Comments on: [Republished] Stallions at Al Basel – Basil, a son of Mahrous

By: majesticlineage

majesticlineage — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:16:17 +0000

WOW. Don’t have much else to say but surely would guess he is a powerhouse when moving.

By: joe achcar

joe achcar — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:44:39 +0000

Basil is the most influential stallion in Syrian modern pedigrees.
His best son ,in my opinion is Beebars x Soorah
Soorah combines the best racing pedigree in Asil horses She is by Fawaz whos has 4 crosses to the famous Krush Halba ,bought by the Turkish commission from Lebanon in 1932/33 when he was 16 years at the fabulous sum of 200 gold pounds.
and Layali al Sham who is by Abjar inbred to the great race horse “Guzeil” winner of 7 races in the row at the age of 3 beating the best horses at the Beirut race track.
I’m lucky to own “Al Bark” a son of Beebars who is our head stallion.
In 1995 I shot Basil in video ,that I could gladly send to Edouard if I only knew how!

By: Lorriee M. Golanty

Lorriee M. Golanty — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:57:23 +0000

Sorry you didn’t have more pictures, Joe. From what I can see of this stallion, he is the kind I’ve always liked, and wished we had more of in this country. A horse that looks like a horse, of course.

By: Edouard

Edouard — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:58:40 +0000

This stallion, Basil, which I first saw in Damascus in 1989 (he was on lease then) then in Aleppo on regular visits, before he was given by his breeder Mustafa Jabri to the Syrian Al Basel Government Stud, is arguably one of the best sons of Mahrous, who was discussed in an earlier entry.

The maternal grandsire of Mahrous is the Saqlawi Marzaqani stallion “Abu Kitf”, a major desert-bred stud with the Shammar Bedouins.

Basil’s dam, Halah, a Kuhaylah Mimrahiyah was the daughter of a Kuhaylan Nawwaq stallion, whose maternal grandsire was also “Abu Kitf” [it does not show on the Syrian Studbook pedigrees].

So Basil carries two close crosses to that great stallion, and that influence is visible.