Although Falima’s dam, Fa-Habba, had five full sisters, only Fa-Habba was ever bred to Ansata Ibn Halima, and she was only ever bred to...

She was a one-of-a-kind right from the start. She was the first Straight Egyptian foal of her sire, El Hilal, and was born on...

Bint Maisa El Saghira was a handsome mare, very much "in the square" and she produced it. She was a U.S. Top Ten Mare, U.S. Top Ten Park...

The story of Nourah as shared by Keri Wright in her profile in the Legacy Section of Volume XII of the Reference Handbook, is a story of...

This lovely bay mare descends in tail female through Shams, a daughter of Bint Samiha, who was the dam of the vaunted Egyptian sire,...

Perhaps the ideal combination of Magidaa and Deenaa blood, at least on the level of instant and international recognition, are the sons...

This week we continue featuring some of the horses who appeared in the Legacy Section of Volume XII of the Reference Handbook of Straight...

In the annals of history of the Straight Egyptian Arabian horse, this stallion is as unique as they come. Keri Wright, shared: “I was...

The story of this mare is beautifully told on her page in the Legacy Section of Volume XII of the Reference Handbook of Straight Egyptian...

Today we head East, across the Pond, as they say, to the small town of Grossenkneten in Germany and the home of Dr. Hans Nagel, of the...

On a spring day in 1977 a black filly, Bahila, was born at Dr. Taushke’s El Thayeba Stud in Grobenkneten, Germany, and she was the first...

Is preservation breeding really worth it? I’m not going to live forever. Shouldn’t I just breed to win in the shows? Or scrap breeding...

In breeding horses there are a number of different ways to create homozygosity and the resulting trait of prepotency. In doing so one...

This week we continue featuring some of the horses who appeared in the Legacy Section of Volume XII of the Reference Handbook of Straight...

We took a break during the month of August from the typical “Fun Fact Friday” format we’ve been following all year so that we could get...

Following up on last week’s installment in this series on Straight Egyptian Sire Lines, we present Joe Ferriss’ write up on Straight...

This is the 8 th installment of this series which began June 7, 2024, wherein we continue to highlight the stories of Straight Egyptian...

This is the 7th installment of this series which began June 7, 2024, wherein we continue to highlight the stories of Straight Egyptian...

This is the 6th installment of this series which began June 7, 2024, wherein we continue to highlight the stories of Straight Egyptian...

This is the 5th installment of this series which began June 7, 2024, wherein we continue to highlight the stories of Straight Egyptian...