Dahjani Al Arab for 2022
This year I will be using for the first time frozen semen from one of the Syrian stallions now in France.
I chose Arnault Decroix’s Dahjani Al Arab (same prefix as my horses, by chance). He is a Kuhaylan Da’jaani from the old Syrian desert bloodlines I have known and loved for three decades (sheesh!).
He traces directly to the Kuhaylan Da’jaani marbat of Ahmad al-Taha, the Shaykh of the large Juhaysh tribe in Northern Iraq. This is the same breeder as El Nasser’s, the Kuhaylan Da’jani which Egypt’s Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) used in the 1940s. These bloodlines are quite prized for racing in Syria today. Just look at the striking similarity between El Nasser and Dahjani Al Arab, 80 years apart.
I am still hesitating on whether to using him on Wadha (a problem breeder) or Barakah (a young mare). Perhaps the latter, because I have already wasted precious Bahrain semen on Wadha. What do you think Jeanne?
I can’t tell you my advice. I just hope that whichever mare you choose settles well and gives you a precious filly.
That’s so exciting, Edouard!
Fingers crossed that it all works out. I’ll be keeping a close eye on your progress.
How exciting! May you have a successful breeding, whichever mare you pick, and may she produce a lovely healthy foal for you. El Nasser and Dahjani al Arab are certainly very similar in appearance, with beautiful masculine faces and strong legs. Do other horses from the marbat share this sort of conformation?
They do. An article about this marbat is overdue.
Best of luck with the breedings!!!
Hey , I have a question
Why it is really hard to see a purebred Arabian horse
And why there are so many Egyptian Arabian horse
Egyptians have become really popular in the past 20 years or so, while other branches of Arabian horse breeding have declined. So it’s both in absolute and relative terms.
One reason is very effective marketing by Egyptian horse breeders since 1959.