Sharmel Arabians began as a notion of the kind of life that a mother could share with her daughter, and along the way, it turned into much more.
Of all the superb classes at the 2022 Nationals, perhaps the most poignant were the championships won by Skylar and Colby Powell after the loss of their mother, the beloved LaRae Fletcher Powell, in the summer.
Champion Half-Arabian English Pleasure AAOTR 50 & Over Emperors Fire (Afire Bey V x Ritida), owned by Starline Arabians LLC, Rancho Santa Fe, California, and ridden by Lori Lawrence.
Arabian Horses from the U.S, Canada, Europe, South America and the Middle East met in Tulsa, Oklahoma to vie for the U.S. National Championship titles and they did not disappoint. Among them were four straight Egyptian Arabians, whose owners and trainers believed in them and accepted the challenge of the first annual U.S. National Championship Straight Egyptian High Point Award.
The Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club, located in the United Arab Emirates, was the host of the Group One 5,000,000 AED ($1,361,470) Jewel Crown race for purebred Arabians on December 4, 2022. U.S.-bred First Classs was a favorite in the prestigious invitational event.
Hosted by the Royal Jordanian Equestrian Federation under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II, Arabian horse lovers travelled from around the world to Amman for the twenty-fourth World Arabian Horse Organization (WAHO) Conference held October 2022.
Having been cancelled the previous two years due to COVID, the Salon du Cheval of El Jadida made a popular return October 18-23, with all the passion, color and energy that is Morocco. It was the week of the horse at the fantastic exhibition centre and halls built specifically for this popular event.
This is the third in a series of articles on coat color originally published in AHW’s September 2012 issue. In this installment, we explore the creative color combinations found in Half-Arabians.