La Paloma

Ansata Jacinda

The above mare is the 1979 mare, Ansata Jacinda, an Ansata Ibn Sudan daughter out of Ansata Jezebel (*Ansata Ibn Halima x Ansata Bint Sameh). Immediately, I notice this mare's smoothness, her balance and I realize why I like her so much...she is 50% *Ansata Ibn Halima!! The next thing I realize is that she is tail-female Farida and I understand even more where the strong hip, the smoothness of body from neck-to shoulder-to hindquarter comes from. WOW! And finally, I notice the tail starting to come over her back and I see her dilated nostrils and can just imagine the sound of the SNORT that she will be pulling right from her toes...there has to be some SAMEH in there somewhere. Sameh is the sire of her grandmother. That's what attracted me to her picture: her SAMEH-ness.

 Jacinda produced by Ansata Halim Shah, the 1988 mare, Ansata Jahara.

Ansata Jahara

Ansata Paloma

Bred to Prince Fa Moniet three times, she produced the full sisters: Ansata Princessa (1992), Ansata Palmyra (1993) and Ansata Paloma (1994). I am not sure if Judi Forbis named this mare "Paloma" intentionally, as the word is Spanish for "dove". Considering that Sameh, in Arabic means "one who forgives" and that the dove symbolizes peace, I was astounded and marveled over the relationship of the names. I also find it especially interesting that Ansata Paloma was bred to Ansata Iemhotep at the same time that her dam, Ansata Jahara was also bred to him. In 1998, Ansata Jahara produced the mare, Ansata Jeylan and Ansata Paloma produced the mare, Ansata Julima.
This is a baby photo of Ansata Julima. How do you think she compares to Ansata Jacinda? Ansata Jahara? Ansata Paloma? Can you see family traits, from mare-to-mare? While Julima is pictured as a young mare, having to still grow into her all of her body parts, I prefer the angle of the shoulder found on Jacinda and noticed that the angle got a bit steeper in each succeeding generation. Do you see this? She is a nice filly overall and in looking for Julima on allbreedpedigree, I noticed that she was bred to Adnan, a Salaa el Dine son (out of the Ghazal daughter, Ghazala) to produce a mare by the name of Jomanah in 2003. I would like to see a picture of this mare, to see what happened to the shoulder in the next generation.

Incidentally, Sebastián Iradier, who was born in Lanciego, Spain visited Cuba in 1861 and wrote the famous song La Paloma, two years later. Many people, all over the world, recognize the melody of La Paloma. The song has been performed in many musical styles, by different artists like Dean Martin, Julio Iglesias and Marty Robbins. It is only fitting that Ansata named a beautiful Prince Fa Moniet daughter, after a beautiful song, inspired by a beautiful island. In these last few days of summer (dog days of summer), it is so great to think of tropical breezes, white, sandy beaches and latin rhythms lulling you to sleep.
Happy Summer you all,
Ralph