*Wadduda blood today

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I have now officially become infatuated with the desert-bred mare *Wadduda. I am reading and re-reading everything I can find about the mare and her famous descendants (Hanad, Antez, Jadaan, Caravan, Dhareb, Bint Sahara, Bint Sedjur, etc) squinting at fuzzy old photographs, and obsessively making notecards like I used to do when I was ten years old. The pedigree geek in me in back big time, and I am loving it.

Below is a photo of the 2003 asil Kuhaylan Haifi stallion Twickenham (Regency x Kiddleywink by Regency) (look at that smart friendly face and these short prickled ears). Twickenham is one of three stallions still pensioned at Craver Farms, along with his sire (and grandsire) Regency, now aged 30, and the grey Triermain. While not a tail female descendant, Twickenham carries the highest percentage of *Wadduda blood in asil breeding: 19.5%, on par with his sire.

15 Replies to “*Wadduda blood today”

  1. In 1970 when I got my hands on Homer Davenport’s book My Quest of the Arab Horse, I was fascinated by his description of Wadduda when he first rode her into the desert. The way he described her behavior, her keen instincts and her super ability to sense what the rider could only guess was a defining moment for me. Shortly afterward when i went riding my wife’s chestnut half Arab mare into new territory, I now understood the “Arab horse” in her. Her sire, El Quwadi was 50% Davenport with 3 crosses to Wadduda coming from both sides of his pedigree. She would stop at times and scan the horizon with her eyes and ears and evaluate her surroundings before moving on into new territory, just like Wadduda. She did it in a way that you knew she was in command of her fate regardless of the rider. Up to that point I had never known a horse like that. Somehow that became a defining moment for me that told me I would be involved with Arabian horses for the rest of my life.

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  3. There are other non Tripoli with the same percent of 19.5.
    However, there is one mare with more……….Jen Beauty.
    A ’98 mare. Thanks to Fred………….

    Perhaps Jeanne knows of others? Our mare Revie has 19.5.
    She is extreme! Charles knew what he was doing!

    Jackson

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  5. Hi, any idea if this stallion is still standing at stud and how I could get in touch with the owners? I have a mare who I am breeding, Dahin, who traces back to Wadduda. She is part of the Sahanad Preservation group, a very small but special line of horses that produce the personality in addition to the desert bred conformation. I would really like to be able to get in touch with anyone involved with stallion to discuss him as a breeding partner!

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  7. Thank you so much for both your response, and this wonderful website. Your thoughts and blog topics are insightful and valuable- and very much appreciated. I look forward to exploring past posts more now that I have discovered this resource, and whatever you come up with in the future. Your passion for and knowledge of these horses shines through your writing, and I think we are all better for it.

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  8. I own a CMK Foundation bred mare whos tail line goes 10 generations to Wadduda herself. Would lovecto find a stud with one or more lines to Wadduda to breed her to .

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  11. I am very sorry to report that Twickenham CF just died of colic at his new home on the west coast, where he was much loved. All who knew him knew what a sweetheart he was.

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