Magazine article about the horses of the Aramco families

Some two years ago, Jenny Krieg located this interesting article in a magazine for Aramco US expatriates to Saudi Arabia. It has a lot of photos which the Arabian horse community had not seen before. Among these is the cover photo (below) of the magazine featuring the famous mare Sindidah, ridden by a young “Aramcon” near the Abqaiq gated community in 1958.

The article chronicles the memories and adventures of Aramco horse-riding families tfrom the late 1940s through the 1960s. These families were typically interested in riding and enjoying the horses with their children, and caress less about the origins and provenance of their horses, other than these “having a royal connection” or coming “from the Bedouin”. A few horses are named for their strains: Kuhaylan, Hamdani, Obayya.

The second part of the article is here. It features a photo of Jalam (mispelled Jamal) Al Ubayyan never seen before.