MZ-Djamira
The bay mare MZ-Djamira was bred by Margot Zinniker of MZ Arabians in Switzerland. Born in 2006, MZ-Djamira was sired by Shaklan Ibn Bengali.
Shaklan Ibn Bengali (1997–2013), a bay stallion, was sired by FS Bengali, a son World Champion Stallion Kubinec, carrying the Bairactar db sire line. Shaklan's dam, LM Sanduga was by Spanish bred stallion El Perfecto and traced to the Venus db dam line through the Bint Rustem branch, representing the Hadban Enzahi strain. This blend of Russian and Spanish-Egyptian heritage combined substance with classic type, producing a horse of notable presence. Shaklan Ibn Bengali earned titles as Swiss National Reserve Champion Colt (1998) and Stallion (2004), reflecting the quality of his distinguished pedigree.
World Champion Kubinec also appeared on MZ-Djamira's dam-line, as her dam WA Djambala was sired by Kapitol, a Kubinec son. WA Djambala's Straight Russian dam Djubnavala was bred at Tersk Stud and was sired by Karnaval—also the sire of the 2007 Dutch National Reserve Champion Mare Verkarna—and out of Dulcinea. Djubnavala was Reserve Senior Champion Mare at the 2000 Championat d’Alsace.
In 2008, MZ-Djamira earned the title of Reserve Junior Champion Filly at the Casino Cup in Baden. She later produced a single registered offspring, MZ-Djilshada, a bay daughter by multi-halter champion QR Marc (by Marwan Al Shaqab). Through MZ-Djilshada, MZ-Djamira’s influence continues in both the show ring and the breeding program of Emaj Arabians in Switzerland. Concluding her broodmare career while standing at Nylemat Arabians, Switzerland, MZ-Djamira transitioned to a new role as a riding horse.
Hadidi
Born February 22, 1990, the grey Straight Egyptian stallion Hadidi—bred by Gleannloch Farms in Barksdale, Texas—was a horse of legendary presence and pedigree.
Hadidi’s sire, Norus, was a grey stallion, born in 1986, sired by the black Egyptian import Gharib (by Anter), who stood as chief sire at the renowned Marbach State Stud in Germany. Gharib was celebrated for introducing rich color, powerful, expressive movement and overall athletic ability to the predominantly silver-grey Marbach herd. Norus’s dam, Noha, was a daughter by Hadban Enzahi. The Nazeer son Hadban Enzahi was imported from Egypt and became one of Marbach’s most influential stallions. This daughter Noha was also dam of the beautiful mare RN Farida (by Salaa El Dine), multi halter Champion mare.
On the maternal side, Hadidi descended from US National Futurity Champion Mare Hebet Allah, an absolutely beautiful and impressive daughter of Morafic—one of the most influential Straight Egyptian sires ever imported to the U.S.—and Soheir II, a grey Nazeer granddaughter. This dam line belongs to the Egyptian Bint El Bahreyn family of the Dahman Shahwan strain, celebrated for elegance, endurance, and typey heads.
At just two years old, Hadidi whose name meant 'the iron one' or 'one of steel', was sold through Gleannloch’s Final Legacy Sale for $60,000, then exported to Italy There, he matured into an elegant and charismatic stallion with large liquid-black eyes and superb movement—traits lauded across Europe.
Hadidi achieved remarkable success in the international show arena, earning the title of World Champion Stallion in 1997, a distinction that recognized his outstanding type and presence. In 2001, he added to his accolades by being named All Nations Cup Champion Senior Stallion in Aachen, and later that same year, he was honored as the World Reserve Champion Stallion in Paris.
Hadidi proved to be a prolific sire. Among his most notable progeny was the grey mare Elettra, who produced the influential stallion Shael Dream Desert. Widely regarded for his refinement and charisma, Shael Dream Desert stood at stud in Italy, Brazil, the United States, and Saudi Arabia, contributing to halter programs across four continents. Until his death in 2024, he sired numerous champions, including FT Shaella, 2012 Senior World Silver Champion Mare; Felicia RLC, 2010 Scottsdale Reserve Junior Champion Filly; and Bruma Bahamas, Brazilian National Champion Filly.
Other significant daughters of Hadidi include Isabelle HG, who was named Supreme Champion Mare at the U.S. Egyptian Event in 2003, and Dorian Bint Hadidi, who earned Reserve Champion honors at the same event.
Hadidi passed away on July 24, 2017, leaving behind a legacy mainly through his daughters and their influential descendants.
Imamzada
The bay stallion Imamzada was foaled in 1891 and standing 15.2 hands. Bred at the Pudlicote Stud of Miss Etheldred Dillon in England, Imamzada was the product of carefully selected bloodlines deeply rooted in desert tradition. He was used as a hunter horse and known for producing excellent hunter horses.
Imamzada’s sire was Imam who was sired by El Emir, a bay desert bred stallion, imported to England 1880 by Miss Dillon who cherished him dearly. His dam was the grey mare Ishtar born on 1871 whose pedigree has been lost through her frequent changes of ownership.
Imamzada's dam, Kesia II, was a bay mare foaled in 1876, bred by Gomassa Sebaa tribe in Arabia. She was the daughter of Seglawi El Abd and the only purebred foal ouf of Kesia. Notably, Kesia II was imported in utero to England, marking her as one of the earliest desert-bred mares to influence British Arabian breeding. Kesia II was owned by Major R.D. Upton, a respected authority on desert Arabians, and tragically met her end when killed by lightning. Kesia II produced six foals. Among them was Shabaka, a chestnut mare, by Mameluke. Shabaka was dam of Segario who had a limited number of foals but was sire of the grey mare Guemura whose family is still vital today. Imamzada was Kesia II's only son, giving him particular significance as a preserver of her rare genetic contribution.
In 1905, at age nine, Imamzada was imported to the United States by Spencer Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts. Borden, a prominent figure in early American Arabian horse breeding.
Though not widely used, Imamzada sired nine foals during his lifetime—two colts and seven fillies. His most influential offspring was the bay mare Rosa Rugosa. Out of Rose of Sharon, one of Crabbet’s key mares, Rosa Rugosa carried forward the legacy of two influential dam lines. She became the dam of Sidi.
Imamzada died in 1920, leaving behind a small but meaningful legacy through his daughter Rosa Rugosa.
Aldebaran
The chestnut stallion Aldebaran, also registered as Aldebar, was born in 1919.
Aldebaran was sired by Dwarka, a desert-bred stallion and out of Amida, a daughter of Ibn Yashmak and the influential mare Ajramieh. Amida was known to be the best daughter of Ajramieh, grandaughter of the important imported desert mare Queen of Sheba. The Queen of Sheba line, though numerically limited, was cherished for its refinement and action, and Amida continued that legacy, particularly through her daughter Astrella and Aldebaran.
Bred by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), Aldebaran was raised within the royal stud program He was noted for his strong conformation, natural athleticism, and overall soundness, qualities that made Dwarka and him a valuable sire helping the preservation program to save the Dartmoor Pony from extinction.
Eventually Aldebaran was selected for export. In 1929, he was shipped to The Prince of Wales' E.P. Ranch in Southern Alberta, Canada where he became a well-known sire of many half Arabs. In Canada, he was renamed Aldebar, a simplified version of his original name, likely to ease registration or pronunciation.
While still in England, Aldebaran sired the stallion Algol (out of Rangha), who became a cornerstone of George Ruxton’s breeding program. Algol was particularly valued for the quality of his daughters, many of whom proved to be outstanding producers of stallions. Among his notable descendants were Aatika, dam of Manasseh (sire of Dargee); Myola, also dam of Dargee; and Namilla, dam of the sire Mikeno.
Another of Aldebaran’s sons, Barkis (foaled in 1929), appears in the female line of the prominent Australian sire Ralvon Pilgrim. Barkis was the grandsire of Rafeena, who produced Rikham, Ralvon Pilgrim’s sire.
Another son by Aldebaran was Houbaran (x Arusa by Rustem) who was born in 1923 and exported to the Netherlands as a yearling. This bay stallion became the first Arabian horse officially registered in the Arabian Stud Book of the Netherlands in 1935.
In 1938, the aging stallion Aldebaran was imported to the United States by the influential breeder Henry Babson. At Babson's farm, Aldebaran sired the stallion Baarouf (foaled in 1941), known for producing athletic, performance-oriented offspring. Baarouf was noted for passing on his flea-bitten grey coat and refined, typey head.
Another example of Aldebaran’s enduring influence was the versatile Sierra Dunes, a proven stock and trail horse. Sierra Dunes' dam, Trafara, was a maternal great-granddaughter of Aldebaran, illustrating the stallion’s impact through the female line.
Although Aldebaran's sire-line seems to be extinct in Pure-bred Arabians, his blood continues to appear in modern Arabian pedigrees, especially through the performance and broodmare lines that trace back to his daughters and granddaughters.
Nevada 1970
Nevada, a chestnut mare born at Tersk Stud in 1970, exemplifies the successful integration of Egyptian and Russian Arabian bloodlines that characterized mid-20th century international breeding programs.
Nevada's sire, Aswan (originally named Raafat in Egypt), was a highly influential grey Egyptian-bred Arabian stallion who stood at the Tersk Stud in Russia. Sired by Nazeer out of Yosreia, he was given as a gift to the Soviet Union by the Egyptian government in 1963, in return for Soviet help in building the Aswan Dam. This diplomatic gesture proved to be one of the most significant contributions to international Arabian breeding in the 20th century.
Aswan introduced a more extreme dished head with large nostrils, large expressive eye, long level croup, and high tail carriage. These distinctive characteristics would become hallmarks of his offspring, including Nevada, contributing to the refinement and Arabian type that would define her progeny for decades to come.
Nevada's full-brother is Nrav Ibn Aswan who was sold to Germany where he was used as chief sire. The mare Nesnakomka by Kankan is Nevada's half-sister who was broodmare for the Maiworm Stud in Germany. As a two years old Nevada was exported to Germany where she became foundation mare of Henry Garde's Gut Alemich Stud.
Nevada's dam, Naina (born 1961) was one of only 16 foals by the Egyptian stallion Nil (Sid Abohoum x Malaka) who came to Tersk Stud in 1958 where he died 2 years later. Through her dam's side, Nevada also inherited the blood of Nomenklatura, one of the fourth 'Queens of Tersk', dam of Nabeg, the sire of Menes, Neman and Nariadni. Nomenklatura's dam was Mammona who founded one of the most treasured Russian mare families.
The dark-chestnut stallion Nego by Kilimandscharo, born 1976, was Nevada's most notable son, mostly through his show career. In 1984, he was awarded Senior Champion Stallion in Paris. Nego was exported to Spurs Arabians in the United States and re-imported to Europe (Belgium) in the early 1992 after the dispersal of Spurs Arabians.
Nevada's daughter Neschima, by Kilimandscharo, was successfully shown in halter as well and later became part of the broodmare band at Gut Alemich Stud. She produced eleven foals, all sired by Neman. Her first-born son, the bay Negorni, became a sire in Brazil, while her dark chestnut daughter Nemanda established a successful family at Sax Arabians in Germany.
However, Nevada's most renowned offspring was her first-born daughter, Neschi, a dark chestnut mare foaled in 1974, also by Kilimandscharo. Neschi proved to be an outstanding broodmare and went on to found a distinguished breeding dynasty of her own. Her sons Nadir and Nagadir became chief sires at Gut Alemich, while her daughters Nenija and Nascha founded further families at Sax Arabians including Nevada's bloodline.
Four generations—Nevada, her daughter Neschi, granddaughter Nascha, and great-granddaughter Menascha—were each awarded the German Elite Mare title. This recognition and that Menascha was dam of first female European Triple Crown Winner Essteema by Essteem speaks to the exceptional genetic consistency Nevada transmitted to her offspring.
ASH Donatella
Born in 2007, ASH Donatella carries a pedigree that represents the international nature of modern Arabian breeding. Her sire, WH Justice, stands as one of the most influential Arabian stallions of the 21st century. Known throughout the breeding world as ’The Champion Maker’, this grey stallion by Magnum Psyche out of Vona Sher-Renea has earned his reputation through an extraordinary record of producing champions.
ASH Donatella's dam, Dahma, was sired by Warandes Plakat, a grey stallion born in the Netherlands in 1981. Dahma’s dam, NA Divina, was sired by World Champion stallion Amal. Her dam line is one of the most venerable in Europe, tracing through the foundation mare Murana I via Joschi — herself by Halef out of Jacaranda. Halef, a Polish-bred stallion standing at Achental Stud in Germany, was renowned for siring elegant, long-necked daughters. Jacaranda, by the Egyptian stallion Jasir, and daughter of Caesarea, was acquired by Achental Stud from Marbach. Her daughter Joschi became one of its key foundation mares.
ASH Donatella's show career, while brief, demonstrated her quality as a young horse. In 2008, as a yearling, she achieved her most significant victory by winning the Junior Female Championship at the Rector's Trophy Arabian Horses C-show in Belgium.
At four years old, ASH Donatella began her breeding career at her breeder’s farm, Arabian Sun Horses in Belgium. Her first recorded foal was ASH Shannon, a bay colt born in 2011 by Abha Qatar, followed by the grey filly Tchaata Daria in 2012, sired by MF Aryan El Thessa. After that, there was a pause in her breeding record. Her career resumed in Spain at Citrus Arabians, where she produced Citrus Daniella in 2019, once again by MF Aryan El Thessa.
The period between 2020 and 2022 reveals the most remarkable aspect of ASH Donatella's breeding record. During these years, she produced multiple foals annually, with 2022 being particularly exceptional with eight registered offspring, made possible by embryo transfer. Her most recently registered offspring are Citrus Dalia, a 2023 filly by Muranas Jassehr, and Citrus Donna, born in 2024 by Muranas Nader.
ASH Donatella exemplifies the quiet excellence that underpins successful Arabian breeding programs. While she may not have achieved the international show ring fame of some of her contemporaries, her consistent production of quality offspring over more than a decade establishes her as a mare of genuine distinction.
Coming soon
- ANISHA RCA (September, 1st)
- SHOWNEL (September, 2nd)
- THE PRINCESS OF EGYPT (September, 4th)
- KALLISTO 1997 (September, 6th)
- EKS SIRAJJ (September, 8th)
- ELSTERA 1913 (September, 10th)
- EO RHAISULI IBN SHADWAN (September, 12th)
- LOUBAJJ IBN LOUBNA-D (September, 14th)
Latest Addition
| NAME | SIRE | DAM | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissekritsa | Pesniar 1975 | Simpatika | 2025-08-27 |
| Rodan El Pharo | Nahabi El Pharo | AK Taldinaa | 2025-08-27 |
| Sir Dal | Diem | Shiwa | 2025-08-27 |
| Obra | Hardy | Ikwa | 2025-08-23 |
| EKS Bint Helwah | Laheeb 1996 | Helwah AA | 2025-08-23 |
| Adham Aljassimya | Al Ayal AA | Athena Al Zobair | 2025-08-20 |
| Nadeshnij | Drug | Nadesha | 2025-08-19 |
| High-Societee | Bask | Gawra | 2025-08-18 |
| Mystic Heirloom | Aladdinn | High-Societee | 2025-08-18 |
| Its Sshow Time | Showkayce | Mystic Heirloom | 2025-08-18 |
| Signifikaynce | Its Sshow Time | Aristokayte | 2025-08-18 |
| Emphasis DDA | Signifikaynce | WR Jullane | 2025-08-18 |
| Naharin | Gulastra | Rimini | 2025-08-18 |
| Ramghaza | Ghazi 1925 | Ramim | 2025-08-18 |
| Ragutaya | Gulastra | Ramghaza | 2025-08-18 |
| Al-Marah Rawa | Indraff | Ragutaya | 2025-08-18 |
| Al-Marah Rainbow | Naharin | Al-Marah Rawa | 2025-08-18 |
| Fourwinds Tempest | Wiraz | Al-Marah Rainbow | 2025-08-18 |
| Like Magic | Ariston | Fourwinds Tempest | 2025-08-18 |
| Likely To Strike | Strike | Like Magic | 2025-08-18 |
