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In celebration of the incomparable contribution the Farrell family has made to the advancement of the Arabian breed over the course of half a century, both closer to home in Australasia as well as worldwide, we continue our journey back across the decades and discover the success of the modern Mulawa Arabian through the lens of each of the transformative chief sires whose invaluable genotypic and phenotypic contributions helped to create the instantly recognisable and universally admired ‘Mulawa type’ and ‘Mulawa style’ the global community so respects and appreciates today.
The Mulawa story continues with Warranty, Mulawa’s first overseas lease and whose indelible legacy still thrives in the breed worldwide.
The premature loss of Ambition was the catalyst that initiated the search for another pure Polish chief sire at Mulawa during the most expansive period of Arabian horse activity in Australia. That search led back to Lasma Arabians in Scottsdale, the indisputable industry leader in both breeding and marketing at the time, where Greg had apprenticed as teenager in the 1970s and, as a result, was well acquainted with the bloodlines and horses that had consistently achieved the greatest success and were in highest demand. One of the mares who had made the greatest impression on Greg as a young man was the improbably beautiful, statuesque Wizja (ex Warmia by Comet), the 1977 United States National Champion Mare, who, although she had already returned home to Michałów Stud in Poland, had left behind a young son by the leading sire in the breed – Scottsdale, United States, Canadian and Swedish National Champion Aladdinn (Nureddin x Lalage by Gerwazy).
In keeping with the Polish tradition of naming the progeny after the first letter of the dam’s name, the young colt was christened Warranty and, as luck would have it, he was available for a short-term lease. Arriving just in time for the Australian breeding season in 1986, Warranty quickly ascended to the heights of both popularity and intrigue, with Australian breeders keen to take advantage of his celebrated genetic heritage. In three very busy seasons at stud, a very fertile and virile Warranty sired 116 foals, with an average of nearly 40 foals born each year, the majority of which were bred by outside breeders.
Phenotypically, Warranty was unlike any Arabian stallion Australians had ever seen: imposingly tall and masculine, superbly balanced and conformed, with an explosive, energetic character and a powerhouse trot of awe-inspiring impulsion, length of stride and animation. Like Ambition, Warranty was unmistakably Kuhailan in phenotype, but given his impressive scope, substance and athletic prowess, his physical expression was more classically Anglo Arabian in style, akin to the most celebrated Arabian sires used in Poland when creating quality saddle horses and cavalry mounts was of principal importance. Of the four imported Mulawa chief sires to earn the coveted title of Australian National Champion Stallion, Warranty would be the first to bring the honour home with a very capable Greg at the lead, whose talent and natural aptitude as a horseman was tested to the extreme whenever the pair made a public appearance. Upon his return to North America, Warranty would become one of the most successful competitors in the fledgling performance division of Country English Pleasure, further proving his exceptional athletic ability and establishing his trailblazing status within the breed.
In the present day Mulawa herd, the Warranty legacy lives on in four of the foundation dam families. The most direct connection resides in the Jiah Aspire (GLF Apollo x J Athena) family via J Athena (ex Mulawa Agnetha), adding incredible show attitude, tenacity and athleticism to the current generation of aspiring show and breeding horses, including Dubai Stud’s Aspire MI (Allegiance MI x MI Aspiring Valentino). The most widespread distribution of Warranty thrives in the precious M Angelique (Vision x Abanda) family through her daughter Mulawa Angelica, who was sired by the Warranty son Wanted KE (ex Feature). Angelica is the great-granddam of the trio of international superstar full siblings – Always Valentine MI (DA Valentino x Always an Angel), Valentino’s Angel MI and Vangelis MI – that have been superlative ambassadors for the Mulawa programme and the breed. Through her, Warranty can be found in the pedigree of reigning World Gold Champion Durrat Albidayer (Jyar Meia Lua x A Vision MI) and Australasian International Gold Champion V MI (Vangelis MI x Elegance MI), as well as in the handful of precious Vangelis MI daughters now blessing the programme with their first promising foals.
Warranty proved to be a prepotent sire of all the best attributes of both his venerated sire and dam. The exceptional balance, substance, harmony of proportion and versatile athleticism of Aladdinn can still be found in the vast majority of Warranty descendants throughout the breed. From the incomparable Wizja, the mare from whom Greg hoped the greatest genetic influence could be gained, Warranty and his descendants were blessed with aristocratic quality, refinement and elegance, immense, luminous eyes, a magnificently designed, upright forehand, significant length of neck, a long, laid-back shoulder, a strong, powerfully built hindquarter and powerful athleticism that remains unrivalled in the breed. Whenever exceptional athletic ability, especially explosive power and animation oftentimes associated with highly reactive and sensitive dispositions, is manifest in the Mulawa Arabians of present day, the inestimable influence of Warranty is irrefutably still making its mark within the breed.
