Two photos of Darak upon departure from his old home and arrival to this new one. Top photo by Marion Wassilewski, bottom photo by Jeanne Crousaud. Darak, bred by Danah stud is so rich in the Kuhaylan Jallabi blood, even by Bahraini standards. His sire is Jellaby Radad, his dam’s sire is Jellaby Mojaahid M151, and his granddam’s sire is Jellaby Alasil 274. Also, the maternal grandsire of his sire, Jellaby Kher M45, is a personal favorite. Darak is also notable in that he traces three times and rather closely, to the 1958 stallion Mlolshaan Almarshoosh M37 (photo below). He also traces six times to Hamdaany Riyadh, a gift stallion from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Sh. Mohammed bin Salman Aal Khalifah in the 1960s. Hamdaany Riyadg could have added a second sireline in Bahraini but unfortunately it didn’t happen.
Jens Sannek shared this photo of Sitah D1 which Erika Schiele had given him in 1976. The photo was taken earlier. Note the huge eye, and the body and overall quality reminiscent of another desert mare, *Turfa.
The late Danah Al Khalifah wrote in Volume 1 of the Amiri Arabian Studbook of Bahrain that “the breeding program at Danah Farm is centered around the foundation mare SITAH, ‘Hamdaniah Feisul’ and her offspring. Sitah’s history is documented from the time she was acquired as a two year old filly in 1964, at the Najd encampment of Emir Abdulla bin Saud. It was stated by the caretaker of the horse herd that Sitah was bred by Crown Prince Feisal bin Abdul Aziz, and was out of a Hamdaniah Ghiam mare of the horses of Al Saud, and by a stud stallion Saqlawy El Njemy from the horses of Al Rasheed.” She also wrote the following in a 1975 issue of Arabiana (article scan courtesy of Laura), on the circumnstances of Sitah’s acquisition: “After a futile horse buying trip to Riyadh, on our way back to Dhahran, we discovered a small band of horses grazing in the desert, belonging to Emir Abdulla bin Saud. We went to see them and found that three of the mares were going to be disposed of […]. Three mares were pointed out to us, a Kuheilah, Obeyan and a Hamdanieh […M]y husband and daughter…
To the right, Diva (Jellaby Mojaahid X Mabrooka by Jellaby Alasil x Sitah d.b.); in the middle, Danika (Rabdaan Muttaawi x Deede by Ibn Sitah x Mabrooka), in the background, Hamdanieh Dania (Rabdaan Farajallah x Danika). Hamdanieh Dania coming to the USA for Lyman Doyle. Marion Wassilewski