Olivero Shagya Arabian Stallion

Olivero
Shagya Arabian Stallion | Imported from Germany | Taib Gazlan / Navarra / Edhem (O'Bajan I-26)

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 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.