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As promised, Nabilah’s extended pedigree, as issued by the R.A.S.

Our wifi was off for the entire day yesterday. I managed to get some filing done, folded up shopping bags. Even got some meal prepping done. I dove into the boxes that Gisela Aschenborn Uijs (of Nabilah fame) sent me and I found a certified copy of NABILAH (imp) (ENZAHI x ZAMZAM, by GAMIL III)’s … Read more

Three more photos I found, showing three generations from El Hamdan, pictured age ten; El-Haml at seven and Aja at two. Photographer(s) unknown, but photos graciously provided by Gisela Aschenborn Uijs. El Hamdan above and below El-Haml Aja

I was recently gifted three boxes full of material by my mentor, Gisela Aschenborn Uijs as they’re moving from the iconic Farm Orumbo-Nord where the renowned mares Nabilah and Barakah were guests. One find was four photos that, after a few phone calls, turned out to be Sidi Abu Khai , a 1984 stallion bred … Read more

I just couldn’t get this mare out of my mind, so I decided to post this Klynstra photo I found of her. Fatimah (Fol Gamil x Foze, by Nazeer) 1972 arabian mare. Bred at Hamdan stables, imported in utero by W. George Olms to Germany then went to Dr. F. B. Klynstra, Kingdom of the … Read more

Somebody has been bugging me to help set up Arabian racing in Southern Africa. I can’t help but wonder what the members of this group think. If “per definition” (i.e. Skowronek, etc.) WAHO Arabians are allowed, is it really Arabian racing?

Just a quick update about the mares. Sidi Bint Maistro will be coming here around the middle of October. Her paddock is already picked out. I’m going to have a hard time letting her go. Assad Princess Surrayah is a different case entirely. After nine years of living on almost nothing, the moment she got … Read more

I finally managed to get a better photo of Assad Princess Surrayah.  Please excuse the candid photo.  She’s  putting  weight on  nicely. Assad Princess Surrayah She will be put out to pasture with Gülilah Sawwan very soon.

Kate and I started talking about the mare Sidi Bint Maistro a while ago. I finally summoned up the nerve to get my 2 cents together and make an offer for her. Who was the first horse you bought?

This photo from Mirko Ulram at Yeguada Schieferegg this morning. Their third foal and first filly. Both mom and daughter are doing well. sired by Ibn Hamza out of Hassirah

This is considered beautiful by some.    

Just about a year ago I wrote about the mare Jezabel , “die Wüstenstute” and her journey from Iran to Europe. Mirko Ulram graciously sent me these photos of her great-granddaughter Jasminah. She is the product of a mating between a grandson and a granddaughter of Jezabel. Mirko confirmed that the pedigree is correct. (AllBreedPedigree … Read more

A very good endurance riding friend of ours is sending her mare to visit Gülilah Sawwan , the last living SE son of the German import Mahib. Assad Princess Surrayah is sired by the noted endurance sire (and all around sweetheart) Sidi el Nabiel out of the Maistro[imp] daughter Sidi Halima. She’s not exactly a … Read more

I have to admit that this mare has always been a favourite of mine, ever since I saw her at my first endurance ride at the age of sixteen. One of her owners, Mr. Paul Kotzé of Diepsand Stud, sent me some screenshots of her, that I will replace when I receive the photos. The … Read more

I received this photo from a friend in Tunisia, taken at Sidi Thabet.   Kesseb (Sibawaih x Remada, by Cheikh El Ourbane)    This is the only information that I could find, for what it’s worth.

Published in July 1971 by Danah Al Khalifa. All photos by her, unless otherwise indicated. Her photo captions are included. “To the starting post!” Each Friday from November till May, a popular meeting place is His Highness Sheikh Isa’s private racetrack. Races are informal and unique in style. No betting, no prizes, nevertheless each competitor … Read more

Published in July 1971 by Danah Al Khalifa. All photos by her, unless otherwise indicated. Her photo captions are included. HAMDANIEH: ” … how exquisite her ears, pointed as a date flower bud … ” “An Arabian beauty with a dropped veil!” During date harvest season when flies are bothersome, some favourites get a ‘rish-rash’ … Read more

Published in July 1971 by Danah Al Khalifa. All photos by her, unless otherwise indicated. Her photo captions are included. Shuwaimeh & Shawafah.  Two expectant mothers. (Photo: Forbis)   Hamdany. A new born colt, four hours old. In future will become a dark bay.   Hamdany Ibn Krushan. Three weeks old, was born black but … Read more

Published in July 1971 by Danah Al Khalifa. All photos by her, unless otherwise indicated. Her photo captions are included. Bahrain’s mounted police leaving the Guest Palace Old Speckled Jellaby, pictured at 34 years of age, sired his last foal the same year. Born 1930, died 1968.  (a note in pencil reads: “Tuwaisan’s sire of … Read more

This is Erika Schiele’s photo of Jallad (Arras x Atlassi, by Sepid) imported to Austria by Gustl Eutermoser, Gestüt Schieferegg. He was instrumental in the exportation of another of Arras’ offspring, Jezabel. Eutermoser also managed to take a photo of Jezabel’s maternal grandsire Ajdar.  

From the article written by Betty Finke for “Araber Journal”:  In early 1980, Jezabel shared the fate of many of her two-legged countrymen and had to leave the country in a hurry. Being owned by the Royal Horse Society, she was technically the property of Shah Reza Pahlevi, who’s reign was abruptly ended by the … Read more

Here is a side-on photo of Barakah (Ibn Manial x Gamalat, by Ibn Samhan) and 2 headshots. This photo was taken at the Kingswills’ Gordonville Stud by Ian Thompson. I’m not sure how old Barakah is in the photo, but her full-grown daughter Gordonville Zahara (1956 – 1966) was also pictured that day. Sadly, Zahara … Read more

These are photos that accompanied two articles written by Kirsten and Bernd Radtke when they helped to document the Tahawy horses. If you allow for the odd typo, this could be the same stallion, but the photos tell a different story. The photo captions are as they appeared in the articles. Can anybody shed some … Read more

In the 1975 article “Famous Arabian Horses of Argentina”, Verónica Medda wrote: “The first arabian horse importation to Argentina was in the nineteen-hundreds. The most important importation was in the year 1892 when Mr. Hernán Ayerza personally travelled to the Middle East to select Arabian stock for his own stud. These horses were the anestors … Read more

Here is a photo of another member of the Barakah[imp] tail female line, the stallion Sidi Egyptian Storm. The line almost died with Baraka as a number of the imports contracted strangles. Here is the full story of the importation. Breeder: A.W.A. (Jack) Maritz Owner: Sanniesguns Boerdery Trust Photo provided by Raymond Schierschmidt Another photo. … Read more

I found these photos in the first edition of the Austrian stud book. Not the best quality, but at least it’s not an artist’s interpretation. Tohfa (Emam x Folla, by Ibn Barakat) 1962 arabian mare Breeder: Ahmed Hamza, Hamdan Stables Owner: Fatma Hamza, Cairo / Gustl Eutermoser, Arabergestüt Schieferegg Tail Male: Jamil El Kebir (APK) … Read more

I was on the trail of offspring of the Bábolna bred Hadban I (Hadban Inzihi x 24 Gazlan, by Gazlan), a stallion imported to Namibia in 1910. I got stuck into a stack of magazines and I found something unexpected. In the March 1958 edition of the Sankt Georg magazine is an article written by … Read more