Last week we started to share some of the more well-known results of crossing
Egyptian Arabians with purebred Arabians of other bloodlines. Over the years this
formula has delivered proven and positive outcomes; and as a result there have
been many truly great Arabians produced, both show horses, and of equal or even
greater importance, breeding horses.
Marsianin - U.S. National Champion Stallion. He was sired by Aswan, the
Nazeer son out of Yosreia. Aswan was originally named Raafat in Egypt, but they
changed his name when he was presented as a gift to the Soviet Union by the
Egyptian government in 1963, in return for their help in building the Aswan Dam.
He stood at the Tersk Stud in Russia until the time of his death in 1984 where he
was highly influential as a breeding horse. In this case, he was bred to the Arax
daughter, Magnolia to produce Mars, subsequently known as Marsianin after being
imported to the U.S.
Talagato, the beautiful bay son of Talal (Nazeer x Zaafarana) and out of the
Spanish mare imported by the Steens, Agata III. He was a U.S. Top Ten Stallion
owned my Mike Nichols.
High Hopes (Al Fahir x Cerise) U.S. National Champion Formal Driving, U.S.
National Reserve Champion Park Horse, U.S. National Champion Informal
Combination, several halter championships and Most Classic Awards
Maisa El Bene (Shamruk [Ibn Hafiza x Dahmah Shawaniah] x Mora Bene
[Morafic x Bint ZiBene]), dam of U.S. National Reserve Champion Mare, Maisa
El Mars (x Marsianin [x Aswan]). Bint ZiBene was out of ZiBene, a daughter of
Ga’Zi and out of Nejd Benaya descending in tail female to the desert bred mare,
Nejdme, the first Arabian horse registered in the United States.
And then, of course, there was the incomparable El Shaklan (Shaker El Masri x
Estopa). Shaker El Masri was a son of Morafic and was out of the mare, Zebeda.
El Shaklan was both a show horse and a breeding horse and produced great sons as
well as daughters. Among his sons were Sanadik El Shaklan (x Mohena) and
Sharem El Sheikh (x Samanna), both the results of breeding El Shaklan to
Egyptian Sired Mares, Mohena being a daughter of Hadban Enzahi and Samanna
being a daughter of Gharib and out of a Hadban Enzahi daughter).
Another El Shaklan son who bred forward in an important way was El Sher-
Mann. He was out of the Ga’Zi daughter, Gazira (x Sur-Rad Raziya [El Hilal x
Surita Rad-Dolly]). At approximately the same time as Gazira’s dam was born,
another beautiful bay mare had come into the hands of a young college student.
She traced in tail female back to the Blunt’s desert bred mare, Rodania, and was
sired by Sur-Lee, a full blood brother to Gleannloch’s Champion Stallion, Surf (by
Sureyn and out of Jubilema, who was the full sister to Sur-Lee’s dam, Jubilee).
This nick worked well. In addition to Surf, Jubilema had also produced multi-
champion Taj Jauhar (x Royal Diamond, a 15/16 ths Egyptian stallion imported from
Crabbet Park Stud in England by Bazy Tankersley). And Jubilema had also
crossed well with the new Egyptian stallion, Morafic. So the pretty little bay mare,
known as Jamal Colleen, was bred to the young stallion, Mohssen (Ansata Ibn
Halima x Bint Mona) while he was standing with the Paleleks in Vantage, WA.
The result was Jassen, sire of Renea, who would be bred to El Sher-Mann, to
produce Vona Sher-Renea, dam of the Champion Maker, WH Justice. A quick
glance at his pedigree reveals four Straight Egyptian Stallions, Aswan, Shaker El
Masri, El Hilal and Mohssen, giving Justice a heritage of 18.75% Egyptian blood.
But, on closer inspection, the percentage of Straight Egyptian blood in the
Champion Maker is just over 45%. There were other lines to Aswan, to the
Egyptian stallion, Oran, the Egyptian mares, Razina and Sharfina, and Rissalma,
the dam of the well-known Polish stallion, Priboj, and Rixalina, the dam of Korej.
There were even some Egyptian horses in the pedigrees of some of the Spanish
Arabians in his pedigree. The beautiful Egyptian import, Ghazala, is represented
in many of the horses in his pedigree as well. Of course, there were many great
horses from a wide variety of bloodlines who played a role in the making of The
Champion Maker, but today we highlight the role the Egyptian Arabian made in
the creation of this beautiful stallion, so aptly named. Oh, and the young college
student? That was none other than Bruce Berg. He acquired his first Arabian at
age 16 and never looked back. Reflecting on those early years, Keri Wright
recalls: “Of course I remember Bruce and his mare, Jamal Colleen, and I
remember Jassen and had the privilege of showing him a number of times.” Does
it occur to us that it is in the common, every day care that we give these beautiful
horses, that we are touching greatness both past, present and future? May each of
us recognize the great privilege it is to be associated with them, that we are part of
something much bigger than ourselves.
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