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DA VALENTINO Bred by Dolorosa Arabians Arabians Bringing Breeders Together Champion Junior Stallion, 2008 est stars and one of the most down and the film began, a hush US National Champion Junior successful stallions in the history fell over the crowd as they were DA Stallion. Throughout his show of the breed. DA Valentino was swept away with the majesty of DOLOROSA career DA Valentino was shown only eight years old, and he was this great show champion and by Beth Ellen Hunziker 21 times and earned 21 cham- already on the AHA Arabian sire of national champions. pionship titles – he remained Horse Data Source list of leading There was one person among undefeated and was the reigning sires in the world. Just one week the crowd of hundreds watching king of the ring. before he was to make his Las the film in the darkened area. Vegas debut, DA Valentino was His perspective of the tribute DA Valentino was poised and taken from us. was unlike any other because ready to return to the show ring he knew DA Valentino more in 2011. It had been almost two The Breeders’ World Cup Cham- intimately than any one, he was years since his last show ring pionships is truly a special event. more proud of the stallion than competition and he was to make It is a show created by breeders anyone else ever could be; he his debut at the Arabian Breed- for breeders and they come from was Valentino’s breeder, DeCarol ers’ World Cup Championships around the world to see some of Williamson. Looking out over in Las Vegas, Nevada. Everyone the finest Arabian horses imagin- the crowd as they watched the was very excited to see this great able. DA Valentino’s absence at beautifully crafted film, DeCarol stallion. Then tragedy struck. On the 2011 Breeders World Cup was was overwhelmed by the love and Friday, April 8, 2011, DA Valenti- conspicuous, and he was greatly admiration the people had for the no was rushed to the vet and into missed. by all. A beatuiful, but internationally acclaimed stallion emergency surgery. Every effort bittersweet video tribute was cre- that began his extraordinary life was made, but the Arabian horse ated and presented at the show in at Dolorosa Arabians. As the sun was rising in Wilmington, North Carolina on Friday, February 28, 2003, it was already mid-day in community lost one of its bright- his honor. When the lights went Cairo, Egypt; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Warsaw, Poland, and London, England. World events were unfolding as the day was just beginning at Dolorosa Arabians, the farm owned by Dr. DeCarol Williamson and his wife Jan, breeders of RA Lohe Loni (Khadraj NA x Solyzia HCF) and her 2011 filly by DA Valentino national and international champions for over 30 years. The horses of Dolorosa began to stir as feeding time ap- proached, but the beautiful chestnut mare DA Love had other matters on her mind. Her labor pains had begun, sig- naling that her time was near. While most of the world was looking forward to the weekend and a change of pace, DA Love was about to give birth to a foal that would change the history of the Arabian horse breed. DA Love (Padrons Psyche x In May of 2004, Rob Bick In August of 2004, David Boggs Magnifficaa FA by Echo Magnif- showed DA Valentino for Do- negotiated the purchase of DA ficoo), was in foal to Versace, a lorosa Arabians at Region 12 Valentino for his long time stallion who has become an icon where he was Champion Sweep- friends and clients, Dan and in the Arabian horse industry stakes Yearling Colt. Word Maureen Grossman. They suc- and universally admired for pro- spread quickly about the new cessfully campaigned Valentino ducing foals of extreme beauty superstar colt and soon DeCarol to a record breaking number of and quality. DA Love gave birth Williamson received an offer for wins. In fact, DA Valentino is to a beautiful, dark, rich bay Valentino from David Boggs for the only stallion in the breed to colt. He was everything DeCarol one of his clients. After some ne- earn six national championship Williamson had hoped for – and gotiating, DeCarol agreed to sell titles in halter including: 2004 more. Even as a foal, DA Val- the colt, but he retained rights US National Champion Year- entino’s quality and exceptional for 12 breedings per year because ling Colt, 2006 Canadian Na- conformation were immediately he was certain that Valentino tional Champion Two-Year and apparent. DeCarol watched the would prove to be an exceptional Older Stallion, 2006 US National colt at his dam’s side and as each sire, as well as a show ring sensa- Champion Futurity Colt, 2006 month passed he just got better tion - both predictions came US National Champion Junior and better. true. Stallion, 2007 US National THE DOLOROSA DAUGHTERS OF PADRONS PSYCHE, L-R: DA PRESCENCE (Padrons Psyche x SA Bask Starfire by Le DA Fire) bred by Dolorosa Arabians DOLOROSA DA FAITH (Psyche x NV Shanteuse by Bey Shah) Full Sister To NV Siena Psyche – Bred By Ruth & Michael Doe, purchased as an unborn foal. DA LOVE (Padrons Psyche x Magnifficaa FA by Echo Mag- nifficco) bred by Dolorosa Arabians, dam of DA Valentino DA GRACE (Padrons Psyche x Magnifficaa FA by Echo Magnifficco) bred by Dolorosa Arabians DA PEACE (Padrons Psyche x Snowshill Arista by Ariston) bred by Dolorosa Arabians As DeCarol looked over the sea of Valentino’s great grandsires as past 30 years, Dolorosa Arabians it serendipity, others call it divine At that moment, he knew he coo x Jamaara FA by Ali Jamaal). of people whose attention was well. Looking further, DeCarol has been successful in breeding attraction. wanted to incorporate Psyche After looking at her pedigree, riveted on the beautiful images of also saw David Boggs, who had national champions in halter and into the Dolorosa program and DeCarol’s interest was piqued. the glorious stallion, he spotted showed Valentino to many of performance. With his ever-ex- In the early 1990’s, DeCarol Wil- he purchase several breedings. He respected Echo Magnifficoo’s Ted Carson, the talented trainer his wins, and he saw Dan and panding business and profession- liamson was in Arizona for the DeCarol used those breedings ability to sire offspring with who had once worked for him Maureen Grossman, Valentino’s al life, DeCarol recently decided Scottsdale Show. His long time and he now has five wonder- scope and great neck sets, and at Dolorosa Arabians. DeCarol owners since August of 2004. All to focus the Dolorosa breeding associate Doug Leadley, told him ful Psyche daughters that are he certainly admired Ali Jamaal saw Lenita Perroy, owner of Ali these people had a connection to program exclusively on halter about an exciting young stallion members of Dolorosa Arabians’ and his proven performance as Jamaal; he saw Sheila Varian, DA Valentino. and breeding horses. This is not he had seen. They made an ap- foundation mares. a sire of international champion who owned Bay El Bey, the sire a huge shift because DeCarol pointment to see the horse; his offspring, but it was Magnifficaa’s of the great Bey Shah. DeCarol Thinking of DA Valentino and established his group of founda- name was Padrons Psyche. Several years later, Ted Carson, maternal grandmother, NV Tiara saw Dr. Marek Trela, Director his beginnings, DeCarol rec- tion mares decades ago, and he At the showing, someone handed who was working for Dolorosa Bey, by Bey Shah, that really sold of Janow Podlaski in Poland, the ognized pivotal events in the is now into breeding his third DeCarol Psyche’s lead and the at the time, told DeCarol about DeCarol on the young filly. He homeland of many of the great past that had lead him to the and fourth generation of halter power he felt coursing through a two-year-old filly he thought purchased her and the follow- Polish horses in DA Valentino’s present and are now taking him horses including DA Valentino. it was electrifying. DeCarol was would make a great addition to ing year she was bred to Padrons pedigree; and he saw Sigi Siller, and Dolorosa Arabians into an It is amazing how circumstances impressed with Psyche’s stature, the farm’s herd; her name was Psyche. In 1999, she had a beauti- the breeder of El Shaklan, one exciting new future. Over the bring people together – some call type, and powerful movement. Magnifficaa FA (Echo Magniffi- ful chestnut filly, DA Love. DA DOLOROSA When DeCarol Williamson at- foal might inherit the best quali- lorosa breeding program, and his DA Valentino brought breeders, bians has three full siblings to DOLOROSA’S GET & GRANDGET OF VERSACE & DA VALENTINO, L-R: tended the Scottsdale show in ties of all of these great horses. sons and daughters are proving to owners, trainers, dreamers and DA Valentino. DA Legacy is a 2002, he saw Jeff Schall showing DeCarol visualized the possibil- among their best producers. many others together. Although handsome four-year-old bay DA VALENTINA (Versace x DA Love by Pa- a colt that mesmerized him. Later ity of a foal that would result he is no longer with us, we are stallion that produced his first drons Psyche) Full sister to DA Valentino, produced her first foal in 2011 on, he went over and visited with from the pairing of Versace and DeCarol Williamson is under- fortunate to have his sons and foals in 2011.