I am enjoying looking at a treasure trove of photos of Bev Davison’s horses over the years that she has been uploading on Facebook. I particularly like those dark bay horses with high percentage of Ali Pasha Sharif bloodlines. This was said to be the Prophet Muhammad’s favorite coat color in horses. He said: خيرُ الخيلِ الأدهَمُ الأقرَحُ الأرثَمُ ، ثمَّ الأقرَحُ المُحجَّلُ طَلقُ اليمينِ ، فإن لم يَكُن أدهَمُ فكُمَيْتٌ علَى هذِهِ الشِّيَةِ which roughly translates as: The best of horses is black, with a small star and a snip, then that with a small star and three white leg markings except for the right foreleg, and if not black then dark bay with these same markings. This is Sierra Sandarac, a 1974 Saqlawi Jadran of Ibn Sudan, of half Doyle, half Babson lines, who fits these markings. Photos Bev Davison.