The one, the only - *PIANISSIMA - beloved by all and universally acknowledged as the most beautiful Arabian mare in the world. Shown just six times as a yearling, she not was unanimously acclaimed as Junior Champion and Best in Show on each occasion, including a clean sweep of the European Triple Crown. She is the only mare in the history of the breed to have achieved this honor by unanimous decision. Her debut at the 2004 Polish National Show is recounted as follows:

"As the dark clouds and downpours dissipated just prior to the second section of yearling fillies, it was as if the heavens were proclaiming the arrival of the heiress apparent. This royally bred beauty was Janow Podlaski’s prototype of perfection – PIANISSIMA – a creature who towered above the competition in all respects and for many, represents the ideal Arabian filly. The judges were unanimous in their approval of this delightful creature awarding her a perfect trio of 20’s for type as well as for head and neck, an astonishing trio of 19’s for body and a strong trio of 16’s for legs. If she could be faulted in any one area, one could certainly have asked PIANISSIMA to trot out with more power and brilliance, but she was justly rewarded with two 18’s and a generous 19 for movement. Her incredible total score of 93.33 not only outpaced the competition by almost three full points, but remained the standard for the entire show, upstaging even the brilliance of several international superstar mares in the senior classes of the afternoon. Each of the judges was in agreement that PIANISSIMA was nearly impossible to fault, a standard of complete perfection rarely seen in such a young mare. The vast majority of the international audience concurred, greeting her entrance to the ring and subsequent victory with thunderous applause and boisterous enthusiasm. Her most endearing features are her superlative balance and harmony of proportion, wonderfully conformed, substantially refined structure, an elegant, upright, magnificently carried forehand, her ideally proportioned, perfectly shaped Arabian head with the softest turn to a lovely, supple throat and gloriously dark, large, round and luminous eyes set perfectly on the corners of her head as well as a distinctively aristocratic and enchantingly feminine bearing and quality. The genetic result of careful mating and selection combing the best of Arabian breeding from around the world, PIANISSIMA is the pinnacle of achievement for her World Champion sire Gazal Al Shaqab in Poland. A great-granddaughter of Janow’s legendary World Champion Pilarka, PIANISSIMA extends the success of this extraordinary mare to the fourth generation building on the success of her Polish National class winning grandam Pinia (by Probat) and her international champion/Best in Show winning dam PIANOSA (Eukaliptus)."

She is indeed the premier produce of *GAZAL AL SHAQAB - Middle East Champion, Qatari National Junior & Senior Champion, Egyptian Event Junior Champion & Reserve Supreme Champion, Sharjah International Champion, Scottsdale Reserve Champion, thrice Qatar International Reserve Champion & World Champion Stallion at the Salon du Cheval. As a sire, GAZAL has been incredibly prepotent at stamping his get with his most admirable attributes – world-class quality, exquisite type, black vascular skin, a dark richly dappled bay coat, thick black manes, tails & forelocks, strong, well coupled, three-dimensional structure with a long sloping shoulder, deep well sprung barrel, a thick powerful quarter, a muscular level topline, substantial correctly conformed limbs, an elegant, highly set, cleanly emerging neck, and a perfectly proportioned head with a broad prominent jibbah, deep round jowls, a small tapering muzzle, a chiseled ultra-refined dish and enormous black liquid eyes. The best of his get include twice US National & twice World Champion MARWAN AL SHAQAB, Canadian National Champion STAR OF GAZAL, and a host of Polish-bred champions that are sure to rewrite the record books in the coming decades:  Middle East, Sharjah International, Wels International, Elran Cup, Mediterranean Reserve Champion MAGORA; Polish National Champion/Best in Show PINGA; Polish Spring Show Champion/Best in Show ETNOLOGIA; Polish National Champions DRABANT & EL AZEM; Polish National Reserve Champions EQUIFOR & PORTO; Swedish National Reserve Champion MIGRACJA; Bełżyce Reserve Champion BELGICA; World Top Ten NORMA; Ajman Champion RAS AL SINA; Vilhelmsborg International Champion PRECIOUS; South African Champion GEORGETOWN; Wels International Top Five PISTORIA; Falborek International Reserve Champions WILDA & EBERT; Regional & Scottsdale Champion Two-Year Old Filly WKRA; and the ultra elegant EMANDORIA - World Champion, Polish Spring Show Champion/Best in Show, European Reserve Champion, twice Polish National Reserve Champion Junior Mare.

The distaff side of *PIANISSIMA's pedigree is Pure Polish royalty, as she descends from Janow Podalski's most meritorious dam family of PIEWICA, source of the internationally accomplished "P" collection of champions, through the family's most famous and beloved representative - the immortal twice PILARKA. World Champion, twice European Champion, World Cup Champion as well as British National Champion Mare and Supreme Show Champion, PILARKA was a stunning beauty of perfect Arabian type, charming femininity, show-stopping charisma with an unforgettable trademark trot characterized by incredible loftiness and powerful elegance. Beyond her show ring triumphs, PILARKA was a broodmare of outstanding merit, blessing each of her daughters with aristocratic elegance and one-of-a-kind enchanting beauty. The three eldest daughters of PILARKA are all show ring winners: PIPI – Polish National and Masters Open (Oostende) Senior Champion Mare, PIANOLA – Polish National Junior Champion Mare, and PINIA – class winner and multi-Top Five Champion at the Polish National Show. Through both PINIA and PIPI, the PILARKA legacy lives on with extraordinary achievement, as witnessed in: Polish National Junior Champion as well as All Scandinavian & UK International Champion Stallion PILOT; Polish National Senior & Junior Champion and Dutch National Senior Champion Stallion PIAFF; European Champion, World Top Ten, Białka Spring Show, Warsaw Summer Show and Polish National Junior Champion Filly/Best in Show PALMETA; Polish National Junior Champions PILAR & PINGA; Polish National Junior & twice National Senior Reserve Champion PISTACJA; British National & All Scandinavian Reserve Champion PIKARDIA; and Polish National Reserve Senior Champion & Polish Spring Show Junior Champion Filly/Best in Show PIANOSA - the magnificent dam of *PIANISSIMA.

Aria International is thrilled to have the opportunity to lease this pinnacle of perfection from Janow Podlaski Stud. We look forward to sharing her with North America, enjoying the rewards of her produce and returning her home safely and more highly decorated to her maternal stud in 2008.