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Mozambique V++++// - 2019 an exciting year!
Mozambique V++++// is out of the Audacious ps daughter, Misti Morn V.
2019 Canadian National Reserve Champion English Trail AOTR
Region 6 - 10 Championships, 6 Reserve Championships, 3 Top 4's
Region 4 - 1 Championships, 4 Reserve Championships, 2 Top 3's
Region 3 - 4 Championships, 2 Reserve Championships, 2 Top 4's
Pacific Slope - 9 Championships, 1 Reserve Championship
The Power of the V - Varian Horses & Sires Shine in Tulsa
(p.s. Be ready to scroll... it's a long list!)
"V" Power was on full display in Tulsa at the 2019 U.S. Nationals in just about every division imaginable. We are proud of all the horses with that recognizable "V" on their hips, as well as the owners, breeders, and exhibitors who lovingly offered them this platform to shine.
We have compiled a list of V horses to the best of our ability. (If we have overlooked any horses, please let us know.) Please join us in congratulating these V horses, Major Mac progeny, and progeny of the great resident sire, Monticello V!
Congratulations From Varian Arabians!
- U.S. Reserve National Champion Arabian Country English Pl Horse with Shannon Beethe
- U.S. National Top Ten Arabian Country English Pl AAOTR 55 & Over with Krystal McCulloch
KARMEL EL JULLYEN V (Jullyen El Jamaal x Khantina Girl V, by Desperado V) owned by Franklin Farm LLC
- U.S. National Top Ten Arabian Western Pleasure Ch with Greg Harris
MONACO JULLYEN V (Jullyen El Jamaal x Misti Morn V, by Audacious ps) owned by Shamrock Farms LLC
- U.S. National Champion Arabian Western Pleasure Open (3rd consecutive year) with Joe Reser
- U.S. National Champion Arabian Western Pl AAOTR 36-54 with Leslie Doran Sommer
... 3rd year this boy has won this prestigious title… a feat that may be unprecedented.
SAHARA JEWEL V (Jullyen El Jamaal x Sweet Sanadika V, by Sanadik El Shaklan) owned by Kathie Hart or Bob Hart Jr.
- U.S. National Top Ten Arabian Western Pleasure AAAOTR 19-35
BALTIMORE MAC V (Major Mac V x PGN Bellazima, by Shah Azim) owned by Kim Laube
- U.S. Reserve National Champion Arabian Cutting Junior Horse with Kaitlyn Laube
- U.S. Reserve Champion Arabian Cutting Futurity with Kaitlyn Laube
... First Major Mac Progeny to go National Champion!
JAGGER JULLYEN BV (Jullyen El Jamaal x Adelaida V, by Sundance Kid V) owned by Katie and Joe Russell
- U.S. Top Ten ABS Arabian Hunter Pleasure AAOTR Jackpot with Katie Russell
- U.S. Reserve National Champion Arabian Hunter Pl AAOTR 55 & Over with Katie Russell
CONNECTED COMMOTION V (Hucks Connection V x Calendar Girl V, by Bravado Bey V) owned by Donna Lynch
- U.S. National Top Ten Champion Arabian Park with Dwane Hankins
- U.S. National Top Ten Champion Arabian Park AAOTR with Donna Lynch
- U.S. National Top Ten Champion Arabian Pleasure Driving with Dwane Hankins
- U.S. National Top Ten Champion Arabian Pleasure Driving AAOTD with Donna Lynch
... FOUR Titles won at his very first U.S. National Show… Incredible!
ABILENE MAC V (Maclintock V x Ames Perfection, by Brass) owned by Susan Cavanagh
- 6th Place – U.S. National Arabian English Trail Horse with Lou Roper
- 1st Place – U.S. National Champion Open Trail Derby with Lou Roper
PICANTE JULLYEN V (Jullyen El Jamaal x Precious V, by Desperado V) owned by Rancho Sonada LLC
- U.S. Reserve National Champion Arabian Reining Horse with Gary Ferguson
AGRACIE GIRL V (Sundance Kid V x Amazing Grace V, by Huckleberry Bey) owned by Rancho Sonada LLC
- U.S. National Champion Arabian English Trail AAOTR with Nan Walden
- 3rd Place – U.S. National Arabian Ranch Riding AATR 55 & Over Champion with Nan Walden
- 4th Place – U.S. National Arabian English Trail Horse with Trish Nelson
- 4th Place – U.S. National Arabian Western Trail Horse with Trish Nelson
- 5th Place – U.S. National Arabian Western Trail AAOTR with Nan Walden
... This decorated mare is no stranger to the winner’s circle!
EL DORADO MAC V (Major Mac V x Estrella Jillian V, by Jullyen El Jamaal) owned by Staci & Bill Callison
- U.S. National Top Ten (3rd) Arabian Horse World AWPA $100,000 Western Pl Futurity with Abe Cotton
... This special horse is Major Mac’s first progeny to the U.S. National western pleasure ring (after winning Canada this past August). He came in third in one of the toughest classes in the show. We are very proud of him, Staci & Bill, and Abe Cotton.
THE SEEKER V (Audacious ps x Satine IA, by QR Excel) owned by Staci & Bill Callison
- U.S. National Top Ten (3rd) Arabian Western Pl Jr Horse with Abe Cotton
... Third in a profoundly deep class of western pleasure junior horses
SABRE V(Audacious ps x MM Sabiine, by Sundance Kid V) owned by Holly Westmoreland
- U.S. National Top Ten AHPA Royal Arabians $75,000 Arabian Hunter Pl Futurity with Casandra Banks
Monticello V Offspring
- Four out of the six Monticello progeny shown in Tulsa were Top Ten or better. They racked up an impressive 4 Top Ten’s 1 Reserve Championship and 3 National Championships.
- Monticello progeny made up 20% of the top ten finalists in the most lucrative class of the show, the Arabian Horse World AWPA $100,000 Western Pl Futurity. (And one of them, Hendrixx WB, won it.) Monticello V was also the only sire to claim more than one progeny in the Top Ten
- Good odds: Out of only NINE progeny by Monticello V in 2015, TWO of them were named Top Ten of the 2019 AWPA $100,000 Western Pl Futurity… and one of them won it.
HENDRIXX WB, by Monticello V owned by Richard and Andrea Martoglio
- U.S. National Champion Arabian Western Pl AAOTR Maturity with Andrea Martoglio
- U.S. National Champion AWPA Arabian Horse World $100,000 Futurity with Stanley White Jr, trained by Joe Reser
CELLO SHOTS SS, by Monticello V owned by Lesley Farms LLC
- U.S. National Champion HA/AA Western Pl AAOTR 36-54 with Carolyn Lesley
- U.S. National Top Ten ABS HA/AA Western Pl AAOTR Jackpot with Carolyn Lesley
- U.S. National Top Ten AWPA Arabian Horse World $100,000 Futurity ridden by Jody Strand, trained by Joe Reser
- U.S. National Top Ten Arabian Western Pl AAOTR Maturity with Lesley Mazur
HONEYS ROCKIN CELLO, by Monticello V owned by Susan Al-Abbas and Marty Lake
- U.S. Reserve National Champion HA/AA Western Pl with Joe Reser
- U.S. National Top Ten HA/AA Western Pl AAOTR 55 & Over with Susan Al-Abbas
HENDRIXX WB
Additional Shoutouts
- U.S. Top Ten Arabian Western Pl AAOTR 36-54 with Carolyn Lesley
- U.S. Top Ten Arabian Western Pl AAOTR Jackpot with Carolyn Lesley
PA MAGELLAN, by Audacious PS, owned by Leslie Kvistad
- U.S. National Champion Arabian Hunter Pleasure with Justin Cowden
The Afire Bey V trophy was presented on the final class of the show to the champion of the Arabian English Pleasure open, HEIRS NOBLE LOVE, who was – unsurprisingly, yet fittingly – a granddaughter of Afire Bey V. Amazingly, out of the top ten finalists, nine prominently included Afire Bey V in their pedigree… and three were directly sired by him!
Your Turn!
2019 Endurance Riding - Mexicali Mac V
(Maclintock V x Maya V)
He has done a few endurance rides of 25 miles. We ride for fun. He is a treasure!
Thank you for breeding and training fine Arabians.
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The final tally for Team Mozes at SHN....
"I will say this about Mozes for these 2 National shows, he never took a bad step. Never embarrassed me. I asked, and he gave me the best of his abilities for his training and age. I am proud of him and my heart swells when I think of our accomplishments."
April 9, 1994 – February 14, 2019
Sheila was not discretionary in the loving relationships she established with particular horses.
They need not have been bred by her for her to love them.
They need not have been showered with accolades for her to love them.
They need not have been a certain ‘look’ she cherished for her to love them.
They only needed to speak to her soul, and then she pledged her care and devotion to them for the rest of their days. No holds barred. No condition attached.
Besides a rare few in her life, the likes of Bay-Abi, Ronteza, and Huckleberry Bey, one horse stole her heart in a profound way, as he did nearly every other living being – horse or animal – who ever met him.
Audacious ps and Sheila seemed to enter into this wordless, beautiful dance together every time they were in the same ring… Sheila standing in the middle, smiling from ear to ear as the ethereal and soulful white stallion played around her, and with her.
Audacious was easy to love. Beyond his unforgettable beauty – including those famous tipped-in ears, liquid eyes, and quintessential flagged tail – Audacious oozed with a gentle, otherworldly joy, anointing those around him with a special reminder that the world is just as it should be, that beauty can be seen everywhere around us, and that joy is ours for the taking.
It is no wonder Sheila loved him so.
Did you know that when we started his Facebook page in 2014, he amassed a worldwide following of thousands of people in only a matter of months? The world saw this special soul and fell in love with him just as Sheila did. Sheila is nobody’s fool… she found Audacious at the ripe age of fifteen years of age and gave him the world stage he deserved. He thrived at Varian Arabians for the remainder of his days, just as Sheila had promised.
Audacious was lovingly laid to rest on Valentine’s Day.. of all days. The irony. On first glance, it seems to add another layer of pain to a colossal heap of heartbreak.
And yet, what did Audacious always communicate to us? Yes, the world is as it should be. Yes, there is beauty all around us. And, yes, joy is ours for the taking. Maybe – just maybe – it was his way of reminding us of these truths on the one day of the year that is dedicated to all that he stood for… Love. And from that place, it suddenly feels… just as it should be.
There will never be another Audacious ps, just as there will never be another Sheila Varian.
But their legacies and their truths will live on in our hearts. And even though he didn’t display the royal “V” on his hip, Audacious will forever be intertwined with the most poignant values represented in the Power of the V.
Rest in peace, dear Audacious. We are better because of you.
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"He makes my heart happy." | Sheila Varian
2019 Canadian Nationals - Mozambique V++++// named Reserve National Champion!
(Botswana x Misti Morn V)
Grey Gelding Foaled 04/02/14
Owned by Debbie and Dayton Canaday
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NEW Major Mac V Video
Released in December 2018 , this stunning new video is by Brandon Visel.
At Stud:
