Layth, Kuhaylan Khallawi, Syria

Layth, by Mahrous out of Hallah, was spectacular. He was the prototype of the masculine stallion. I had never seen a neck like that on a Syrian horse. Photo from my 1995 visit to Mustafa al-Jabri’s stud.

His strain goes back to the Khallawiyyaat marbat of the Ja’alifah of the Northern Shammar in Iraq, through the Tai. Anything from that marbat is now gone, I believe. I am not sure if the Khallawi strain is a branch of the Kuhaylan strain (the Abbas Pasha Manuscript says it is) or a strain of its own.

Below, one of his daughters, out of a Kuhaylat al-Wati mare, either Dawhah or one of her daughters. She was very impressive too. Photo from my last visit to Jabri’s, in 2000.

10 Replies to “Layth, Kuhaylan Khallawi, Syria”

  1. He has a better neck than Morafic. The neat thing about these Desert guys( horses) is that they don’t just have one good feature. In addition to his better than iv ever seen before neck, he also has a very good set of hindquarters, with tons of length and good strong stifles set well to the side. I’ll bet he could do High School movements with ease.
    best
    Bruce Peek

  2. I would like to add to the list of admirable characteristics that he has straight legs and short pasterns, which seem to be in a deficit in a lot of Western breeding programs, whether through inbreeding or lack of careful selection.

    This is the type of stallion that makes it very easy to see how Arabians could be the progenitors of Thoroughbreds in type.

    Do you remember who the grey horse in the third photo is/was?

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