First pictures of Wisteria’s filly

Jeanne Craver just sent these along. They are the first official pictures of my filly, by Javera Thadrian out of Wisteria CF.

She will be named Wadhah (pronounce it WAD-ha), in keeping with the “W” tradition, after which her dam, her older full sister Walladah CF, and her grand-dam HB Wadduda were named, and after Wadhah bint Falah al-Subaylah, a Bedouin princess of the Bani Sakhr tribe, whose romance with Nimr bin ‘Adwan of the rival ‘Adwan tribe was the subject of many beautiful poems by the latter. These poems, some of which you can read in English here (click on the arrows to read the entire article), are still recited today. The popular story of Wadhah and Nimr was also the subject of the first Arab colour TV series in 1975, which was produced in Jordan and aired in several other Arab countries.  

Wadhah’s sister was named after an Arab princess from Andalusia, Walladah bint al-Mustakfi. I confess liking these princess names, in no small part because of the temper of the Wisteria fillies, which Jeanne Craver refers to as “princess temper”. They’re distant and not easily approachable.

7 Replies to “First pictures of Wisteria’s filly”

  1. Charles took the photos. Wadhah is more friendly at this age than her full siblings, Tantris and Walladah. Don’t know if that will make any difference down the road; it doesn’t always, that’s for sure. Tantris came to visit over the weekend to ride, and so we got to see quite a bit of him. He is quite mellow and easy going on the trail now. Anita Enander will need to tell us how Walladah is doing in the “princess” category!

  2. I believe, the eyes are the mirror of the soul. Wadha has lovely, expressive eyes. I hope , on a beautiful day she will be a good broodmare in your herd.

    László

  3. As Salâmu 3aleyk

    Dear Edouard

    Her beautiful big eyes, extreme length of neck, good legs, and noble character recognize that it will be a beautiful mare.
    a real beauty.
    all the best for the future
    la taklak kon sael da:Teymur

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