Desert Heritage n.49 2020 by Alim editrice

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naDeer Al rashediaH ZT FAA’IQ | NK NADINE

BREEDING SEASON 2020 nasEEM Al RashediaH

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“"Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.. . "”

AL ADEED AL SHAQAB | NABAWEYA EZZAIN

Standing at Jadem Arabians

Standing at Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi & Mr. Rashed Al Jasmi Director: Ms. Eileen Verdieck www.alrashediahstud.com General manager: Mr. Franck Boetto eileen@alrashediahstud.com franck@alrashediahstud.com Phone: +1 720 369 0640 Phone: +973 6693 3839

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ZT FAA’IQ | NK NADINE

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naDeer Al rashediaH naDeer Al rash ediaH Jamil AlSEASON rayyan BREEDING 2020 ZT FAA’IQ | NK NADINE ANSATA HEJAZI | DANA AL RAYYAN

BREEDING SEASON 2020 Standing at Jadem Arabians Standing at Jadem Arabians Mr. Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi & Mr. Rashed Al Jasmi Director: Ms. Eileen Verdieck www.alrashediahstud.com General manager: Mr. Franck Boetto eileen@alrashediahstud.com franck@alrashediahstud.com Phone: +1 720 369 0640 Rahman Al Jasmi & Mr. Rashed Mr. Abdul Al Jasmi Phone: +973 6693 3839 www.alrashediahstud.com

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naDeer Al rashediaH naDeer AlSEASON rash ediaH BREEDING 2020 naDeer Al Rash ediaH ZT FAA’IQ | NK NADINE

photo by Gregor Aymar

“"Some Achieve Greatness"”

ZT FAA’IQ | NK NADINE ZT FAA’IQ | NK NADINE

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Amani Al RashediaH

photo by Gregor Aymar

NADEER AL RASHEDIAH | AYANNA AL RASHEDIAH by LAHEEB AL NASSER

joury Al RashediaH NADEER AL RASHEDIAH | JOUD AL RASHEDIAH by RASHDAN AL RASHEDIAH

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www.arabi-egiziani.it “If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their bodies, then their true beauty is hidden from you” Al-Mutanabbi ‫( بيطلا وبأ‬915 a.C.) Arab poet

TRE BALZANE STUD ~ ITALY HOME OF SELECTED STRAIGHT ARABIAN HORSES IN UMBRIA Elisabeth Auer, Stud Manager, with TB Horeya (Nil del Guado x TB Hejaziya)

Monika Savier, CEO

“WATER IS THE BEST AT THE SOURCE” Since 1987 we started breeding and riding Arabian horses at Tre Balzane Stud in Italy. In 1992 we have specialised in breeding of Straight Egyptian Arabians, growing up on our green pastures. Many of them have been sold all over the world and I hope very much that they are doing well, otherwise it would not make sense for me to continue breeding Arabian horses. Here are some pictures for you from the last 10 years. Many thanks to all customers and friends who have bought our horses and hopefully have a lot of pleasure with them. Today you can see broodmares of the 3rd and 4th generation and their offspring at my stud. Visitors are welcome by appointment. Stay well! Monika Savier

HOME OF SELECTED STRAIGHT ARABIAN HORSES IN UMBRIA TB HEBA

(NK SHARAF EL DINE X TB HASNA)

TB HASNA

(KEN MAHBUB X SULIFAH)

TB HEJAZIYA

(RAMSES X TB HASNA)

TB HELWA

(IBN EL NIL X TB HASNA)

www.arabi-egiziani.it TB FAYZA

(JAMIL AL RAYYAN X TB HELWA)

TB ALIA

(AL ADEED AL SHAQAB X TB HEBA)

TB GHAZI

(NK MAHIR X JKB GABROUKA NILE)

TB HAFID EL NIL (IBN EL NIL X SULIFAH)

TB HEKAYA (

(RAYYAN AL NAIF X TB HEBA)

HOME OF SELECTED STRAIGHT ARABIAN HORSES IN UMBRIA TB MUNEERA

TB HALIMAH

(NK HAFID EL NIL X MIA MOUNA)

(RASHID GUASIMO X TB HASNA)

TB HELWA

(IBN EL NIL X TB HASNA)

TB ASHHAL

(AL ADEED AL SHAQAB X TB HELWA)

www.arabi-egiziani.it TB JALE

(NEBRAS AL RAYYAN X INSHA SHABILAH)

TB MAHA

(NASEEM AL RASHEDIAH X TB MUNEERA)

TB YASIR

(SALAA EL DINE X SULIFAH)

TB NEVINE

(NASEEM AL RASHEDIAH X LADIVA NOOR)

TB SAMIA

(TB SAHEM X DIVA SHALIMA)

TB SHIRIN (NK MAHIR X DIVA SHALIMA)

All photos by Joanna Jonientz jonientz@web.de

TB SURIYAH (TB HAFID EL NIL X F SHAKIRAH)

HOME OF SELECTED STRAIGHT ARABIAN HORSES IN UMBRIA TB SHEBA

TB HILAL

TB JAMIL

(NK HAFID JAMIL X TB HEBA)

TB SAHEM

(AL WHAID EL DINE X SULIFAH)

TRE BALZANE STUD MONIKA SAVIER

Via Ruicciano, 15 I â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 06044 Castel Ritaldi (Perugia) Mobile: +39 335 5235135 Email: savier@arabi-egiziani.it Stud Manager: Elisabeth Auer +39 346 9818427

Graphic design: Mario Brunetti

(TB SAHEM X INSHA SHABILAH)

(NIL DEL GUADO X TB HASNA)

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AHLAM AL AMIN (El Thay Moufid x Omneya Al Hayah) photo by Joanna Jonientz

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Orienta Adeeba Photo: Judith Wich-Wenning

(Shamekh Aldanat x Orienta Aysha by Al Adeed Al Shaqab) straight Egyptian filly, born 2017 Breeder & Owner: Orienta Arabians, Germany

Orienta Adnan Photo: Judith Wich-Wenning

(Fahad Al Rayyan x Orienta Aysha by Al Adeed Al Shaqab), colt born 2018

Orienta Arabians Judith Wich-Wenning Eichenbuehl 26, 96352 Wilhelmsthal, Germany Tel.: ++49 (0) 9260 9639022 - E-mail: JudithWich@t-online.de www.OrientaArabians.com - Straight Egyptians -

Al Amin Stud The Return and the Renaissance of the Dahman Shahwan Strain to Egypt n by Tarek Hamza and Monika Savier

“If I could choose only one strain to keep my stud farm going, I would choose Al Dahmah!” (Ali Pasha Sherif, Cairo 1880)

in Cairo

Al Farabi Mennatallah Al Farabi Mennatallah tracing on the sire line to Ruminaja Ali and on the dam line to Serenity Sonbolah 18 â&#x20AC;˘ Desert Heritage Magazine

Al Dahmah’s Legacy It is thanks to the breeders Mohamed Amin and Peter Gross that Al Dahmah’s legacy has now regained a foothold in Egypt and that for a period of almost 20 years now, a substantial herd of horses, most of which are descendants of this mare, have always had a home in Al Amin Stud. Ali Pasha Sherif (1834 - 1897) was an Egyptian government official and a renowned breeder of Arabian horses during the late 19th century. In December 1860, Ali Pasha Sherif purchased approximately 30 horses of the original Abbas Pasha I stock, ultimately owning four hundred horses by 1873. The love of Ali Pasha Sherif for his mare Al Dahmah, 140 years ago, was not unfounded. She was not only a desert mare of the best Bedouin breeding and of noble descent; no she was a desert flower who founded her own

dynasty, which spread all over the world through her granddaughters Sabah and Farida. The Bloodstock offspring of Abbas Pasha I and Ali Pasha Sherif were the later foundation mares and stallions of the Royal Agriculture Society (RAS), which was later renamed the Egyptian Agricultural Organization (EAO). In the state stud EL ZAHRAA these horses found a new home from the 1950ies until today. But the noble Dahman Shahwan horses were mostly exported to the USA and Germany in the 1960ies. These bloodlines contributed to emphasize the importance of Egyptian Bloodstock of Arabians. Too late it was recognized in Cairo that this gap in the stud farm was not so easy to close. The loss was painful for the new generations of breeders in the land of the Straight Egyptians. But thanks to the transnational breeding cooperation of

Borhan Al Amin (Shaah El Kharafi x Bint Omneyah El Hayah)

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Mohamed Amin and Peter Gross, the genetic pool, offspring of the old noble lines from the century before last, came back to Cairo after almost 50 years in the diaspora in the USA and Germany. Not only the pure Dahman Shahwan breeding was now continued, but also the successful combination of Dahman Shahwan and Saklawi lines are part of the breeding strategies at Al Amin Stud in the desert around of Cairo. The stud has accepted the challenge to support the preservation of the heritage of the Egyptian kings. Al Amin stud wants to continue the Egyptian tradition of pure breeding of beauty, nobility and performance.

Adam Al Amin (Amal Al khaled x Assialah Al Amin) is a very promissing colt, descending from the family of Omneyah El Hayah and tracing back to Moheba II

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Salman Al Marbat (Ezz Ezzain x Ghazallah) is a stallion at the stud tracing back to Bint El Bataa family

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Moheeb Al Amin

Monafes Al Amin

(Moheeb Al Amin x Mashuga Al Amin)

(Sheikh Mahboub x Molesta I)

Ashaab Al Amin (Amal Al Khaled x Ahlam Al Amin) 22 â&#x20AC;¢ Desert Heritage Magazine

Bint Omneyah Al Amin (Al Nakeeb x Omneyah El Hayah)

Meeram Al Amin (Amal Al Khaled x Mariya Al Amin)

Mazzika Al Amin (Amal Al Khaled x Ola Al Amin)

Momtaza a two years old filly out of Mounira Al Amin

Baheya Al Amin (El Thay Moufid x Boushra Al Amin)

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Mesteka Al Amin (Ansata Al Murtajib x Moheba Merlina)

Awrak El Yasmine Al Amin (Salman El Marbat x Awrak Al Ward)

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History and Breeding Strategy of Al Amin Stud Observing many breeding farms for Arabian in Egypt, it can be said that Al Amin stud is somewhat unique in Egypt since it has been established on the basis of a cooperation between Mohamed Amin and one of the famous German Arabian horse breeders, Peter Gross. Peter Gross agreed to relocate his horses to Egypt, where he decided to continue his breeding plans. Actually, one can notice the influence of the Dahman Shahwan strain on this breeding program through the mare Moheba II by Ghazal out of Malacha, and the impact of her very typey son Madkour 1 which can be found in almost every pedigree on the farm. In fact, this program has managed to achieve a very distinct and uniform look for its Arabians. Several reasons have contributed to this distinctive look, among them, for instance, the fact that Peter Gross, like many other German breeders, has been breeding Arabians for many years within a closed population genotype, in

addition to the fact that most of his horses are tracing back to the same family of Moheba II and her full sister Malikah. In this respect, it has to be mentioned that right from the beginning of this partnership, the partners had in mind to try the experiment of outcrossing some of the mares with external stallions. One of the first trials was breeding the mare Mabrukah to the famous stallion NK Hafid Jamil. This mating turned out to be a very successful cross, blending the Katharinenhof bloodlines of Dr. Hans Nagel with the classical Dahman type of Peter Gross, giving birth to a very typey filly named Mashuga Al Amin who later became an elite mare of the farm and indeed one of the best producing of all broodmares of the stud. Afterwards, Peter Gross decided to breed his famous mare Molesta II by Mahadin and out of Molesta I known for her exquisite head with Arif Al khaled and the result was,

Moaaz Al Amin (Tagweed EAO x Mahboubaty) Moaaz Al Amin is a colt by the famous Tagweed of the EAO 26 â&#x20AC;˘ Desert Heritage Magazine

Mashuga Al Amin one of the elite mares of the farm by Nk Hafid Jamil out of Mabrukah bred by Peter Gross and tracing back to Moheba II

Misk El Nile Amin (Al Farabi Mennatallah x Mesteka Al Amin) Desert Heritage Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ 27

Hemaya Al Amin (Moulay Pasha x Hekayah Al Amin) Hemaya Al Amin is one of the outstanding mares of the farm going back to the EAO mare Shahesta acquired by Mohamed Amin and descending from the Bint Rustem branch of the Hadban Enzahi strain

Ashqaa Al Amin

Ayda Al Amin

(Monafes Al Amin x Mashuga Al Amin)

(Al Farabi Mennatallah x Alya Al Amin)

Alya Al Amin has several cross to Ruminaja Ali and traces back to the mare Nazeera of the koheilan Rodan strain

again, a very special chestnut filly: Molesta III, who won the filly championships of El Zahraa show in 2013 and was later sold to Kuwait. In fact, these two trials greatly encouraged Al Amin stud to further explore the outcome of outcrossing these Dahman broodmares with some original EAO stallions. Knowing Mohamed Amin, one can immediately feel that to him, this idea of outcrossing his mares with El Zahraa horses appeared to be very plausible and would easily captivate all his thoughts, since he is a big supporter of El Zahraa stud farm and is very keen to preserve such national heritage. His

great approval to this outcross idea is also strongly linked to Mohamed Aminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purchase of a very nice filly from an El Zahraa auction, Awrak El Ward who is of the Hadban Enzahi strain, by Gabour and out of Nahawand tracing back to the Maysouna family, which emphasizes the good qualities of El Zahraa breeding stock. One must say that Mohamed Amin was very lucky to be able to acquire this filly, as it is not always the case to find such a good quality in an auction. Quickly, this filly was introduced to the band of broodmares at the farm and even though she is of a different type, one can notice some very good points

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Omneyat Al Amin (DF Samid x Adwana)

Manar Al Amin

Alwan Al Amin

(Shafea EAO x Maaly Al Amin)

(Shafea EAO x Ahlam Al Amin) owned by Marion Richmond of Simeon stud

on her that can complement this breeding program. Knowing that the outcross plan may take some time, Mohamed Amin decided to cut the story short and to undergo his own experiment using some EAO stallions on his broodmares. The choice fell on using three chief sires descended from the Moniet El Nefous family.

The results were astonishing and it looks like this was a perfect match. Hence, going back to the origin was not a bad idea. It permits to benefit from a lot of good points of other strains and families. In 2019, a very exquisite filly was born out of this new combination: Alwan Al Amin by the EAO stallion Shafea, who is

Ahlam Al Amin one of the lite mares by El Thay Moufid out of Omneyah Al Hayah tracing back to Moheba II

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Mariya Al Amin (El Thay Moufid x Miriya) Mariya Al Amin traces back to Maboubah family

A Filly out Mariya Al Amin

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Petra Al Amin (Sheikh Al Kharafi x Mahboubaty Al Amin)

a Tagweed son, and out of the elite mare Ahlam El Amin, a daughter of the famous Omneya El Hayah and tracing back to the Moheba II family. This filly was purchased by Marion Richmond of Simeon stud and was on her way to Australia in May 2020. This mare Ahlam El Amin has never made a single mistake. She consistently produced very nice colts and fillies of very high quality. Mohamed Amin has a big faith in this mare and he decided to retain a very special colt out of her, called Ashaab Al Amin, for his future breeding plans. In April 2020, another filly was born from the same mare by crossing to another

EAO stallion, Hasem who is a son of the famous Rawwah and out of the elite EAO mare Mobtasema. This combination tested by Al Amin stud seems to be working very well and gives us a strong hope to see a good continuity for this breeding program in Egypt. In addition, Mohamed Amin has always had a strong belief in the importance and big influence of Ruminaja Ali as a straight Egyptian sire line. Hence, in 2018 he decided to acquire from a friend a grandson of that sire line: Al Farabi Menatallah by Al Hattal

Awrak El Zahr (Hasem EAO x Awrak El Ward EAO) owned by Mohamed Amin

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Awrak Al Ward a precious fleabitten mare bred by the EAO purchased by Mohamed Amin, a daughter of Gabour out of Nahawand showing the strong motion of the Hadban Enzahi strain. Is a mare of overall good conformation and balance tracing back to the Maysouna family

A colt out of Awrak Al Ward and Wassaf from the EAO

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Manial Al Amin (Ansata Safeer x Molesta II)

Mennatallah, and out of Zt Mizwalah tracing back to the famous Kuheilan Rodaniyah mare Om El Saad via her renowned granddaughter Serenity Sonbolah. The aim of choosing this particular outcross bloodline is to continue focusing on breeding well-balanced horses, by increasing the general height as well as adding longer legs and longer necks to the program. The immediate results are very encouraging. This cross worked really well and a very promising colt named Misk El Nile was born by this new stallion. Misk El Nile is out of Mesteka Al Amin tracing back to the Malikah family, and he will be kept as a future sire for the farm. Another two special fillies have just been born by the same stallion, out of Mona Al Amin and Horayah Al Amin. The outcome so far is very good and we are still waiting for more results. As a matter of fact, one can reveal that this outcross breeding philosophy seems to be fitting a lot with this program adding new beneficial elements that can

sustain the future of Al Amin program. Moreover, we are glad to know that Mohamed Amin is trying to be always very selective in his choices while conducting this outcross breeding concept in order to maintain the quality and type of each family. q

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Interview with Mohamed Amin Mr. Amin, what fascinates you about the Straight Egyptian Arabs? How did it all start? There is no limit to the beauty of the Straight Egyptian Arab Horse. What fascinates me most about them is their beauty, originality, charisma, and history. To understand the true spirit of the Straight Egyptian Arab Horse, you need to go back to the 13th century, the time of Sultan Qalawun who started breeding Arabian horses from Najd; then Sultan Barquq who owned about 7000 Arabian horses; and then Mohamed Ali Pasha who was not only a big fan of Straight Egyptian Arab horses but was also known as a ruler who successfully built good relations with Saudi Arabia. He sent his son Ibrahim Pasha to Saudi Arabia in order to help them sort out some of their internal affairs. The Saudis in return wanted to grant Ibrahim Pasha a favor too. He asked the Saudis to get the records of the Najdi pedigrees and he started to buy from them. After that, the royal families in Egypt started to collect the best horses to compete against one another. You’ve always had a strong connection with El Zahraa, the state stud. Is it your love for the Egyptian culture

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and history that you wanted to cultivate through breeding, or were there some horses in the stud that sparked your love for this breed? The royal family decided to establish a stud for Egypt called Kafr Farouq, and to donate their horses to this stud. After the Egyptian revolution, this stud was then named ‘Al Zahraa’ stud and became governmental. Al Amin Stud’s relationship with El Zahraa is very strong and goes back more than 25 years, because the Egyptian state stud is the only stud in the world which owns a large number of old Najdi horses, known today as ‘Straight Egyptian Arab Horses’! Our attention and cooperation as Al Amin Stud to El Zahraa is the only road of heritage we choose to take, as I was convinced this heritage deserves careful maintaining and passionate promotion. And through good practice, this path we took proved to be a mine of gold. Al Amin Stud started its breeding program of Arabian Horses in the early 1990ies with horses from El Zahraa and a filly out of Bint Molesta. The cooperation with Peter Gross has brought you a certain advantage here in Egypt, because an old Egyptian line, which nearly no longer exists in El Zahraa, came back to Cairo. How did your breeding concept continue then? In 2002 our partnership with the German breeder

Peter Gross started when he offered to move first four, then another eight of his horses to Al Amin Stud in Egypt, to start a joint breeding program. Consequently, I bought two stallions of his choice, El Thay Ali Pasha and El Thay Moufid, to use in the new breeding program. Later on, Peter Gross expressed his interest to transfer all of his remaining horses to Al Amin Stud and we both agreed on this move. The intensive efforts in this partnership and professional breeding program have supported the production of many beautiful eye-catching mares and stallions of well-rooted origins carrying the name “Al Amin”. As we are in close contact with El Zahraa and fully support their preservation breeding of the Straight Egyptians, we would also have liked to see them receiving some of the horses that Peter Gross brought to Egypt. But El Zahraa has a closed studbook, as you know of course, and they closed it for good reasons. So we are now in a situation where we are happy and proud that we can supplement El Zahraa’s efforts and gene pool and be of service to interested breeders of Straight Egyptians.

The stud is in excellent shape, well organized, served by well-trained and active grooms; it covers more than 200 horses, and enjoys good hygiene practice. The stud is supervised by the qualified veterinarian Dr. Nora Fawzy who was originally trained by El Zahraa and is now extending her professional capacity through taking part in most of the international courses in the field. Al Amin stud is both a local and international horse seller. The excellent quality we can offer, and the unique tail lines we have here, make our horses highly interesting to Egyptian breeders as well as Arabian horse fans and breeders from all over the world. About our breeding concept, we used outcross breeding with horses from El Zahraa stud and other Straight Egyptian studs, linebreeding with our horses, and inbreeding (in very rare cases) to preserve our lines. We can present a lot of positive evidence for each element of this concept, and I can definitely say we have fantastic results from all of them. Thank you very much for all of this interesting information about your stud and your breeding strategies. q

How is the stud today? Is there still a market despite the economic crisis in the world? What are your plans for the future of your horses? Al Amin Stud is located in the outskirts of Greater Cairo, where there is still space enough to design a horse-friendly stud. We are lucky enough to have spacious box stalls for every horse, several big sand paddocks, a lot of green plants for shade, and good living spaces for the grooms. People tell us we have a beautiful place here, that fills us with pride. The facilities on the stud include a laboratory for producing and using frozen semen, and a library stocking state-of-the-art references as well as old books collected from around the world related to the Najdi (straight Egyptian) horses, and also books on horse art and other horse-related topics.

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Interview with Peter Gross What made you decide to breed Straight Egyptians? How did this success story start? It was a happy coincidence for us that Dr. Nagel’s stallion Jamil (Madkour I x Hanan), the grandson of Ghazal, was leased to Judith Forbis in the USA and that Ansata Halim Shah, the grandson of Bint Bukra, came to Germany in exchange. This allowed us to genetically consolidate this offspring from Nazeer x Bukra both in the USA and in Germany. These were horses with enormous type and charisma. It can be said that these valuable lines were lost to El Zahraa State Stud at that time, so should the stud have avoided to sell them? Yes of course, they should not have sold their best horses. This Dahman Shahwan line was not much present in Egypt anyway, and even the superb breeding that is done in El Zahraa would have profited from the refinement that these lines might have imparted to their mares. Many of them were the results of breedings to other lines, and it might be said that the lack of influence from that lost Dahman Shahwan line made itself felt, there was a

Peter Gross, straight Egyptian breeder

lack of that special look in the broodmare band, in my opinion. This means that Mohamed Amin knew exactly why he invited you to integrate your breeding concept into his stud... I think so, yes. All of my horses go back to Moheba II (Ghazal x Malacha), so the gene pool of the siblings Bint Bukra and Ghazal has returned to Egypt. How did you get at these lines back then? That was 30 years ago and there were neither Arab newspapers nor other sources of information about these important horses. In 1976, I had just founded my Arabian Stud “Gut Dieckhorst”, and I met Count Knyphausen, whose ancestor Prince Knyphausen had imported Ghazal and Moheba I from El Zahraa State Stud in Cairo. He had bred Moheba II, the beautiful daughter of Ghazal, out of his Malacha, and Moheba II in turn had two daughters, Mona III and Molesta. I managed to buy these two offspring of Moheba II from the Count. Three foals were born, all from the same sire, Dr. Nagel’s Ibrahim, a son of Mahomed x Mahiba. These foals were the two stallions Melek and Machmut and the mare Mahameh. Based on these horses I started to breed. So, the basis of my present Bint Bint Mahboubah (Abbas Pasha I x Bint Maboubah)

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stock of horses is Moheba II, who tails back to Moheba I and thus to Halima, the dam of the famous Ansata Ibn Halima. Through this relationship, Ghazal (by Nazeer out of Bukra) is a full brother of Ansata Bint Bukra. My interest in this blood was extremely high because in my opinion there are four important bloodlines, namely Halima, Bukra, Moniet, and Kamla. In addition to that, there are the two sires of the Rodanian bloodstock, Alaa el Din and Kaisoon, both of them going back to valuable Kateefa. What was your Breeding Aim? My aim was to breed back to Moheba II and especially to her two daughters Mona III and Molesta, who are both by Hadban Enzahi (by Nazeer out of Kamla). Their full brother Madkour I is manifested in almost all of the pedigrees of my horses. Via the stallion Ibrahim, the Moniet blood and the blood of Alaa el Din came in. At the same time, the blood of Malikah, a full sister of Moheba II, came in via Ibrahimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sire Mahomed. Out of this combination came the mare Mahameh, who became my foundation mare and mother of the now Al Amin horses Maboubah and Mahfouz. One of the other main mares is Molesta I who again is out of a daughter of Mona III by Machmut, who was a son of Ibrahim out of the full sister of Mona III, the original Molesta. The second main mare Saemah comes from the Saklawi strain and tails back to Inshass Stud. She is a daughter of El Samraa (by Kaisoon and out of Bind Wedad). Her sire is again Madkour I by Hadban Enzahi and out of Moheba II. This way the mares Mahameh, Molesta I, and Saemah built up the basis of my breeding program. With a very strong focus on the stallion Madkour I (Hadban Enzahi x Moheba II), I have consolidated my breeding program specifically on the Farida and El Samraa dam lines as well as I succeeded to introduce some stallions carrying the bloodlines of Bukra, Halima and Kamla to my program.

Mafouza Al Amin (Moulay Pasha x Bint Bint Maboubah)

Mashuga Al Amin (NK Hafid Jamil x Mabroukah)

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A mating of NK Hafid Jamil and the mare Mabroukah (El Shahwan x Maboubah) was still possible to take place in autumn 2005, the resulting filly Mashuga was born in Cairo and is today a very important, correct and very typeful mare at Al Amin Stud. There you can find a lot of horses with the strongest concentration of the Bukra, Halima, and Kamla lines in the whole world. It goes without saying that these lines are unique in their features, so any pedigree that has these lines in it is sure to be special. Which other stallions have you added to your breeding program? Before my horses were exported to Egypt, I was able to add a very interesting stallion to my program: Abbas Pasha I (Ansata Abbas Pasha x 2 Ghalion), who was bred in Babolna. He goes back to the beautiful Ghazalah (Mashour x Bint Farida). This mare should never have left Cairo, but Douglas Marshall from the USA is certain to have offered a good price. From this Abbas Pasha I, I bred the very expressive mare Bint Bint Maboubah and her full brother Moulay Pasha, both out of Bint Maboubah. In Egypt I dared to do what Judy Forbis had done: A full sibling mating, resulting in Ansata Shah Zaman (Morafic x Bint Mabrouka). I dared the same experiment again, with the full siblings Moulay Pasha x Bint Bint Maboubah, and got two mares from this mating, namely Mahfouzah and Mrouah. Mahfouzah was the best I ever bred. Unfortunately, she died at a young age after she had given birth to a filly shortly before, whom I named Bint Mahfouzah in memory of the great loss. Another enrichment were the stallions El Thay Moufid and El Thay Ali Pasha, who were also exported to Cairo in 2006. Both stallions again brought the blood of the mare Moheba II and her full sister Malikah into their pedigrees. Both stallions are bred to Ansata Halim Shah twice, they bring in the blood of Bint Bukra, Morafic, Ibn Halima and Bint Mabrouka, so again a strong concentration was achieved. My friend Dr. Tauschke of El Thayeba Stud got the mare

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Manial Al Amin (Ansata Safeer x Molesta II) owned by Peter Gross

Mona III from me, as well as her daughter Mahameh, for a breeding season, to be mated to Ansata Halim Shah. From these matings the mare Kamla II and the stallion El Thay Ibn Halim Shah were born. The expectations for both stallions generated great interest in Egypt. At Al Amin Stud there is the very beautiful mare Ahlam (El Thay Moufid x Omneya) who goes back to my lines of Moheba II. Another stroke of luck was the mating of Molesta II and Ansata Safeer. This is where the stallion Manial came from, his dam gave him a lot of type and from his sireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side he got size and topline. I admire your strategic endurance and goal orientation. Did you get where you wanted to go in breeding? Of course, things remain exciting. You learn from generation to generation. Of course, I am also happy to have conserved these old Dahman Shahwan lines and I see that there are many interested breeders here in Egypt again. Thank you very much for the insights into your successful breeding strategies.

History Doesn’t Wait Probably, history does not even wait for the Straight Egyptian horses. At Al Amin Stud, they obviously understood that: quick acting and intervention appeared to be necessary to make sure the precious bloodlines that were offered to Egypt from Germany were really coming back, as the state stud with its closed studbook policy was not in a position to take them in. Egypt’s breeders can now access the long-lost Dahman Shahwan lines at Al Amin Stud and can complement the excellent gene pool they can obtain from El Zahraa with this blood. The range of options has been widened, the gene pool has been added to. Genetically speaking, this is bound to be beneficial in the long run. However, just as history won’t wait, only history will tell whether this was indeed one of the the right paths to take. For although breeding may appear simple, it usually takes a breeder a long time to find the right path. Genetics is a wide field, and breeders cannot know the results of the matings beforehand, they can only speculate on good results, hoping to have considered all factors and done everything right. Sometimes you just have to give things a try, in order to learn from the results. Studying pedigrees and family characteristics must not be neglected. Additionally, a good start is always a big

Mr. Amin and friends

Dr. Noora Faawzy, veterinarian of Al Amin stud

All photos by Joanna Jonientz jonientz@web.de

advantage in this Arabian breeding world. Mohamed Amin has risked a lot and won a lot. Concerning Al Amin stud, it definitely appears that one should keep an eye on this breeding farm, as it has been evolving a lot in the course of the last few years while doing its very best to shape its own path. q

Al Amin Stud Monika Savier: straight Egyptian breeder and equestrian journalist. Mohammed Amin: owner of Al Amin stud. Tarek Hamza: straight Egyptian breeder and international ECAHO judge.

owner: Mr. Mohamed Amin 6 North Line, Ahmed Orabi Agriculture Association, Obour city- Egypt Farm manager: Dr. Noora Faawzy email: m.amin@alamintech.com mobile: +2 01222109582 Info contact: Mr. Mohamed Amin Desert Heritage Magazine • 41

Breeding Arabian Horses by MONIKA SAVIER

Graphic design: Mario Brunetti

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in Albania

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LUGU I GEGËVE LG Arabian Farm

A new Farm is Raising in the World of Straight Egyptian Breeding by MONIKA SAVIER

„In addition to our passion we must reactivate and take care of the tradition that our country has had in the past for Arab horses“.

(Roland Shyti)

ild high mountain peaks, deep valleys and plains blooming towards the sea, this is the hinterland of touristic Albania, which has the most beautiful sandy beaches along the sea. They are occasionally interrupted by rocky cliffs, which form almost uninhabited and hardly accessible white bays on the blue sea of the southern Adriatic. And those who think that Albania is still a “workers’ and farmers’ state” do not know Valona (Vlore). This tourist jewel is nowadays populated by Italian visitors and investors, who find a home by the sea there, which reminds them of the Italian region Puglia of the 50’s in terms of its natural beauty and water quality, which stretches barely 150 km away on the other side of the Adriatic coast. We drive south along the beach. Then the jeep turns left into the mountains. On the narrow road two tortoises quickly save themselves from the car. After another three kilometres of serpentine bends, we reach a natural plateau and see the Arabian stud farm owned by Ilir Shyti and Blendi Bani come into view. Above us, an eagle circles, on the ground, wild orchids and in front of me, the horses in the paddocks. I wonder why there are so few Arabian horses in Albania, because the natural environment would be ideal for their breeding.

Looking back to understand the future As in all Balkan countries, oriental stallions influenced horse breeding in Albania during the 500 years of Turkish occupation. The Ottoman Empire, which had also conquered Egypt, had excellent cavalry. Muhammad Ali Pasha, also called Meḥemmed ʿAlī Pāšā, (1769-1849) was born in Kavalar, Northern Greece, but his family came from Albania. History calls him the Albanian Ottoman governor and de facto ruler and King of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. Abbas Pasha I, the Viceroy of Egypt, was famous for his collection of Arabian Horses. He had definitely a preference for the Arabian horses with the fine head and elegant type, which he found only in the southern part of the Arabia, called Nejd. These horses were for the most part the original gene pool for the Straight Egyptians of today.

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At the height of his rule, he controlled Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt, Sudan and parts of Arabia and the entire Levant. He is regarded as the founder of Modern Egypt. His dynasty ruled until the King, Farouk I was overthrown in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Farouk I was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali Pasha Dynasty and proud of his Albanian heritage. As king, 30 Albanian bodyguards protected him as he regarded Albanians as the only people he could trust with his life. During the whole period of the dynasty until 1952, breeding of Arabian horses played an important role, not only for the cavalry but also especially as status symbol for the ruling class. Six generations later Abbas Hilmi II, (1874 – 1944) reached the throne, following the dynasty founded by Muhammad Ali Pasha. He was called Abbas Pasha II and was obsessed with Arabian horses breeding from their country of origin, the region called Nejd on the Arabian Peninsula. He did everything to import these horses into Egypt. He even hand-wrote a book about his straight Egyptian horses, pedigrees and history, called „The Abbas Pasha Manuscript“. His horses and their offspring have been the root horses of the breed of straight Egyptians in the following years. They mainly entered into the RAS (Royal Agricultural Society) founded in the early 20th Century in Cairo. Later it was called EAO (Egyptian Agricultural Organization).

When King Farouk I in 1952 had to resign after the revolution, his breeding stables Inshass stud with the finest Arabian horses from the Nejd were also transferred to the Egyptian State Stud RAS / EAO and the basics for today’s purely Egyptian Arabian horse breeding was laid. The influence of Abbas Pasha’s Straight Egyptian horses was important throughout the Ottoman Empire, including the land of Albania, as it was a matter of improving cavalry by means of powerful, tough horses with charisma and elegant phenotype. Furthermore, the character of the pure Arabian horses were especially people-oriented and able to create a link of understanding to their riders, which could save their lives. Their influence on horse breeding in the whole Ottoman Empire is widely documented. Still today, many of the Albanian mountain ponies have pretty little heads with a fine mouth and dish. Even before the Second World War, Arabian horses are said to have been used in private studs to improve the breeds. Three-quarters of Albania (the “Land of Eagles”, as it is also called), are high mountains and deep gorges, where without the use of donkeys and horses, even today, transport work and agriculture can only be carried out to a limited extent. Because of political alliances, in 1958 Albania received five purebred Arabian stallions and ten mares from Tersk, the state stud in the former Soviet Union. Also in the 1960’s, according to WAHO (World Arabian Horse Organization) information, a number of Russ-

ian Arabians were imported from Tersk to the Albanian State Stud Shkroda. In 1996, there were still about 30 purebred Arabians from these lines living in Albania. Later the state stud was closed and the horses were sold. We can presume that Russian Arabians from these old bloodstocks still live in Albania today, but they are no longer recognized by the WAHO as purebred Arabians. Today, the few breeders in the country who want to revive the old tradition of purebred Arabians are trying to re-register their horses with the WAHO, because in the last five years about 50 purebred Arabians have been imported to Albania from other countries, especially from Italy. A strategy is now being worked out to have the Albanian purebred Arabians recognised by the WAHO, probably by having the Italian Arabian Association ANICA as caretaker of the formalities. Later on Albania will take over the organisational business of registration and compliance with the WAHO rules. Now, however, some requirements are still missing in the various small studs, with the exception of LA Arabiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Valona, where the entire horse stock already consists of Arabians imported from countries with recognised WAHO breeding associations. For Roland Shyti of LA Arabians, the idea of this stud was a matter of the heart. Today he has passed the ownership of horses and the farm to his son Ilir Shyti and to his friend and collaborator Blendi Bani, who takes care of all matters today.

INTERVIEW WITH ROLAND SHYTI

Mr. Shyti, how did you get the idea to breed Arabian horses of Straight Egyptian bloodlines in Albania? â&#x20AC;&#x17E;The love for horses was born very early in my childhood. In the town where I was born and raised, there was a racetrack, where my father took me to see the races of the time. We would go to every horse event that took place. I used to spend my summer holidays in Divjaka and Orikum; in Divjaka there was a protected natural area where there were herds of horses in the wild often went to visit them, but in Orikum there was a well-structured and well-maintained state stud with Arabian horses

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imported from very prestigious international stables. Luckily, for me, a cousin of mine worked there at that time, and he made sure that I could go whenever I wanted to see the horses. During these long visits to the stud farm, I heard for the first time that these were Arab horses, but I did not understand the difference between them and the other races. There I had my first acquaintance with this magnificent and proud animal. So while growing up, I had the dream of having an Arab horse myself. In the 1990s, I visited an old friend of mine, who had collected some of the Arab horses that were left without care and without a stable after the fall of the Dictatorship. However, it should be remembered that during the years of communism 1945 - 1990, Albania had an excellent equestrian tradition and culture. Purebred Arabs were bred and selected, making Albania a large player of this breed. We remember in Shkodra

there was the Institute of Equine Studies and Breeding, as well as in Orikum and many other farms spread in our country“. Straight Egyptians are a rarer and more particular line because their value refers not only to their phenotype but also to their history, recorded in their pedigree. You are the only breeders of the Straight Egyptians in Albania. Why did you make this choice? „When I was later able to buy an Arab horse myself, I read many books and came to the conclusion that the Straight Egyptian (SE) Arab is the most distinctive of the original Arab lines. Another impact on me in choosing this particular horse was the fact that King Farouk of Egypt was a lover and breeder of this breed. King Farouk had distant Albanian origins and I saw this possibility to keep the tradition in my own way. Among the different stables where I had contacts, was also one in the Czech Republic. From there I took my first three horses. Then my research, not to say odyssey, began to start the breeding of the Straight Egyptians Arabs in Albania. In this initiative, my dear friend, the architect Blendi Bani, sustained me. He is also a great lover of these horses and supported me to realize the project and to import the horses into Albania.

From those days, the horses became a very important part of our lives. After some time we got to know other breeders in Italy, Germany and Belgium and continued to import excellent horses to our farm, which are now the corner stones of an important breeding project. Now there are around 20 Straight Egyptian Arabians in our stables and some foals are still being born. We are the only breeding stud in Albania with the aim of preserving the purity of the Arabian breed in the best way, engaging only horses in breeding that represent the historical Egyptian bloodlines, but also with excellent type and athletic skills. So in addition to our passion we must bring back and take care of the tradition that our country has had in the past by breeding and selecting Arabian horses. This tradition was forgotten after the fall of the communist dictatorship in 1990“. What are your plans for the future? „Another of our goals is to make our breeding farm become an organizer of equestrian events, shows, and cultural activities around the Arabian horses. We hope that after Albania’s entry into the European Union, our horses can also be traded in other countries“.

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EVERY HORSE AT LA ARABIANS HAS A PERSONAL STORY TO TELL.

As Roland Shyti told us in his interview, the first three horses at the stud came overland from the Czech Republic to Valona in Southern Albania. The successful breeder and endurance rider Marina Novotna sold him the colt Kamaal AQ and the two young mares Sharifah AQ and Dorri AQ. However, that was not enough for Roland Shyti, Ilir Shyti and Blendi Bani to start breeding. Roland Shyti read everything he could find about breeding Straight Egyptians. Now new mares and fillies were sought, according to certain criteria. Ansata lines and the gene pool of Dr. Nagel’s Katharinenhof should lay the foundation for a good offspring. Many studs in Kuwait and Qatar were already successful with this concept. Why should they not be successful in Albania as well? Therefore, it is not surprising that especially mares from the Dahman Shahwan strain were sought. At the same time, large stables were built and suitable grooms were sought, which was much more difficult than finding good horses. Finally, it was decided to import the following brood mares: THE MARES AT LG ARABIANS Sharifah AQ (*2015) is a young athletic mare by Serene Farid, a son of Salaa El Dine, bred by Dr. Nagel, out of Sharifa Al Kadir by Halim Al Kadir, a famous son of Ansata Ibn Halima. Sharifah AQ is tracing to the Hadban Enzahi strain. She had her first foal in 2019 by Malik El Nile, called LG Kadir (*2019). Dorri AQ (*2014) is a daughter of Sheikh El Sherif, who was bred by Jarrell McCracken in Texas. He ist he half-brother of the legendary stallions Ruminaja Ali and Alidaar, but after he was sold to Florida, he was mainly forgotten. This excellent stallion was in 2010 exported to Marina Novotna in the Czech Republic. He produced for her a number of outstanding foals. One was Dorri AQ, out of Farida AQ, a mare of the Kuhailan Rodan strain. In 2018, Dorri AQ gave to LA Arabians the nice filly LG Aisha (*2018) by Kamaal AQ and in 2020 again a wonderful filly with the name LG Shaha (*2020).

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DORRI AQ With four years of age, Persja Al Qusar (*2013) arrived in LG Stables from Al Qusar stud in Germany. She is as well belonging to the Dahman Shahwan strain, tracing to the Farida strain. Her grand dam is the famous Ansata Princessa by Prince Fa Moniet. She is by show champion SI Sidi Rayyan by Turki Al Rayyan - Ashhal Al Rayyan. The bay mare Shariha Pasha (*2013) came from Italy to the stables in Albania. Her sire is Ibn Emir Sinan by Ansata Emir Sinan. She is out of the bay mare Princess Pasha, bred by Dr. Girolamo Dibenedetto in Sicily. She gave to her new owners three wonderful fillies in the last four years: LG Afra (*2017) by Radhjai Ouhara, LG Habiba (*2018) by Kamaal AQ and LG Azra (*2019), sired as well by Kamaal AQ. Shariha Pasha belongs to the Dahman Shahwan strain and is tracing to famous Kamar – Sabah family. TB Jaleelah (*2014) by Nil Del Guado, out of Jasline, was as well imported from Italy. She was bred by Tre Balzane Stud in Umbria and belongs to the Dahman Shawan strain. She is tracing to the famous Ansata Bint Bukra, the foundation mare of Ansata Stud in the USA. Her first foal at LG Arabians was LG Amira (*2020) by Kamaal AQ.

SHARIFAH AQ TB Shirin (*2017) was as well imported from Tre Balzane stud in Italy. Her sire is NK Mahir by Safir Al Rayyan. Her dam is Diva Shalima, an Adnan granddaughter. She belongs to the Dahman Shahwan strain, tracing to Kamar – Sabah family. This year she might be covered for the first time. TB Hekaya (*2018) was sired by Rayyan Al Naif by Ashhal Al Rayyan out of Ansata Aya Nadira, Bint Bukra Family. Her dam is the Obayan mare TB Heba, an important root mare at Tre Balzane stud, tracing to Marah, one of the foundation mares of Dr. Nagel’s Katharinenhof. TB Maha (*2018) is one of the most typiest daughters of international Show Champion and Junior SE World Champion, Naseem Al Rashediah. She arrived from Tre Balzane stud in 2019. Her dam is TB Muneera by TB Hafid El Nil and out of Mia Mouna by Salaa El Dine. LaDiva Noaa (*2015) came from LaDiva Stud in Belgium to Albania. She is the daughter of Sahib, one of the best sons of Salaa El Dine. Her dam CD Anasta by Safeen is the corner stone at La Diva stud.

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PERSJA AL QUSAR

LADIVA OMAR

SHARIHA PASHA

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LADIVA NOAA COLTS AND STALLIONS AT LG ARABIANS Kamaal AQ (*2014) was the last son of the 1991 in the USA born mare Orient Queen. She was a daughter of Alidaar and an important brood mare of the Dahman Shahwan family, tracing to Kamar and El Dahma (1880), the famous root mare of Ali Pasha Sharif. His sire was Ansata Nile Echo by Ansata Hejazi, out of Ansata White Nile. He was one of the most important Ansata stallions in Europe and the Middle East. His offspring is much requested because he is a successful Show Champion producer. Kamaal AQ produced some very nice foals in the stables of LA Arabians. LaDiva Omar (*2017) is a typey son of Ansata Nile Echo, out of CD Anasta by Safeen. He will support in the future his half-brother Kamaal AQ as stallion in the stables of LG Arabians.

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KAMAAL AQ TB Farouk (*2018) is the son of Jamil Al Rayyan by Ansata Hejazy. He is an outstanding type producer with many champion foals in the world. His dam is the Tre Balzane root mare TB Helwa by Ibn El Nil. She is belonging to the Obayan strain, tracing to Marah, one of the foundation mares at Nagelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stud in Germany. TB Farouk is the full brother to the Gold Champion filly TB Fayza. Malik El Nile (*2005), son of Ansata Najdi and out of AM Alia El Nile by Al Kidir, was a very successful Endurance horse, winning many races. He was never disqualified for lameness and with his 15 years now, he is still a perfect riding horse in the farm. Roland liked as well his Ansata Pedigree and tried him as stallion, with success. His first foals are of very good quality.

TB MAHA MALIK EL NILE

Blendi Bani, Ilir Shyto and Jaho Shyti, the team of LG Arabian Farm

For next year, the LG Arabians team is planning an Open House event and would like to invite interested breeders from all over the world. It is definitely worth it. However,

visitors should also take a few days to get to know the country and its people and especially its breath-taking nature, along the coasts and in the mountains.

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THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE MARE WHO WAS

Born To Reign ANSATA BINT BUKRA (August 23, 2959 - October 21, 1981 By Judith Forbis

Most horse books have been written about famous stallions, very few if any are about remarkable mares. “Born to Reign - Ansata Bint Bukra”, is a book whose time has come...

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Though few people ever actually saw her during her life,

the "crippled mare", as she was often referred to, became an international celebrity. Even to this day, her name, Ansata Bint Bukra, still invokes awe and admiration. Images of her beautiful countenance continue to inspire journalists, artists, photographers, and breeders of Arabian horses throughout the globe. I believe this story actually began with my love for Silver, a grey pony I first rode when I was only three years old. She was my "first love". Silver made me understand, as I grew older and wiser, that love is the motivating force of the universe. My mother and father always encouraged my equine activities, but it was my beloved Uncle Whit (George Whitwell) who inspired me to overlook handicaps, to look deeper into the soul, and soldier on no matter what. He was only five years old when polio struck him, crippling him thereafter so that he wobbled strangely when he walked. Through him, I understood that some people and creatures come into our experience early in life, some later, but always at a time that connects us to their spirits and provides lessons when we need them. I like to call them "divine appointments". In time, I learned to overlook imperfections and judge on other merits. Love always hovers nearby if we open our hearts and minds. That is the basis for this book! 58 â&#x20AC;˘ Desert Heritage Magazine

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AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART hen my husband, Don, and I began our quest for Arabian horses while living in the Middle East, we committed ourselves to learning as much as possible about the breed. In 1959, we visited the Egyptian Agricultural Organization's El Zahraa Stud, and purchased three yearlings who were to influence Arabian horse breeding worldwide: Ansata Ibn Halima, Ansata Bint Mabrouka, and Ansata Bint Zaafarana. A year later, we returned.

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The remarkable sire, Nazeer, whom we had seen in 1959, had passed away. As we walked through the pastures, my eyes fastened on one of his daughters. She was a stunning yearling filly, but she hobbled awkwardly around a sandy paddock. She was badly crippled; her pelvis was knocked down, her hind leg had atrophied, she had knots on her front legs… but she had the "star quality" that our friend and fellow Arabian horse breeder Mike Nichols once told me about. She also had an extraordinary dam, Bukra, whom she resembled in type. There was an immediate attraction between us and I knew this lovely filly and I were destined to be together. Thus began an affair of the heart.

After overcoming several obstacles (as related in the book), she finally came to America. Husnia “The Beautiful” as she was named in Egypt, became the cherished foundation mare of Ansata Arabian Stud and she eventually became a living legend in America and worldwide under her new name, Ansata Bint Bukra, which translates as, “Life’s Daughter of Tomorrow”. Thanks to her, my understanding of the courage, fortitude, and stamina inherent in Egyptian Arabian mares deepened over time. She also taught me that outward beauty is often an expression of an inward state. Desert Heritage Magazine • 61

LESSONS LEARNED As I look back over more than 60 years with Egyptian Arabian horses, I realize how many lessons I've learned from them - especially the mares. The year 2019 marked the sixtieth year since "Husnia", Ansata Bint Bukra, came into the world. While writing her story, I remembered something I once wrote, and that the Arab poets Al Mutannabi and Al Jahiz, as well as the world famous author Walter Farley would agree with, “Inspiration comes to artists, photographers, musicians, and writers from many subjects, but it is a passion to express ourselves and to exalt that which touches our souls that drives us to create something memorable.” I might also add, it is this same passion that keeps us striving for perfection - especially in breeding Arabian horses.

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Another lesson Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned over the years is the only thing that is never diminished, and only multiplies when shared, is love. Thank you to those who have shared their love for the Arabian horse with me and allowed me to share mine not only with them, but through this book and others, with the world.

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BORN TO REIGN - ANSATA BINT BUKRA,

is divided into four unique yet interconnected parts. The reader will find many surprising twists and turns until the unexpected conclusion and along the way, you can enjoy historic photos and documents, gorgeous art, spectacular photography, and more...

PART I - THE STORY: Enjoy seeing the origins of our 60 year journey and learning the story of the mare, Ansata Bint Bukra, who became the foundation of the Ansata breeding program and whose offspring have founded programs around the world.

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PART II - THE JOURNEY: In this part of the book, the travels, the breeders, the horses and more of the history and influence of Ansata Bint Bukra is revealed through beautiful images of her offspring and generations of her descendants...

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PART III - THE TRIBUTE: In this part of the book, we celebrate the beauty and bravery of the Egyptian Arabian mare with stories, photos, and art and learn about the significance of the traditions associated with our breed. We also touch on the life lessons that they teach us about the rare qualities of nobility and humility.

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PART IV - THE MEMORIES: In the final part of the book, people share their memories and impressions of Ansata Bint Bukra. Also included is a tribute to author Walter Farley and the inspiration his books have provided for more than half a century, as well as the important lessons Arabian horses teach us about meaningful values... ****** KUWAIT & ALL OTHER ORDERS:

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TELLING A STORY IN A PAINTING

Artworks by Jill Vanstone are different – they immediately catch the eye, have enormous charisma and beautiful colors. On the second glance, the spectator will discover numerous details, many of Jill’s paintings tell a whole story. Jill Vanstone masterly captures the Arabian horse with its unique spirit and type. Furthermore, she has a special talent for decorative sceneries and backgrounds, which enhance the beauty of the horse. n by Judith Wich-Wenning

But who is this very able artist? Jill Vanstone is an Australian,

school. “I studied art for four years”, she recalls, “afterwards

living in Queensland on a small farm of just over 100 acres

working as an illustrator for a publishing company and then

(around 40,4 ha). “We are in an area called the Scenic

in the Zoology Museum at Queensland University, before

Rim”, Jill relates, “it is known for farming and tourism –

marrying and raising a family. At that time art took a

a very lovely place with mountains and fertile valleys. My

backward step until our children left home. Although I did

husband and I are retired. He breeds Droughtmaster cattle,

find time to paint animal portraits and several race horses.

so there are no horses but cows in our paddocks”, she adds

Now I have my own studio and a great space to work in and

with a smile. Jill Vanstone’s art education began after high

I hope to continue painting beautiful Arabians!”

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“Royal Treasure”, oil on hardboard, it depicts a Qatari with his treasured possessions, using in part, some reference from a great photo by Khaled Al Mutairi.

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When asked what fascinates her most about Arabian horses,

Horses were always my very favorite subject, especially

Jill Vanstone responds quickly: “I love all desert creatures. I

Arabians, which I believe I was destined to paint. They are

am impressed by the connection of Arabian horses with the

very special to me, they not only inspire me, but uplift my

desert. The physiological attributes developed to survive

spirit. They take my breath away, they bring me to tears.”

extremes. I love the quality of the skin and hair, the fineness and flexibility of the nostrils, the shape of the ears, the tail

Horse drawing has been a part of Jill’s life from earliest

carriage. And I admire their history with tribal families, the

childhood. Arabian horses first came to her attention when

hardships and their spirit and intelligence. I am an older

she saw an old print in her aunt’s house. This picture showed

person and have spent all my life drawing and painting.

the famous motive “Pharaoh’s Horses” after a painting by

“History, Mystery and Magic”, containing many soldiers on horseback, disappearing into the mists of time and two foreground horses of today’s type, painted in acrylic on panel.

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John Frederick Herring of 1854. The original is today in

and Vernet, but also from the great articles written in books

the collection of Ajmal Stud, Mr. Mohammed Al Marzouk,

and magazines about the hero horses and their owners, and

Kuwait. “This picture was a great inspiration for me”, Jill

stories of the great love and passion people from all walks of

Vanstone recalls. “I wanted to paint my own version of these

life have dedicated their time and efforts to furthering.”

horses. Eventually I painted “Out of Egypt”, portraying Nazeer, Aswan and Morafic, especially for their far and

Her clients very often inspire Jill Vanstone, their ideas and

wide influence on today’s bloodlines. Moreover, my desire to

dreams are very interesting. “I try really hard to share their

paint Arabian horses, apart from my childhood memory of

vision and create a painting from that visualization. Often

Herring’s painting is inspired by the great artists Schreyer

my clients have an idea in their mind’s eye, so between us

“Desert Escape”, oil on hardboard.

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Pastel study from several photos of Morafic.

we compose a suitable image”, Jill points out. “But I also do

art”, she remembers. “I feel especially fortunate to have

portrait paintings if asked, sometimes many elements can

several journeys to Arab countries. In 2006, I first went to

be brought together that way.” Jill also works from photos.

Kuwait to deliver a painting. I spent two weeks in Al Wafra

She generally requires several pictures from different aspects

– what a very exciting first visit! I met really wonderful

in order to get a feeling for the personality of her subjects.

welcoming people there who happily shared their knowledge

Moreover, she likes to have a written description of the

and ideas with each other. It left a lasting impression of

character. “My aim is to capture expression and liveliness.

goodwill. Since that time, I have travelled again to Kuwait

It is most important to me that you can feel the life in the

twice, and many times to Qatar. Sometimes I went just to

portrait”, Jill explains.

deliver a painting and fly straight back, but several times I stayed there to paint. Amongst all the superbly bred and very

Like many artists, Jill Vanstone is an avid traveler. “I have

beautiful horses it would be very difficult to name a favorite,

been to the Middle East, USA and Europe because of my

but there is an old black horse who I have loved since that

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Oil painting of Dr. Nagel visiting Ezzain Stud in Kuwait, painted on canvas showing a scene outside the stallion barn.

very first visit to Kuwait. He had such a noble look about his

in Arabian and Thoroughbred painting. Jill masterly

head, I’ve never forgotten him, NK Oteyba (Salaa El Dine

captures the special characteristics and personality of her

x Nahaman).“

subjects.

Jill Vanstone’s preferred medium is acrylics, but she works

Jill Vanstone’s paintings are much sought-after. One of

mostly in oil paint, and also in mixed media, pastels, pen

her originals was for example the high-selling piece at the

and ink, charcoal. From time to time her paintings have

2015 Egyptian Event Gala in Kentucky. Her work hangs

very impressive sizes, some are as high as three meters.

in homes of discerning collectors in numerous countries.

Her style regarding painting is realism, tending towards

Real highlights for Jill were to provide artwork for The

expressionism. In addition to this, Jill creates sculptures

Egyptian Event in Kentucky for many years, for the

in clay and stone. Her animal portraits include horses,

World Crabbet Convention in 2005 and to be involved

donkeys, cattle, dogs and cats, specializing however

in the Queensland Arabian Challenge Show. q

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H.H. Sheikh Ammar and Escape Ibn Navarrone, painted in oil on canvas.

Regarding her plans for the future, Jill relates: “Recently

to my studio. It has been a big break, but my enthusiasm

I have been away from painting for many, many months

is endless. I have a wonderful commission to work with, a

due to the pre-occupation of building a new home. Finally,

great Mosque and many Arabian riders… The vision of

my husband and I have moved in. So now I am returning

a special client!” q

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“Shadek”, a pastel sketch.

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Charcoal sketch on canvas. Jill Vanstone loves to try and capture the interaction between animals.

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“Big Red”, a large-sized painting in acrylic on canvas. Desert Heritage Magazine • 77

One of Jill Vanstone’s most detailed and difficult subjects, a painting over two meters wide showing a beautiful oasis scenery.

“Salah’s Mares”, an older painting in oil on canvas depicting some mares on a property in Kuwait, with the most wonderful date palms.

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“Out of Egypt”, Jill Vanstone’s interpretation of the painting that started her passion for Arabians long time ago: “Pharaoh’s Horses”.

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“Searching the world for equine beauty, it is always a joy when I see Nordquist’s new creations – stallions, mares, and foals – and allow my eyes to rest on their bold stillness or grace in action. Balance, beauty, drama and strength are the poetic elements that I seek in my own work – qualities that I find abundant in Nordquist’s bronze. Strangely enough, because the Arabian horse embodies these qualities, it is all the more difficult for the artist to capture them. Nature accomplishes a perfection that man is unable to achieve, but Nordquist is one of the few living sculptors who comes close to this achievement.” Judy lives in the mountains in Ridgway, Colorado. Her inspiration is her special treasure, the beautiful *Marwan Al Shaqab daughter out of the multi-champion mare, Maggdalina!

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“Stallion of the Wind” Life-Size Bronze Stallion The stallion challenges the Wind! copyright Judy and Kim Nordquist. Photo credit Midwest Training Center

“Stallion of the Wind” Life-Size Bronze Stallion

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Turismo Turismo Kim and Judy sculpting Turismo at Midwest Training Center

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His Features and Role in the Course of Generations for Straight Egyptian Breeding by Monika Savier z photos by Joanna Jonientz, Nicole Sachs, Monika Savier, Archive Tutto Arabi

Quite often, the breeding potential of good stallions will only be recognized after they got old or even passed away. Only when they have vanished from the social media stage, but their positive characteristics make themselves felt in their successful offspring even after generations have passed – only then will the Arabian horse scene realize the vital importance these stallions had for the coming generations. NK Hafid Jamil was a successful sire even while he was alive. He was a fascinating exotic among the Straight Egyptians. It is true he was much debated all through his life, but at the same time, he had many admirers who trusted in his qualities, using him frequently as a sire. NK Hafid Jamil has 185 registered foals all over the world, and across the generations, he is sure to have influenced several thousand pedigrees. Even in his old age he was still called upon as a sire, as the tangible successes that his offspring continue to reap are facts, not fake. This important role of NK Hafid Jamil as a sire is even more worthy of mention nowadays, as this stallion never attended a show, never was presented to a wide public via live streaming or advertising. So I asked his breeder: “why has this stallion never been

to a show? “, and Dr Nagel’s answer was: “Arabian horses in history were used for so many purposes; they grew up under desert conditions or even here in Europe, and a uniform standard of evaluation never existed. I think today we have one standard, called Show. And for many years now, many breeders have been selecting their Arabian horses for the show. But from the point of view of a breeder, show criteria can’t be the only criteria, and they are not my criteria. So I invite you to reflect on the standard you like and you are searching for. That means you must make your own choice and then breed very consistently to reach your personal goal.” It was not just shows that NK Hafid Jamil ignored. Until today, Dr Nagel neither has a stud website nor a media presence on Facebook or Instagram. His Katharinenhof stud is a romantic place for his horses as well as for admirers of rural breeding, a place where the stallions NK Hafid Jamil, NK Nadeer, NK Nabhan, and all the others will only ever do pasture breeding and where they live nose-to-nose in their stallion barn and on the green pastures around the farmyard. They do like to show off with some naturally masculine behavior, of course, being active sires and not above using an occasion when it presents

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itself. However, what they don’t display is aggressive attacking behavior such as can be observed with many of today’s stallions whose only experiences are the breeding phantom and being stabled in isolation. The Katharinenhof stallions are used to having to court their mares, being nice and polite in order to be allowed to cover. Their charming and likeable character, which will also lead them to cooperate well with humans and attach to them, is epi-genetically consolidated, being a general characteristic of the Katharinenhof horses. This kind of social behavior is a desired and calculated as a breeding goal. In 1947, Federico Tesio wrote the following in his famous manual for horse breeding: „Stallions are the basic potential of any stud - if you fail to introduce good stallions again and again, the offspring will deteriorate into mediocrity“. This guiding principle is generally applied in horse breeding up to today, defining the importance as well as the difficulty of selecting highly qualified

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stallions who will produce outstanding offspring – a requirement that is by no means accomplished every time. One reason for that may be today’s strong emphasis on the sire lines. Dr Nagel’s approach to breeding, with his search for a „secret formula“ that will rather adhere to up-todate science and genetics, is more comprehensively positioned than that: “Stallions are to improve the breed, but the mares need to provide a good quality basis for the stallion to stand a chance to transmit his big points. Successful breeding works only if you have two good parents who are mutually compensative” (Hans Nagel, 2005). Along these lines, the success of NK Hafid Jamil is, among others, to be credited to the quality of his sireand dam line. Of course, his daughters owe a lot to their “front man”, but actually, what makes history is the whole of the gene pool. Katharinenhof stud with its successful breeding concept of more than 50 years is living proof of that.

NK Hafid Jamil - A member of El Zahraa’s Nazeer sire line and his Influence on Katharinenhof Egyptian Breeding Dr. Nagel talks to Monika Savier in an interview about his late stallion NK Hafid Jamil

Dr. Nagel, it is time to talk about the role of your worldfamous stallion. Let us start with his origin. Usually, people put lots of emphasis on the dam line, which in the case of NK Hafid Jamil is the famous Dahman Shawan line tailing to Bint Bukra. Why is his sire line, for you, so important as key to the success? In horse breeding, behind the word “sire line” is hidden a great richness of features and characteristics and at the same time it expresses “power” in breeding. In the course of time in all major horse breeds such

sire lines were well established and they became very influential on the whole breed. Some people, however, are claiming this influence of a sire line will not last very long and that after three or four generations, not much is left from the advantage a certain member of a sire line could bring. Other young sires normally come up quickly; they are more efficient and replace the previous ones. But sometimes history tells a different story. In Arabian horse breeding one comes across such

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sire lines as well, in particular by analysing and evaluating the Egyptian Arabian horse population. This population has its beginning around 1920 and started with a relatively small number of about one dozen root mares and several breeding stallions. Until today, about 14 - 16 generations within 100 years have passed, and during this time several stallions showed up as the preferred ones and which were complying with El Zahraa’s breeding goal.

desert population were collected before by the Pashas of Egypt who decided to keep and breed them as a heritage. Therefore, “heritage breeding” could be the headline of the breeding policy followed by the El Zahraa Arabian Horse Stud in Egypt, a branch of the Egyptian Agricultural Organisation (EAO). In this stud all breeding stock are collected, kept until then by the former Royal Agricultural Organisation (RAS) and by King Farouk’s Inshass Stud.

What was the breeding goal in El Zahraa at that time, and who was behind it and had set up the definitions? This aim of breeding was guided by the idea to maintain an original type of Arabian as it had developed during thousands of years in Arabia, and to preserve it. Regrettably, this kind of Bedouin horse breeding came to an end as a consequence of the great political and cultural turmoil in the beginning of the 20th century. But some valuable horses out of this

At that time, who were the “stars of breeding” in Cairo? It took some time, but after several generations of breeding in these studs in Egypt certain stallions emerged who proved to be valuable sires: an older group, such as Mansour, Shahloul, Sheikh El Arab, El Sareei, Nazeer, and a later younger group, such as Anter, Ghassir, Touhotmos, Sid Abouhom, Alaa el Din, Morafic, Sameh, Ibn Hafifa, Amrullah, and Nasrallah. In addition, according to the El Zahraa

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Nazeer (Mansour x Bint Samiha), leading sire at El Zahraa in Cairo

Stud Book No. II, about 40 - 60 broodmares were available for these stallions for further breeding. Why did Nazeer figure so prominently in breeding at that time? Did his offspring have such overwhelmingly convincing quality? It is surprising to find out that among all these horses with famous names, only one group emerged which was on its way to form a very outstanding sire line. All other groups remained clearly in the shadow of this only one. These observations centred around the stallion “Nazeer” who was used for breeding since about 1950. People named this stallion later on even “Stallion of the Century”. All the other stallions and their offspring had a relatively short career and it seems to be correct what was mentioned before: that after three or four generations, the influence of a certain sire is not noticed any more or becomes very weak. The contrary became true in the case of Nazeer. During his 15 years an active sire in El Zahraa, Nazeer

produced a very typical group of beautiful daughters out of broodmares of different mare families, and in addition, a few outstanding sons were born who became very influential in Egypt and as well abroad. In El Zahraa it was his son Alaa el Din out of the mare Kateefa, further Morafic out of Mabrouka, then Galal out of the black Mohga, all these three were intensively used in the Stud. As a result, the type of El Zahraa’s Arabians at that time was clearly stamped by these horses. Abroad, in the US, the stallions Morafic and Ibn Halima, in Germany Ghazal, Hadban Enzahi and Kaisoon, and Aswan in Russia were the ones, who established the great reputation for the Egyptian horses abroad in worldwide Arabian breeding. And it was accepted without trouble, this dominant role that Nazeer took up in El Zahraa? At a certain time, mainly around 1970, the rumour of too much in-breeding in the El Zahraa Stud made its round and people pointed at Nazeer and his extremely Desert Heritage Magazine • 105

Nashua (Salaa El Dine x

Alaa El Dine

laa El Dine (1956, Nazeer x Kateefa)

Morafic

Nagel

Regrettably, many private farms will not last for a long time. It is difficult for their owners to find a heir who is willing and interested to continue the work of his parent. Or for an older breeder who started late, there remained not enough time to establish and to concentrate his work on a certain sire line. Most of these breeders disappeared again after no more than one or two generations had elapsed. It is basically the El Zahraa Stud as the original source of all Egyptian Arabians which has to guarantee and to fulfil long term obligations in breeding, as for example to take care of one or several valuable sire lines and to stay a rich and continuous source for Egyptian Arabians. Gassir

ona (1956, Badr x Mahdia) growing influence. It became fashionable to look for Nazeer-free horses. Other stallions in El Zahraa and their offspring with a different genetic background came into the picture, and horses such as Anter, Sameh, Gassir, Tuhotmos and Achtal were now the preferred ones for breeding. It was mainly breeders in the US who looked for horses of such origin. But as is known now, none of these horses could form in El Zahraa or abroad a sire line as important and comparable to the one of Nazeer. 106 • Desert Heritage Magazine

Katharinenhof, too, has a close-cut breeding concept that bases its strategies on a foundation formed by just four mares. How much of “El Zahraa ideas” is behind that? Katharinenhof in Germany was probably the only stud outside of Egypt, which followed the original policy of El Zahraa and took, in this context, special care of the continuation of the Nazeer-sire line. Here is where the name “NK Hafid Jamil” comes Salaa El Dine (Ansata H into the picture. He is a member of El Zahraa’s most important sire line and stands in line together with nessuna altra fattrice n previous important members ofdathis group. Since the stallion Mansour, the sire of Obeyyan Nazeer, haddi such an Hanan, una d

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importance on the future of El Zahraa’s breeding in early times, he should be mentioned in the beginning as the first one. Then with his son Nazeer, the famous one in Egypt and abroad beyond Egyptian borders, this particular sire line will start, and then six stallions follow in line until the time when NK Hafid Jamil showed up. Mansour was one of the first major breeding stallions in Egypt. He was the sire of Nazeer and the sire of his half-brother Sheikh El Arab: two strong columns of early Egyptian breeding. Sheikh El Arab was, however, only a producer of females; Nazeer was the great all-round breeding magician of males and females. Let me make a systematic list of the facts that I was able to use for my breeding concept: Nazeer was, due to his dam Bint Samiha, a member of the Hadban family, one of the most influential groups in El Zahraa also thanks to Nazeer’s great contribution; El Zahraa works with five of such families. Nazeer became the sire of very prominent stallions: Alaa el Din, a chestnut stallion known for his beautiful daughters. Regrettably, he left no son of equal quality, his sons Galal and Morafic, however, took over this part. His other great sons were sooner

Sameh

or later exported, Ibn Halima and Morafic to the US where they had for years the greatest influence in Egyptian breeding. Ibn Halima was without doubt Nazeer’s best son. He was sold as a youngster to the Ansata Stud in the US and was named there “Ansata Ibn Halima”. Ansata Stud was built on this stallion and he was responsible for its excellent reputation. As a consequence of such a great success, Arabian breeders and the public created the expression “Ibn Halima Look” due to the Desert Heritage Magazine • 107

Ansata Ibn Halima (Nazeer x Halima)

Ansata Halim Shah (Ansata Ibn Halima x Ansata Rosetta)

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30 foals, 19 excellent daughters and 11 sons. All of them were of brilliant quality and had no doubt a great influence on all Egyptian breeding in Germany. As a sensation, which happened never before or after, German officials licensed all 11 stallions for use in breeding, a condition and requirement. One of his sons was Salaa el Dine out of the Alaa el Din

daughter Hanan. He was the choice of Katharinenhof to continue the Nazeer sire line in this stud. Salaa el Dine fitted perfectly in Katharinenhof ’s breeding plans. A better shoulder position and a stronger hindquarter was needed. Ansata Halim Shah had them and Salaa el Dine inherited these features in perfection; they formed an ideal combination with Katharinenhof ’s fine and elegant mares. Just like his father, Salaa el Dine could produce in Katharinenhof as his offspring several wonderful daughters and five important sons: Adnan, Nahaman, Shahin, Safir and Nejdy. Katharinenhof decided to keep Nejdy as a further representative of this sire line; his dam was Lotfeia, a granddaughter of Nazeer’s mother Bint Samiha. Behind this decision stands the idea to return to the Hadban family at a certain point. All other Salaa el Dine sons left the stud after they had produced at home some valuable daughters. Adnan and Shahin became noticeable sires in Kuwait, and Safir was for years the chief stallion in the Al Rayyan

Ghazala (Ghazal x Hanan)

Stud in Qatar. Nejdy regrettably died at an age of three years and left only two offspring, a filly and a colt. This elegant stallion had only little chance to prove himself, but it was great luck that his only colt developed to be an interesting stallion. He was named Ibn Nejdy. Ibn Nejdy could be described as a typical member of the Hadban family, though he was, due to his dam Ghazalla, an Obayan. Members of this family would normally look as follows: rectangular horses with a high-set neck, a perfect tail carriage and a small head. This was also the look of Ibn Nejdy, totally dominated by his sire Nejdy. However, Ibn Nejdy excels with two more very important features: his big round eyes and very interesting small ears, a typical feature of Katharinenhof ’s Arabians. Ibn Nejdy was a sire of several sons and daughters, but one of them was a surprise for everyone who has seen him. It was NK Hafid Jamil. From his first days on as a

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Salaa El Dine (Ansata Halim Shah x Hanan)

foal and from then on for his whole life, he was as it is quite normal - if something fell out of the known framework, for some still a most welcomed exciting new horse. Some others looked at him with criticism and irritation only. NK Hafid Jamil was an exotic, and you said this about him once: “Hafid Jamil, where did he come from? He 110 • Desert Heritage Magazine

tails back along a long line of stallions including Salaa El Dine, Nejdy, Ibn Nejdy… and I can say that I have rarely seen a horse, in Egypt or anywhere else, who gets anywhere near him in exotic looks. He is hard to categorize.” NK Hafid Jamil was a different horse compared to all the other previous stallions of this Nazeer sire line. He was born as a weak horse, extremely fine and

Safir (Salaa El Dine x Aisha)

Ibn Nejdy (Nejdy x Ghazala)

delicate, a little foal as if made out of porcelain. It took a lot of effort to make him grow up to become a healthy horse. When one examined him for a correct body conformation, it could not be overlooked that it was his hindquarters which worried. This somewhat unfortunate structure was not a complete surprise, it is known. It appeared before in other stallions of El Zahraa, even in members of the Hadban family.

Now this weakness showed up in this horse again. However, his front, his head, his neck, his withers, his chest, were perfect and made up for his deficiencies in the hindquarters. Particularly when looking at his head and neck one was impressed by this unique appearance: the shortest and broadest head, never seen before in all previous generations, and very small ears in addition; short head and short ears â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this fits

Ansata Ken Ranya (Salaa El Dine x Ansata Prima Rose)

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NK Hafid Jamil with Robert Schlereth, Trainer

NK Hafid Jamil (Ibn Nejdy x Helala)

together. His best points: excellent eye sockets with dark round well-sized eyes, the front of his head designed in a light elegant concave swing, which ended in a fine mouth and his extremely big nostrils. These nostrils widened enormously in breathing out and gave his head an extra concave element. This nice head was perfectly attached to the neck, a very clean “mitbah” (throat). The neck was of good length, highly set on the chest and perfectly arched which gave him the look of a real powerful stallion; he showed this amazing shape of neck in perfection when something excited him in his surroundings. NK Hafid Jamil’s tail carriage was absolutely striking, a heritage of the Hadban family in Egypt, which is famous in this respect. Even when his hind part was not the best, NK Hafid Jamil was a powerfully moving horse with a light knee-action in front.

He also had a wonderful character, not aggressive at all; rather kind and he liked to be patted. He was easy to handle in every situation, a brave horse and not frightened at all. This last feature was a very important point since he was travelling a lot. Several times to England, to Saudi Arabia for one year and to Kuwait as well. In all these trips never any problem occurred - without doubt, due to his nature that he had trust in people.

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Would it have been possible to derive from his pedigree that a stallion of his quality would be born, or was that a piece of genetic luck? In studying his pedigree, it becomes evident that all his parents were of first-class Arabian type. When the formula propagated by experienced breeders “to breed equal to equal” is correct, then this condition

Helala (Salaa El Dine x Ansata Gloriana)

is perfectly fulfilled in the case of this horse. The choice of his parentage could not be better; all horses, male and female, appear as a very nice uniform group. This friendly horse took an important position in the Nazeer sire line. He is responsible for the situation that this line could continue to grow very successfully further into the future. Are there sons and daughters on your farm, who successfully perpetuate the heritage of NK Hafid Jamil? At Katharinenhof, he produced four sons: the full brothers NK Nadeer and NK Nizam and another full-brother pair, Jamal el Dine and NK Kamar el Dine. NK Nadeer is a grey and NK Nizam is a bay, both are out of the mare NK Nadirah, the most striking mare of good size in the stud in expression and movement, and a member of the Hadban family again. Only the word “elegance” can describe this mare properly. She is an Adnan daughter and is for sure the best

NK Nahla (NK Hafid Jamil x NK Nasrin)

representative of the Hadban family. NK Kamar el Dine, bay, and Jamal el Dine, grey, both are out of the mare Ansata Ken Ranya, a Salaa el Dine daughter who is a member of the Bukra line. She had a great resemblance to her famous ancestor in Egypt, Bukra herself. No NK Hafid Jamil daughters have been kept in the stud, even when some excellent fillies were born, as for example NK Nakeebya who is famous all over Desert Heritage Magazine • 113

NK Kamar El Dine (NK Hafid Jamil x Ansata Ken Ranya)

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NK Abla (NK Jamal El Dine x NK Aziza)

Kuwait, or NK Jury and NK Neehelia, the last one a highly estimated broodmare in the Al Rayan Stud. NK Nakeebya gave birth in Kuwait to her beautiful daughter Nabaweyyah Ezzain. Today she reigns as the “queen of Al Rashediah Farm” in Bahrain. She is a breath taking bay mare, Gold Champion at the Bahrain Nationals, and dam of the Multi Champion Naseem Al Rashediah …yes, but NK Hafid Jamil daughters did not fit into the breeding concept of Katharinenhof, consisting of a closed population with a limited number of brood mares and one sire-line. Since NK Hafid Jamil had some very appreciated qualities which should be distributed over the whole herd, it is advisable to use consequently his sons for such a purpose. To keep his daughters as well would lead into the direction of too close breeding, such as brothers to sisters or halfbrothers to half-sisters. Therefore, it was decided to jump one generation on the female side and to breed

NK Jamal El Dine (NK Hafid Jamil x Ansata Ken Ranya)

on with the granddaughters of NK Hafid Jamil. So it happened that all four of these stallions have left some excellent daughters at Katharinenhof, which are on their way to form the new broodmare generation in the stud. The oldest ones are four NK Nadeer Desert Heritage Magazine • 115

NK Nadirah (Adnan x Nashua) NK Nizam (NK Hafid Jamil x NK Nadirah)

daughters, followed by four Jamal el Dine daughters and further four NK Kamar el Dine daughters. NK Nizam is on his way to arrive possibly at a similar position as a sire of fine daughters who will be added later on into the breeding herd. At this time one could conclude that NK Nadeer will 116 â&#x20AC;˘ Desert Heritage Magazine

most probably be the one to continue the Nazeer sire line. Particularly when his son NK Nabhan was born, one could not think anything else as only a strong sire can produce such a fine horse; both father and son could be strong candidates for future members of this sire line.

NK Nadeer (NK Hafid Jamil x NK Nadirah)

NK Nabhan presented himself to be a potential sire even when he was a young stallion. He proved his quality already by an important number of offspring at Katharinenhof and as well at El Adiyat Stud in Kuwait. Some of these foals developed to be excellent Arabians. The oldest of them have matured into fine mares already, reaching the age of three years, and will be ready soon to form another new generation. Could it be said, then, that NK Hafid Jamil is the patriarch of the “special looks of the Nagel Arabians”? It is justified to claim that NK Hafid Jamil had the potential to create a certain type of Egyptian Arabians who did not exist before. In examining him, his sons, his daughters and his grandchildren, it becomes evident that all these horses have those smaller, broader and shorter heads; they have the finest muzzles and amazing nostrils. Their arched necks and a good high tail carriage are features which underline their elegance. NK Hafid Jamil’s weak hindquarter disappeared totally. It did not show up NK Nabhan (NK Nadeer x NK Nerham) Desert Heritage Magazine • 117

NK Hafid Jamil

again. The hindquarters of his grandson NK Nabhan and his son NK Nizam, are of perfect shape and even their foals display a wonderful top line confirming that all these previous weaknesses have been eliminated. Like his parents, all this young generation excels in exciting movements, light and elegant, and at the same time powerful and energetic. To see and to observe an Arabian in motion brings out all his appreciated features, and an elegantly carried neck and head, combined with a high tail carriage, brings a horse into perfect balance. Nobody could predict that a tiny little colt would have such a great impact as a grown-up sire. Not only at Katharinenhof Stud, but 118 â&#x20AC;˘ Desert Heritage Magazine

also when one of his sons is used for breeding in other studs, they left traces of his most impressive features. Of course there are stallions in other studs who are members of the Nazeer-sire line and who occupy important positions. This applies certainly for some of the important studs in the Middle East, such as Rayyan Stud in Qatar or Ajmal Stud in Kuwait. In Rayyan Stud, the line starts with Safir, a Salaa el Dine son out of the Ansata Halim Shah daughter Aisha. Safir was later replaced by his son Ashhal Al Rayyan, who won great influence by several of his sons in other studs in Qatar and in Saudi Arabia. Also in Kuwait,

the Ajmal Arabian Stud has chosen an Ansata Halim Shah son, Ansata Hejazi, as their foundation sire. Not enough time has passed to recognise a proper line, but it can be already noticed that one of several existing Ansata Hejazi sons will follow his sire as a perfect replacement. Last not least, NK Qaswarah cannot be overlooked. This NK Hafid Jamil son was an eye catcher from birth on and left as a young colt for Ezzain Stud in Kuwait. All his life he was surrounded mostly by NK Hafid daughters who were, however, of different mare lines â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a unique situation. NK Qaswarah created his own kingdom; nowhere can you see finer Arabians and prettier heads than in this stud. Only NK Qaswarah, his sons and grandsons are used as sires until now and it appears this project will continue the same way, a very special continuation of the Nazeer sire line as well. Therefore, it can be said it appears to be guaranteed that the sire line of Nazeer will continue successfully, even by several branches parallel to each other, and carry the heritage of this famous sire into the future. With NK Hafid Jamil some new refreshing elements have entered into the Nazeer line, mainly in two areas: in the field of type, and in movement. NK Hafid Jamil himself, his son NK Nadeer and his

grandson NK Nabhan as well as several young colts, are demonstrating that such changes have happened, they are consistent and indicate that a new direction in breeding has taken place. However, progress and improvements are required in all fields, in all disciplines and in nature: possibly, due to an adaptation to a changing environment, or necessary because of different preferences in economy or culture that form the environment for todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horses. But when it comes to Arabians and to what they are kept for, such progress and improvements should happen within certain limits, not disturbing or altering the typical features and structure which give this horse its particular identity, and which attracted thousands of breeders and friends at all times to worship this horse. They have to comply with the desire of these people for beauty, to enjoy their Arabians as a companion, and to continue Arabian horses as the only breed which is famous all over the world for its elegance and aesthetic appearance. Regrettably, NK Hafid Jamil died in November 2019. He was 23 years old. He passed away resting in his always reserved stable box, which he seemed to recognise with pleasure each time when he returned home from one of his extensive visits in other studs abroad. q Desert Heritage Magazine â&#x20AC;˘ 119

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