Pyramid Aalin

photo: Aline Sagrabelny

When the Wagner family of Ammerbuch-Altingen/Germany bred their Straight Egyptian mare Pyramid Set El Nil to the grey Straight Egyptian stallion Ali Valentino in 1999, they expected an exotic foal with correct body and legs and excellent movements. One year later, the result of the mating was the colt Pyramid Aalin that kept the promise of an exotic look combined with good body, legs and floating gaits plus the beautiful dark bay color of his dam with no white.
His sire Ali Valentino was a son by Ruminaja Ali, a top sire in the US in the 80's, out of Moniet, an Ibn Moniet El Nefous daughter. The Canadian-born Ali Valentino was exported to the Bavarian located Hamra Stud of Gaby Weixelbaum. He was the most known Ruminaja Ali son in Germany besides MA Alishah. Unfortunately both were less used.
Pyramid Ali's dam, Pyramid Set El Nil was a foundation mare of the Wagner family that excelled with her exotic beauty and correctness. She was by Ansata El Salaam, a chestnut Ansata Shah Zaman grandson who had Ansata Ibn Halim on his dam's side. While her sire traces in all lines to Ansata breeding from the US, Pyramid Set El Nil's dam Ghandoura El Saghira included in her pedigree the finest Straight Egyptian horses you could find in Germany at that time, including the Nazeer son Kaisoon.
After the Wagner foundation mare gave birth to Pyramid Aalin, Pyramid Set El Nil produced three more foals, all fillies: Pyramid Aalia, a black full-sister to Pyramid Aalin, and the Al Lahab full-sisters Pyramid Laneya and Pyramid Lutfiyah. Unfortunately, Pyramid Set El Nile could not leave behind more foals as she died way too early in 2006 at the age of 9.
As her only son, Pyramid Aalin was highly promoted at shows. In 2006, he was awarded Silver Champion stallion at the German Nationals. Four years before, as a 4 years old, the bay Ali Valentino son was licensed with a Silver Ribbon at the central German stallion licensing show in Aachen. As a sire, however, Pyramid Aalin produced only a hand-full of foals that have not bred on.