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.
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.
can I have an embarassment of riches in the Ma’naqi filly department?
Congratulations on the safe delivery of a healthy colt! (And, yes, fingers crossed for a Ma’naqi filly in the future.)
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!
What a handsome lad!! Congratulations!!!
The dam lines don’t get very far unless there’s compatible colts available, so this looks like a real resource.
So exciting to see Bashir’s first get! And a good-looking little boy. Glad he and Pippa are doing well.
Is this the purebred Arabian horse ( asil )
I really want to know more about this stallion
He looks different than those of Egyptian strain .
of course he is asil. I don’t breed anything else but asil.