From Segario 1902 to Munir 2024
Somehow I had never seen this photo of Spencer Borden’s stallion Segario, an important sire in early American Arabian horse breeding. Someone posted them on allbreedpedigree.com. He is in the pedigree of Mayassa Al Arab, and of her son Munir Al Arab (by Pulcher Ibn Reshan), photo below. Munir belongs to Debbie Mackie, who’s been leasing Mayassa from me for several years now. There are seven generations and 122 years between Segario (b. 1902) and Munir (b. 2024).
I have another few photos of Segario as a young horse in a Flickr account I was using for a while —
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30078243@N07/43778904245/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30078243@N07/43751194825/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30078243@N07/44660240371/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30078243@N07/44660240021/
I also particularly liked the description of him in this one — https://www.flickr.com/photos/30078243@N07/44660239891/ — “His color is a perfect chestnut and he shines like burnished copper.” A bit like Mayassa herself, no?
Yes she is like that too as an adult, depending on the season. When she was younger, she was a dark liver chestnut. TBH, the main reason behind breeding her to her half-brother Firebolt was to try to retain this coat color by doubling the Clarion.