America-origin chook drew aggressive bidding on the Abu Dhabi Worldwide Searching and Equestrian Exhibition, the place its uncommon white plumage, pure lineage and look made it probably the most sought-after falcons supplied throughout this yr’s public sale programme.
The file worth surpassed earlier high-value gross sales in the course of the exhibition, together with an Extremely White Pure Gyr Garmousha falcon chick that fetched AED1.5 million on August 29 and one other Gyr Pure Extremely White chook that bought for AED1.1 million the next day.
The AED1.5 million sale had itself established the very best worth recorded at ADIHEX 2026 at that time, underscoring the sturdy demand amongst collectors and falconers for birds with distinctive bloodlines, bodily qualities and color.
ADIHEX’s closing public sale fashioned a part of an expanded programme of eight dwell falcon auctions held earlier than and in the course of the 10-day exhibition. 4 had been staged on August 15, 16, 22 and 23, whereas 4 extra happened in the course of the present on August 29, 30, September 5 and September 6.
Organisers additionally launched a web-based public sale for elite falcons, alongside the dwell gross sales, as a part of what they described as the most important public sale programme within the exhibition’s historical past. A dwell Arabian horse public sale was additionally added for the primary time.
The twenty third version of ADIHEX ran from August 28 to September 6 at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi below the theme “A Legacy of Pleasure”. It was held below the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Consultant in Al Dhafra Area and Chairman of the Emirates Falconers’ Membership.
ADNEC Group, a Modon firm, organised the exhibition in strategic partnership with the Emirates Falconers’ Membership.
Falcon auctions are a significant function of ADIHEX, bringing collectively breeders, homeowners, collectors and fans from the UAE and overseas. Birds entered on the market are assessed on elements together with bloodline origin and purity, bodily power, color, feather high quality, symmetry and, the place relevant, efficiency in magnificence or looking competitions.
The Gyr Pure Extremely White class instructions specific curiosity due to its exceptionally pale plumage and lineage. Gyrfalcons are among the many largest falcon species and are extremely valued inside Gulf falconry, the place breeding programmes have developed a specialised marketplace for birds combining look, measurement and looking traits.
The file sale got here after a sequence of seven-figure transactions throughout this yr’s occasion. The AED1.5 million falcon bought within the fifth spherical had been bred by the Mark Moglich farm in the US, weighed about 1,000 grams and measured 16.5 inches in each size and width.
A Gyr Pure Extremely White chick bought for AED1.1 million in the course of the sixth spherical weighed 1,460 grams and measured 18.5 inches in size and width. That chook was additionally bred in the US.
The public sale outcomes marked a pointy rise from some earlier ADIHEX gross sales. A Pure Gyr American ultra-white falcon fetched AED1.01 million on the exhibition in 2022, whereas a prized chook bought for AED600,000 in 2023.
Officers mentioned the public sale format is designed to provide bidders entry to every falcon’s biodata earlier than a sale, with birds displayed prematurely for inspection. The choice course of narrows a bigger pool of submitted falcons to these thought of appropriate for public sale, serving to patrons evaluate pedigree and bodily traits. The exhibition’s on-line bidding choice additionally widened entry past these attending in individual, whereas sustaining the dwell public sale format that has historically drawn specialist breeders, homeowners and falconry fans.
ADIHEX 2026 introduced collectively 2,405 exhibitors and types from 71 international locations throughout 15 sectors, in response to occasion data. The exhibition occupied about 107,000 sq. metres at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi and coated falconry, equestrianism, looking, fishing, outside actions, conservation, cultural heritage, arts and crafts.
The programme additionally included saluki competitions, equestrian shows, falconry demonstrations, heritage performances and academic classes meant to attach business exercise with the preservation of conventional practices.
