Twelve Davenports of Christmas: *Hamrah and Eldar HD
For today, the 1904 Saqlawi al ‘Abd stallion *Hamrah, of whom much has been said previously, and his century-later echo, the 2004 Hamdani Simri stallion Eldar HD, bred by Michael Bowling.
In 2003, I wrote of the 22 year old Palisades CF, “I want a magic wand so I can have another twenty years with this horse.” Replied Michael, “I guess that’s what we breed them for.”
Interesting comparison, a large dose of Hamrah.
Michael what is DNA comparison? To me there seems a more
refinement to Eldar. Perhaps only the improve images via photo’s.
For me Tripoli was a Hamrah type. I wonder what their skulls would say? Am sure they would be close, all of them. Interesting study.
I would have liked to show you full-body shots of both horses, but I had to work with the pictures that were available, this not being picture-taking season in northern California. 🙂
Tripoli will show up a little later in the series.
Having been fortunate to see this boy several times since he was a colt, I can only say — he’s absolutely stunning in every part and in whole.
Anita
I saw a photo of Eldar as a foal. He just gets prettier and prettier, doesn’t he?