A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
There are basically two groups of Davenport mares of the Habdan strain. One group traces through the Trisarlah daughter Waddarlah, then to Bint Oberon, then to two daughters who bred on: DDA Hadba and DDA Shalaana. Bint Oberon’s third daughter, ACDS Bonne Jour, has had no foals. DDA Hadba (no longer producing) has one daughter, R … Read more
Few people outside the group of North American Davenport breeders are aware of the existence of a fourth tail female of asil Arabians entirely tracing to the 1906 importation of 27 desert-bred horses from North Arabia. The Kuhaylan Haifis, the Kuhaylan Krush, and the horses tracing to Schilla are well known, but the Hadbans not … Read more
The third lesson I took from my observation of Davenport breeding in the USA over the last ten years or so is the openness and transparency of the research on these horses. Research — both scientific and historical — is an essential element of preservationist and conservationist organizations. Most preservationist organizations in the USA are … Read more