Hadba Enzahi at the Shaykh of the Shammar, 2017
She is perhaps the very last one from that strain left in the desert, and a distant relative to the Davenport Hadbans.
Day: November 5, 2019
Kuhaylat al-Wati, Syria, 2019, daughter of Mahboob Halep
The picture is not so good, but the mare pictured is interesting. She is the only offspring the Shuwayman stallion Mahboub Halep produced in Syria before leaving for France. Her strain is Kuhaylan al-Wati (same strain as Kuhaylan Jallabi, by the way) Sire: Shuwayman, Mahboub Halep (a maternal grandson of Al-Aawar with another cross to … Read more
Mausoleum of Mamluk Sultan Barquq in Cairo
An very early photo, taken in 1857, of this superb Mamluk Sultan mausoleum, which now lies in the heart of Cairo. Abbas Pasha had just died afew years earlier.
Tamaam DE (2005-2019)
Tamaam DE died a couple days ago at the Doyle ranch in Oregon. I am happy the two leased Ma’naqiyah mares are in foal to him for next year. I hope one of them produces a colt so I could use him as a stallion. What a dream to have one’s own Ma’naqi stallion.