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Jadah Bell of the Ball

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Here is the Kuhaylat al-‘Ajuz mare Jadah BelloftheBall (Invictus Al Krush x Belladonna CHF), tail female to *Nufoud who is currently at Craver Farms to be bred to Triermain CF and who belongs to Jeannie Lieb.

Nasty Note

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 I am especially pleased with how my little Wadd is turning out; the father-to-daughter inbreeding on Triermain was a gamble, and it paid off. I was worried about him turning out “too pretty”, as in “feminine”, but he’s looking just fine, so far. Those of you who have been following this blog for some time know that I really dislike … Read more

… and Wadd

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and here’s Wadd (Triermain x Wisteria by Triermain) who is 9 months old and who looks a lot like the rest of the family, especially his older brother Tantris, now dead, by Javera Thadrian.   

Photos of Anita Westfall — Monologue

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Yesterday Anita Westfall (photographer emeritus) was at Craver Farms and she took thousands of pictures. Anita is not a professional photographer, she does it just for fun, yet her name will come down in the breed’s hirtory as the creator of some of the Arabian breed’s most iconic shots, including these of Prince Hal (Tripoli x Dharebah), … Read more

In Cairo

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I am in Cairo for work, for the next few days, coming from Tunis. Very interesting time, horse wise and politics wise. I can’t say the same about the traffic though. I will never get used to it.

Lexington CF alive and well

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Abdur Rahman Mohamed is the new owner of Lexington CF (Regatta CF x Anthesis CF by Plantagenet) and he sent me these photos of his stallion, which the Davenport breeders community thought was lost in a West Virginia sale. Not professional shots (heck, none of the recent photos on this website are professional shots but I couldn’t care less), … Read more

Priority stallions

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There an ongoing email conversation between a number of us about coming up with a list of existing priority stallions of Davenport lines with no progeny so far, which should not be gelded if at all possible, or only gelded after being collected and frozen, following the recent gelding (for valid reasons) of a good … Read more

Sahara, ca. 1840 Kuhaylat al-Mimrah to Poland

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Not sure how clear this drawing of the mare Sahara is. She is the desert bred Kuhaylat al-Mimrah mare imported to Poland from Arabia in1845 by Count Julius Dzieduszycki, but don’t you think she looks an awful lot like the mare GH Janet (Thane x HB Diandra) at 0:21 in the youtube video here:    

Arabian Visions quote from Michael Bowling

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I am back in hotel room in Tunis after a long way at work, and I am looking at a copy of Al Khamsa Arabians III I brought with me to give to a friend in Egypt. I just came across a paragraph from an aticle by Michael Bowiling, reprinted from the Sept/Oct 1997 issue of Arabian Visions that I … Read more

Breeding, cont’d (2)

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Today, my 27 year old Ma’naqiyah Sbayliyah mare Dakhala Sahra (Plantagenet x Soiree by Sir) was bred to Monologue CF (Riposte X Soliloquy CF by Regency CF), through artificial insemination at Tom and Jess Maiyer’s in Galion, OH. If she conceives, there will be an embryo transfer to one of the Maiyer’s mares. This is a foal I have … Read more

Breeding

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Today the magnificent Clarion CF (Regency CF x Chinoiserie CF by Dharanad) owned by  Kirby Drennan bred the Kuhaylat al-Krush mare Cinnabar Myst (ASF David x Mystalla by SL Jacob).

Unpublished *King John photo

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Bill Cooke gave Jeanne Craver permission, who gave me permission to use this previously unpublished *King John photo, courtesy the Arabian Horse Trust collections at the International Museum of the Horse in Lexington. He was a Saqlawi Jadran from the marbat of Dari al-Mahmud, Shaykh of Zawba’ Shammar in Abu Ghraib. This was the best … Read more

Jadah Selma

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Bassam Hawarneh just informed me that the 2002 Hamdani Simri mare Jadah Selma (Paul Maud Dib x LR Jane by Maxxum CF), one of the last asil tail female descendants of the Blunt/Ali Pasha Sherif mare Sobha (Wazir x Selma) is now a riding horse in Alpharetta, GA. She is next on the Preservation Task … Read more

Early Preservation Success

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A lot has been taking place lately on the preservation front, which has not been appearing on this blog. It’s not quite for lack of time, it’s just that at some point this past year, I realized I needed to move from talking about things to helping get things done. And since a lot of … Read more

Ibn Fadl

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It’s the first time I see this photo of the 1946 Kuhaylan al-‘Ajuz stallion Ibn Fadl (*Fadl x Turfa). I can’t help but marvel at how great a mare this *Turfa was. Photo from Sporthorse-data.com. It’s heartening to know he was put to good use and sired at least 50 foals.  

Aramco World interview with Violet Dickson

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Check out this comprehensive and really lovely 1972 interview with Dame Violet Dickson (1896-1991), the wife of H.R.P. Dickson, British Political Resident in Kuwait from 1929-1936. It vividly describe the old way of life in this Eastern Arabian port, with a face to the sea and a face to the desert, and how modernization brought … Read more

Nureddin II Query

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Does anyone know anyone who knows anyone who did an update on Miss Ott’s list of Sub-List *Nureddin’s? The task is daunting, and I don’t want to reinvent the wheel. I am curious to see what’s left that is otherwise Al Khamsa eligible.. Just out of curiosity.

A future sire is born

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Kim Davis shared with me these photos of very promising young Kuhaylan al-Krush colt from her “marbat”. He is now about a month old is by her stallion HH Solstice Krush (Brass Band x Sarra Al Krushah)  and the mare HH Nadira Krush (RC Janub Krush x Naufali Al Krush).  

Upcoming Khamsat

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Just a dropping a couple of lines to say that I look forward to reading the upcoming Khamsat, which includes — an article  on Vanishing Lines (*Al Mashoor and Euphrates, represented by the mare Sarita Bint Raj), — ground-breaking research article by R.J. Cadranell about the Abbas Pasha mare Ghazieh (one of the best articles … Read more

Daughter of Baba Kurush / Krush Halba in Turkey

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Kurus, known in Turkey as Baba Kurus and in Lebanon as Krush Halba, was born in the Syrian desert in 1921, first became the foundation stallion of the racing-oriented Lebanese Arabian horse breeding program and was then exported to Turkey where he also founded the Turkish Arabian horse breeding program. Here a photo of a daughter … Read more

Aurene CF

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Ten days ago, on April 8th, Pamela Klein drove to Pine Grove PA, with her Kuhaylan Hayfi stallion Aurene CF (Triermain CF x Aureole CF by Fair Sir) pictured below, and he bred the Kuhaylat al-Krush mare Bint al-Barra (ASF David x Mystalla by San Luis  Jacob).  

Monologue is back

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Monologue CF (Riposte CF x Soliloquy CF by Regency CF) is coming along, and is closer to what he used to look like some years ago. I hope he will breed a couple mares this year.

Schiba, an American asil line in Europe

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The other day I was look at the remaining asil lines to the legendary stallion Hanad in the United States. I came across his lines through the mare Schiba (Hanad x Shilan by Antez), who was one of the foundation mares for the Krausnick’s Shar Char Farms. The line produced well for the Krausnicks (Mistlany, … Read more

Scarcity: Code Red

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The Al Khamsa Preservation Task Force has put together a “Code Red” list of the most endangered Al Khamsa bloodlines, which consists of those Foundation Horses (that is, desert-bred imports) that have less than 100 descendants alive today. Here is the link. By order of scarcity — and hence, emergency — these are those that … Read more

Breeding wishlist this spring

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It’s that exciting time of the year when one starts to make plans for breeding the mares, before budget constrains kick in.. and this year there are many more mares at the virtual Aldahdah stud.. So here’s the wish list: — K. Haifi: Javera Chelsea to Triermain CF, the next best alternative to full brother/sister mating … Read more

Djelid, Mukhallad stallion in France

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Following the discussion about the Jahir son Murad Ghazi, below, I found the following photos online, of his half brother Djelid (Jahir x Djenissa, by Doum x Djayda, by Shawani x Miloudia, by Moulouki x M’Rabbia, by Saadi x Hammada by Madani), a stallion in central France, who is bred very closely within the Mauvy … Read more

Bint Al Barra, 1991 Kuhaylat al-Krush, Canada/USA

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Trish Stockhecke’s two Krushat mares are now with me, on lease. I went to see them yesterday. Both are strongly built mares of the “Old American” type, with a pedigree straight out of the 1950s that also jumps back to the early 1900s in three or four generations. That’s how I like my pedigrees. Look … Read more

Arashk

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Hussain Ghashemi from Iran sent these pictures from Iran. Not an Arabian horse obviously, but a gorgeous specimen of an Iranian Turkmen horse.

Jackson’s stallion

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I have always admired the bright bay horse pictured on Jackson Hensley’s Bedouin Arabians website (one photo below, with Jackson’s daughter), without knowing who the horse was. Jackson, as an artist, emphasizes the essence of the Arabian horse more than it’s official identity, and this is perhaps why he does not mention the names of his … Read more

Salome, 1935 asil Shuaymah Sabbah from Algeria

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Voici une photo inédite prise sur le vif en 1949: la grande Salomé née à Tiaret en Algérie, fille de Bango DB et Maâna par Safita DB au soufflage! La scène se passe au haras de Sidi Bou Hadid en Tunisie, près de Bizerte. L’homme au béret n’est autre que l’amiral Anatole Cordonnier, c’est la seule photo de … Read more

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