Introducing Sharif Al Arab, 2022 Ma’naqi Sbaili colt

It’s a colt — the third in a row from that Ma’naqi line. This morning Pippa went into labor and quickly delivered a healthy chestnut colt at Terry and Rosemary Doyle’s in Oregon. He is by Bashir Al-Dirri, Jenny Krieg’s excellent horse (below).

His name is Sharif Al Arab. Sharif means “distinguished, eminent, illustrious, noble, highborn, high-bred”, and he is all of that by birth.

Other than his tail male to Mesaoud, his Ma’naqi tail female to *Haidee and his high percentage of old Blunt blood, he is the last horse — together with his sire — to carry the bloodlines of early Arabian imports *Euphrates and *Al-Mashoor in Al Khamsa, and one of the last ones to carry lines to desert-breds *Leopard, *Mirage, and *Houran. These are quintessentially American lines of Arabian horses.

 

9 Replies to “Introducing Sharif Al Arab, 2022 Ma’naqi Sbaili colt”

  1. Congratulations! He looks to be a large, well conformed fellow. You have an embarrassment of riches in the Ma’naqi colt department ;-). Things could be worse.

  2. Congratulations on the safe delivery of a healthy colt! (And, yes, fingers crossed for a Ma’naqi filly in the future.)

  3. I like this boy. As young as he is, his carriage looks exceptional. All the parts I can see look good. Eye large and well down in the head. Very nice!

  4. The dam lines don’t get very far unless there’s compatible colts available, so this looks like a real resource.

  5. So exciting to see Bashir’s first get! And a good-looking little boy. Glad he and Pippa are doing well.

  6. Is this the purebred Arabian horse ( asil )
    I really want to know more about this stallion
    He looks different than those of Egyptian strain .

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