusinianka Ltd. Also with a score above 90 was Piniata (Eden C x Pinga) from Janów Podlaski. Class 1B was won by the filly who stole everyone’s attention at the Bialka Breeding Parade last year. Perfinka (Esparto x Perfirka) wowed equally here and received an impressive 91 points. Janów’s Anima (Ekstern x Anilla) got a total score of 90.17

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QR Marc would impress and eventually be

named Junior Champion.”

Emarc

Equator

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and placed second. Esparto did a great job as a sire at Białka Stud and the pretty Egiria (ex Egira by Emigrant) is a proof of that; with 90 points, she placed third. The final yearling filly class was won by Euzona (Om El Bellissimo x Euzetia), who scored highest of the yearlings with 92.17 points. The private-bred Noumea (Ekstern x Noc) was second with 90.17; she is bred and owned by Marek Kondrasiuk.

The two-year old fillies were shown in two classes with Michalów´s Emandilla (Om El Shahmaan x Espadrilla) as the winner in the first section with 91.17 points. Second place went to Falborek Arabians’ Esima (Altis x Emanta) with 90.67, followed by another filly from Michalów, the bay Diara (Eryks x Diaspora). The second class was won by another Falborek filly, the already white Al Lahab daughter Perlahaba (ex Pernacja by Ekstern) with 90.33 points. Falborek also captured the second place with Wabia, another daughter of Al Lahab and this time out of Wasa (by WH Justice). Eight three-year old fillies were shown and the winner of the class was actually in race training at the beginning of the season and was moved to the show barn to be shown at the Polish Nationals. This would turn out to be a wise decision as Primera (Eden C x Preria) won the class with 92.17 points and later would be the Polish National Gold Junior Female Champion. Second place went to Białka Stud and the great mover Camilia (Piaff x Calineczka) who scored 90.83 points. Camilia

was sold to Australia at last year’s auction, but the buyer never paid for the horses so she stayed at Białka Stud; I am positive that we will see some really exciting foals out of her in the future. It would turn out to be very tough competition among the fillies in the championships with two fillies tied for Gold. The score in the class had to be the tie-breaker and with a higher score, Primera was awarded Gold with Perfinka the Silver Champion. Bronze went to Emandilla with Top Five placings to Potentilla and Perlahaba. Poland is famous for their mares and if you have never seen the senior mare classes at the Polish National Show, then you are definitely in for a treat. It is near to impossible to predict who will win as you will find some of the world’s most decorated mares competing. The mares aged four-to-six years were split into two and the winner of the first class was a daughter of the great Pilar (Fawor x Pipi),

who was sold to Al Shaqab Stud in 2010. Pilarosa is a tall four-year-old grey mare by the straight Egyptian stallion Al Adeed Al Shaqab. She got 92.17 points with high scores on type, head/neck and movement. El Piatzolla (WH Justice x Enya), bred and owned by ZPH Strusinianka Ltd, has been very successful in the show-ring and she impressed once more to receive 91.5 points which placed her second in the class. Third place went to Michalów´s Parmana (Al Maraam x Palmira) with 90.5; she has just returned from a lease to Athbah Stud. Another Michalów mare that just returned from Middle East and Athbah Stud is El Saghira (Galba x

Emira), who won the second section with 92.67 points, including 20-19-20 on movement. Her dam Emira (Laheeb x Embra) is currently on lease to Ajman Stud. Second place in the class went to Janów Podlaski´s Alabama (Gazal Al Shaqab x Altona) with 90.83 points. The mares aged seven-to-ten years old was a tough class with a great group of horses forward. The class had 13 entries, six daughters of Ekstern, six of Gazal Al Shaqab and one by Magnum Psyche. Sefora (Ekstern x Sawantka) was Polish National Junior Champion as a

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Perlahaba

Sefora

Palmeta

Primera

Pianissima

“Esparto did a great job as a sire at Białka Stud

and the pretty Egiria (ex Egira by Emigrant) is a proof of

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yearling and with 92 points, she was the winner of the class. The three following horses were three Michalów-bred daughters of Gazal Al Shaqab: Wilda (ex Wilga by Ekstern), Norma (ex Nina by Monogramm), and Pistoria (ex Palmira by Monogramm), and they received between 91.93-91.33 points. Fourth placed Laranda (Ekstern x Larissa), also from Michalów, received 91 points. The older mare class had five stunning entries, two from Janów Podlaski

and three from Michalów. There have been only two mares who have managed to win both the Junior and Senior Championships as well as the Best in Show on both occasions and they are Pianissima (Gazal Al Shaqab x Pianosa by Eukaliptus) and Pinga (Gazal Al Shaqab x Pilar by Fawor). This year we would add another mare to that group when the 2003 Polish National Junior Champion Mare and Best in Show, Palmeta, won the older mare class with the highest score of the show, 92.67 points, tying with El Saghira, and was later named Gold Champion and Best in Show. Palmeta is a daughter of 1995 Polish National Champion Stallion Ecaho (Pepton x Etruria by Palas) and out of Pilica (Fawor x Pipi by Banat). Pilica is a full sister to Pinga’s dam Pilar, which makes all three mares a part of the great Pilarka’s family. Second place in the class was Espadrilla (Monogramm x Emanacja) with 92 points, a previous Polish National Reserve Champion Mare. In the championship, the Silver Champion Mare title went to El Saghira with Sefora as the Bronze Champion. Pilarosa and El Piatzolla were awarded Top Five. Palmeta has been a great broodmare at Janów Podlaski as she is the dam of 2008 Białka Spring Show Champion and Best in Show and Polish National Junior Champion Mare and Best in Show, Palabra (by Enzo), as well as the 2010 Bialka Spring Show Champion and 2012 Prague Intercup Gold Junior Champion, Palatina (by QR Marc). Her son Palatino (by Pesal) was to add more success to Palmeta’s credit when he won his class at this year’s Nationals with 92.17 points and was later named Polish National Gold Champion Stallion. Second place went to the privately-bred Elmaran (Al Maraam x Ekstera) with 90.5 points; he is bred and owned by Wojciech Parczewski. The older stallion class was won by Pegasus (Gazal Al Shaqab x Pepesza by Eukaliptus) with 92 points; like Palatino, he is also bred and owned by Janów Podlaski. Second place went to the 12-year old Salar (Ecaho x Saba by Etat) with 91.17 points. Equifor (Gazal Al Shaqab x Eqviria) was third place with 91 points. With Palatino as the Gold Champion, the Silver Champion was Pegasus with Elmaran as the Bronze Champion. Top Four went to Salar. It was a very successful show for Janów Podlaski with three Gold

Champions, one Silver Champion, two Bronze Champions and the Best in Show. They also claimed the prize for Best Trainer with Pawel Kozikowski, who received the Best Handler trophy. All the championships are held on Sunday morning and the highlight was without doubt when the WAHO Trophy was awarded to the amazing Pianissima. I do not think many eyes were dry when Director Marek Trela, with a proud smile, walked her around the arena so that

the audience could see her up close. The moment also marked Pianissima’s retirement from the show-ring; she has nothing left to prove.After all the awards, it was time to see all the auction horses outside. You could feel the tension and after lunch, people were walking the barns to have a closer look at the horses they were interested in buying. This year, two of the very best Gazal Al Shaqab daughters were the big poster names and as expected they would also end up as the two high-sellers. Ejrene (ex Emocja by Monogramm) was the 2007 Białka Spring Show Junior Champion and Best in Show, 2007 Polish National Junior Champion, 2011 Wels International A

Show Champion Mare and 2011 Polish National Silver Champion Mare. Etnologia (ex Esparceta by Europejczyk) was the 2005 Białka Spring Show Junior Champion and Best in Show and 2011 European Senior Bronze Champion Mare, making both mares well-decorated in the show-ring. Ejrene was entered as lot three and her bid went over €400,000 but a misunderstanding made her walk out of the arena unsold. After the last horse entered, Ejrene was called back and it was announced that the highest bid on her was €440,000 and her new owner was the Ajman Stud, thus reuniting her with her old stablemates Kwestura and Emira, as well as several other great mares. Etnologia reached €370,000 and her new owner is Shirley and Charlie Watts of Halsdon Aabians in the UK. Of the 28 horses in this year’s Pride of Poland Sale, 19 were sold for a total of €1,325,000. The mare Emmonida (Gazal Al Shaqab x Emmona by Monogramm) did not meet her reserve during the auction but was sold afterwards to Belgium for an undisclosed figure. An additional 13 horses were sold at the Selection Sale, making the total of the whole auction €1,424,600, Emmonida not included. Of the 33 horses sold during the whole auction, 16 found their new homes in the Middle East, 15 will stay in Europe and two horses were sold to Australia and USA respectively. After the auction some people headed back to Warsaw but many people stayed for the three State Stud breeding parades. This is a great opportunity to see this year’s foals and also the stallions at stud as well as a large number of the mares. The barns are open for everyone to walk around and to see the horses they want to. A visit to the Pride of Poland is not like a trip to a regular show; you will have a unique opportunity to see the horses up close and to get a feeling of the breeding philosophy that has produced some of the best horses in the world. With the images of the foal crops in my mind as I write this, I can reassure you that we will see some pretty amazing youngsters next year as well!

Read part two of this feature, the breeding parades, in the December edition of The Arabian Magazine.

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Alwaro

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Etnologia

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Selection Sale 2012 – Broodmares & Fillies

LOT HORSE COLOUR YEAR SIRE DAM BREEDER PRICE (€) COUNTRY

22 AGATIA bay 2004 GAZAL AL SHAQAB AGA Janów Podlaski Stud 13.000 Middle East4 BENITA bay 2007 ENZO (US) BOGINI Janów Podlaski Stud 30.000 Poland12 BIRUTA grey 2005 EKSTERN BAJADA Janów Podlaski Stud 100.000 UK20 CIRI chestnut 2008 ENZO (US) CIRKA Białka Stud 7.000 Middle East2 CYMRA grey 2004 EKSTERN CYFRA Białka Stud 20.000 Middle East1 DIORAMA grey 2004 GAZAL AL SHAQAB DECYZJA Michałów Stud not sold 3 EJRENE bay 2004 GAZAL AL SHAQAB EMOCJA Michałów Stud 440.000 UAE6 ELGINA grey 1999 EKSTERN EGNA Michałów Stud 25.000 UK23 ELIRDIA grey 2006 POGANIN ELIGIA Michałów Stud 7.000 KSA17 ELWA bay 2004 METROPOLIS NA ELWIRA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold 24 EMBORIA grey 2004 GRAFIK EMBRA Michałów Stud 19.000 Middle East11 EMMONIDA grey 2004 GAZAL AL SHAQAB EMMONA Michałów Stud/Luft sold Belgium21 ESMIRNA grey 2002 WERBUM ESPADRILLA Michałów Stud 10.000 U K 18 ESPINEZJA bay 2006 PSYTADEL ENTAGA Jarmuż/Goździalski 50.000 KSA7 ETNOLOGIA grey 2003 GAZAL AL SHAQAB ETALANTA Janów Podlaski Stud 370.000 UK14 EUNORA bay 2004 GAZAL AL SHAQAB EUNIKA Michałów Stud not sold 8 FUNKIA dak bay 2004 GAZAL AL SHAQAB FANTAZJA Michałów Stud 35.000 Australia5 GATAKA dark bay 2010 EKSTERN GWARKA Wójtowicz (PL) 55.000 Middle East28 HARFIA bay 2009 PIAFF HALIMA Białka Stud not sold 10 HERLINA grey 2005 EKSTERN HEROLDIA Białka Stud 45.000 KSA26 KAROLINA grey 2000 LAHEEB (IL) KWESTA Michałów Stud not sold 27 NIZARA chestnut 2008 EL NABILA B (HU) NIKE Janów Podlaski Stud 11.000 Middle East25 PEPINA dark bay 2002 PILOT PĘTLA Janów Podlaski Stud 11.000 Germany19 PERESPA chestnut 2007 ENZO (US) POLENTA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold 16 PERGA grey 2000 EMIGRANT PERGOLA Michałów Stud not sold 13 PIAWEA grey 2003 EKSTERN POWIEWNA Błaszczyk/Sawicki 30.000 Middle East9 POMERANIA grey 2003 GAZAL AL SHAQAB PIPI Janów Podlaski Stud 47.000 KSA15 PUNCJA grey 2006 PESAL PARELLA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold S/16 ADELINA grey 2005 GRAFIK ANAKONDA Michałów Stud not sold S/12 BASTIA grey 2007 EKSTERN BASTA Janów Podlaski Stud 7.500 DenmarkS/9 CETULA grey 2007 EL NABILA B CELTA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold S/10 CISOWA grey 2007 ARARAT CERINOLA Janów Podlaski Stud 6.500 USAS/22 ECHIDNA chestnut 2001 ARARAT ELANDRA Michałów/Sławiński 20.000 KSAS/24 ECHMEA bay 2000 DRUID ESTEPONA Michałów Stud not sold S/26 ELEKCJA chestnut 1994 ETOGRAM EUROPA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold S/1 ELETERIA grey 2009 PIAFF EMKIRA Białka Stud not sold S/11 ELFINJA grey 2007 PERSEUSZ ELMINA Białka Stud not sold S/23 ELGARA grey 2000 ELDON ELGANDA Michałów Stud 15.000 KSAS/8 ELIWIA grey 2007 EL NABILA B (HU) ELEKCJA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold S/4 EMIRAMIDA grey 2008 PIRUET EMIRA Michałów Stud not sold S/19 EMISSA bay 2001 GANGES ESTELKA Michałów Stud 4.000 IrelandS/7 EMLAHABA grey 2008 AL LAHAB EMANTA Falborek Arabians (PL) 11.000 FranceS/13 EPIFA grey 2007 POGANIN EPIFANIA Michałów Stud 8.500 KSAS/17 EPIKRYZA grey 2003 GAZAL AL SHAQAB EPIFRAZA Janów Podlaski Stud 5.000 DenmarkS/3 EUKARIA bay 2008 GANGES EKUMENA Janów Podlaski Stud 4.000 GermanyS/2 EUZERA grey 2008 POGANIN EUZETIA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold S/25 FUKSJA bay 1999 WOJSŁAW FURORA Michałów Stud not sold S/15 GAZIRA grey 2005 ELDON GEHENNA Michałów Stud not sold S/20 GIRALDA grey 2001 ELDON GIRLANDA Michałów Stud 5.000 KSAS/21 NEFER grey 2001 ECAHO NITRA Janów Podlaski Stud 4.500 BelgiumS/6 ORLETKA grey 2008 ARARAT OKTAVIA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold S/5 PERKILLA grey 2008 AL MARAAM PIĘKNA PANI Michałów Stud not sold S/14 WIEŻA MARAAM dark bay 2007 AL MARAAM WIEŻA MARZEŃ Michałów Stud 4.600 BelgiumS/18 ZARIBA bay 2002 WOJSŁAW ZAMIANA/BOREK Janów Podlaski Stud 4.000 Ireland

Selection Sale 2012 – Sires & Stallions

LOT HORSE COLOUR YEAR SIRE DAM BREEDER PRICE (€) COUNTRY

S/27 EURYKLES grey 2001 EMIGRANT EUTONA Janów Podlaski Stud not sold

“This year, two of the very best Gazal Al Shaqab

daughters were the big poster

names and as

expected they

would also end up as the two high-sellers”