JDA Husaana, 1999 asil Saqlawiyat al-‘Abd in Pennsylvania
Last weekend I went to Pennsylvania to see Jadiba, and I stopped at Monica Respet’s farm. Monica and some of her friends are specializing in breeding a small and increasingly rare group of horses who are tail female to *Urfah, a Saqlawiyat al-‘Abd imported from Arabia by Homer Davenport in 1906.
One of these mares is JDA Husaana (Salil Ibn Iliad x Saafadda CHF by Fiddlesticks), photo below, a 1999 chestnut mare who was bred by Pam Baker.
Just like the Davenports or the Doyles, or like my own Jadiba and Sahra, JDA Husaana is Early American Foundation, meaning that she traces 100% to the horses listed in AHR Volume V, registration numbers 1-2924. These are basically the Arabian horses found in the USA by and before 1944.
Lots of very, very old American Arabian horse blood flows in her veins. In addition to her two “Davenport” grandsires, she carries the blood of three stallions bred by Jane Ott and her mother, who launched the first large-scale asil preservation effort in the USA: Joramir (Sirecho x Fad Roufa), Dahrecho (Sirecho x Dahma Al Zarka), and Zarlan (Mistlany x Zarieha), as well as the Ott mare Blue List (Saafaddan x Zarieha by Kahar), who is the tail female.
Note how this mare’s head has all the characteristics of a good Arabian horse head, without the dished profile: small cup-shaped muzzle, deep jowl, huge eye that is placed low, arched throat, and great distance between the throat and the top of the forehead, which accentuates the triangular shape of the head. Many of today’s show horses have a rectangular shaped head instead of the triangular one.
Where in Pa. are these EAF horses would love to go and see them live and meet the breeders. Also Edouard I am happy to hear your old girl conceived, congratulations.
in New Tripoli PA. I will get you the full address.. that said, that mare is the only EAF in the farm.
Doesn’t her head looks out of proportion compared with her body???
Patrick, I think these photos of the mare with winter coat can be confusing in proportions if you do not make allowances for the longer hair in the photos. This lovely mare was presented in the Al Khamsa horse presentation at the Al Khamsa convention in September before cold weather. She was presented both in hand and ridden, and I am sure all who saw her in person would agree with Edouard’s comments on the mare. She does have harmonious proportions in real life.
It’s not a very good photo and I am no professional, so the lower part of the mare including the legs, look smaller than the upper part including the head. I took it in contre-plongee, that is, the camera lens of the iphone what too high compared to the mare, because I am tall.
Recently, I had the fun of riding in a group which included Husaana. She may look modest and unassuming standing in the pasture, but oh my, she sure is stylish under saddle!