Fifi loves Sidkii

The dam of Ramiah was the Anter daughter Fifi, out of the Nazeer daughter, Mamlouka, a Bint Bint Riyala grand daughter. It is interesting to note that in this pedigree, the Kuhaylah Rodaniyah mare, Mamlouka, following the breeding principle established by the Blunts so long ago, was bred to the Saqlawi stallion, Anter, to produce Fifi. Lady Ann Blunt would have been pleased, I think.

"She is to be covered by Seglawis only."-Lady Ann Blunt, as quoted by Judith Forbis, Authentic Arabian Bloodstock (I), (p. 238)

In addition to producing Ramiah, Fifi also produced the stallion *Sidkii, in 1975, by Aseel, an EAO stallion who traces to the influential mare, Farida in his tail female line. *Sidkii  was imported to America by Don Ford of Lancer Arabians in Reddick, Florida, he did not remain long at the farm, as in October of 1980, Donald Ford held a landmark sale, Lancer's Night of Nights, Sale of Sales, dispersing all of his Egyptian horses, including the stallion *Asadd+++. The dispersal brought six million dollars for all the horses, with a sale average of approximately $200,000.00 per horse. 

Unfortunately, *Sidkii was not bred to many straight Egyptian mares and has left behind only a handful of straight Egyptian horses, including the stallions Le Commander in 2000, Maarkii and Sidkii II in 2001. The most exciting of his offspring is a daughter named Bint Rudaynah, who is out of a Bint Romanaa daughter by *Zaghloul. That's double tail-female Malaka, double Bint Bint Riyala and pure-in-strain Kuhaylah Rodaniyah. While this particular family is more numerous at the EAO than in America, Bint Rudaynah, owned by Karin Floyd of Tucson, Arizona, has produced two fillies: RukanahBintCeasareDHA in 2018 by Ceasare (Sahlih x J Zaziza) and Amurrah DHA in 2020 by Treff-Haven Latif (Treff-Haven Emir x Bint Lebleba). Bint Rudanyah is currently in foal to Baroud DHA (Treff-HavenSabeel x Bint Matala). This is all very exciting news, as Bint Rudanyah, through the efforts of Karin, has rescued this little family of *Sidkii and Fifi from impending extinction. The world, 10 years later, seems so much brighter (than it did in 2011) for this particular combination of bloodlines, again, thanks to Karin.

***This blog was originally written in May of 2011 and updated in July 2021, thanks to Karin Floyed, who contacted me with the ownership and production record of Bint Rudaynah. Thanks Karin!

I must give credit for the photo of *Sidkii, which was taken by Johnny Johnston and the photo of Fifi comes from the EAO but I don't know who the actual photographer was.