Jabinta, 1969 Saqlawiyat al-Abd
Going through some photos on my smartphone, which has an admittedly nice sample of the horses I like. This is the outstanding Jabinta (Jadib x Bint Malakah by Subani), a 1969 Saqlawiyat al-‘Abd (*Wadduda line) and the maternal granddam of my Jamr Al Arab.
As my father would say in Lebanese Arabic, ya haik khail ya bala, which means: “either horses like this or none at all”.
I feel I can glimpse Jamr in her, but am not sure how much of that is me being led by the colour. Love the depth of her heartgirth.
She was a very tall mare
I wish I had better understood their breeding back when her two daughters, Serbinti and Jasahm, lived near me in the late 1980s – 1990s.
It’s striking to me that, even with two generals of Doyle stallions on top of that Davenport second dam, her head still reminds me very very strongly of the Davenports. I was just comparing the *Nufoud heads to the Davenport head in my pasture as my mother visited this weekend and was asking questions about them, and this mare just looks like Amala in the face. Much more Doyle-like body, though, I think.