Story and photographs by Betty Finke Until the early 1980s, Arabian showing in Europe consisted mainly of small breed shows that were intended to help breeders evaluate and select their breeding stock. There were very few international shows. Halter horses were still...
22-year-old Plakat and friends Eric Dorssers (top and middle), and Major Pat Maxwell (bottom), celebrating his final victory at Aachen in 1992. by Betty Finke Back in the early 1980s, the show scene was booming across Europe. Those years saw the birth of ECAHO, the...
Farag (*Morafic x Bint Kateefa), aged 23, in the stallion parade at the first Asil Cup International in 1985. Farag in 1973, snapped through the bars of his stall. “The resulting photo looked nothing like him, but I still treasured it, because it was all I had,”...
1980 European Champion Stallion *Muslin (*Salon x *Magnolia)1980 European Champion Stallion *Muslin (*Salon x *Magnolia) 1980 European Reserve Champion Stallion Numizmat (Aswan x Nemezida)1980 European Reserve Champion Stallion Numizmat (Aswan x Nemezida) 1980...
