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Celebrating 20 Years of FAME & Fortune

Twenty years ago, at the Australian National Championships in Victoria, an unforgettable horse redefined the standard of excellence for the Arabian breed in the show ring. Concluding an undefeated trio of shows in 1997, including the esteemed East Coast Championships and the always competitive Victorian Classic, the latter competition held just the week prior at the same Werribee venue, the horse that had travelled from the opposite side of the globe to captivate and inspire Australians as only he was so effortlessly capable laid the foundation for what is now immeasurably celebrated as the ever-expanding and profound legacy of FAME MAKER R ... Read more of this article, featured in the 2017 Studs & Stallions,

A Note of Gratitude to the NSWAHA

Greg, Julie and Jane Farrell were surprised, delighted and honoured today to be given "life membership" to the NSW Arabian Horse Association. The honour was granted by Greg Liddle as President and the hard working committee of the NSWAHA. Greg, Julie and Jane were humbled to join Val & Ron Males and the late Gloria Lanigan as Life Members of the Association. Our love, passion, commitment and dedication remains forever strong to the most beautiful, versatile and integral breed of all - the Arabian. Our sincere thanks to all involved.  

VENICE MI | International Success in Addington

Congratulations to Al Muawd Stud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia! VENICE MI October 2015 Chestnut Filly  (Allegiance MI x Valentine MI by DA Valentino) Fifth-Generation Mulawa-Bred International Champion  Member of the VALENTINE MI Family UK International Silver Champion Junior Filly 1st Place - 2 Year Old Fillies VENICE made her international debut over the weekend for new owner Al Muawd Stud at the UK International. With Rhodri Jones at the lead, VENICE scored higher than all the other junior fillies, and ahead of all the other filly/mare competition with the exception of the Senior Champion Mare. We are incredibly proud of VENICE on her first outing overseas, and look forward to more success for her & Al Muawd.

GALAXY MI Wins the Shahzada Memorial Ride

Congratulations to Debbie Pevy & GALAXY MI. After finishing as the Best Conditioned & Best Managed Horse in 2016, the pair upgraded their success with the win in the Middleweight division! GALAXY MI Shahzada Memorial Ride 2017 Winner | Middleweight Division Finish Time: 40:19:00 The Shahzada Memorial Ride is the ultimate test for horse and rider of 400km over five days up and down the beautiful mountains surrounding the picturesque Macdonald Valley near St. Albans, north west of Sydney, NSW. Debbie & GALAXY finished the gruelling test of endurance almost 7 hours ahead of the nearest competitor in the Middleweight Division, completing the monumental 400km at an impressive 9.92km/hour. Sired

Everyone Loves ROMANCE...

2017 Boneo Winter Dressage Championships Success

Congratulations to Team Mulawa Performance on a fantastic weekend of Dressage at Boneo. ABER HALLO 29  | ridden by Brett Parbery 1st | FEI Grand Prix ~ 70.633% LUXOR 118  | ridden by Katharine Farrell 1st | FEI Inter II ~ 68.948% 3rd | FEI Grand Prix ~ 67.800% LARENSO  | ridden by Brett Parbery 2nd | FEI Inter II ~ 65.526% TEA TIME  | ridden by Brett Parbery 1st | Preliminary 1.2 ~ 71.924% 2nd | Preliminary 1.1 ~ 70.568% Boneo Park is one of the Team's favourite locations to compete. Thank you to the organising committee & Boneo Park management for hosting another successful event.

Celebrating Seven Successive Years of National Champion Mares

It is with great pride that we celebrate the unprecedented achievement of seven successive Australian National Champion Senior Mares. Representing four different Mulawa dam families, four internationally successful sires, a pair of full sisters and a beloved mother and daughter, the National Champion Mares of Mulawa  continue to raise the standard of excellence of the Arabian feminine ideal while dominating the entirety of the last decade in Australia. Not only has Mulawa achieved unparalleled back-to-back seven-time success in the Senior Mare division, Mulawa can also claim an additional two National Champion Senior Mares - MULAWA BEHOLD  (2003) & MULAWA EUNIQUE  (1984), seven National Champion

Mulawa Foundation Mare Legacy Awards

The essential source of all great success in any breeding program are the matrons selected as the foundation. Mulawa has been fortunate to have been blessed with several such meritorious matrons, including KARMAA , DZINA & M ANGELIQUE . All three were honoured at the 2017 Australian Arabian National Championships with Legacy Awards in each of the purebred female halter divisions. For the third time in four years, Mulawa was the proud breeder & exhibitor of all three National Championship fillies & mares. For the second successive year, Cameron Bonney was at the lead of each of the Gold National Champion purebred females, an achievement unrivalled in continental history. A fitting tribute to the

Sydney CDI 2017 | Fantastic Results

Congratulations to Mulawa Performance on the outstanding results achieved at the 2017 Sydney CDI this weekend.  Katharine Farrell & LUXOR 118 , after a few months off recovering from an injury, have finished the prestigious competition with an undefeated record. On Thursday, the pair scored 69.04 from the international panel to win the Mulawa Performance FEI CDI-U25 Intermediate II. The following day, LUXOR & Kate scored a 68.744 to win the Mulawa Performance FEI CDI-U25 Grand Prix. Today, making it a clean sweep and three for three, the pair returned to score an impressive 72.35 in the Mulawa Performance FEI CDI-U25 Grand Prix Freestyle, finishing with a very comfortable lead ahead of the nearest

From FANTASY to Golden Reality | MI KLASSIC FANTASY

CELEBRATING THE MULAWA-BRED GOLD NATIONAL CHAMPIONS |  MI KLASSIC FANTASY For MI KLASSIC FANTASY , her victory as 2017 Gold National Champion Senior Mare was the culmination of a lifetime of ever evolving successes. Scoring highest among all senior entries at the event, MI KLASSIC FANTASY achieved her greatest honour in the show ring to date, while at the same time establishing more record breaking results for her sire and dam. Born in 2010, MI KLASSIC FANTASY was celebrated as one of the best fillies from the second foal crop of KLASS , then a two-time Australian National Champion as both Senior Stallion & Ridden Arabian Stallion. Just a few months later, KLASS would earn his third successive Australian

The GOLDEN Girl | VENECIA MI

Celebrating the Mulawa-Bred Gold National Champions |  VENECIA MI The good fortune of breeding often involves the fortuitous coming together of the right people, the right horses and the right situations at exactly the right time. For the Farrell Family of Mulawa Arabian Stud, this coming together of all the right elements has been a constant theme consistently repeated in the breeding success they have now enjoyed for over four decades. An inspiring incarnation of that breeding success is VENECIA MI , the result of breeding fourth-generation Mulawa-bred sire ALLEGIANCE MI  to US import VALENTINE MI . ALLEGIANCE, who brilliantly combines the blood of invaluable foundation pillars KARMAA , AMBITION  &

An Empire of GOLDEN Fortune | VENICE MI

Celebrating the Mulawa-Bred Gold National Champions |  VENICE MI In an undefeated season of unprecedented success, VENICE MI has redefined the standard of excellence in the continental show ring. Not only was she honoured as Gold National Champion Yearling Filly by unanimous consent, VENICE more importantly achieved the ultimate honour of High Scoring Horse of the Show, a first for a yearling at the Australian National Championships. An unstoppable force in the show ring with an undeniable charisma, an abundance of Arabian type & presence, extraordinarily enthusiastic tail carriage and a powerful, purposeful animated trot, VENICE has been named Champion Yearling Filly in all three show ring appearances

The Enduring Value of Gold | KAVALIER MI

Celebrating the Mulawa-Bred Gold National Champions |  KAVALIER MI  At the 2017 Australian Arabian National Championships, KAVALIER MI  was crowned Gold National Champion Junior Stallion by unanimous consent from the international panel of judges. As twice East Coast Champion, National Stud Show Champion, Victorian Classic Champion & 2016 Australian National Silver Champion Junior Stallion, KAVALIER is one of the most successful young show horses on the continent.    Sired by thrice World Champion and legendary sire of significance MARWAN AL SHAQAB, KAVALIER has been blessed with his sire's elegant, upright and extravagant forehand, as well as his masculine charisma and presence. From his

MULAWA CHANCE Legacy Award

Mulawa was incredibly proud to sponsor the MULAWA CHANCE Legacy Award at the 2017 Australian Arabian National Championships. Awarded to the winners in the Ridden Arabian Mare National Championship, this legacy award honours the continuing influence of beloved matron MULAWA CHANCE  within the leading breeding programs across Australia, and subsequent show ring success at the highest levels. Mulawa is especially proud of the enduring legacy of MULAWA CHANCE in all performance pursuits, a testament to her prepotent and prolific Polish heritage. Most aptly, the recipient of Gold National Champion Ridden Arabian Mare honours was LOVER GIRL FF, bringing home the Gold again for the second successive year

FAME MAKER R Legacy Award | Celebrating 20 Years of FAME & Fortune

The greatest joys and blessings of breeding are those that endure in profound and unexpected ways... 20 years ago, in one of the most dynamic and unforgettable show ring appearances in Arabian horse history, FAME MAKER R   was crowned Australian National Champion Stallion with Greg Farrell at the lead. Through a series of fortunate circumstances before and after his final competition, FAME MAKER was to find his way onto the sire roster at Mulawa, and subsequently, into a lasting impact on the breed both at home and abroad. The enduring legacy of FAME MAKER includes such memorable Australian National Champions as: FAMES PRESENCE, GOLD N WINGS, FLAME MAKER, BECAUSE, HIGH CALIBRE, RAPID FIRE, ECHOS OF MARWAN,

The Success of Mulawa-Bred Sires

Mulawa is incredibly proud of the continuing success of home-bred sires both within Australia and abroad. Four Mulawa-bred sires  achieved considerable success at the Australian National Championships in March. ALLEGIANCE MI  was the sire of three unanimous Gold National Champions. Full sisters VENICE MI  & VENECIA MI  were named Gold National Champion Yearling Filly & Gold National Champion Junior Filly, respectively, with both earning top honours as the highest scoring horse and second highest scoring horse of the show. Unanimous Gold National Champion Senior Gelding ALLEGIANT MI  had a monumental show, winning three National Champion titles, including Gold National Champion Ridden

An Unwavering ALLEGIANCE to Excellence

The 2017 Australian Arabian National Championships proved to be a landmark event for the get of ALLEGIANCE MI . The reigning Mulawa supersire proudly headlining the MAGNUM FORTY FOUR  legacy in Australia, ALLEGIANCE has consistently been proving himself a sire of growing significance with each successive foal crop. His very first foal, born in early September 2011 when ALLEGIANCE was four months shy of his third birthday, was ALLEGIANT MI , a stunning colt born to the big & athletic TS AL MALIK daughter MI ANGEL  (out of M Angelique by Vision). Long necked, perfectly balanced with huge eyes and an abundance of natural show attitude, ALLEGIANT was an impressive first effort for his sire and a very promising

2017 Australasian Breeders Cup Success

Team Mulawa was once again on hand for the Australasian Breeders Cup held in conjunction with Sydney's Equifest. Exhibiting under the distinguished pair of international judges & breeders - Murray Popplewell of Rae-Dawn Arabians (Canada) & Rhodri Jones  (Wales) - as well under the experienced eye of well-known horseman & judge Doug Rutherford from Queensland, three Mulawa superstars were awarded top honours at the event.    Highest Scoring Horse of the Show was ROMANCE MI  with 334.5 points and a very impressive and internationally competitive 92.9%. Back in style from a year off from the spotlight, ROMANCE was awarded the title of Gold Champion Senior Mare. Highest Scoring Junior Horse

Third KLASS Daughter Named Australian National Champion Senior Mare

Three-time successive Australian National Champion, four-time undefeated East Coast Champion & WAHO Horse of the Year (Australia) KLASS  has achieved the distinct honour of siring his third Australian National Champion Senior Mare. In winning the 2017 title with the highest score in Senior Mare division, MI KLASSIC FANTASY  made continental history as the third KLASS daughter in four years to be named National Senior Champion Mare. The first of the KLASS daughters to win the country's most prestigious halter title was KLASSICAL DREAM MI , the elder full sister to MI KLASSIC FANTASY out of international Aristocrat Dam MUSTANG'S MAGNUM . Just last year, KLASSICAL PRESENCE MI  became the first mare to

AMBER MI Named Supreme Champion in WA

Congratulations are once again in order for Kylie Rees and AMBER MI. With Steve Muco at the lead under judge Lorne Robertson from Canada, AMBER MI was awarded not only the Junior Champion Filly title at the WA All Arabian Horse Show, but the distinct honour of Supreme Champion Junior Exhibit. AMBER MI September 2013 (WH Justice x Audacia by Parkview Audacious) Fourth-Generation Mulawa-Bred Champion Member of the KARMAA  Family Proudly Owned by Kylie Rees | WA Thank you Kylie for continuing to carry the banner of the KARMAA Family and the Mulawa Community proudly in Western Australia. We wish you many years of happiness and reward ahead with AMBER!