Abdullah

Abdullah was recently honored as one of the top 50 horses of the century by "The Chronicle of The Horse". He is the most successful show jumper in the history of the Trakehner breed. The gray Trakehner stallion will best be remembered for his 1984 Olympic performance in show jumping with his rider Conrad Homfeld. Their brilliant clear round in the Team Competition clinched the first and only team gold medal for the United States. They went on to win the Olympic silver medal in the individual competition. Abdullah and Conrad continued to re-write the record book by winning the 1985 World Cup in Berlin and at the age of 15 yrs they again won a first and only Team Gold medal at the 1986 World Championships, Aachen, where Abdullah was the leading horse of the competition. During his long career he won Grand Prix competitions with Joe Fargis and Debbie Stephens as well as Conrad Homfeld. Abdullah was one of the first warmblood jumper stallions and with his many victories he was in great demand as a sire of performance horses. He is approved as a breed stallion by virtually every warmblood registry. In the U.S. he has produced IHF and IJF Champions as well as numerous AHSA Horses of The Year. Most recently, in 1999, his son Abracadabra was AHSA Jr. Jumper of The Year. Abdullah has many foals from frozen semen exported worldwide. As a result of this international program the stallion Airborne Monticello, presently competing for France, was named to their 1996 Olympic Show Jumping Team and was a member of their 1998 World Championship Silver Medal Team. His offspring are large and athletic and inherit his excellent temperament as well as his jumping ability. Abdullah has approved breeding stallions in Austria, France, Germany, and Italy.