Arabian horse in Algeria
This photo comes from L’Algérie Photographiée: Province d’Oran, by Félix-Jacques-Antoine Moulin, taken circa 1856/7.
Month: July 2019
Ginger has a baby girl
This has to be the best horse news of the summer. Bev just wrote from Idaho to share the news that DA Ginger Moon (“Ginger”) delivered a healthy filly foal several hours ago, a week or even two before her due date. Four white socks and a winding blaze. Very long ears, fine muzzle. I … Read more
Sidi Egyptian Nile, a Kuhaylan al-Mimrah
The photo below, shared with the kind permission of Janien Strauss, is of the Kuhaylan al-Mimrah stallion, Sidi Egyptian Nile (Thee Cyclone x Sahiby Juleemah), whose half-siblings have been featured on the blog before. The story of the Kuhaylan al-Mimrah strain in South Africa is already known to most readers of the blog, but here … Read more
The entry of the Kuhaylan al-Wati of Diyab al-Sbeih in my Aldahdah Index
KUHAYLAN AL-WATI OF DIYAB AL-SBEIH: a gray (born black, he later turned dark gray) asil desert-bred stallion; born c. 1977 (certainly after 1975 and before 1980); bred by Fawaz Ibn Ghishm, who is a lesser shaykh of a clan of the Northern Shammar; Strain: Kuhaylan al-Wati of the marbat of Hakim al-Ghishm of the Shammar; … Read more
Naeleh, desert-bred mare imported to France in 1902
One of the five mares brought back to France by the mission of De Saunhac and Chambry of 1902 was the tall bay mare Naeleh, born in 1898. Her photo below is from a 1902 article in French magazine le Sport Universel Illustre, which describes her purchase in Damascus. The caption for the photo in … Read more
Chambry and De Saunhac’s French horse-buying mission to the Orient, 1902
I happened upon two online editions of the French magazine Le Sport Universel Illustre from the year 1902. They feature an extensive and fascinating account, in two parts, of a French government buying mission to the Orient. The mission started in Constantinople, made its way to Beirut by sea, then traveled to Damascus by rail … Read more
Superb Mahboub Halep
I am so happy with how true to his origins he has proven to be. One of my favorite arm-chair horse activities has been to trace his pedigree as far back as possible. Photo by Severine Vesco.