Promising Ma’naqi colt Shaykh Al Arab
DeWayne Brown visited the horses at Terry and Rosemary Doyle’s farm in Alfalfa, OR the other day. He sent me these two pictures of my Ma’naqi Sbayli colt Shaykh Al Arab (Tamaam DE x DaughterofthePharaohs by Chatham DE), who is now 15 months old. He has many barn names: Terry calls him Naj, Rosemary calls him Notch, and DeWayne calls him Eddy. I call him Shaykh.
I have seldom seen such strong barrel, deep girth and round rib cage on an Arabian yearling, at least not in the USA. My friend Pienaar Du Plessis from South Africa said the same thing. I feel it’s worth to wait to see him grow. He is the first colt in the second picture, the third is his maternal uncle Shaman, who is a couple months younger. Long live the Ma’naqis.
Oh I LIKE him! Pippa produced a gorgeous colt!
I am excited to watch this one grow. He looks like he might be a powerfully compact package.
I’d say your best colt produced so far Edouard. Congratulations! And to think, at one time, the Ma’naqi blood was not celebrated.
Both Shaykh and Shaman look to be very nice colts. I look forward to their futures.