Armani has been competing in the show ring for the past few years. He has done exceptionally well both in Led and under Saddle with wins including:
Champion Ridden Arabian / Arabian Derivative - 2003 National Arabian Stud Horse Show
Champion Led & Ridden Arabian Warmblood Colt or Stallion - 2004 East Coast Arabian Championships
Champion Led Warmblood - 2004 AWHA Gala Day
Reserve Champion Ridden Arabian Warmblood Stallion - 2005 East Coast Arabian Championships
Champion Led Arabian Warmblood Stallion - 2005 East Coast Arabian Championships
Australian Champion Arabian Warmblood Stallion - 2005 Australian National Arabian Championships
Armani commenced competing in Dressage in 2006 with a win at his first comp.
Lionel is a pure Crabbet Arabian Stallion who stands in Victoria & is a grandson of the highly successful stallion, Banderol. He has produced numerous successful performance horses consisting of Purebred Arabians, Anglos & Arabian Warmbloods.
Sindh (Banderol's sire) was imported to Australia in 1961 by Fenwick Stud. He was a top show horse and was the leading sire in Australia through the 1970's until he passed away in 1986 at the age of 28. He had a huge impact on the Arabian industry and became the foundations for many studs starting out. Sindh carries the Arabian height gene which has been passed on through his progeny.
Wunder was imported from Denmark as a two year old, being bought with the explicit purpose of importing a stallion with superior movement & bloodlines. Wunder's bloodlines are predominantly Hanoverian with some Trakehner influence. This mix has proven over the years to be producing quality dressage and showjumping horses.
His sire Voltaire is one of Denmark's top sires, having produced a large number of licensed stallions and proven performers. Voltaire's sire, Wedekind, is well known for producing top performers in both dressage and showjumping. Wedekind, ranked in the top 100 show jumping horses in the world for his time, is also the grand sire of Welt As, sire of Olympic Dressage gold winner and multiple Dressage World Cup winner, Olympic Bonfire, ridden by Andy van Grunsven. Ferdinand & Matrose (grandsire's of Voltaire) are well known showjumping lines throughout Europe.
Ferdinand is one of the top German sires. He sired 12 approved sons, 194 competition horses & 165 Main Studbook mares. One of his most famous sons was Ferdl who was a member of the gold medal winning German Showjumping team at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Another was Mehmed who won the Individual Gold Medal in Dressage at the World Championships with Reiner Klimke in 1974.
Wunder's dam, Poesi, is a Bronze medal winning mare, an award presented to only the highest quality producers of performance horses. Her pedigree contains the famous Abglanz who is one of Germany's top stallions, a producer of World Class dressage horses. The Hanoverian A-Line has, through Abglanz, produced the foundation of today's best performance horses.
Atlantic, Poesi's sire, has been awarded a gold medal for his importance in breeding. He has produced Elite showjumpers.
Dagmar, Poesi's grand dam was the first mare ever to be awarded a gold medal. She produced 19 silver medal foals, including Palett by Pilar, Poesi's dam.
Abglanz, Poesi's grandsire, was perhaps the most influential stallion of modern time. Abglanz and his progeny are credited with bringing about great improvement in the head and neck of the Hanoverian horses. He sired 19 approved sons.
