A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
Part 3 of Joe Ferriss’ article “Something Old, Something New” is out in the Arabian Essence online newsletter. Check it out. I was with Joe last month in Oregon and I can tell you nobody knows how to describe a horse like Joe. He sees things we average folks can’t see.
The series on desert-bred Arabian imports to North Africa continues thanks to breeder and blog reader A. Deblaise. This is Aziz, one of the earliest desert-breds imported to Algeria by the French. I know nothing about his strain or his original breeder.         All I know is that he … Read more
Something tells me that there may a number of asil lines down in South America. A non-negligible number of Arabians of Crabbet, Babolna, and French bloodlines were exported to this part of the world, which to me is terra incognita. There were aslo some direct importations from the desert, such as that of Don Hernan Ayerza. All … Read more