Berill Szoke Toth's Qatar Goes to Qatar

Dressage

Hungary

Hungarian Berill Szoke Toth's internationally competed Grand Prix horse Qatar has been sold to Qatar. German horse dealer Jochen Arl matched the horse with a talented rider from the Middle East.

Qatar is a 15-year old Oldenburg gelding by Quaterback out of Destiny (by Stedinger x Donnerhall x Gardeoffizier). He is bred by Gerd Sosath

From Juniors to Grand Prix

The chestnut was originally sourced as a 6-year old at Arnold Winter's yard in Germany by Aniko Losonczy and Robert Acs for their then-pony student Berill Szoke Toth.

Acs took on the ride, competed Qatar at the 2015 Bundeschampionate, and prepared him as a junior horse for Berill. She premiered him in the junior division in Mariakalnok in 2016. In 2018 Berill moved permanently to Germany and trained the horse to Grand Prix level.

Berill competed Qatar at international Under 25 level from 2020 till 2023 and represented Hungary at the 2021 European Under 25 Championships in Hagen. In 2024 Berill's life partner, Spaniard Gonzalo Castillo Arroya, campaigned Qatar at CDI's in Le Mans, Troisdorf and Hagen, to gain experience and mileage at international Grand Prix level.

Qatar Goes to Qatar

Jochen Arl, Asma on Qatar,
and Gonzala Castillo Arroyo

With Berill and Gonzalo having set up their own stable at 360° Sportpferde in Duisburg, focusing on the training and sales of young and FEI level horses, their business associate, German horse dealer Jochen Arl, saw an ideal match between Qatar and the 30-year old Asma Yaser Bin Daina (née Forsan).

The Qatari rider has found a new passion in dressage after having made the switch from show jumping. She has been getting her feet wet in dressage at national shows in her country aboard Saligaskar (by Gopak x Gazavat xx).

Asma is currently training with Brazilian paralympian Rodolpho Riskalla at Sudenhof in Hagen, Germany. Riskalla took her to Arroyo's barn in Duisburg, where Asma bonded straight away with Qatar.

Asma acquired the gelding as her 2025 FEI Asian Championships hopeful and with future sights set on the 2026 Asian Games in Japan.