A proponent of the asil Arabian. Critical of certain breeding trends that lean toward the extreme or depart from the Bedouin standard. I do not approve of extreme dishes or swan necks, and neither should you! Want to know more about breed history? Shoot me an ask. Have a picture of a nice Arabian? Have a story about the Arabian show world? Send me a submission! (Spoiler Alert: I own an Arabian.)
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What is the Al Khamsa Preservation Task Force?
“First, we had to agree among ourselves what ‘rare’ is as far as the Task Force is concerned. After some discussion, while we agreed that there are rare breeding groups and subgroups within breeding groups in Al Khamsa that need preserving, the Task Force decided that the most urgent call was to preserve rare Al Khamsa Foundation Horses. When a Foundation Horse is gone, that bloodline is lost to Al Khamsa forever.
Second, with that decided, the Task Force used the Al Khamsa Online Roster to research our existing Foundation Horses, and rank them according to number of descendants since 1990. This was an eye-opener, and no mistake, to quote J.R.R. Tolkien. Of the 159 Foundation Horses listed in Al Khamsa Arabians III, 21 have fewer than 100 descendants since 1990. Four are down to one. Besides these, the Crane group of three Foundation Horses, the Europa Ancestral Element of 62 Foundation Horses and the Borden Ancestral Element of three Foundation Horses are also on this “Code Red” List. These lines are hanging by a thread, and if the thread snaps, Al Khamsa will lose over half of its Foundation Horses.
Third, with list of rare jewels in hand, volunteers have researched what is left, identified those descendants, some of which appear on multiple lists, and are now trying to locate these descendants. Everything on the “Code Red” list is being worked on, but the “Code Orange” list, covering Foundation Horses with between 100 and 500 descendants since 1990 is not far behind in urgency. Twenty-five more Foundation Horses, plus the entire Ayerza Ancestral Element of nine Foundation Horses, are represented on this list. Volunteers are welcome to help with this project!
Fourth, the Task Force is identifying reasons for preservation. Those skeptics who argue that rare lines are rare because they were not good enough are simply mistaken. Experienced breeders know that while this might be so in isolated cases, the vast majority of rare lines are worthy of our utmost respect and efforts. It is also true that if Al Khamsa loses more of the genetic material it is supposed to be safeguarding, it restricts options for breeders in the future.”
Are there any american programs that are still breeding for the proper bouduin type rather than the hyper dished type? I know it's likely less profitable here because of how extreme the AHA has become for shows. I've seen some of the racing arabs and endurance arabs (more often AngloArabs though) look like they can breathe but that's about it.
Hi!
I would first like to direct you to my new blog, since this one is limited to mobile and has very limited features and access due to some weird Shenanigans with my Yahoo email attached to this account.
@asilarabians
Same person, same blog, just more accessible!
Secondly, in answer to your question, yes, there are a lot of breeders still active in the United States. Hell, I will be foaling an al khamsa mare out sometime this winter that I picked up out of a program dispersal because she was set to go to the kill pen.
There are still people involved in the Davenport, the blue star, The Saudi Source, the Babson, the pritzlaff, and etc programs. The straight Egyptian gene pool is still going strong as well.
But, we are coming upon a crucial turning point regarding breeding in the United States because many of our horses are older and do not have replacement courses in their respective gene pools.
I expect to see a lot of breeders close up shop in this next decade.
Drago is such a sweet boy, and his owner is a really nice lady, too. He's Straight Egyptian with Babson breeding, and was a rescue when his owner picked him up.
Since i just got a new follower on this blog, semi regular reminder to follow my reboot blog, @asilarabians as I no longer have access to this blog on desktop and am clinging to all of the blogs on this account in a vague hope that someday tumblr will allow me to update my email or password on mobile. There’s regular blogging on the v2 blog, I promise!
Since i just got a new follower on this blog, semi regular reminder to follow my reboot blog, @asilarabians as I no longer have access to this blog on desktop and am clinging to all of the blogs on this account in a vague hope that someday tumblr will allow me to update my email or password on mobile. There’s regular blogging on the v2 blog, I promise!
Since i just got a new follower on this blog, semi regular reminder to follow my reboot blog, @asilarabians as I no longer have access to this blog on desktop and am clinging to all of the blogs on this account in a vague hope that someday tumblr will allow me to update my email or password on mobile. There's regular blogging on the v2 blog, I promise!
Do you think any of the arabs owned by horsblr are too extreme? I saw a recent post under the Arabian horse tag where a chestnut horse had a large looking dish. However, it was pictured with someone on it and with a blue ribbon which leads me to believe that it’s at least a little functional in that aspect. What’s your take?
I have recently become obsessed with a stallion, FURTHA DHELALL. I was looking into a descendant of SERR MAARINER when I came across his name, and wondered why it looked familiar. Turns out, I had seen his name in a few of the other asil horses I’ve researched, but never thought to look any more closely into him until tonight.
As it so happens, FURTHA DHELALL is a 1960 import to the US that was bred in Saudi Arabia, and he stands as a very late foundation source of Bedouin-bred / desert bred asil genetics, which is highly unusual. Connie Cobb imported him to the USA in 1966 as a 6 year old, and he proceeded to sire 30 foals, 13 of which were Al Khamsa. His certification lists him as a “Hamdani bred by Khalid Hamid al-Dawsari, a Dawasir Bedouin living in al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and imported in 1966 to the USA by Connie Cobb. By Ragus, a Saqlawi of the Dawasir, by a Saqlawi, and out of Malike, a Hamdaniyah of the Dawasir, by a Saqlawi."
What struck me in particular about this stallion was originally his appearance. Sturdy, relatively balanced, and yet distinctly Arabian. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that his genetics were primarily represented in two asil breeding programs - the Desert Bred Stud (Desert and DB), and the Antique Arabians Stud (AAS), both of which have had representatives of their respective programs posted onto this blog - the likes of DB Ibn Najem Huda, DB Mirath, DB Khrush, and AAS Theeb. What is striking is that the same sense of sturdy, robust athleticism that these horses conveyed is apparent in their ancestor, Furtha Dhelall, and I am at once of the impression that this the provenance of the arrival of this sturdy countenance into their gene pool stems from this stallion.
There is something to be said, then, for the fresh arrival of genuinely desert bred horses - his birth is a full 60-80 years after the initial Blunt imports, and in horse breeding, that’s generations upon generations of horses removed from the desert source.
Pictures below: (currently limited to mobile, so I'll update on the other blog)
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