just very busy with unfolding events in the Middle East.. I will resume writing soon.
Ambar Diaz told me that the Kuhaylan Hayfi stallion Ascendant (Monsoon X Demetria by Lysander) died last week at Michael Bowling’s in California. He was 32. The only remaining link to the Monsoon sire line is through Ascendant’s son SA Apogee.
If you have not done so already, check out the rerun of this article by Charles Craver on the Davenport Arabian Horse Conservancy (DAHC) website. It is adorned with this beautiful photo, below, of the 1998 Kuhaylan al-Krush stallion Indie Star (Mandarin x Gbarh Asjah by Astrologer), bred by the late Carol Lyons. My kind of Arabian horse head. Photo of Indie Star by C. Emmert.
Matthias Oster sent me these two photos of the 2003 mare Wassayef al Thalitha (Nader x al-Barsaa). She won the Saudi desert bred mare class at al-Khalidiyyah show. Her owner is HM King Abdallah ibn Abd al-Aziz Aal Saud. I could not imagine her being owned by anyone else than a king.
Karsten Scherling just sent the link to the article of Matthias Oster about the visit of the Asil Club delegation (and our own Rosemary Doyle!) to Saudi Arabia. Lots of pictures of desert horses, some of which Matthias has shared here before. Thank you Matthias for your generosity.