Shagya-Arabian
NORTH AMERICAN SHAGYA-ARABIAN SOCIETY
Olivero / Wineglass Ominous / Murad
The foal’s sire Olivero was foaled in Germany and imported as a yearling to Canada by Shannon McCracken. His bloodlines are, in the words of Adele Furby, “packed with well-known and well-respected ancestors.” Olivero’s sire Taib Gazlan received very high scores and was proclaimed Reserve Champion at his licensing in Neustadt Dosse. He impressed the judges with his nobility, harmony, and rideability. His character was especially commended, for which he got the score 10 at the licensing. Taib Gazlan is by the elite stallion Tibor, who was bred by Ruth Pack at Reichshof Stud, for many years one of the most important Shagya-Arabian breeding stations in Germany. While Tibor’s sireline represents classical Babolna bloodlines stemming from Gazal VII and the elite mare Babolna, his dam is Tatjana, another elite mare and an outcross with highly-respected Romanian endurance bloodlines. In fact, in the third generation, all four of Olivero’s female ancestors are elite mares: Tatjana, Ayda, Nedda, and Dalileh.
Olivero’s dam Obeya is by Navarra, whose dam Nedda (mentioned above) appears twice in his pedigree through her sons Navarra and Nasrallah—both elite stallions. Obeya is also a full sister to the approved stallion Orpheus II (pictured here). Obeya’s damline is largely Danish, with the stallion Edhem bred by Ulla Nyegaard and the mare Dalileh who was imported to Denmark by Nyegaard from Topolcianky in Slovakia. Obeya is characterized by a very nice, typey appearance with fine, dry, and elegant limbs. Her dam Oya was herself approved in the ZSAA studbook with high scores, and produced excellent offspring.
Olivero presents a deep pedigree with a harmonious combination of the original Shagya studfarms founded by the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1789, including Babolna in Hungary, Radautz in Romania, and Topolcianky in Slovakia.
The foal’s dam Backwoods Perfect (Edie) is bred for all three rings. She brings the best of German Shagya-Arabian breeding (6 of 8 ancestors in the third generation) and combines it with impeccable US foundation stock. From the well-known dressage-bred stallions Shagal, Shaman, and Amor she inherits height, bone, and lovely movement. From Oman and Gazal VII she inherits elegance and toughness as well as jump. Finally, from Bajar—one of the few Shagya-Arabians whose jumping talent led to his licensing by the Holsteiner Verband—she gets power and scope. As with most Shagya, she is highly people-orientated and is kind, gentle, and sweet, with easy rideability.
Edie has produced two purebred Shagya-Arabian foals, the first a colt by Wineglass Dionysus (Max/Budapest/Atmandu ox) and the second a 2025 filly by Rio Bravo AF (Janos/Hungarian Bravo/Alcibiades ox).
Height: TBD
Cannons: TBD
Color: TBD
DNA: Endurance Type
Color Genetics: TBD
Olivero
2006-06-10 Gray Shagya Arab
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Taib Gazlan
1998 Bay Shagya Arab
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Tibor
1987 Bay Shagya Arab
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Bartok
1971 Bay
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Gazal VII
1944 Gray
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Babolna (O’Bajan XIII-12)
1964 Black
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Tatjana
1976 Chestnut
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Koheilan XXVI-2
1969 Chestnut
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417 Hadban XV-5
1967 Chestnut
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Nadine
1980 Bay Shagya Arab
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Nasrallah
1975 Bay
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Bartok
1971 Bay
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Nedda (24 Jussuf VII)
1962 Gray
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Ayda (46 Koheilan I)
1969 Gray
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4675 Koheilan X-4
1955 Gray
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1601 O’Bajan X-1
1951 Gray
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Obeya
1992 Gray Shagya Arab
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Navarra
1978 Gray Shagya Arab
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Saphiro
1973 Gray
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Czardas
1967 Gray
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Szikra I (36 O’Bajan VII-2-1)
1959 Gray
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Nedda (24 Jussuf VII)
1962 Gray
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Jussuf VII
1952 Gray
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288 O’Bajan X
1950 Bay
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Oya
1979 Gray Shagya Arab
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Edhem (O’Bajan I-26)
1974 Gray
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3856 O’Bajan X-5
1951 Bay
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48 Siglavy Bagdady VI
1969 Gray
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Dalileh
1968 Gray
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Koheilan II
1961 Bay
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Rasim I-5 (45 Rasim I-5)
1958 Gray
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Backwoods Perfect
2016-04-21 Gray Shagya Arab
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Wineglass Ominous
1996 Bay Shagya Arab
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Oman
1982 Bay Shagya Arab
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O’Bajar
1978 Gray
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Bajar
1969 Gray
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Babolna (O’Bajan XIII-12)
1964 Black
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Marzalla
1973 Gray
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Mersuch (5072 Mersuch V-2)
1958 Gray
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Gazala I (Gazal VII-6)
1958 Gray
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Wineglass Madeira
1992 Bay Shagya Arab
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Budapest
1986 Gray
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Shagal
1976 Gray
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Biala
1971 Gray
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Rushcreek Fawn ox
1971 Chestnut
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Rushcreek Cody ox
1968 Bay
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Rushcreek Bridget ox
1967 Gray
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RAA’s Perry
2006 Gray Shagya Arab
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Murad
1996 Gray Shagya Arab
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Shaman (Sharif (D))
1989 Gray
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Pamino (2904 O’Bajan XX)
1980 Gray
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Shalom IV
1984 Gray
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Moldau III
1991 Gray
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Shahir
1985 Gray
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Moira
1979 Gray
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Philomena
1995 Bay Shagya Arab
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Jeremias
1990 Bay
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Silas
1983 Gray
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Judith
1974 Gray
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Pythia
1984 Gray
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Bartok
1971 Bay
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Pamina
1976 Gray
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Sire
OLIVERO
Taib Gazlan / Navarra / Edhem (O’Bajan I-26)
SHAGYA-ARABIAN
BORN 2006
BREEDER: WALTER TAUTERMANN

Dam
BACKWOODS PERFECT
Wineglass Ominous / Murad / Jeremias
SHAGYA-ARABIAN
BORN 2016
BREEDER: HOLLY AND ANDREW HADDENHAM

Breeding Notes
The foal has 18 crosses to the stallion Gazal VII, arguably the best Shagya-Arabian stallion of the 20th century, leading to a blood percentage of 17.38%. Gazal VII was a purebred Shagya-Arabian foaled in 1944. He was sent to stud in Germany at age 23, and produced 19 licensed sons which were used widely in many warmblood breeding programs. His stallion performance test report stated “It is noticeable that at the hard stallion performance test all Gazal VII sons are in the top group and are superior by hardness, athletic elasticity and outstanding jumping potential and estimation skill”. A high blood concentration of the elite stallion Bartok, as well as multiple crosses to the elite stallions Bajar, Amor, and O’Bajan X ensure rideability and a tough, hardy constitution. Finally, the elite mares Babolna (dam of the approved stallions Titan, Bakony, Bartok, Balaton, and O’Bajar, the last three designated elite stallion), and Nedda (dam of the approved stallions Nasrallah and Navarra) round off the bloodline with extraordinary genes.
LINEBREEDING STATISTICS
NAME | LINEBREEDING STATS | CROSSES | LINES | BLOOD % | INFLUENCE | AGR
6d x 8d x 9D x 8d x 7D x 7D x 8D x 7d x 8D x 8D x 6d x 6D x 8D x 7d x 5S x 6S x 6S x 7s | 18 | 9 (4) (5) | 17.38% | 4×4 | 20.67%* | |
6D x 5d x 4S x 5S | 4 | 4 (3) (1) | 14.06% | 4×4 | 25.23% | |
7D x 9d x 9D x 9D x 8D x 8D x 9D x 8D x 9d x 9D x 9D x 7D x 7D x 9D x 8D x 6S x 7S x 8s x 8s x 7S x 8s x 9S x 7s x 8S x 9s | 25 | 7 (2) (5) | 11.33% | 4×5 | 12.89%* | |
5D x 7D x 7D x 6D x 5S x 6S | 6 | 3 (3) (0) | 10.94% | 4×5 | 15.98% | |
5S x 4S | 2 | 2 (2) (0) | 9.38% | 4×5 | 14.84% | |
7D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9d x 8D x 8D x 7S x 8S x 7s x 6s x 6s x 6S | 14 | 5 (2) (3) | 9.18% | 5×5 | 12.70%* | |
6d x 6d x 8d x 8d x 7d x 6s x 7s | 7 | 2 (0) (2) | 7.03% | 5×5 | 9.87% | |
8D x 8D x 8D x 9d x 9d x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 8S x 9s x 9S x 8S x 7S x 7S x 7S x 7S | 17 | 4 (3) (1) | 6.64% | 5×5 | 7.42%* | |
6d x 8d x 8d x 7d x 7d x 6s x 7s | 7 | 2 (0) (2) | 6.25% | 5×5 | 11.20% | |
9d x 9d x 8D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 8D x 8D x 9D x 7S x 8S x 9S x 9S x 8S x 9S x 8s x 8S x 9S x 8S | 20 | 5 (3) (2) | 6.05% | 5×6 | 7.62%* | |
9d x 8D x 9d x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 8S x 9s x 9S x 9s x 9s x 8S x 8s x 9S x 9S x 9s x 8s x 8s x 8s x 9S x 9S x 9S | 23 | 9 (5) (4) | 5.86% | 5×6 | 9.40%* | |
8D x 7D x 7D x 7D x 5S | 5 | 2 (2) (0) | 5.86% | 5×6 | 16.78% | |
7d x 6d x 6D x 6d | 4 | 3 (1) (2) | 5.47% | 5×6 | 14.00% | |
9d x 8d x 6s x 5s | 4 | 2 (0) (2) | 5.27% | 5×6 | 9.44%* | |
5D x 6D | 2 | 2 (2) (0) | 4.69% | 5×6 | 9.10% | |
8D x 9d x 9d x 9D x 9D x 8S x 9s x 9S x 8S x 7S x 7S x 7S | 12 | 2 (1) (1) | 4.69% | 5×6 | 8.80%* | |
6D x 5S | 2 | 2 (2) (0) | 4.69% | 5×6 | 10.65% | |
6D x 5d | 2 | 2 (1) (1) | 4.69% | 5×6 | 16.44% | |
9d x 8d x 9d x 9d x 9d x 9d x 9d x 8d x 8d x 9d x 7s x 9s x 8s x 8s x 9s | 15 | 3 (0) (3) | 4.49% | 6×6 | 9.09%* | |
9D x 9D x 9D x 9S x 9s x 8s x 7s x 9s x 8s x 7s x 8S | 11 | 6 (3) (3) | 3.91% | 6×6 | 2.83%* | |
8D x 8D x 5S | 3 | 2 (2) (0) | 3.91% | 6×6 | 9.30% | |
7s x 6s x 6s | 3 | 2 (0) (2) | 3.91% | 6×6 | 4.35% | |
8D x 9d x 9D x 9d x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 7s x 8s | 11 | 4 (2) (2) | 3.13% | 6×6 | 7.59%* | |
6d x 6D | 2 | 2 (1) (1) | 3.13% | 6×6 | 7.04% | |
8d x 9D x 7S x 6S | 4 | 2 (1) (1) | 2.93% | 6×7 | 5.19%* | |
9D x 9D x 9D x 8S x 9S x 9s x 9s x 9s x 9S x 9S x 9s x 9s | 12 | 4 (1) (3) | 2.54% | 6×7 | 3.56%* | |
7D x 9d x 8d x 8d x 8d x 8d | 6 | 3 (1) (2) | 2.54% | 6×7 | 7.82%* | |
8D x 9d x 9d x 9d x 7s x 7S | 6 | 2 (1) (1) | 2.54% | 6×7 | 3.03%* | |
7D x 7d x 8D x 8d | 4 | 2 (1) (1) | 2.34% | 6×7 | 8.44% | |
7D x 7d x 8D x 8d | 4 | 2 (1) (1) | 2.34% | 6×7 | 2.74% | |
9D x 9D x 9s x 9s x 8S x 9s x 8s x 8s x 9S | 9 | 5 (2) (3) | 2.34% | 6×7 | 2.16%* | |
6S x 7S | 2 | 2 (2) (0) | 2.34% | 6×7 | 3.56% | |
6S x 7S | 2 | 2 (2) (0) | 2.34% | 6×7 | 8.63% | |
8d x 6S | 2 | 2 (1) (1) | 1.95% | 7×7 | 4.32% | |
9S x 8S x 9s x 9S x 8S x 8s x 9S | 7 | 3 (1) (2) | 1.95% | 7×7 | 0.68%* | |
8d x 9d x 9d x 8s x 9s x 9s x 9s | 7 | 2 (0) (2) | 1.76% | 7×7 | 2.22%* | |
9d x 9d x 9s x 9s x 9s x 8s | 6 | 5 (0) (5) | 1.37% | < 7×7 | 5.43%* | |
7d x 9d x 8s | 3 | 2 (0) (2) | 1.37% | < 7×7 | 5.73%* | |
9s x 9S x 7s | 3 | 3 (1) (2) | 1.17% | < 7×7 | 0.78%* | |
9d x 9D x 9D x 9s x 9S | 5 | 2 (1) (1) | 0.98% | < 7×7 | 0.00%* | |
9D x 8S x 9s x 9S | 4 | 2 (1) (1) | 0.98% | < 7×7 | 2.56%* |
