Photo of the day: Carver DE

Karsten Scherling, who takes really good (and free!) pictures took this one of Carver DE (Maloof Najid x Greggan’s Lark LHF by the gorgeous Greggan), one of the main Saqlawi Jadran stallions at the Doyles’, during their open barn last week in Oregon. My friend Lyman Doyle is leading him. For many more beautiful photos of the Doyle’s 60 years of breeding celebration, check out Karsten’s website.

The Babolna asil Arabians are now part of the Al Khamsa roster

Hurrah! The Babolna Roster proposal unanimously (41 – 0) passed the second round of voting during the Al Khamsa assembly in Redmond, Oregon. This means, among other things, that the living descendants of the mare 25-Amurath Sahib and the stallion Siglavy Bagdady VI are now accepted by Al Khamsa, following a thorough research process.  Below is a photo of the Babolna head stallion Farag II (Farag x 25-Amurath Sahib), courtesy of Tzviah Idan. To me, this marks the second step towards constituting an international Roster of asil Arabians horses, based on the Al Khamsa Roster. The first step was taken when Al Khamsa accepted the line of Soldateska (1911), the one remaining asil line from the Weil-Marbach stud in Germany, a few years ago.