Mulawa Moments

It is with great sadness that we share the tragic news of the premature passing of Mulawa chief sire MAGNUM FORTY FOUR. His time with all of us was far too short. For those of us who had the privilege to know him or to be touched by his influence, our lives have been unquestionably changed for the better. You will always be loved and remembered with great fondness and esteem. Rest well and in peace, dear friend.

The final foal of the 2012-2013 season was born this morning, January 18th Aussie time, or better said, Alabama time. We are proud to report it is yet another filly, this time a stunning bay out of former Scottsdale Champion LLC BRIANA, sired by Mulawa junior stallion ALLEGIANCE MI. Thus far, both BRIANA and ALLEGIANCE have emerged as the superstars of the current Mulawa foal crop. Together, the pair produced three superb fillies via embryo transfer, all within five weeks of each other and all a different colour!

Video highlights of the Mulawa Open Days in both 2012 & 2011 are now online. Always a highlight of the Australian Arabian calendar each September, the Mulawa Open Day features the best of the enduring four-decade strong breeding program, the brightest stars of the current show teams as well as several high quality sale prospects. Full coverage of both Mulawa Open Day 2012 and Mulawa Open Day 2011 can be discovered in detail here on the Mulawa portal by clicking on the links above. A special thank you to Jen Miller & Sophie Pegrum of Horsefly Films , not only for filming the 2011 Open Day footage, but for editing both videos for the Mulawa website.

Each mid-September in the dramatic, verdant hill country of North Sydney, Mulawa Arabian Stud orchestrates one of the annual highlights of the Australian Arabian calendar. Recognized as the premier open house experience on the continent in terms of program scope, quality of bloodstock and participant attendance, the Mulawa Open Day rivals the best such events celebrating the Arabian horse to be found anywhere in the world.

Good news from NSW State Titles over the weekend. APHRODITE MI was named Junior Champion Mare in her show debut, while SANTIAGO MI earned the title of Reserve Champion Junior Stallion. KLASS continued his winning ways as a sire with Junior Champion Gelding MYSTERE MI. Congratulations to the proud owners and exhibitors on a great start to the show season. We look forward to your continued success at Nationals and beyond.

For the second year in a row, Team Mulawa Performance was victorious at Dressage with the Stars, the 10th annual event in Werribee, Victoria. In the toughest competition for young Dressage horses on the continent, Arabian Warmblood mare SUGARLOAF SIRHARA was named Champion Five Year Old with an excellent score of 9.0 for Ridability from UK-based and South African born Emile Faurie. SIRARA was also the highest scoring Dressage horse of the show with an excellent score of 82.4%. On Saturday evening competing against both the champion four and six year olds from their respective divisions, SIRHARA was named Australian Young Dressage Horse Champion of Champions to the thundering approval of the crowd.

The Australian Championships have once again proven an outstanding showcase for Mulawa owned, bred and shown horses. Friday proved especially successful for GUILIANO, whose first foals dominated the Yearling classes, earning all three Australian Championship titles. ROMANCE MI earned herself back-to-back Australian Champiosnships with a win as Two & Three Year Old Filly Champion. Katharine Farrell & German-import LUXOR were dominant in the Dressage ring, winning both the Advanced Dressage test and the Prix St Georges. PARADA (with Cameron Bonney) was victorious as Australian Champion Mare. GUILIANO (with Andy Sellman) finished the year undefeated as Australian Champion Stallion and highest score of the show.

Mulawa was the recipient of two major awards on Tuesday night at the Arabian Horse Society of Australia AGM at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre. For the fourth year in a row, Mulawa was named Purebred Breeder of the Year for wins earned at the 2011 Australian Championships. 2011 AHSA Purebred Saddle Horse of the Year was MULAWA BRONZE WINGS, who earned three Australian Championships, two Reserves and one Top Ten at Tamworth with Daniella Dierks.

Mulawa Arabian Stud was recently featured in the February 2012 Oasis Magazine. Highlighting The Magnificent Mares of Mulawa, the article celebrates the many generations of success of the Mulawa breeding program.

There are few Open Days in the world that can rival the annual event at Mulawa Arabian Stud each September. In terms of quality of horses, Mulawa is leading the continent in consistently producing world-class quality foals year after year, and turning out each successive foal crop to most deservedly earn an enviable list of show accolades at the most prestigious events in the country. As for hospitality, Mulawa is unrivalled in providing access to the very heart of the breeding program and the full extent of the extraordinary facilities, with genuine warmth and sincerity as well as an enthusiastic passion and discernible dedication to the Arabian horse.

Exciting News from Werribee! At the 9th Annual Dressage & Jumping with the Stars event in Victoria on March 24th-26th, two qualified Mulawa owned Arabian warmbloods achieved siginificant success. Daniella Dierks was back in the irons for the Champion of Champions competition on Saturday evening, which was decided from the winners of the Four, Five & Six Year Old Young Dressage Horse Champions. The ultimate decision of respected international expert and multi-World Champion Dr. Ulf Moeller fell upon REVELWOOD DONATELLO as the Best Young Dressage Horse in Australia for 2011.

The 2011 Australian Championships proved to be the most successful showcase for Mulawa-bred, owned and managed horses in the long competitive history of the stud. When the last sash was hung on Sunday afternoon, the grand total for Team Mulawa was 21 Australian Champions, 14 Australian Reserve Champions & 8 Top Tens. We are also pleased to announce that Mulawa Arabian Stud was honoured with Australian Breeder of the Year by the AHSA for the third successive year. Thank you and congratulations to the many clients and members of the Mulawa Community who helped make 2010-2011 our most successful show season to date.

MULAWA THE QUEST (Ambition imp USA x Grojecca iidUK) 10 th December 1978 – 23 rd January 2011 It is with great sadness that we report the passing of MULAWA THE QUEST , who peacefully passed away in his pasture at his home with Rodney and Heather Brown at the great age of 32.  A grand ambassador for the Arabian breed, a multi-Australian Champion and full brother to the illustrious Mulawa Chance, QUEST was the true, all-around Arabian. Rod and “Questie” shared a mutual bond of friendship and respect. Their partnership, which spanned almost three decades, became legend in the Arabian horse community.  A successful halter horse in his junior years, QUEST would make the performance ring his own.  In the early days they