A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
“The Amir’s (Sa’ud Ibn Jiluwi) stables and manager, Qasr-al-Abid in background used as a prison, Saudi Arabia. Artist George Rendel. (Photo by Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)March 01, 1937.” استطبلات الأمير سعود ابن جلوي مع مديرها وخلفه قصر العبيد المُحوّل الى سجن”المصور جورج رِنِدلالصورة ملك الجمعية الجغرافية الملكية البريطانية عبر جيتي إماجزتاريخ الصورة 1 … Read more
Not sure I published this one before. It’s from the collection of Billy Sheets, which he left me.
I have long been a fan of *Al Hamdaniah, the desert-bred mare that was imported to the USA in 1947. This “bloody-shouldered” mare bred by Saudi prince Saud ibn ‘Abdallah ibn Jalawi, governor of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia — was the subject of the first entry on this blog, more than 16 years … Read more
He looks better each time I see him, if you can see past the mud and the winter coat. It’s not just his improving condition, but also his reaching maturity stage, at 8 years. He exactly what you would expect from his pedigree, the linebreeding to *Muhaira in particular. I am looking forward to what … Read more
I bought AAS Nelyo last July from Edie Booth as a potential outcross for my horses down the line. He is a ‘Ubayyan, from the line of *Mahraa, a 1943 mare of the horses of Sa’ud ibn ‘Abd Allah Ibn Jalawi Aal Saud, the governor of the oil-rich Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. I think … Read more