A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
The photo below comes from The Rider and Driver of 29 January 1921, and shows a young Jadaan, Jeremah and Beteyen, as well as Hamrah (in the inset oval), and Kokhle (misidentified as her dam Farha). The Rider and Driver also printed two articles on the Hingham horses. The first, from 10 November 1917, describes … Read more
I finally found a couple good photos of Marwah, the Saqlawiyah Jadraniyah of Ibn Amud. The top photo was taken at the entrance of Basil Jadaan’s old farm. Marwah was sired by the grey Hadban Enzahi of Fazaa al-Hadi al-Jarba, the son of the old bay Hadban Enzahi of Fazaa. Both Hadbans stood in Garhok … Read more
This desert-bred mare is a representative of the rare and precious strain of Rishan. She traces to a most ancient and authenticated marbat of the Rishan strain, that of Ibn Hathmi of the ‘Abdah section of the Shammar Bedouin tribe. Her breeder Ayid al-Fnaish obtained the line from Ibn Hathmi a few decades ago. Mustafa … Read more
Two more pictures from Sohaila and Ahwaz from Basil Jadaan.
It is that time of the year, and asil foals are starting to crop up everywhere. I just received these two photos of newborns at Basil Jadaan’s stud in Damascus, Syria (thanks Basil and Joe). They are representative of the latest generation of Syrian asils: pretty, expressive, and true to type. Their grandparents and great-grandparents … Read more