Photos of the day: Mohalhil (1922) and Bango (1923)
These four rare photos of Mohalhil are courtesy of the late Billy Sheets. No idea where he got them from. Mohalhil was a grey Ma’naghi Sbayli bred by the Shammar tribe in 1922 and imported to Egypt in 1925, by Fawzan al-Sabik, who raced him there before presenting him Charles Crane in 1929. Crane imported him to the USA, where Mohalhil still has a very thin line.
Notice the striking physical resemblance between Mohalhil and another stallion that was featured on this blog, Bango. But the similarities in their backgrounds is even more striking.
Like Mohalhil Bango was a grey, desert-bred Ma’naghi Sbayli; like him he was bred by the Shammar tribe, at around the same time (Bango in 1923 and Mohalhil in 1922); like him he raced in Egypt.
True, Mohalhil background is similar with Bango. It is a very nice desert bred, I would have been very interested to see Mohalhil progeny…
Within the context of the time, one would suppose they were rather closely related?
I’ll hunt for some photos of *Mohalhil get and send them to Edouard.
I would think they would be, especially given the tendency of racehorse owners to buy the siblings and close relatives of race winners. But I cannot prove it.
Hello every body my name is Mesfer Fowzan Almesfer and my grand father abdullah almesfer he is the saudi official whome an arabian horse from saudia arabia to USA between 1928-1933 could any one help me where to find archieves or documentatin about this matter, as we do not have any documents related to this mission , at that time my father was not born and it was very basic poor developing country you can reach me with my cell phone
+966504437328
e-mail mesfer_mesfer@yahoo.com
Hello every body my name is Mesfer Fowzan Almesfer and my grand father Mr. abdullah almesfer is the saudi official man whome acompanied an arabian horse from saudia arabia to USA, as a gift from S.A. king abdullaziz between 1928-1933 could any one help me where to find archieves or documentation about this matter, as we do not have any documents related to this mission , at that time my father was not born and it was very basic poor developing country you can reach me with my cell phone
+966504437328
or alternatively
e-mail mesfer_mesfer@yahoo.com
i highly appreciate any information
and any cost for that i can cover
Thanks in advance