I am so happy with how true to his origins he has proven to be. One of my favorite arm-chair horse activities has been to trace his pedigree as far back as possible. Photo by Severine Vesco.
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I am so happy with how true to his origins he has proven to be. One of my favorite arm-chair horse activities has been to trace his pedigree as far back as possible. Photo by Severine Vesco.
He has at least four lines to Abu Ketf, the crippled Saglawi Marzakani of Nimr al-Saadi (and father of the old greay Saqlawiyah mare in an earlier entry).
Also, in his sire line, the Kuhaylan al-Wati of Diab al-Sbeih is not the son of a Saqlawi ibn Bisra of Diab al-Sbeih, but of another Kuhaylan al-Wati of Hakim al-Ghishm.
Hakim gave a daughter in marriage to a son of Diab (or some marriage alliance of the like), and a Kuhaylah al-Wati mare of Hakim’s and her iron grey son went along as dowry. The son, also by a Kuhaylan al-Wati became a stallion, and sired Mahrous, Efrieh, Al-Simrieh, the Ubayyan Suhayli of ‘Atnan al-Shazi who sired Al-Jazi, and others. He then escaped and crossed the Iraqi border with a group of mares, where they became feral.
Saqlawi Marzakani again, I see!
The story of the Kuhaylan al-Wati of Diab al-Sbeih sounds like something out of a book. Were he and his mares ever recaptured?
see the most recent blog entry!
Might there ever be the possibility of frozen semen available to the US from Mahboub Halep?