Open Day bei Lasahr Arabians

April 15th 2006

Rain and wind were trying in vain to compete with the magnificent Arabians who were celebrating the 9th Open Day at Lasahr Arabians on Holy Saturday. The crowd of spectators, some of whom had come a long way, clearly enjoyed the show below their colorful umbrellas.

You had to admire not only the high quality of horses shown, but also the professionalism of riders and handlers: they kept their cool while costumes were drenched by rain, stallions went a little crazy because of the wind and a power loss silenced music and microphone. The show went on with quadrille riding, belly dancing, show jumping and much more. Also the culinary needs of the public were fulfilled in exemplary fashion.

There has been a change of generations at Lasahr Arabians. While the grand old dames of the breeding programme were present as honored guests, they left it to their daughters and granddaughters to show off themselves and their foals. There were also some mares and progeny present from the stud farms MZ-Vollblutaraber and Naphis Arabians, whose breeding stock is largely based on Lasahr horses.

The chief sire of Lasahr Arabians, Shaklan Ibn Bengali (FS Bengali x LM Sadunga), was shown on the double lunge and said thank you to his fans with a very pretty curtsy bow. Like always, his progeny did him proud, from the tiny picture-book foal to the promising young stallion. Only one more season at the stud farm lies before his stable mate from England, the current European Reserve Champion Ali Khan** (Al Hakkim x Sharene). This spring his first Swiss foals were born, one of them, the two day old L.A. Titania (out of Tesma), was shown this day, much to the delight of the public. She is the living proof of what this great sire is capable of.

Like in other years, some very interesting guest stallions were shown. This year they were all greys. The Davidoff-sons SC Dagash (out of Verbala) and SC Dalmas (out of Faseta) both pleased in their own way by their movement, type and athlethic build. The equally powerful but not less beautiful L.A. Tamerlan (Narym x Tesma) was shown under the saddle as well as at liberty. As a last highlight the charismatic straight Egyptian stallion Simeon Sharav (Asfour x Simeon Shuala) showed his circus worthy rearing and trotted playfully along with his handler. 

Even though as far as the music selection went the song „Brown girl in the rain“ would have seemed more appropriate than „I am walking on sunshine“ – once again Lasahr Arabians has succeeded in giving a demanding audience a great show!

Christa Schönmann Abbühl