Bassma Al Arab was born at dawn today. She is by my stallion Jamr Al Arab (Vice Regent CF x Jadiba by Dib), a Saqlawi al-‘Abd, out of “Belle”, Jadah BelloftheBall (Invictus Al Krush x Belladonna CHF by Audobon), a Kuhaylat al-‘Ajuz tracing to the desert-bred mare *Nufoud. She is only the fifth filly alive from that strain. Monica Respet has two, and I now have three. She has really long ears like her dam, a big sloped shoulder like her granddam Jadiba and big joints. It’s an unusual breeding: a half-Blunt stallion on a non-Blunt, mostly Davenport mare, with an old Saudi tail female.