Kars
Kars was a bay Saklawi Jedran bred by Ibn Subayni of the Fedaan born in 1874. He was purchased by a Kurdish Chief as a two years old who rode him during the war in Armenia in 1877. It is said that Kars was the only horse that survived the campaign where every other horse perished.
When Wilfrid and Anne Blunt of Crabbet Stud made their trip to the Middle East in the 1870's, they found Kars in Aleppo and acquired him from his owner. Kars was sent to Crabbet Stud, England where he arrived in July 1878 along with five mares. The five mares and Kars became the first foundation stock of Crabbet Stud.
In England, Kars sired quite a few mares from whom Raschida (x Wild Thyme), Rose of Jericho (x Rodania) and Dahna (x Dahma) are the most notable ones. None of his sons established a remaining sire-line.
The Blunts expected from their horses not only to be used in breeding but to be useful in their daily life. Kars was a very good riding horse. He was ridden in show jumping competitions and raced on local race tracks.
In 1885, Mr MacKay purchased Kars for sending him to Australia the same year. In Australia, however, Kars produced no registered foals. His blood however is preserved in 'Down Under' by his two daughters Dahna and Rose of Jericho who were imported to Qambi Stud, Australia six years later.
Mabrouk Manial
Mabrouk Manial was a grey stallion by Saklawi II, born in 1912 at the Manial stables of Prince Mohammed Ali in Egypt.
Mabrouk Manial's dam was Tarfa, a grey Koheylah Mimriyeh who traced to Freiha El Hamra, a desert bred mare of bay color. Freiha El Hamra was imported to Egypt by Prince Ahmad Kamal in the late 1880's.
Tarfa also produced Hadban, a half-brother to Mabrouk Manial. Through Tarfa, Mabrouk Manial came from the same strain than Mansour who sired the legendary Nazeer.
Although Mabrouk Manial sired only handful of foals, especially his daughters were exceptional breeding individuals.
His daughters included Bint Radia, Sabah, Saada and Mahroussa, one of the most photographed mares of her time.
Bint Radia produced the stallions Hamdan and Shahloul and the mares Zamzam and Samira.
The daughter Sabah was well-known by her daughter Bint Sabah and her daughters Bint Bint Sabah and Bukra who founded their own families in and outside Egypt.
The grey Mahroussa was the most influential of all Mabrouk Manial daughters outside Egypt. She was the dam of Fadl and Zarife and dam of Maaroufa anf HH Mohammed Ali's Hamama.
Fadl and Maaroufa became foundation stock at Babson Farms in the United States while Zarife and HH Mohammed Ali's Hamama became part of the WR Brown breeding program, also in the U.S.
Although his daughters were very profilic, Mabrouk Manial sons should also be named.
With Negma, he produced the stallions Zafifan and Jasir. Latter was foundation stallion at German State Stud of Marbach. Both were full-brothers to previously mentioned Mahroussa.
Mabrouk Manial also sired the stallions Awad and Baiyad.
Awad was the great-grandsire of Moniet El Nefous while Baiyad was an excellent broodmare sire producing Bint Binr Sabah and Samha.
Mabrouk Manial's last foals were born in 1925 when he was 13 years old. In 1927, he was tranferred to R.A.S.
Mabrouk Manial died at the age of 21 in 1933.
Sheikh El Arab
In March 1933 the bay Kazmeen daughter Bint Sabah gave birth to a grey colt on the Egyptian soil of Kafr Farouk, the stud of Abbas Pascha I. The colt was named Sheikh El Arab, the 'Arabian leader'. Sheikh El Arab matured into a noble grey stallion with silver grey mane and tail who turned totally white in his later years.
Sheikh El Arab's dam Bint Sabah was a daughter out of Sabah, a chestnut daughter by Mabrouk Manial out of Bint Obeya who traced to El Dahma, a Dahmah Shahwaniyah.
His sire was the grey Mansour. Mansour was well known for siring Nazeer, the legendary Egyptian sire at Inshass Stud and El Zahraa.
Although his paternal half-brother was the most influential son by Mansour, RAS chief sire Sheikh El Arab produced excellent foals that resembled him amazingly. Especially his daughters were of significance.
First of all there was his grey daughter Yosreia who produced the grey stallion Aswan. He became the most influential sire in modern Russia. Yosreia also produced the black mare Mogha by El Sareei (dam of U.S. Reserve National Champion Mare Nahlah) and the grey Farasha by Sid Abouhom (dam of Farazadac and Galal).
Another grey daughter of his was Kamla. Kamla was the dam of Hadban Enzahi (or also called Kamel) who was exported to Germany to become the chief sire at Marbach State Stud.
Then there was his bay daughter Halima who was the dam of Ansata Ibn Halima, foundation stallion of Ansata Arabians in the U.S.
And of course Sheikh El Arab sired the chestnut mare Wanisa who made him the maternal grandsire of the 'Queen of the Nile', the beautiful Egyptian mare Moniet El Nefous.
Sheik El Arab who was considered by General von Szandtner as exceptional sire that marked his offspring died at the age of 12 in 1945.
photo: Melanie Groger - ZPShop.de
Perfinka
In 2011 the mare Perfirka gave birth to a filly by Esparto at Bialka Stud in Poland. She was named Perfinka. Perfinka is from the P-family founded by Piewica. The P-family delivers were valued broodmares like Pilarka (great granddam of Pianissima), Pipi or the US National Champion Mare Penicylina. The family also brought good sires like European Reserve Champion Stallion Piechur and Poganin (sire of Kabsztad).
Perfinka's sire Esparto is an Ekstern son. Esparto was very successful at halter shows. He was Polish National Reserve Junior Champion Stallion in 2003 and 2004. In his later years, he suffered from laminitis from which he did not recover. He was put down in 2015.
Perfinka is a dignified descendant of her sire in the show ring. Turning into a beautiful flea-bitten grey mare, she was named All Nations Cup Gold Junior Champion Mare and Silver Junior Female World Champion Mare in 2013 and Scottsdale Senior Champion Mare in 2020.
And also as broodmare she follows her dam's footprints. She produced 4 fillies and 2 colts (2021).
Seanderich
The grey stallion Seanderich was born in 1902 and of Saklawi strain. Bred in the desert he was given to the Turkish Wali of Baghdad. From there, Seanderich, known only as the 'White Saklawi' at that time, was sent to Istanbul where he was discovered in 1908 by the prominent horse dealer Alfred Ismailion. Ismailion was sourcing Arabian horses on behalf of various European governments. Tasked specifically with finding an exceptional desert stallion for the Spanish National Stud, the Yeguada Militar, Ismailion sent word after locating Seanderich that he had found 'the right horse'. A commission was dispatched to Baghdad to evaluate the stallion. Upon their approval, Seanderich was brought to Spain, where he would become one of the most pivotal foundation sires of the Spanish Arabian breeding program.
His influence, while numerically limited, proved pivotal through a select group of offspring that would shape the Spanish phenotype and extend their legacy far beyond Iberian borders.
Seanderich was described as a tall stallion of classic desert type: dry, balanced, and refined, with a clean topline and a harmonious frame. His head was straight with large, dark eyes. His neck was long and arched, smoothly joined into a well-laid shoulder. His body was strong and well-muscled. His deep chest, strong back, and correct legs—attributes prized for military and endurance use.
At Yeguada Militar, Seanderich was used selectively but effectively. His best-known sons were Eco and Ilustre, both retained for breeding within the program. Eco helped solidify a type that blended utility with refinement. His son Barquillo contributed to the breed by siring the stallions Jaecero and Orive (the sire of Garbo) and the mare Uyaima. Uyaima would become the dam of Estopa, the legendary Spanish mare whose influence has spanned continents and decades. Estopa’s beauty, balance, and charisma laid the foundation for the world-renowned Estopa dynasty, and through Uyaima, Seanderich’s legacy is carried on maternally.
Ilustre, Seanderich’s other key son, sired Congo who sired Tabal, the sire of Estopa—making Seanderich present on both sides of Estopa’s pedigree, an exceptional example of concentrated desert ancestry funneled through Spanish breeding. Congo also sired the chestnut stallion Zancudo, a very influential Spanish sire at Yeguada Militar.
Seanderich stood at Yeguada Militar until his death in 1923. Though only a handful of direct descendants carried his name forward, his blood runs deep in the Spanish Arabian gene pool. Through Congo, Tabal, Barquillo, Uyaima, Zancudo and ultimately Estopa, Seanderich's desert legacy has echoed through some of the most important lines in modern Arabian horse history.
Amurath Sahib
The grey stallion Amurath Sahib, foaled in 1932 at the Breniow Stud in Poland, was bred by Theresa Raciborska and Tresy Raciborski. Though used selectively during his lifetime, his influence would echo through multiple major breeding programs in Poland, Russia, and Germany. He is remembered as one of the key transmitters of classical Arabian type and function through both male and female lines
Amurath Sahib was sired by 35 Amurath II, born in 1907 at the Radautz State Stud in Austria-Hungary (now Romania). Amurath II was imported to Janów Podlaski in 1918, where he contributed to the early development of the modern Polish Arabian. Amurath Sahib’s dam, Sahiba, was by Nana Sahib I and out of Donka, a mare tracing to 39 Nedjme, a desert-bred mare imported to Bábolna in the 19th century.
In 1939, Amurath Sahib was incorporated into the breeding program at Janów Podlaski, just prior to the disruptions of World War II. Despite the turmoil, he survived and became one of the few pre-war sires still available to Polish breeders in the postwar years. Though used with restraint, the quality of his progeny secured his place as a foundation sire in postwar Polish Arabian breeding. His offspring generally inherited his strong frame, though some lacked the desired type and dryness and tended to be slightly long in the loin. Nevertheless, his daughters proved to be outstanding broodmares..
Among his most important daughters was the mare Balalajka, out of Iwonka III. Balalajka became the dam of the beautiful mare Bandola and Bask, who was exported to the United States in 1963 and transformed Arabian breeding in North America. Balalajka passed on Amurath Sahib’s elegance and genetic depth, and her descendants remain influential in both show and performance circles.
Another daughter, Amneris, also played a central role in Polish breeding, contributing to the breeding program by her daughter Armenia and especially by her sons Aramus and Aquinor; latter one sired Swedish National Champion Exelsjor, Canadian Reserve National Champion Eleuzis and US National Champions Elkana and Elkin. Her son Aramus was exported to the United States where he became an excellent sire and US and Canadian National Champion Stallion in 1970 . In 1972 he was named US National Champion Formal Driving .
Among his sons, Equifor and Arax stood out. Equifor remained in Poland and contributed to the reconstruction of the national herds. Arax, out of Angara, was exported to the Russia, where he sired Nabeg, sire of many influential stallions like Menes, Neman, Nadejni, Nariadni, Ptersk, Princip, Prononce, Peleng and Tallin. Thus Arax became foundational in the Russian Tersk breeding program. Through this line, Amurath Sahib’s genetic legacy reached stallions such as European Champion Stallion Balaton and World Champion Stallion Kubinec.
Through his son Gwarny (x Gwara), Amurath Sahib also influenced German breeding. Gwarny sired Pasat who was the sire of Penthagonn. Penthagonn produced the stallion Pamir I. Pamir I became part of the German National Stud at Marbach. Pamir I introduced classic Polish traits into Marbach’s performance-oriented Arabian herd, continuing Amurath Sahib’s legacy into the state program. The latest addition to this line at Marbach is the Pamir I grandson WM Devdas, born in 2016, who has already left his footstep in the Trakehner breeding.
Genetic testing conducted in the late 2010s suggested that the stallion Doktryner (out of Gwara) was likely sired by Amurath Sahib, rather than his recorded sire, Miecznik. As a result, all of Doktryner’s male descendants would carry forward the sire line of Amurath Sahib, further strengthening and continuing this influential lineage within Arabian horse breeding.
Amurath Sahib - who was considered as a tall stallion, with excellent top line, dry and refined head and correct legs - died in 1952, having lived two decades and sired a significant number of influential offspring. His impact is found in major branches of Polish, Russian, and German Arabian breeding and serves as a case study in how strategic use of a single stallion can shape a breed for generations.
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Latest Addition
| NAME | SIRE | DAM | Created |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eco | Seanderich | Varsovia | 2025-07-04 |
| Amouage Kossack | RFI Farid | Ariel 2006 | 2025-06-07 |
| Polska 1960 | Schlem | Goplana | 2025-06-05 |
| Dulka | Gedymin | Druzyna | 2025-06-05 |
| Ansiba Joumanah | Shaikh Al Jiwan | Menaifah | 2025-06-01 |
| El Aswad | Ibn Galal | Hosna | 2025-06-01 |
| Podruga | Priboj | Dikarka | 2025-05-30 |
| Kareemah Saqr | El Habil | Maha Sakr | 2025-05-30 |
| Jamil Al Rayyan | Ansata Hejazi | Dana Al Rayyan | 2025-05-30 |
| Kenz Al Baydaa | Jamil Al Rayyan | Kareemah Saqr | 2025-05-30 |
| Hanaya Layla | Kenz Al Baydaa | Hanaya Habibtee | 2025-05-30 |
| Hanaya Habibtee | El Khaled | Elf Layla Walayla | 2025-05-30 |
| Shanfara | Seyal | Shieha | 2025-05-30 |
| Helwan | Mesaoud | Hilmyeh | 2025-05-30 |
| Horra | Zobeyni | Ghazieh | 2025-05-30 |
| Helwa | Shueyman | Horra | 2025-05-30 |
| Bint Helwa | Aziz | Helwa | 2025-05-30 |
| Hilmyeh | Ahmar | Bint Helwa | 2025-05-30 |
| Tabari | Ansata Sinan | Talia Halima | 2025-05-28 |
| RO Abdulah | Wagram | Fezzuna | 2025-05-28 |
