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March 2006
Volume 3 Number 2
A precious legacy of the past, the Desert Arabian is in danger of extinction by the end of the
21st century. At The Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse, we strive to protect and conserve
the cultural legacy and genetic integrity of the Bedouin-bred Arabian horse through historical
and scientific research, education, standard performance evaluations, international collaboration
and conservation projects. All interested and dedicated individuals and preservation efforts,
both formal and informal, are welcome into our tent.
Calendar of Events
July 2006
- Al Khaima 3: 1 in Arabian Horse
World
September 10-16
- Delegation from the Institute will attend
WAHO conference in Damascus, Syria
October 28-29, 2006
- Horsemanship Clinic and Open Show, Susar
Farm, Denton, Texas
December 2006
- Al Khaima 3: 2 in Arabian Horse
World’s biennial issue on newsstands in 39
countries
February 16-18, 2007
- 3rd Symposium on Preservation: Expanding
the Demand for the Desert Arabian Horse,
Phoenix, Arizona
Table of Contents
2006 Calendar of Events .............................Page 1
Financing the Dream ...................................Page 2
Beginning Trot Work ...................................Page 3
Celebrating the Davenport Centennial ......Page 5
2007 Symposium Announcement ..............Page 6
Report from the Weyr ..................................Page 7
2006 Foals on the Ground ..........................Page 8
Endurance News....................................... Page 11
Horsemanship Clinic at Susar Farm....... Page 11
Tax Deductible Donations ....................... Page 11
Introducing Susan Mayo .......................... Page 12
Success at the 2006 Egyptian Event ...... Page 13
2006 Symposium DVD set available ....... Page 13
Books available......................................... Page 14
Al Khaima .................................................. Page 15
Board of Directors .................................... Page 16
How to Contact the Institute.................... Page 16
Donor Levels ............................................. Page 16
This issue of "Al Majlis News" is rich in farm news with a number of births to report. Several foals are first replacements for one
or both parents and most of those reported are unique breedings (without full siblings on the ground), helping to redistribute the
available gene pool.
Kudos go to Adam Falk and Jannelle Wilde of Wild Ivey Bedouin Arabians for their recent accomplishments in Endurance, and
we hope they will keep us posted as the season progresses. Susan Mayo's article on beginning trot work is essential for all who
school their own horses, and Anita Enander helps us understand the nuances of Davenport nomenclature. In advance of the
2007 Symposium on Preservation, "Expanding the Demand for the Desert Arabian Horse," we are launching a new series entitled "Financing the Dream" with an inaugural essay by Kent Mayfield, and invite you to share your thoughts.
While the Institute attempts to raise awareness about our special horses through activities such as operating a booth at the
Egyptian Event, the production and distribution of educational materials, and the sponsorship of horse-related events, the daily
work of preservation falls to individuals who breed, raise, train, maintain, compete, buy, sell, and — sadly— bury our horses one
by one. We work toward both individual and collective goals, and we celebrate our differences and areas of mutual interest.
FINANCING THE DREAM: MARKETING - AS I SEE IT
by M. Kent Mayfield
David Gardner once said, "Horses are not bought;
they’re sold." This is probably one of the few truisms of
the Arabian horse business… or almost any business
for that matter.
Large farms with unlimited promotional budgets and
nationally-known stallions heading their breeding programs can often be intimidating to smaller breeders.
They appear to be filling orders from a limitless crowd
of enthusiastic buyers who line up to purchase anything
they might consent to sell — anything at all.
My experience has certainly been of a different sort,
and I share my viewpoint on marketing with a good
deal of humility growing out of lessons learned over the
years.
Whether Ferraris or Volkswagens, success in any marketplace is still a combination of several important factors: defining one’s market, reaching that market more
creatively than the next fellow, and satisfying one’s clients at almost any expense.
I have never seen a program succeed by chance. As
simplistic as it appears, a solid game plan is of utmost
importance to any breeder, whether large or small. That
game plan begins before the first horse is purchased or
the first barn is planned. Are the horses I am going to
breed marketable in today’s market … and in tomorrow’s market? Are they simply a fad, or will they make
a lasting contribution to Arabian horse breeding in the
future?
Smaller breeders like most of those in the preservation
movement have the distinct advantage of being able to
“go to school” on larger farms. They can observe what
has worked with larger breeders relative to their marketing efforts. What makes horses marketable … for
how much … and how are they promoted? Have public
sales been more successful for the bloodlines represented? What about private treaty sales? Perhaps retaining a bloodstock agent who specializes in a particular bloodline has been productive. Knowing one’s competition can often be the key to personal success. However, it is often a matter of observation rather than inquiry. One can hardly expect a successful breeder to
share her trade-secrets with others.
Al Majlis News - Volume 3 Number 3 - May/June 2006
For the breeder who is already in business, conceptualizing and then implementing a structured marketing
plan is of absolute importance. Many breeders to
whom I talk want to sell an individual animal but have
no comprehensive approach to the marketing of the
product of which this individual animal is a single example. Some of us have a little of this and a little of
that: a potential performance horse, a veteran broodmare, some untouched youngsters, a promising stallion. Selling an individual from such a group can be
very difficult unless the individuals are a part of a coherent breeding program that has an identifiable public
profile.
Some of us participate in the halter show-world; others
are active in endurance or western pleasure or dressage. Wherever we and our horses are seen, a marketing approach is essential. For the breeder, it is not
only the ribbon that counts. It is also the image, the
profile, the contacts with the public that begin to create
an environment for future sales.
The Arabian horse business is a complex, everchanging endeavor as a result of a changing economy,
shifting preferences among buyers, and a significantly
altered profile within the breed. What was a solid marketing program five years ago is often outmoded today. What works for a person in rural Wisconsin or
Idaho may not be what will be effective for one in suburban Los Angeles or Atlanta. Complacency and inflexibility are the seeds of ruin to many successful
breeding programs, both large and small. The same is
true for marketing programs. Momentum is a fickle
thing, and once slowed down is difficult to recover.
As I see it, there is no magic to marketing, only good
planning, flexibility, and hard, hard work. There is a
market for every Arabian horse that is born to the
breed. The only limitation to the market is defining it
and reaching it in the most creative way possible.
It can be done and is being done on all levels of quality
and interest. We have the finest product in the entire
horse industry. We need only to expose it to the people who have the natural inclination to buy it.
Kent Mayfield is the current Chair of the Institute and
Past President of Al Khamsa, Inc.
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Beginning Trot Work
by Susan Mayo
When dealing with an untrained horse, I do all kinds of
walking exercises to make sure that the young horse is
understanding turns, halts, and moving off the leg
nicely before I attempt the trot. All of my young horses
are initially worked on the longe, so they understand
the whip as a tool of communication, and they trust the
circular format. I utilize this trust of the circle to introduce trot work. For the first day of trotting, I return to
the round pen and again enlist my trusty helper. Since
the horse is doing great at the walk, my job at this point
is to encourage a nice forward trot without alarming or
allowing the horse to become unbalanced.
I start out by reviewing all previous lessons, and then I
put the longe back on the horse, and have my assistant
ask the horse for a trot in the familiar way with the whip,
while I give the trot signal from the horse's back so that
it can make the easy transference between signals. To
trot, I slightly shorten my reins so the horse is supported, and then gently bump the horse behind the
girth with my inside ankle-bones (a nutcracker type action). This signal will put the horse into a trot most of
the time when combined with the assistant using the
already understood whip signal. Sometimes the young
horse will trot off fast and then stop; other times they
will barely move forward. Whatever the horse does,
encourage it and reward it for the trot effort even if it is
not spectacular. Remember that for some young or
small horses trotting with a rider is a challenge at first. I
repeat this lesson several times until the horse is able
to maintain the trot around the round pen, making sure
to change directions and let the horse walk in between
trot efforts. If all has gone well and the horse is happy, I
take off the longe line and try it solo. Generally this
goes off without a hitch, but sometimes the helper is
needed to “remind” the horse what the new signal from
the back means.
If you are an untrained rider beginning to trot a trained
horse, the round pen is also a good idea simply because you do not have to worry about steering while
you accustom yourself to the feel of trot. Here we diverge if you are riding English or Western. The Western
trot is a very slow jog that can be easily ridden sitting.
The correct English trot is both faster and has more
thrust and cannot be easily ridden sitting, so it is customarily ridden posting or rising.
The posting trot means that you rise up on your stirrups
and knees at the moment when momentum would
naturally make you bounce. It is in reality an organized
bounce! To start posting, you simply sit quietly until you
can feel the “bounce” and then rise with it. You will
eventually get a nice rhythm and you and the horse will
be moving nicely together. Posting correctly takes practice, and if you are very green, it is probably a good
idea to stay in the round pen until you are comfortable
trotting both directions, turning, and going from the walk
to the trot and back again in balance and ease.
When riding English at
the trot, you not only have
to post, but you have to
do it on the correct diagonal, meaning that you
must rise as the horse's
outside front leg rises. To
do this, sit and watch the
outside shoulder until you
can see it going forward.
As it goes forward, the
foot is coming up. You want to be on the up of your
posting sequence as the outside front leg is in the air.
The reason for this is that you want to alternate your
posting between left and right so that your horse muscles evenly on both sides. Riders always find one direction easier to post on the correct diagonal, so don’t despair if it does not come easily at first. If you find yourself on the incorrect diagonal, all you have to do is sit
one stride (one bounce) and resume your posting and
you will have it. It is often easier to have a helper on
the ground watch for your diagonals until you can see
them (and eventually just feel them) for yourself.
After you and your horse are trotting nicely on the correct diagonal, and are comfortable in the round pen,
you can take your show to the large arena where you
will proceed to do all kinds of new and exciting things!
Riding and training are a process that actually never
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Beginning Trot Work
by Susan Mayo
ends. Every horse you train teaches you something,
and you never really finish with a horse’s training if you
are constantly going forward (as through the dressage
levels). The more interesting things you do with a
horse, the more they will trust you, understand your
signals, and get more and more agile, strong, responsive, and trustful (and trustworthy). To this end, I do
many types of figures, exercises, obstacles, and maneuvers to help a horse understand what my legs,
hands, seat, and mind are asking of them. Desert Arabians are very intelligent and my well-trained horses
work off my mind as much as they do off of actual
physical signals. However, the physical signals come
first, so that is what we are going to work with.
Circles are the basis of all trotting work. To achieve a
round circle, you show the horse the perimeter of the
circle with your outside rein and the bend with your inside. That may sound confusing, but even though you
are using both reins, they are doing different things.
The outside rein lightly guides the horse to the circle
edge with a slight sideways movement. In other words,
you let your outside hand drift outward so you lightly
connect the horse’s mouth. The inside rein will ask with
little squeezes and releases for the horse to yield to the
bit, and bend on the circle. The inside leg is on the girth
to urge the horse forward, and the outside leg is behind
the girth to keep the horse from drifting outward with his
hindquarters. Keep in mind that a horse should travel a
circle like a train travels, with the back end tracking directly behind the front end. Many horses try to carry
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their hindquarters either inside, or outside and it is the
rider’s job to teach them to go straight. When you get a
nice circle in one direction, relax the horse, let him
stretch down to the bit (stretch his neck down and forward) and then do the same thing in the other direction.
It takes many hours of circling to create supple, well
balanced horses, so do not despair if it does not happen instantly!
When a horse in comfortable with about a twenty meter
circle, I start changing the circles around and asking for
figure eights, serpentines, loops, and bends. It really
does not matter what you ask for, as long as you are
diligent in getting it. The horse becomes trained by
mastering steps, and if you set him up for mastery and
work on it until he achieves it, you will end up with a
trained horse.
I take a whole year to establish walk, trot, and canter,
and there is no time frame for achieving competence at
each gait. The steps are overlapping and I don’t wait
until the horse is perfect at one gait before trying the
next. I do however wait until the horse and rider are
comfortable with the lower gait before trying the next.
By the end of a year, I have a horse who can walk, trot,
canter, understands his leads, is proficient in at least
the beginning dressage tests, can jump little fences
quietly, and can do all kinds of trail obstacles. During
the first year, I make very little demand on head position, but only ask that the horse accept the bit quietly
and with suppleness.
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CELEBRATING THE DAVENPORT CENTENNIAL
by Anita Enander
The author extends her thanks to R.J Cadranell, Michael Bowling, Jeanne Craver, and other true Davenport experts who have recently been explaining this
terminology to newer Davenport breeders; any errors
are her own.
A Primer for Speaking “Davenport”
This is the 100-year anniversary of Homer Davenport's
trip to the desert and subsequent importation. Celebrations are planned in Silverton, Oregon (Aug. 4-6, see
www.davenportdays.com) and in Illinois in September.
The Silverton celebration will include a re-creation of
the journey to the desert, using contemporary Davenports as stand-ins for the original imports.
For our readers who will attend these celebrations or
just wish to understand Davenport nomenclature, we
offer a brief explanation of the terminology that Davenport breeders have developed and use when discussing their horses. This list is not comprehensive, but will
at least de-mystify some of the terminology.
SECOND FOUNDATION
In the second half of the 20th Century, a concerted effort was made to find horses descending entirely from
the original 27 imports and to breed them on as a
closed group. The horses collected are referred to as
the "Second Foundation." Their identities are essential
to understanding the short hand now used by Davenport breeders to describe their stock:
Mares: Dhalana, Dharanah, Dharebah, Dhanad,
Saranah, Tara, Asara, Ehwat-Ansarlah, Antan, Maedae
Stallions: Tripoli, El Alamein, Dharantez, Nahas, Kamil
Ibn Salan, Ralf
and Dharantez) were of the Kuhaylan Haifi strain and
were bred to create this group. The Saqlawi stallion
Tripoli was also bred into this group. Descendents of
these horses, without the addition of other second
foundation horses, are considered Core Haifi. Not all
descendents contain Tripoli, and it is customary to distinguish the sub-group Core Haifi without Tripoli (for
Egyptian breeders, think about the subgroups that focus on non-Nazeer as an analog). There are about 180
Core Haifi horses alive today.
Core Kurush - The Kurush are tail female to the the
second foundation Kuhaylan Kurush mare Asara
(tracing to the import *Werdi), added to the Core Haifi.
If the horse is tail-female to Asara/*Werdi, it is considered Core Kurush. If it contains Asara and Core Haifi,
but is not tail-female through Asara, it is not part of this
group, but is considered Haifi plus Asara (see below).
There are about 65 Core Kurush horses alive today.
Core Schilla - The second foundation mares Maedae
and Antan, both daughters of Schilla, were bred to the
stallions of the Core Haifi group and Tripoli. The second foundation stallion Kamil Ibn Salan (who was tailfemale to Schilla) was added in later generations. This
forms the Schilla group; contemporary breeders distinguish among horses of this group that include/exclude
Kamil Ibn Salan. There are about 150 Core Schilla
horses alive today.
CORE GROUPS
Several core groups were developed from the second
foundation animals; breeding of these core groups continues today to ensure genetic diversity in the herd. The
groups are identified by the tail-female strain or by the
key second foundation horse. Contemporary breeders
usually refer to their horses as being from one of the
core groups, and, if applicable, then adding any other
elements.
Core Hadban - This group developed by combining the
second foundation mare Ehwat-Ansarlah (tracing to the
import *Hadba) with Tripoli and stallions of the Core
Haifi group. A separate but related group includes the
second foundation stallion Nahas, who was also tailfemale to *Hadba. Some breeders refer to any horse
that contains *Hadba in the pedigree through either the
second foundation mare Ehwat-Ansarlah or the stallion
Nahas as being Hadban. Separate sub-groups are retained that have tail-female to Ehwat-Ansarlah, or exclude Nahas, or include other Davenport elements
(such as Asara or Schilla). There are about 20 tailfemale Hadbans and about 30 more with EhwahAnsarlah and/or Nahas elsewhere in the middle of the
pedigree.
Core Haifi - Of the second foundation horses, six
mares (Dhalana, Dharanah, Dharebah, Dhanad,
Saranah, and Tara) and two of the stallions (El Alamein
Bint Ralf Group - This leaves Ralf as the only second
foundation horse identified in the 1950s that is not included above. He has descendents only through his
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CELEBRATING THE DAVENPORT CENTENNIAL
by Anita Enander
daughter Bint Ralf, and there is a developing effort to
preserve this very small group of fewer than 10 horses
that has Ralf somewhere in the pedigree.
CORE GROUP PLUS
As breeders cross horses from the different groups,
they refer to the primary core group and specify which
other element has been added to the pedigree, usually
referring to the added second foundation horse. Thus,
Haifi plus Asara, Hadban plus Schilla, etc. There are
about 200 living Davenports that combine elements
from two or more core groups.
UPDATING DESCRIPTIONS & ADDING GROUPS
Recent research has caused Davenport breeders to
amend the way they describe some of the horses. For
example, mitochondrial research suggests that Schilla
was actually a daughter of Freda (a mare descended
from three Hamidie horses: *Obeyran, *Mannaky, and
*Galfia) rather than *Saleefy (daughter of *Urfah). One
consequence of this research is that Davenport breeders now indicate if a horse has Schilla in the pedigree,
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acknowledging that these Davenport horses may include blood of horses that came to the U.S. in the
Hamidie importation and were subsequently bred by
Peter Bradley, the primary financier of Davenport's trip.
A related effect is that the mare Sahanad, who was
previously described as Davenport + Hamidie, has
been included in Davenport breeding circles, and
horses with Sahanad plus other second foundation
breeding are now categorized in their own breeding
group of about 10 horses.
With the concern for preserving genetic diversity, Davenport breeders are identifying other small groups of
distinctive pedigrees. For example, there is an effort to
preserve Core Haifi horses that do not contain the
horse Fasal. There are also horses that do not contain
the mare Dharebah that may comprise a small group.
Egyptian breeders are familiar with and often talk about
sources of horses and breeding traditions such as
Sheykh Obeyd, Heirloom, Babson, Pritzlaff; if you want
to communicate with Davenport breeders, it helps to
know the second foundation horses themselves!
The Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse will host the 2007 Preservation Symposium
"Expanding the Demand for the Desert Arabian Horse"
The event will be held Friday, February 16, through Sunday, February 18, 2007 (Once again we will be aligned
with the first weekend of the Scottsdale All-Arabian Horse Show)
Location:
Days Inn at the Scottsdale Fashion Square Resort
4710 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: (480) 947-5411
Fax: (480) 946-1324
Single/Double - $98
Limited availability - 30 rooms blocked, booking early is recommended
Other hotels are available in the area Join us for another memorable, educational, and thought-provoking weekend as we explore methods to expand the demand for the Desert Arabian horse.
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Report from the Weyr
Pamela & William Klein
Lots of wonderful stuff going on here at The Weyr this
spring! On Palm Sunday, IMF Badia Nafila, a *Selma
tail Combined Source mare gave birth to her 11th foal, a
beautiful filly by BW Fadl Tali. She was 40” tall at birth
and weighed over 100 pounds, a real whopper! Mother
and daughter are doing great and we are already looking forward to number 12 from Nafila by one of our
Davenport stallions.
Porte CF 2001 gray stallion (Portico x Recherche). Klein collection.
IMF Badia Nafila 1986 black-bay mare (PRI Gamil Halim
x LR Double Bubble) and her 2006 filly by BW Fadl Tali.
Klein collection.
MSF Aswija also surprised us with a beautiful filly a few
weeks later. She was a maiden and not known to be in
foal. We are still playing “Whose your daddy?”
Arion 1995 bay stallion GCA (Zacharia x Demeter). Klein collection.
New arrivals at The Weyr were not confined to births,
however. We are pleased and proud to announce that,
in addition to Porte CF (Portico x Recherche), our first
core Haifi stallion, we have recently acquired Arion
GCA (Zacharia x Demeter) and Tribute (Telemachus
CF x Oreana CF). Both are outstanding core Haifi stallions. Arion is out of the black Davenport mare, Demeter, and hopefully will sire some black Davenports for
us.
MSF Aswija 2000 bay (Salil Ibn Iliad x Rhiannon CHF) and
her first replacement filly, patrimony pending. Klein collection.
Along with Tribute came a band of mares, Bouquet CF
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2006 Foals on the Ground
Anne McGaughey reports a Combined Source and two
Pyramid Straight Egyptian foals:
BRW Tatianna (pending) dark bay filly, born 5/21
(Mist Hallim Amir x SS Moria)
Tatianna is Al Khamsa and Kuhaylan Krush (*Werdi/
Kapiti dam line).
BRW Marhaba Hallim (pending) gray colt, born 4/15
(Mist Hallim Amir x Bint Marhaba)
Hallim is Pyramid Straight Egyptian/Al Khamsa and
Kuhaylan Krush (El Kahila dam line).
Bay filly (pending), born 5/2
(Mist Hallim Amir x Minstrils Diamond)
Pyramid Straight Egyptian/Al Khamsa and Dahman
Shahwan (Bint El Bahreyn dam line).
Tribute CF 1997 gray stallion (Telemachus CF x Oreana CF).
Klein collection.
lia), Patina CF (Regency CF x Tyrebah), and Divine
Lilac (Christopher Wren x Bouquet CF). All but Patina
are core Haifi, she is Haifi plus.
All our stallions are available to outside mares by private treaty.
We are offering two straight Davenport geldings for
sale. Saalamon (Art Deco CF x Raghida CF), a 2003
dark chestnut with four white stockings and perfectly
symmetrical star, stripe, and snip. This lad is 14.1 and
apparently plans to stay that way as he has not grown
in a year. He has some great potential as either an endurance, dressage, or hunter/jumper prospect. He is
currently with Jennifer Blosser and, according to her,
soaking up his lessons as fast as he can. He has
youth, beauty, and straight Davenport blood on his
side, a great horse with a bright future.
Tom, Lesley, and Megan Detweiler of Mountain Spring
Farm, Spring Run, Pennsylvania, report three Sheykh
Obeyd foals:
MSF Fadlima, pending (BW Fadl Tali x Rasmonet
Salim)
Bred by Tom & Lesley Detweiler
Solid black filly
Babson- Pritzlaff- Halima group, Pyramid Straight
Egyptian, Sheykh Obeyd, Heirloom Egyptian, Babson
Sired, 1st generation pure-in-the-strain Saqlawiyah Jidraniyah (Roga el Beda dam line).
Our second offering is Divine Meis (Christopher Wren x
Rosebud LBU) a 1996 chestnut with four white stockings and full blaze. He is a big lad, 15+ hh, and is also
in training with Jennifer Blosser. This boy is gentle and
has a great future as a companion and trail horse or
whatever one wants.
MSF Fadlima with Megan Detweiler. Lesley Detweiler photo.
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MSF Shaah of the Nile, pending (Faym CMC x Queen
of the Nile)
Owned by Megan Detweiler
Chestnut colt
Babson-Halima-*Tuhotmos group, Pyramid Straight
Egyptian, Sheykh Obeyd, Heirloom Egyptian, Babson
Sired, Dahman Shahwan (El Dahma dam line).
Chestnut colt (FA Jadiy Mujaad x El Dahma USA) with Megan
Detweiler. Lesley Detweiler photo.
From Gale Rowe of Four Seasons Farm, Beeton, Ontario:
I am sooooo excited!!!!! On Tues, May 23rd at 5:45
a.m. AK Serramah delivered a new foal and addition to
the Heirloom Straight Babson Egyptian Lothar line —
wait for it !!! — A F I L L Y !!!!!!!!!!!
MSF Shaah of the Nile, only son of Queen ofthe Nile. Lesley Detweiler photo.
Chestnut colt, Name pending (FA Jadiy Mujaad x El
Dahma USA)
Owned by Megan Detweiler
Babson-Halima-*Bint Nefisaa-Sirecho group, double
Shar Sabbah (Negem x Gammousa) breeding, Pyramid
Society Straight Egyptian, Sheykh Obeyd, Babson
Sired, Bred 1st generation pure-in-the-strain Dahman
Shahwan (El Dahma dam line).
From Carolyn Jacobson of Beaux Chevaux Farm, Alpharetta, Georgia:
Mahsquerade (pending) bay colt
(Mahroufs Hafid x Serrenade)
Straight Babson, Heirloom, Pyramid Society Straight
Egyptian, Sheykh Obeyd; first replacement foal for his
dam and first replacement colt for his sire; Dahman
Shahwan (El Dahma dam line). Definitely a Dressage
prospect!
First day out for AK Serramah and her 2006 filly. Gale Rowe photo.
I'm still in shock, just can't believe it!! The Lothar line
horses are such prolific colt producers, that as much as
I wanted a filly, I assumed it would be a colt — ALL I
wanted was for it to arrive safe and sound. Serramah
had a bit of a problem, one front leg was caught back
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at the shoulder, but my husband reached in and corrected that.
Can you believe it!! — an Heirloom SBE Lothar line
filly .... Now I have my dream — a replacement for 19year-old Serramah AND a Lothar filly.
I sent Serramah to Bruce and Diana Johnson and since
I wasn't sure what Lo's actual fertility was going to be. If
Serramah didn't catch with the first shipment/cycle then
the next cycle I would breed to Abbas Ibn Lothar. We
were making the last attempt when Diana suggested a
double insemination and I said, "Let's do it!" So now we
have to find out who 'Dad' is.
Black/gray filly (pending)
(Ibn Lothar or Abbas Ibn Lothar x AK Serramah)
Straight Babson, Heirloom, Pyramid Society Straight
Egyptian, Sheykh Obeyd; Dahmah Shahwaniyah (El
Dahma dam line)
Presenting HHP Qasham Luibah
Born just before midnight on May 13, 2006, at Hidden
Hollow Preserve, this exquisite filly is the first foal for
Maar Shalima (Raadin Inshalla x AK Maaroufa) 1991
Pyramid Straight Egyptian and Heirloom/El Deree gray
mare. Her sire is Glorieta Gazaal (Ansata Abu Nazeer x
Glorieta Gambolia) 1980 Straight Egyptian gray stallion, who was featured in the November issue of "Al
Majlis News" among the rare old stallions available for
breeding. HHP Qasham Luibah ("Little Porcelain Doll")
will turn gray like both of her parents.
Her dam Maar Shalima is three-quarters Babson and
her sire carries almost as much Babson blood through
his dam, with the result that HHP Qasham Luibah is
nearly 70 percent Babson, including the following individuals in her five-generation pedigree: Fa-Serr, 1955
National Grand Champion and major sire at the Babson
Farm; Negem, herd sire for Shar-Char Farms; Hadbah,
foundation sire for Anchor Hill and versatile show horse
renowned for his excellent disposition; Roufah, Canadian and U.S. National Top Ten Halter Mare and an
experienced cart horse; and Aarouser, 1973 Canadian
Top Ten Halter Mare. Raadin Inshalla, himself a regional Park Reserve Champion, brings in more Babson
blood through his dam combined with the sparkling
beauty and potency of his great sire *Ansata Ibn
Halima.
Cognizant of the vast impact of the 1932 Babson importation on the Arabian breed, the Institute is undertaking a project to chronicle this phenomenon in a hard
cover reference book with the working title of The Babson Influence: A Retrospective (see announcement in
this issue of "Al Majlis News," page 14.
Luibah's ancestors also include the influence of the
Ansata breeding program in *Ansata Ibn Halima (two
crosses) and *Ansata Bint Zaafarana, and Mrs. Ott's
seminal program through Sirhabba (Sirecho x Habba).
She represents the confluence of generations of preservation breeding embodied in a little porcelain doll.
This filly's pedigree illustrates a number of pressing
issues for the Institute and the preservation community
at large. Both of Luibah's parents are aged, and she is
the first foal out of her dam (see the alarming population statistics in Bruce M. Johnson, "Thinking Outside
the Preservation Tent," Al Khaima 2:1 [July 2005]: 53
ff.) In part a result of her parents' ages, Luibah's fivegeneration pedigree stretches back more than 70 years
to Egypt's great sire Nazeer (1934), as well as to the
first U.S. born generation of the Babson program with
Fa-Serr 1947 (*Fadl x *Bint Serra I) and to a string of
illustrious imports from *Gamila (Enzahi x *Mamdouha)
to *Ibn Moniet El Nefous 1964 (*Morafic x Moniet El
Nefous).
Maar Shalima and her first foal HHP Qasham Luibah, age one
week. Jon Michael photo.
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ENDURANCE NEWS
Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk
Samaara Ivey turned in two nice mid-pack finishes at a
bear of a ride at Grizzly Mountain and at Prineville in
April and May. Grizzly was a wild time with rain, sleet,
hail and snow and 65 mile per hour winds.
Prineville was just three weeks later, only a couple of
miles away, and we all got sunburned that weekend.
Adam is prepping Samaara for her first 80-mile ride in
July, so he is aiming for mid-pack finishes. We’re looking forward to the AHA region championship in June at
SunRiver where Samaara finished 5th last year and
missed Best Condition just by a nose.
Heather Al Krush finished a respectable 13th of 50+
starters at the gorgeous Mt. Adams ride. Held in the
shadow of the 12,000+ ft volcanic Mt. Adams, this ride
has to be one of the most beautiful in the Northwest
with incredible scenery and great trails. It rained on and
off on Friday; then all night and into Saturday morning.
The ride was well organized and run similarly to an FEI
ride. HAM radio operators made sure no horses were
left on the trail. Heather did a great job for her first ride
out, and Adam only had to drag her up one big hill the
second time around when she thought they should just
turn around and go home! There’s a special award for
horses finishing the three southern Oregon rides this
summer: Limestone Challenge, Headwaters of the
Rogue, and Pacific Crest. We look forward to a nice
season with her.
Horsemanship Clinic and
Open Show at Susar Farm
Susar Farm and The Institute for the Desert Arabian
horse are sponsoring a showing clinic on the weekend
of October 28 and 29. Participants will work on Saturday perfecting showing skills and working towards being confident in the various show ring classes including
Western, English, Pattern, Trail, and Jumping, as well
as practicing presenting the horse in hand. On Sunday,
riders and horses will actually compete in an Open
Horse Show and test their new found skills. The Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse is sponsoring a trophy to be awarded to the Desert Arabian who accumulates the most points in the Open Show.
The entry fee will be $100 per horse and rider team.
The fee includes the Saturday clinic, overnight stabling,
and entry fees into the show for as many classes as
you would like to enter. This clinic is open to Desert
Arabians of all varieties and will include work in English, Western, showing in hand, working Trail Class
obstacles, and even jumping if the participant wants to
do so.
This clinic is limited due to space for overnight horses,
so it will be filled on a first come first served basis.
Contact Susan Mayo at Susar Farm
www.susarinc.com
[email protected]
5493 Edwards Rd. Denton, Texas 76208
(940) 566-0630
We are sad to report the death of SA Apex 1997-2006
Straight Davenport mare bred by Bill Oates and owned
by Adam Falk and Jannelle Wilde.
Tax Deductible Donations
Make your tax deductible donation to the Institute today!
If you have not already done so, please remember The Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse is an
IRS approved 501(c)(3) charity organization and all donations and contributions are fully deductible to
the extent provided for under the law. Suggested donation levels can be seen on our Web site at
www.desertarabian.org although we would be most grateful for whatever donation you might be able
to afford. You can use the easy PayPal feature on our Web site or mail your check directly to our Business Office:
TheInstitute for the Desert Arabian Horse
2410 Sam Browning Road
Lebanon, KY 40033
Great works require great support, so we are in great
need of your most generous support
in order to carry out our important work.
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Introducing Susan Mayo
I was born in Palos Verdes, California, in 1945. I grew up
riding Thoroughbreds off the track and training them as
hunter/jumpers. Linda Tellington, who owned Lothar,
Darecho, and Bint Gulida, introduced me to the Desert
Arabian. Linda was my trainer and I rode and showed for
her as well as helping her condition and compete Gulida
in her endurance campaigns.
rived, she had Masada Susar "Sada" (Fa Asar x Masada
Fa Khedena) by her side, and Sada has grown up to be a
lovely mare that is just starting her show career for coowner Elizabeth Powell. Khedena also produced Susar
Fa Khedena "KD" in 2004 by Masada El Rabdan. KD is
co-owned by Michele and John Helfrich, and is going to
be a dressage horse as well as a broodmare.
My family moved to Washington, DC, when my Dad was
invited to head the Bio Life Division of NASA in the late
fifties. At that point I started doing catch riding for hunter
and jumper shows.
Our Hadban Inzahi bloodline stems from the *Tuhotmos
daughter AK Maslaha. Susar Sareela "Corky" (a 1996
mare by Masada El Rabdan) is a multi regional winner for
her owner Keith Kosel. J Jodena (AK El Hassan x AK
Maslaha) is a 1988 mare who is a dressage and teaching
horse. Susar Sareela is a 1993 mare by Masada El Rabdan x J Jodena. Wartie, as she is known to her friends, is
a multi regional champion and shows dressage and inhand, as well as jumping.
In the early sixties we moved to Dallas, Texas, where I
reconnected with my Arabian heritage by working for
Margaret Kuykendal, who owned Serrim and several
other Desert Arabians. Mark Mayo was her brother and I
also rode and showed with him. I purchased a baby from
Margaret and trained him to be a champion in 16 performance categories. I started giving riding lessons when
I wasn't teaching school, and Susar Farm was born. At
various times I have had between thirty and forty horses,
as many students, and we hold monthly horse shows on
our farm. Since 1977 folks have come to Susar Farm to
learn to show, get experience in the ring, and enjoy their
horses.
We have a core of students who are being taught to train
and show their own horses and who are quite successful
on the local, class A, and regional levels. Our goal is to
produce beautiful athletes with great trainability and the
ability to go forward both in performance and as breeding
horses. All of our stock is performance proven and ridden
and used constantly. Hopefully our students and our
horses will go forward to help ensure that the Desert Arabian flourishes into future generations.
My current stallion bank consists of Masada El Rabdan
"Tucky" (*Tuhotmos x Masada Dahmah), a 1985 Sheykh
Obeyd Foundation (SOF) non-Nazeer stallion who is a
proven dressage, jumping, western, trail, and hunter winner, and also the sire of numerous Class A and Regional
winners. My junior stallion is Susar El Khamor (Masada
El Rabdan x Om Khamsa), a 1996 SOF non-Nazeer stallion who is winning in dressage and in-hand on the regional level. Mah Sabbah Bedu, a 2001 straight Babson
Egyptian (Ibn Sabbah Bedu x Bint Roulett) is a wonderful
stallion that I co-own with Keith Kosel. Sabbah is winning
in dressage, has started jumping, and is being bred to
Tucky's daughters.
We have two foundation mare groups: one is Saqlawi
strain and non-Nazeer (Susar Jasaada, Masada Fa Khedena) and the other is Hadban Inzahi with one slim line to
Nazeer (matriarch AK Maslaha). Susar Jasaada "Sadie",
a 1990 mare (Masada El Rabdan x BDF Jamala Basara),
is a regional dressage winner and a wonderful producer
of lovely foals. Walter Schimanski sent Masada Fa Khedena, a 1987 mare (Fabo x Om Khamsa), to us in 2000
and she has become a wonderful riding mare as well as
continuing to produce typey foals. When Khedena arAl Majlis News - Volume 3 Number 3 - May/June 2006
Susar Jasaada "Sadie" (Masada El Rabdan x BDF Jamala Basara)
with Susan Mayo up. Mayo describes her relationship with Sadie.
Sadie had an ovary removed by full abdominal surgery at age 5.
After a full show career - including many class A and Regional wins
- and being bred for the first time at age 14, Sadie had a uterine
torsion requiring emergency surgery. Afterward, tearing adhesions
from the old ovary surgery necessitated another surgical procedure
30 days prior to foaling. She delivered a wonderful colt and is now
back in show training. Sadie has the spirit and fire of a true Desert
Arabian and she is the love of my life."
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Success at the 2006 Egyptian Event
SUCCESS AT THE 2006 EGYPTIAN EVENT
The Institute received such a warm welcome and huge
response to our exhibit at last year's Egyptian Event
that we decided to do again. Last year the tent was
sometimes crowded with eight or more people with
more gathered two and three deep around, so we definitely needed more space. This year's exhibit again
featured our Bedouin-style tent, with an additional area
for visiting and display items. Ours was easily one of
the busiest booths at the Event!
One of the high points of the Event was an extended
visit by historian/authors Hansi Heck-Melnyk and Bachir Bserani. Their conversation was both animated
and informative, and drew many listeners and participants. Thanks for stopping by, Hansi and Bachir!
The Institute's booth at the 2006 Egyptian Event. Jon Michael photo.
In keeping with our Mission Statement, we encourage
participation by any and all interested preservation efforts and organizations. Our display area offered an
array of books, brochures, and historical photographs.
We'd like to thank the participating preservation efforts,
organizations, and individuals:
American Foundation Arabian Horse Association
Arabian Horse World
Asil Club
BLUE STAR and Blue Arabian Horse Catalog, Inc.
Egyptian Arabian Sport Horse Alliance
The Fippen Family (Heirloom Egyptian Arabian
Horses, 1840-2000)
Hansi Heck-Melnyk (Straight Egyptian Index)
Heirloom
Heirloom/El Deree
Sheykh Obeyd Foundation International
Miss Jane Llewellyn Ott
The Pyramid Society
Mrs. Carl Raswan
Peter Upton (The Arab Horse)
A budding preservationist takes a break in our tent. Jon Michael photo.
2006 SYMPOSIUM DVD SET AVAILABLE
We played DVDs continuously, featuring our newest
production, the four-DVD set of the 2006 Symposium
on Preservation. Order details are available in this issue of "Al Majlis News," (see right).
The Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse proudly announces the publication of a four-DVD set chronicling
the entire proceedings of the 2006 Symposium on
Preservation: Assessing Quality in the Desert Arabian
Horse. The Symposium, held February 17-19, 2006, in
Cave Creek, Arizona, at the lovely Bellisima Ranch of
Ashley Dorrance-Baiker, featured five noted experts in
the evaluation of Arabian horses, each of whom spoke
about a particular judging system:
Our beautiful tent has been designed, crafted, and furnished by Jon Michael. Kent Mayfield and Jack Ford
provided the large format television and DVD player
AND excellent Arabic coffee.
Cynthia Richardson – AHA In-Hand
Liz Salmon – Modified European In-Hand
Patti Felker-Breiner – Sport Horse In-Hand
Adele Furby – Shagya Breeding Certification
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Books Available Through the Institute
Dr. John Shelle – Estimated Breeding Value Model
(Michigan State University)
This historic event is preserved on four high-quality
DVDs, and may be purchased from the Institute's Business Office for $50 U.S. plus $8 shipping and handling.
The Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse
Business Office
Lebanon, KY 4003
[email protected]
THE BABSON INFLUENCE: A RETROSPECTIVE
The Institute is undertaking its first major monograph
publication effort, a reference book on the Babson importation and its influence on Arabian horse breeding
since 1932. This book will be hard cover, printed on
acid-free paper, 500+ pages, with reprints of seminal
articles on the Babson herd and new articles on Babson horses, variant bloodlines, and the influence of
Babson blood throughout the Arabian breed. We have
already gathered hundreds of photographs, many
never before published, and are seeking more for the
project.
The book will feature a color picture gallery for sponsors of the project. A full page picture is $495, and includes a separate farm listing in the book, a complimentary copy of the book, and posting of the picture
and farm listing on the Institute's Web site through the
end of 2007. Half page pictures are available for $300,
and include a separate farm listing in the book, posting
on our Web site, and a discount on purchase of the
book. Contact our Business Office for details.
Diana Johnson, Brian Bennett, and Debra Schrishuhn
head the publication committee. We are seeking volunteers to help with all aspects of this project. Contact us
at [email protected].
In the Summer of 2006
Barzan Publishing & The Institute for the
Desert Arabian Horse
offer a reprint of a timeless classic
THE ARAB HORSE
by Peter Upton
320 pages, casebound and Jacket, 60 full color illustrations including paintings by the author, 166 b/
w pictures, 66 color plates. Maps, 303 x 234 mm
landscape.
Padischah, the first Arab stallion whose purebred line
still exists, was imported to Britain from Arabia in the
1830s. The Arab Horse by Peter Upton provides a
complete record of all the desertbred Arab horses imported to Britain from this time from whom present-day
purebred Arab horses descend. The author describes
the desert journeys of early enthusiasts, notably Major
Roger Upton, Wilfrid Scawen and Lady Anne Blunt
(founders of the famous Crabbet Stud in 1878), and the
Hon. Miss Dillon, using their words where possible to
detail the 78 horses with extant lines, together with
mare and stallion tables of descent.
Illustrated throughout with the author's fine color portraits of horses and a unique archival collection of black
and white photographs, this book will delight and inform
all those with an interest in this most beautiful breed.
Peter Upton is a past President of the Arab Horse Society of Great Britain, an international judge, and an acknowledged expert on the history of the Arab horse. His
paintings are widely known from extensive exhibitions
in Britain and abroad, and his work is held in private
collections around the world.
This incredible book is offered in a variety of specialized bindings, ranging from basic hard cover to deluxe
editions with personalized logos, metallic edging, autograph, and original sketch by the author. Contact our
Business Office for pricing and purchasing details:
The Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse
Business Office
Lebanon, KY 40033
[email protected]
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AL KHAIMA
“The Tent”
Appearing in the December 2006 issue of Arabian Horse World.
Subscribe to Al Khaima
If you don't have a subscription to Arabian Horse World, call 1-800-955-9423 or go to the
AHW Web site at www.ahwmagazine.com. AHW has supported the Institute since its inception, and we appreciate their continuing interest in the Desert Arabian horse.
Overrun copies of the first three issues of Al Khaima (November 2004—only a few copies left,
July 2005, and November 2005) are available from the Institute's Business Office
([email protected]) at $8 U.S. each, shipping included.
Reserve advertising now for December 2006
Your advertising supports the publication of Al Khaima and the Institute's commitment to
education. Advertising in Al Khaima, embedded in Arabian Horse World magazine, continues
to be sold out early for each issue. DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR
FARM FEATURED IN THE DECEMBER BIENNIAL NEWSTAND 2006 ISSUE. Plan ahead.
Contact Jon Michael ([email protected]) to book your space now. Reserve your
space ASAP to guarantee pricing (full-page ad - $595; half-page - $ 350, including
professional design and layout). Take advantage of these huge discounts to the regular
AHW prices that reflect the World's continuing support of the Institute and its educational
mission.
Membership—Available Now
The most-asked question in the booth at the Egyptian Event was
"How can I join the Institute?"
The simple answer is visit http://www.desertarabian.org/AlMajlis/membership.pdf,
then print the form and mail it to the Institute office. Memberships extend through
December 31, 2006, and include copies of both 2006 issues of Al Khaima.
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Board of Directors/Officers:
Brian Bennett
3655 W. 31 Mile Road
Romeo, MI 48095
Phone: (586) 752-2022
Email: [email protected]
Anita Enander (Vice-Chair)
517 Panchita Way
Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone: (650) 941-5407
Bruce Johnson (Secretary)
1915 S. Airport Road
Buckeye, AZ 85326
Phone: (623) 386-6381
M. Kent Mayfield (Chair)
5653 State Hwy 130
Dodgeville, WI 53533
Phone: (608) 935-3540
INSTITUTE FOR THE
DESERT ARABIAN HORSE
Donor Levels
Charter.................................................$1,000
Benefactor ............................................ $500
Sustaining ............................................ $100
Advocate ................................................ $50
Basic ....................................................... $25
For those desiring a longer term commitment, we offer:
Lifetime Distinguished
$10,000 or more
Lifetime Distinguished,
1st Installment (X 4) ......................... $2,500
Lifetime Patron ................................. $5,000
Lifetime Patron,
1st Installment (X 5) ......................... $1,000
Significant bequests from estates and wills
are most sincerely welcomed and appreciated. Please contact the Institute for information.
How to Contact The Institute
Susan Mayo
5493 Edwards Rd.
Denton, TX 76208
Phone: (940) 566-0630
Jon Michael (Treasurer)
2888 Rush Branch Road
Bradfordsville, KY 40009
Phone: (270) 337-2000
Debra Kay Schrishuhn
2415 East Nevada
Urbana, IL 61802-4542
Phone: (217) 384-5763
E-mail:
[email protected]
Web site:
www.desertarabian.org
Mailing Address:
The Institute for the
Desert Arabian Horse
Lebanon, Kentucky 40033
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