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DA Valentino
(Versace x DA Love)

6 Time National Champion
Scottsdale Supreme Champion

Breeders' Sweepstakes Nominated
Transported Semen Available
SCID Clear

Owned by:
Shellbird Inc.
Michele Pfeifer & David Halsch
website: www.shellbird.com


DA Valentino the most decorated breeding stallion in history. Holder of 6 National titles... a horse for our time, and all time.

At Nationals...
2004 United States National Champion Breeders Sweepstakes Colt
2006 Canagian National Champion Stallion
2006 United States National Champion Jr. Stallion
2006 United States National Champion Futurity Colt
2007 United States National Champion Jr. Stallion
2008 United States National Champion Jr. Stallion

At Scottsdale...
2008 The first ever UNANIMOUS Supreme Scottsdale Show Champion

Champion Stallion...
Scottsdale 2007 & 2008
Buckeye Sweepstakes
Region 7
Region 14

Because this stallion’s pedigree reads like a who’s who of great Arabian horses, we’re going to veer from the normal put-your-foot-to-sleep-paragraph-after-paragraph -of-difficult-to-follow-statistics format and list some rather amazing points of pedigree interest.

National, Regional and Scottsdale Champion Stallions
(including Reserves and Top Tens)
from which DA Valentino is descended (listed in alphabetical order) NOTE: All results according to AHA Database.

*Aladdinn 1979 Scottsdale Champion Stallion
1979 U.S. National Champion Stallion
1979 Canadian National Champion Stallion
Sire of more U. S. National Champion Stallions than any other sire in breed history.
   
Aladdinn Echo
(by *Aladdinn)
1986 Scottsdale Reserve Champion Stallion
1984 and 1986 Canadian National Top Ten Champion Stallion
1987 and 1989 U. S. National Top Ten Champion Stallion
1987 Buckeye Champion Stallion
   
Ali Jamaal 1990 U. S. National Champion Stallion
1989 U. S. National Reserve Champion Stallion
1989 Canadian National Champion Stallion
1989 Pacific Slope Champion Stallion
   
An Magno 1979 Canadian National Top Ten Champion Stallion
1980 and 1982 U. S. National Top Ten Champion Stallion
Winner of numerous Class A English Pleasure Championships
   
*Bask++ 1964 U. S. National Champion Stallion
1964 U. S. National Champion Park Horse
1967 U. S. National Reserve Champion Formal Combination Horse
The Arabian breed’s all time leading sire of champions
Valentino carries two lines to *BASK++.
   
Bay El Bey 1977 Canadian National Champion Stallion
1974 U. S. National Reserve Champion Futurity
1973 Scottsdale Champion Stallion
Four Times U. S. National Top Ten Champion Stallion
Twice Scottsdale Reserve Champion English Pleasure Horse
1976 Region Seven Reserve Champion English Pleasure Horse
   
Bey Shah+ 1980 U. S. National Reserve Champion Stallion
1978 Region Seven Reserve Champion Stallion
1979 and 1980 Scottsdale Reserve Champion Stallion
1979 Region Three Reserve Champion Stallion
1979 and 1981 U. S. National Top Ten Champion Stallion
1980 Pacific Slope Champion Stallion
1979 Pacific Slope Reserve Champion Stallion
1978 Region Seven Reserve Champion Stallion
For many years the breed’s leading living sire of halter champions
   
Echo Magnifficoo
(by Aladdinn Echo)
1992 Scottsdale Champion Stallion
1992 U. S. National Champion Stallion
All above with Bob Boggs
   
*El Shaklan 1984 Canadian National Top Ten Champion Stallion
1983 U.S. National Top Ten Champion Stallion
1984 Pacific Slope Champion Stallion
   
Fame VF+
(by Bey Shah+)
1987 U.S. National Champion Stallion
1987 Scottsdale Reserve Champion Stallion
1986 Canadian National Reserve Champion Stallion
   
*Padron 1982 U.S. National Champion Stallion
1981 Canadian National Champion Stallion
1982 Scottsdale Champion Stallion
   
Padrons Psyche 1991 U.S. National Reserve Champion Stallion with David Boggs
   
Versace
(by Fame VF+)
1998 U.S. National Top Ten Champion Futurity Colt
1998 Region Twelve Champion Stallion

Winning Mares in DA Valentino’s pedigree

DA Love (DA Valentino’s Dam)
Region Twelve Breeders Sweepstakes Champion Yearling Filly
   
Magnificaa FA (DA Valentino’s Second Dam)
Youth National Champion Mare (JO 17 and Under)
   
Precious As Gold (Dam of DA Valentino’s sire, Versace)
1989 U.S. and Canadian National Top Ten Champion Mare
1988 Region Ten Reserve Champion Mare
   
Autumn In Gold (Dam of Precious As Gold)
1986 Region Ten Reserve Champion Mare

Athleticism/Trot/Motion/Elevation

*Bask++ All time leading progenitor of champion Arabian athletes
*Aladdinn All time leading sire of sons that became National Champions
Arax  
Bay El Bey  
*Padron  
Raffon  
*Tamerlan (to this day holds records on Russian race track)