A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
اليكم اليوم صورة من أرشيفي أنشرها لأول مرة للفرس المعنقية السبيلية الشعلة “ريم” ذات الجمال الفتّان والأصل الطيّب والمسجلة بكتاب الانساب السوري باسم “أصيلة الصورة من تصويري في مزرعة ظافر عبد الخالق أبو أمين قرب حلب في التسعينيات و”ريم” (“أصيلة”) هي أم الفحلين الشهيرين “دينار” و”شدّاد” وأفاد الحاج دحّام العبد العلي النجرس من أهالي العشارة … Read more
If you haven’t already done so, check out the overview article by the late Carol Lyons, on “Drissula, One of a Kind”. Born in 1941, Drissula (Sultan x Ydrissa by Antez) is the only asil progenitor for the Ma’naghi Sbayli line of *Haidee, who was bred by the Sba’ah Bedouins and was imported to the UK in … Read more
Ma’anaqi Zudghum is one of the most respected marabet of Sbayli, owned by a Bedouin of the Sba’ah tribe called Zudghum. Dinar’s sire, the Hamdani Simri al-Aawar, was pictured in an earlier entry. This photo was taken by my father at Mustafa al-Jabri’s stud in Aleppo, where Dinar, then a growthy two and a half … Read more
Since it’s easier to share photos than write long articles, I thought I’d post this picture of one of my favorite Asil stallions from Syria. Shaddad (Marzouq x Asila), a Ma’naghi Zudghum (a prestigious branch of Ma’naghi Sbayli), is here pictured as a colt, with a groom and myself standing nearbyThe photo was taken at … Read more