Photo: PB Muahjid, 1992 Shuwayman Sabbah stallion in Chile
Miguel Acuña Álvarez has shared this photo of his foundation stallion, PB MUAHJID [pedigree] by the Ansata-sired Nasani and out of the imported Hamdan Stables mare Neveen, with whom he was with in-utero during her importation to Chile. Neveen’s dam was the 1963 Bint Folla II, and her dam was the Tahawi mare and Hamdan Stables foundation mare, Folla.
In the United States this is a rather rare line, as Bint Folla II is only felt through the mare Neveen, and Neveen had but one daughter to carry her line forth, the 1990 grey mare Amira Neveen, by the ubiquitous TheEgyptianPrince. Amira Neveen had several offspring: two stallions, 1996 Amir Farid and the 2010 Amer El Khalid LDV; and four mares, Sulayah LDV, Morocco LDV, X Quisite LDV, and Perla LDV, all bred by La Dulce Vida Arabians / Martha Suarez and born respectively in 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2008. So far, it appears that the only one of these 6 offspring to breed forward is Sulayah LVD, who foaled the mare Amira Jewel LDV in 2008, meaning that it’s been a decade since this line last saw a foal on the ground. There’s still time, but this is definitely cause to be a little worried.
The slightly better news is that while Neveen only had one foal in the USA to carry her line, in Chile, Miguel has successfully bred two of her foals to carry on, ensuring that – out of her 9 offspring – 3 managed to breed forth in asil breeding, PB Muahjid being one of them, and the other being the 1993 grey mare PB Mushka. Muahjid and Mushka make up the foundation of Miguel’s program, a double Folla and Folla tail female program whose most recent addition to the family is the mare Nueva Ortigosa Ghazala [pedigree], who two weeks ago was in the races and made a very good impression with the other Arabian horse folks at the tracks.
What a lovely horse! That is a very striking shade of chestnut, especially coupled with that firey mane and tail.
I do hope that the US line breeds on – it would be a pity to lose that branch of the family, especially as my understanding is that the Tahawi horses are very rare these days.
Thanks Kate for your words about my MUAHJID!
Everywhere I go today they do not ask me how I am, they ask me how is my “alazan tostado”(in Spanish dark chestnut).
But the best feature of him was how comfortable he was to ride, as well as its versatility: He won in halter; the liberty class; in endurance (in the photo before the first 100 miles in Chile in 1998 when he ended satisfactorily); and work on labor tasks as any other horse ranch.
Chilean National Champion Liberty Class 1996. Winner of halter class. He ran and finished endurance races of 100, 120 and 160 kms. He works on work tasks like any other horse ranch. It was a whole, just lacked to run in flat race because it did not exist for Arabs in his time.
Now in Chile we have his blood, Tahawy in several of his descendants, I need to facilitate contacts with breeders who have these bloods.
There’s something to be said for a horse that’s comfortable, that can work, that can move, and ALSO has good looks.
Don Miguel, buen día. Le escribo porque quería comunicarme con usted para preguntarle algo sobre el pedigree de éste portro, ya que yo tengo una hija de él. Agradeceré si me pudiera contactar de alguna manera. de antemano muchas gracias