More on the Hanad pedigree change in Davenports

Basically, a combination of recent genetic testing and historical research has shown that the Kellogg stallion Hanad (photo below), an existing Davenport sireline through his son Tripoli — headsire at Craver Farms — was a son of the Davenport desert-bred import *Azra instead of being a son of the Davenport desert-bred import *Deyr.

The genetic testing was led by Dr. Barbara Wallner of the University of Vienna veterinary institute; she is part of the team behind the advances in Y-DNA male line genetic studies (Remer 2022, Radovic 2024, etc), so an eminently credible source.

The historical research was done by Michael Bowling and the Cravers, based on primary sources (ownership transfer documents, registration applicaiton) as explained here, and is equally credible.

I witnessed it all unfolding, so I am very excited about this new Arabian horse (and Davenport) sireline. The breed needed it. One result of that switch is that the verified Deyr sireline that unfolds through Kamil Ibn Salan, Antez and Harara is down to a thread. There must be one or two males left from it.

2 thoughts on “More on the Hanad pedigree change in Davenports”

  1. Yes, it appears that the only two Davenport stallions with this sireline currently are Pal-Ara El Salan and Wilde Ivey Triton. What a bizarre turn of events!

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    • It also shows why preserving branches of a sire line/matriline is important. You never know when there might be a pedigree error, which might render an on-paper thriving line vulnerable.

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