A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
I recently took part in a discussion on Facebook about the Samhan strain. Mohammed al-Matrooshi of the UAE had posted a photo which Carl Raswan had taken of a Samhat Qumay’ mare of the Ruwalah. Not posting here because I assume Raswan’s photo is copyrighted. Someone asked if the strain was extinct. I then shared … Read more
A short video of Doyle Arabians from 1996, with Shenandoah, Greggan and Ibn Gulribbon, whom I liked. That was before the time of Lyman’s high definition videos on social media.
I am being ambitious here. Do we know if any may have survived, other than that of Meshura, and if so, where would they be?
From the March 1864 issue of the Sporting Magazine, Vol 43, pp. 179f.. This magazine was identical in content with the Sporting Review, hence the differing references for this letter in later sources. The anonymous Scotch gentleman has sometimes been identified as John Johnstone; his correspondent, the author of the letter, is almost certainly James Henry Skene, … Read more