Looking for Cealie (mare, b. 1987)
The 1987 black mare Cealie (Haziz Halim x Bint Alliette, by *Adhem out of Alliette, by Hallanny Mistanny out of *Lebnaniah) is the last asil descendent of the mare *Lebnaniah, a grey Ma’naghiyah imported from Lebanon by W.R. Hearst to the USA in 1947.
The Arab Horse Association Datasource shows Cealie as being last owned by John and Sharon Campbell Bower of 8042 Rivergreen Dr. Everta, California 95626, who have since moved elsewhere. Cealie produced a gelding with a Polish “Arabian” in 1998, and might still be alive. If so, she would be 23.
She was bred by Dr. Richard J. or Arlene Kuhn 26969 Ladera St. Redlands, CA 92373, who also bred and owned the 1987 stallion Aliziz (by Haziz Halim out a full sister of Bint Alliette). Below is a photo of Haziz Halim (*Ansata Ibn Halima x Serenity Shahrabi, by Serenity Osiris), the sire of both Cealie and Aliziz, Haziz Halim, was bred by Dr. Gradin, or Corvallis, Oregon.
If anyone knows how to locate these two couples of breeders as well as Cealie and Aliziz, please get in touch with me: ealdahdah@hotmail.com. There is an ongoing effort to submit *Lebnaniah for inclusion in the Al Khamsa Roster, but there needs to be descendants known to be living. So far only the Hearst import *Layya, a Ubayyah, has been added to the Al Khamsa Roster. There are possibly living descendants of a third Hearst import, *Bint Rajwa, but I need to confirm this.
*Lebnaniah passed both her board and advisory council votes – IIRC, either unanimously or darn close to it, so she’s half way through the Al Khamsa roster proposal approval process…
No we need to find these two last horses tracing to her.. not an easy task
Joe Ferriss had some ideas – I will follow up with him on this.
I purchased a horse named Exclaim Haziz who was bred by Joe Gradin of Gradin Arabians. Are you looking to speak with Joe or were you referring to the other two breeders; Campbell Bower or Kuhn?
The mare in question is Cealie, who was tail female to *Lebnaniah and probably the very last chance Al Khamsa had at preserving that tail female line. I can’t speak for what Edouard had managed to track down or who he spoke toward, but I imagine that if none of these breeders were located in the decade since this post, it may be indeed be useful to speak to Mr. Gradin and see if he might be able to connect with either the Kuhns or the Campbell Bowers. I doubt the mare is still alive or in breeding shape, but it’s always possible she had an unregistered and otherwise eligible daughter…
it’s a long shot, but worth trying, because the line is Al Khamsa now..