The New Zealand Arab Horse Breeders' Society reports that in 2008 they registered 82 foals. All foals are parent verified by DNA prior to registration. Microchipping is not used, and passports are not issued. Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer are permitted. 5 horses were exported in 2008, one to Australia and 4 to Malaysia. 30 were imported, from Germany, USA, Great Britain and Australia. The most popular activities for Arabians are showing, with 6 All-Arabian Shows each year, and Endurance, with about 50 competitions annually. Arabians from New Zealand also compete successfully in International endurance events. Other equestrian activities in which Arabians take part include Dressage, Showjumping, Eventing, and in Pony Club rides and competitions. The current published stud book is Volume 9, the next volume is due for publication in 2009.
PREVIOUS REPORTS: In New Zealand, the original bloodlines were from the United Kingdom, a foundation that has been added to in the past two decades by importations from Australia, Europe, Canada and the United States. This mix has been particularly successful for New Zealand enabling breeders to promote Arabians in the wider New Zealand equestrian community and an important factor in the survival of their breeding farms. A new initiative in New Zealand recently has been the export of Arabians, particularly surrounding the sport of endurance, something which New Zealanders have embraced enthusiastically.
Currently, there are approximately 2,500 living Arabians in New Zealand, about 100 foals are registered each year. The Society publishes a Stud Book every 4 years. Artificial insemination and embryo transfer are permitted and legislated along World Arabian Horse Organization guidelines. Bloodtyping is used and DNA has recently been introduced.
A National Championship Show is held in February every year. Underpinning the National Show are a number of regional Arabian shows and over 100 traditional and pastoral Shows which are scattered strategically throughout the country, most of which offer a wide selection of suitable classes for Arabians. As showing Arabians becomes more popular and the sport of endurance grows, and with the great successes of our endurance team in international competition, the international movement of New Zealand Arabians grows apace, which is very encouraging for the members.
In 2007 New Zealand registered 90 foals, and recorded 25 exports.
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| CYDEN SUN Chestnut Stallion, 1982. (Ngapa Joussif / Ngapa Ayda). Breeders and Owners: Mary and Chris Tylden. Strain: Dahman Um Amr of Ibn Hemsi (Dahma, 1876). |
| The New Zealand Arab Horse Breeders Society Inc. has awarded their 2009 WAHO Trophy to the veteran 27-year old stallion, Cyden Sun. He was bred Mary & Chris Tylden at their Cyden Arabian Stud in Morrinsville in 1982, and is still owned by Cyden Stud, being their senior Stud Sire. He is of ‘Ngapa Arabian Stud’ Colonial Crabbet bloodlines and is by the well known Endurance sire ‘Ngapa Joussif’ (born 1977, died aged 31 in 2008) who was himself awarded New Zealand’s WAHO Trophy in 2006. |
| Cyden Sun himself has earned a reputation for siring correct and very athletic, free moving determined progeny with an excellent work ethic and all-round ability for various equine disciplines and in particular Endurance competition, with a “Will to Win”. He has definitely helped to lift the overall profile of purebred Arabians in Open competition in NZ with progeny competing in Pony Club events, In-hand at Arabian, A&P and All-breed Shows, under saddle at A&P shows, Open Pony and Hack Championships, Eventing, Dressage, Equine Sports days and especially Endurance competition. |
| Cyden Sun has a delightful gentle honest personality. He has been a very important part of the Tylden family since his birth and his bloodline is greatly valued at Cyden Arabians. He has always been a very active horse who enjoys keeping himself fit ~ he is very free moving and agile and is still in very good health with no signs of arthritis at all and still fertile at 27 years, with two mares due to foal to him in August 2009. He always enjoys following his owners along the fenceline to check out what they are doing and is interested in anything new happening on the farm, in any visitors to the stud and is always keen to see if there are any “treats” being offered. Sun is a very quiet gentlemanly stallion and always easy to handle, very well mannered and kind with his mares and visiting mares, he runs with his own mares all year round. His herd mares foal with him and he is very protective of them, very kind and good with foals ~ he also enjoys playing with the foals. |
| He was broken in at 3 years old, then ridden on the 560 acre drystock farm as a working stock horse, a role he really enjoyed and he was a smooth and energetic ride with a very willing “go anywhere” attitude to work. He has always had a natural ability and aptitude for working stock and in particular cattle. Unfortunately his own riding career was limited due to no fault of his own as there were always other youngsters needing to be ridden and exercised and he was usually assigned to Stud duties. |
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| Photo: Mary and Chris Tylden with Cyden Sun. |
| All in all, Cyden Sun is a very deserving winner of the WAHO Trophy as he has sired some of New Zealand’s top Endurance horses, plus many quality Show Champion ponies and hacks, Eventers and Dressage horses which are competing in Open company and are excellent ambassadors for the Arabian breed, with several very promising youngsters still to compete. Cyden Sun is also helping to lift the profile of NZ Arabians overseas with 5 progeny exported. |
Below is a list of some of Cyden Sun’s best progeny and their major successes:
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| AA PARADE Grey Gelding, 1985. (Gai Cadet/Araleigh Myra). Breeder: Mr. R.M. Gubb, Araleigh Arabians. Owner: Greg & Jacki Bickerton. Strain: Dahman Abu Amr of Ibn Hemsi (Dahma, 1876) |
| The New Zealand Arab Horse Society is proud to announce the winner of their 2008 WAHO Trophy. AA Parade, now 23 years old, has had a remarkable career both in the showring and in endurance and is a very worthy winner of this award. The Trophy was presented at the 2009 NZAHBS Annual General Meeting. AA Parade took the award ahead of a very strong group of fellow nominees. |
| The son of the outstanding imported American-bred stallion, Gai Cadet and Araleigh Stud's foundation mare, Araleigh Myra, his full sister AA Mystique is also producing some extremely successful horses both in the showring and endurance. |
| From 1987-1990 AA Parade won 6 Championships and Reserve Championships at “A” Class shows. He began his career in endurance as a 5-year old, and has carried on competing well into his 20’s. From 1994-1997 he was based at the Cambridge Stud, where he was exhibited in their “Horseworld” attraction as an example of the Arabian breed which involved being paraded in hand and shown in costume, he also provided photo opportunities for visitors who could pose with him. |
| AA Parade was purchased as a 'retired' endurance horse by Greg and Jacki Bickerton of Morocco Arabians in 1997, initially as Greg’s introduction to an Arabian riding horse, with the intention of taking part in the popular sport of CTR (Competitive Trail Rides). As their partnership developed, Greg chose to try his hand at Endurance as well, and it soon became evident that AA Parade was at his happiest when competing. Over the years they have reached the highest levels of this sport in New Zealand. With successes and high placings too numerous to mention, the highlight of his career, aged 17, was when AA Parade won the 100 km FEI*** ride at the 2003 National Championships. In 2004 he participated in the inaugural endurance event at the Horse of the Year, which was a display of the sport for members of the other disciplines to gain a better understanding of endurance. It was the most public endurance race ever held in the country, finishing at night under lights in the main stadium in front of a crowd of 10,000 people. |
| Since 2003 AA Parade has acted as lead horse for the team’s younger endurance horses, instilling a calmness and sense of security for the newcomers. AA Parade has completed 6,249 lifetime kilometres in competitive endurance, being one of only a handful of horses to have achieved this in New Zealand. |
| With his classic beauty and movement, his top class athletic ability and his wonderful temperament, AA Parade is a true gentleman, he is the ultimate versatile Arabian horse and a stellar Ambassador of the Arabian breed in New Zealand. |
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| Photo: AA Parade with his owner, Greg Bickerton |
| BUSHLAND GAI SHAREE 1983, bay mare. (Gai Cadet / Hiland Princess). Breeder: Mr. D.G. (Peter) Rowe. Owner: Lynda Guy. Strain: Kehaileh Dajanieh (Dajaniah 1876) |
| The announcement that Bushland Gai Sharee had been awarded New Zealand’s WAHO Trophy for 2007 was made at the New Zealand Arab Horse Breeders Society Annual General Meeting. |
| Sharee first entered the show ring in 1990 and won her first championship at halter. She has since gone on to win 11 champions at halter, 13 reserve champions at halter. Her riding career started in 1991 and she has been awarded 18 ridden championships and 16 ridden reserve championhips. Among these was the New Zealand Reserve Champion Ridden 1995 and the New Zealand Champion Ridden in 1996 at Christchurch. She received her Roll of Merit Ridden in 1996 and her Roll of Merit Halter in 1998. That same year she also received an Elite Roll of Merit. |
| She has also competed in Arabian costume classes, dressage and showjumping with some success. Sharee has also promoted the Arabian horse by attending street parades, visiting schools and participating in "Red Nose Day." She attended the promotion of the Arabian Horse at the Royal Easter Show for 10 days, along with other horses. In 1993 she attended the unveiling of the "Egyptian Garden" at the Hamilton Gardens dressed in Arabian costume and entertained visitors to the "Drive Thru Christmas Show" as one of the Three Kings. Sharee has been used as a riding school horse for a period of approximately six months and she also introduced two young riders to the world of the ridden Arabian and taught a six year old to ride. Her last show was 2005, entering into the Led Ring Class for her young rider and winning lots of ribbons to his great delight. |
 Lynda Guy with Bushland Gai Sharee. |
| Sharee was retired from the Arabian show ring in 2003 at the age of 20 and is now a successful broodmare, so far producing a gelding and a filly for Zaha Arabians. She now shares the paddock with her mother, Hiland Princess (born 1974). For Lynda and John Guy, it was the culmination of many successful and happy years of showing a true Arabian ambassador who has been successful not only as a halter horse and under saddle at Arabian and open company events, but has shown herself in a fine light at "people events" such as Red Nose Day. |
| NGAPA JOUSSIF Grey stallion. 1977. (Grey Swirl / Ngapa Maid). Breeder: Owners: Linda & Stuart Cottle, Delight Arab Horse Stud. Strain: Dahman Um Amr of Ibn Hemsi (Dahma 1876). |
| The New Zealand Arab Horse Breeders Society Inc. have awarded their 2006 WAHO Trophy to the veteran stallion, Ngapa Joussif. A highly valued working Arabian stock horse and good mate for his owner Stuart, ‘Joussif’ has been a valued part of the Cottle family for 22 years, since he was 7 years old. Always very reliable, kind and energetic to ride, he also was unflappable with working dogs barking around him, and a stock whip being used off his back when working cattle, this very versatile athletic horse achieved many “Converts to the Arabian Horse Faith” and gained much respect for the Arab Breed in an area which was a notoriously anti-arabian. |
| Joussif is always very much a “gentleman”, very good with mares and to handle. He was well behaved in company and went on several CTR rides accompanying our children on their ponies. He was likened to a Rolls Royce or Mercedes to ride by several very good riders and was a natural at jumping with the comment being made by two very experienced Show & one-day event riders that he was “the best horse I’ve ever ridden - so light, smooth, supple and responsive”. His ridden career was ended at 22 due to a serious injury, nowadays Joussif is enjoying retirement and looks very well at 29 years of age. |
| A very good ambassador for the Arabian breed both within New Zealand & internationally due to his progeny and in particular his son Zephyr’s great achievements which put New Zealand Endurance “on the map” in the mid 90’s both at home and overseas. This international recognition is continuing with eight “Joussif horses” now having been exported and successes such as ‘Zanthus’ winning a Heavyweight Quilty & BC, plus he has recently won an important 120km race in Dubai in a very fast time. Joussif has therefore achieved International recognition for New Zealand bred Arabian horses. |
| As a youngster only Joussif did very well in halter classes, but was not shown since due to no fault of his own, just because where he lived there were very few shows. His progeny however have done exceptionally well in the show ring, in particular ‘Delights Azeem’ has achieved a New Zealand National Supreme Exhibit title. Joussif has in fact produced many halter and ridden show winners in New Zealand which have also successfully competed under saddle against other breeds, thus helping to achieve a better reputation for Arabians. He epitomizes the real genuine “New Zealand-bred Performance Sire” and has made such a tremendous contribution to his country’s Arabian horse scene, particularly in endurance. |
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| Photo: Linda & Stuart Cottle with Ngapa Joussif |
| WILLOWVALE PICASSO [Eastwinds Axiom / Taralea Trafeiya]. Chestnut stallion, 1999. Owner and breeder: Noel & Gaynor Evans. Strain: Kehailan Rodan (Rodania 1869). |
| The New Zealand Arab Horse Breeders Society had awarded the 2005 WAHO Trophy to the stallion Willowvale Picasso, bred and owned by Noel and Gaynor Evans. |
| Willowvale Picasso is the only New Zealand bred horse to cross the Tasman Sea into Australia and win a National Title there, namely that of Australian National Champion Colt in 2002. He then returned to New Zealand and in 2004 won the title of New Zealand’s National Champion stallion. He left good foals sired when he was in Australia, many of which have won in the show ring at national level, and his foals in New Zealand are also of a high quality. |
| His pedigree is a classic mixture of ‘down under’ Colonial, Crabbet and Egyptian lines. We hope that his photo will be published on the WAHO website in due course. |
| WAHO was very sorry to learn that Mrs. Gaynor Evans has passed away since the award was made. We send our sincere condolences to her husband Noel, to her family and friends. |
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