Jadah Samirah, Samirahs Adlayah, Hamdani Simri mares, USA
Jadah Samirah (photo below), owned by Stephanie Theinert who sent me these two pictures, is a special, precious mare in many respects. This 1993 grey mare is one of the very last survivors of the Sheet’s Arabian Stud Farms (ASF) breeding program, which in the 1990s was one of the largest asil preservation programs in the USA, with a focus on rare lines.
She is by the wonderful ASF Hercules (ASF David x ASF Kera by Julyan), out of ASF Ubeidiya (ASF Ezra x ASF Euodia by ASF David). She carries some of the last lines ever to a number of original desert-bred Arabian imports to the UK and the USA, like Lord Russel’s *Mameluke (GSB), Captain Gaisford’s *Nedjran, Major Upton’s Kesia (GSB), and Homer Davenport’s *El Bulad and *Farha.
She also carries some of the last lines so great American bred horses of the past, which are no longer to be found in other asil Arabian lines, like: Gharis, Medina, Komet, Mershid, Niht and Larkspur. Jadah Samirah is truly a time capsule of Amercican Arabian breeding of the first part of the XXth century.
Jadah Samirah is also one of the four last representatives of the *Samirah line. *Samirah was a Hamdaniyah Simriyah of the horses of King Abdul Aziz Al Saud, acquired in 1931 by Albert Harris of Chicago through their mutual friend, Lebanese-American poet Amin Rihani.
The other remaining representatives of this precious and rare line from Saudi Arabia are her 2008 daughter Samirahs Adlayah (x Jadah Echos Amir) who is also owned by Stephanie (photo below), her 1988 dam ASF Ubeidiya, and her 1998 sister Jadah Kerasun (x ASF Raphael). The last two were recently rescued from a tragic situation by the Institute for the Desert Arabian horse.
Thanks Stephanie for these precious photos. Good to know these two mares are in your good hands.
This is fantastic news. ASF Ubeidiya remains with Pam Baker and has been bred to Salil Ibn Iliad (tail-female *Nufoud). We are hoping she will carry one more foal (THINK FILLY).
I’d like to be in touch with Stephanie re: these precious girls. Edouard – can you pass on my email to her, please?
Anita
Hi Anita, What about Jadah Kerasun, the blind mare? still alive?
Yes, she is. But she has not adjusted well to the now-complete blindness. She is still in Illinois, but while she can be handled, she will not lead out of her stall. She has friends (other horses, goats), but the smallest change in her situation sets off a bit of panic, and she won’t balance well for having her feet done. We’ve consulted with several folks who’ve managed blind horses, but this one seems not to have done the same sort of successful adaptation as others. Very worrisome.
Anita
Poor thing. I feel sorry for this mare.
poor thing…
I’m glad to hear Ubeidiya s doing well! She is a one of the sweetest mares. I have a picture of myself when I was about 5 with her and my mare jadah samirah! On the same note I am sad to heat about jadah kerasun another fine mare. I hope things look up for her and a safe delivery for Ubeidiya.
I have Jadah Kerasun and have found the perfect companion for her (an orphan arab filly that almost starved to death before coming to me and is now flourishing) and they are both doing very well. Researching how special Jadah really is has been fascinating. She is safe and well.
Laura this is wonderful news and you should consider breeding her and we will help you do so. Where are you located?
I am in Deerfield, WI. We have worked hard to figure out the best living situation for Jadah and never felt she’d do well being bred or having a foal, but as the Universe often does, it brought me the solution in the form the starving arab filly. I caught the filly happily nursing away on Jadah’s dry teats. Jadah looked the most content and relaxed since I’ve had her, letting the filly try to nurse. Jadah needs to be bred not only for her genetic rarity, but also for her happiness. I need your help with stallion choice. I’ve bred World level Paints for years so the process of foaling, etc I am skilled at. Please advise!
Dear Laura, we are running an Al Khamsa Preservation Task Force just for this purpose; one of the main task force members, Kim Davis, is just an hour away from you, in Capron IL; we talked; she would be happy to drive one of her stallions to you; that would most likely be Quantum LD, who would be an excellent match to Jadah Kerausun; look him up on the search function of this blog; you will see how striking he is; he is also a Kuhaylan Haifi by strain, and his Haifi tail female would come in handy to reinforce the blood of ASF David who is in your mares pedigree and is from the same female line… I will put you in touch with Kim directly..
Quantum LD is beautiful and what I had imagined in my mind an authentic Bedouin stallion to look like, not the distorted face of most of the Arabians I see. It was what I had hoped for with the tiny bit I’ve been able to learn so far. I am contemplating the actual breeding of Jadah and have been researching AI with fresh, frozen and cooled semen. I saw in one of your posts that Quantum LD is not registered to ship semen, but I have an excellent set of resources with repro specialists within 30 minutes of me, the University of WI-Madison and also Wisconsin Equine Clinic in Oconomowoc. I am wondering if it would be possible if necessary to collect and inseminate with both horses on the premises together if Jadah is frightened by the stallion? Light sedation could be used to get it done if needed. I think Jadah would trailer fine if in a stock trailer with Bella with her.
Just catching up with previous posts regarding the *Samirah tail female descendants. I am so happy to hear there is some hope of preserving these wonderful mares bloodlines!
Is this the same mare listed for free? Seems like she was on track with her life & preservation of rare lines. Has she been found not breeding sound?