Superb Mahboub Halep
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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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?