A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
A new mare has joined my preservation herd of old American Arabian bloodlines. In what is by now a long-standing Edouard practice, she is 23 years old.. She is a Kuhaylat al-Krush tracing back to *Werdi. Her name is Nuri Al Krush. She was bred by Trish Stockhecke of Ontario, Canada, from the Krush stallion … Read more
The subject has come up in earlier entries, so I wanted to get a discussion going about where the black color came from in Arabian horses bloodlines in the West. In Crabbet bloodlines, it’s clearly through Queen of Sheba (and I think Mahruss and Sobha too, personally). In Egyptian bloodlines, it’s through Ibn Rabdan, but where from … Read more