The superb Larabi, born in 1966 and a Jilfan Dhawi by strain, was together with the Shuwayman Sabbah stallion Guercif (b. 1961), one of the last asil stallions from Algeria. The small group of asil Arabians from the Algerian state stud of Tiaret were, in my opinion, the best in the world. As a group, they were better than the Straight Egyptians in my view. Too bad only one stallion and one mare are now left. Below, a photo of Larabi’s asil daughter Bakra (x Guemria by Zilzal), from the collection of Jean-Claude Rajot ..read more

The article was written by Fouad Abaza, the Director-General of the Royal Agricultural Society of Egypt and a Governor of the Arab Horse Society of England. It includes a description by Doris Walter of her 1934 visit to Kafr Farouk, as well as a description of T.G.B. Trouncer’s Sidi Salem stud. There are a few studs of pure-bred Arabs, of which we may mention those of:— His Royal Majesty the King. The Royal Agricultural Society. H. E. Mahmoud Attribi Pasha. Said Bey Samaha. Mr. Trouncer. Daira Lotfallah Pasha. Some members of the the El Tahaoui family in the Sharkia Province, and a few other ..read more

From time to time, I see nice photos posted on Facebook, which I feel deserve to be featured here. This is one of them. I don’t know the source or the photographer. That stare ..read more

Very proud of the lastborn Al Arab filly. Both Monologue CF and Barakah Al Arab did a wonderful job there. Jeanne Craver said that the filly looked like a camel — in a good way. I so agree ..read more

I saw Judi last week at a Pyramid Society even in Morocco, where she spoke about her long and successful career as a breeder, and asked me to speak about the consistency of Arabian horse type over the past 500 years, based on Western and (the very few) Arab first hand accounts. It was a nice event hosted by Pyramid Society Morocco’s president Youcef Laghzal and his group of breeders. Judi and I reminisced about the time we spent at Joe Ferriss’ working on the book “The Arabian Horses of Abbas Pasha” in November 2022. Sharon Ferriss took the photo, and Joe did the captions — not me. I forgot h ..read more

This precious photo of Julep (Gulastra x *Aziza by Gamil Manial) popped up on my Facebook feed this morning, posted by Julie Koch, who indicated that it was “a photo Joan Yerkie took of Julep at Cedardell Arabians in the 1960s”. It is dated Aug 1966. Julep is in at least three horses I have owned and in two I bred and still own. He is one of the treasures of US asil breeding ..read more

Monologue CF (photos below, earlier and in 2022) has been producing extremely well over the years. His son Haykal Al Arab (x CSA Baroness Lady), now gelded, is perhaps the showiest colt I have bred so far (video below as a colt). My recollection from seeing Monologue’s other son Inaam Al Krush at Jackson Hensley’s several years ago is that of an outstanding horse (more photos here by current owner Kim Davis). A third son, now gelded, Malaak Al Talj (x Mi Blue Angel), at Laura Fitz, has also been getting a lot of compliments. Photos below at a young age, then as a long yearling. There is al ..read more

Jeanne Craver tells me that she “love[s] “the head shape, and the low set eye, nicely cut ears, very close coupling, love[s] the angles of the shoulder and hip ..read more

This morning Barakah delivered a strong, healthy filly by Monologue CF. Mother and baby are doing well. I feel so blessed, and I pray things continue to go well. The vet is coming this afternoon for an IgG blood test and plasma transfusion. This filly is special because she is the first third-generation foal from my breeding, after her dam Barakah Al Arab (b. 2016) and her maternal grandsire Wadd Al Arab (b. 2011). Wadd was the son of my first mare in the USA, Wisteria CF. She is also the outcome of a sustained effort to preserve the rare female line to *Nufoud, Albert Harris’ imported desert ..read more

My friend Muhammad Ma’sum al-Agub recently acquired a promising young Saqlawi Marzakani stallion of Shammar lines. His sire is my black Kuhaylan al-Wati stallion Mushahhar, his dam is a daughter of Zayn al-Khayl. Notice the short back, the long hip, the sloped shoulder, the round barrel, the strong coupling, the long neck, and the (moderately) large, black eye ..read more