Daughter of the Wind: a blog on desert arabian horses, past and present

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Yesterday was a painful first work day after five weeks away from Washington. It’s pouring rain outside, and a quick glance at my office window makes my PC screen - where unread emails are piling up -  a pleasure to stare at.  Oh well… But I am back to blogging, and boy does that feel good.  

If I were to chose one picture, I think this one would top them all.. Prince Hal (Tripoli x Dharebah), an Asil Kuhaylan al-Hayf, is just magnificent, with Charles Craver holding the bridle. [August 27 update: Thanks to AAW for this photo]

Jeanne Craver tells me my Wisteria (Triermain x HB Waddaudah) is due to foal in two weeks. Fingers crossed. I am hoping for a filly, a full sister to Walladah CF (Javera Thadrian x Wisteria CF), also pictured here, but would not mind a colt either.

”However, Kalifa Sr. in Denouste’s pedigree (e.g. the mare Case) has a black hole. Many horses in the pedigrees of Kalifa Sr. do not appear anywhere in the French Studbook. We do not know who these horses are. Before we do, you cannot consider him Asil.”

I found Kalifa 1870 and Kalifa 1845 pedigree in the “Haras Nationaux” website, all the horses appearing in their pedigree are registred in the French Stud book until 1815.

The mare Case 1856 has not a black hole as you can see. All her ancestors are registred in the French Stud Book as below.

According to the informations you gave us about the two Kalifas’s and Case 1856,it seems that the only ”Black Hole” against Denouste is his sloping croup !!

As for the Two Kalifa ’s the same information appears ,both of them are registred in the French Stud Book

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