A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
Back in 2005, when we had just met, Hazaim al-Wair and I used to exchange horse photos on a quasi daily basis. One day he sent me this and two other photos of the stallions maintained by the Syrian Government’s Ministry of Agriculture in 1958. This photo shows the Ma’naqi Sbayli stallion Sultan.
Also from sporthorse-data.com is this photo of the 1969 ‘Ubayyah mare Bint Bint Muhaira (Ibn Fadl x Bint Muhaira by Sirech0), and the 1967 Hamdani stallion Sulka (Ibn Fadl x Blue Start by Ibn Fadl). Where are the descendants of these great horses? There should be hundreds of them today.
It’s the first time I see this photo of the 1946 Kuhaylan al-‘Ajuz stallion Ibn Fadl (*Fadl x Turfa). I can’t help but marvel at how great a mare this *Turfa was. Photo from Sporthorse-data.com. It’s heartening to know he was put to good use and sired at least 50 foals.