A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
Below are photos of Pomponia (Zagloba x Kadisza) and Salme (Kalif x Fatma). Both trace in the tail female to Juliusz Dzieduszycki’s imported Kuhaylah Moradiyah mare Sahara; Salme is actually the full sister to Pomponia’s dam. Pictures from Stefan Bojanowski’s Sylwetki koni orientalnych i ich hodowców. Pomponia produced three daughters, Bona, Dora, and Zulejma. Bona’s … Read more
Titian CF, 24 this year, by Riposte CF out of Neroli CF by Regency CF out of Nerissa CF, a Hamdani Simri tracing to Galfia. In Virginia, with Donna Breedbenner. Photo by Michael Bowling. Look at the broad chest, the short pricked ears, and the bone structure on the face.
Very interesting white markings on this 100% Crabbet stallion (with multiple lines to Skowronek and Dargee) and a tail female line to the Kuhaylat al-Krush desert-bred mare Dafina. The VIIIth century CE Arabic horse books (kutub al-khayl) describe such markings at length. There must have been more Arab horses with such markings in the past, … Read more