A reflection of the times
Here’s a photo of three sons of the influential mare Domow (registered as *Abu Zeyd x *Wadduda, but may well have been *Astraled x *Wadduda), all three important early American Arabian horse sire. Check out their names: Mahomet, Abu-Selim, and Ahamed.
What a change in the culture between then and now: now the big names are Versace, Armani, and other haute couture references. It signals a shift in the marketing and perception of the Arabian horse: from an animal connected with its original Arab environment and simple Bedouin culture, to a global luxury consumption good. Yikes.
Thank you !Thants my thinking to!
Joksimovic
sorry mean thats!
20 years ago I wanted to name a colt “Osama” (lion in Arabic) but the name was already registered in the studbook. However naming a potential stallion today Osama would not be a very good move.
Maybe if Versace would have been a famous 18th bedouin tailor conquering the Ottoman courts some of the horses imported by Blunt or Davenport would have been named Saqlawi Versace or Kuhailan Armani 🙂
Koheila Prada, modern Syrian war mare http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-120319-syrian-rebels-ps3.photoblog900.jpg