Mystery mare quizz
By Edouard Aldahdah
Posted on January 6th, 2009 in General
Do you happen know who this gorgeous beauty is (was)?
Clue: bred in the USA, but a daughter of the desert.
Definitely an absolute favorite of mine, judging only from the few (rather poor) pictures I have of her. Here is another one:
January 7th, 2009 4:12 pm
That’s Binni II as an old mare. She was by *Shams x *Munirah.
January 7th, 2009 5:22 pm
RJ, you ought to be banned from answering questions. You know TOO MUCH!
January 7th, 2009 9:20 pm
One that a gallant attempt was made to preserve…. Billy Sheets and the Cavedos got a Davenport stallion to try with, but they were unsuccessful.
RJ _is_ good!
January 7th, 2009 9:58 pm
strain? Kuhaylat al-Krush? or the other one?
January 8th, 2009 9:44 pm
AKA II:
*Munirah, a 1950 chestnut Kuhaylat-’Afayr mare bred at the Sa’ud royal studs and imported in 1962 by Richard and Laura Cavedo.
By Buraq, a stallion of Sa’ud out of Bint ‘Afur.
We were told by an ARAMCO official that she was the best Saudi mare he had ever seen. Let me look for a photo….