Two new photos of Saqlawiyah Oleander from Bahrain
The nice Facebook page “The Old Bahrain” published these photos. The first photo has this legend:
1950s: Sir Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the ruler of Bahrain, astride his Arabian mare Oleander during his daily inspection of the Bahrain’s Police Camel Corps.
The second photo has this legend:
Sir Charles Belgrave, the advisor to the ruler of Bahrain, taking one of his frequent morning rides in Manama.
Volume 1 of the Amiri Arabian Studbook has the following about Oleander:
In 1939 a Saqlawieh mare in foal was brought as a gift from King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud to Shaikh Hamed bin Isa. The foal, a filly , later became the personal mount of Sir Charles Belgrave who named it Oleander for her beautiful pink-chestnut coat. Oleander was mated to Speckled Jellaby II and she had a filly, Saqlawieh bint Oleander. Bint Oleander lived to a ripe old age and she had several offspring by the different stallions standing at stud over the years. Two of her fillies are included in the Amiri Stud.
This line is now lost per the website of the Royal Stud.
I like her blaze. Any chance that Saqlawieh Riadh had the same maternal lineage as Oleander?
unclear. We don’t know which Saqlawiyeh either one is. Also, they look very different in type.