Wadhah this evening
Finally some decent shots, after a clean up. She will be bred this month, for the first time.
Month: April 2018
Mlolshaan Mutab in South Africa
Mlolshaan Mutab (Mlolshaan Hilal x Mlolesh Dhabiya), 1999 Bahraini stallion in South Africa. Bred by HH Sh. Mohamed Bin Salman Aal Khalifah of Bahrain. At Saruk stud with Pauline Du Plessis. He is full of the Mlolshaan blood.
Faysal Ibn Sha’lan and the pursuit on the Kuhaylah Rodaniyah mare, 1870.
A fantastic account and a funny story of a botched ghazu, from Rehan Ud Din Baber’s Facebook page, that treasure trove. “On occasions which a resident in the country and one on good terms with the Sheikhs can alone take advantage of, the most valuable horses and mares are sometimes picked up, in almost peculiar … Read more
The three mustekeers and the dame
Yesterday. Left to right: Michael Bowling, Jeanne Craver, me and Joe Ferriss. RJ Cadranell, we missed you.
Centennial of the death of Lady Anne Blunt Dec 1917- Dec 2017
There was an article in the Khamsat magazine about the Centennial of Lady Anne Blunt. Yesterday, Greg Olson sent me these two images he took of her grave in the Italian Catholic cemetery of Abbassia in Cairo, three days ago. I visited it in 2015, and was so awed that I could not get myself … Read more
Overview of History of Tahawi horses
Yasser Al Tahawi has this excellent overview of the history of the Tahawi horses on his social media page: • Early 19th century: the great Egyptian conquests in the Middle East (Syria, Arabia, Sudan) … the Tahawies played a major role. Strong connections were developed between the Tahawies and the big tribes of Arabia including … Read more
Jellaby Kher, 1986 asil Kuhaylan Jallabi stallion from Bahrain
From Mohammed al-Matrooshi’s social media accounts come these photos of the very masculine 1986 Bahraini stallion Jellaby Kher M45, by Rabdaan Alwasmy (M19) {Maanagy Al Ahmar X Rabda (M16) } out of Jellabieh Al Khar’aa (M3) {Hamdany Riyadh X Jellabieh (M1)}, bred and owned by Sheikh Mohammad Bin Salman Al Khalifa. I am not sure who took … Read more