TheEgyptianPrince

TheEgyptianPrince, a 1967 stallion, bred by Douglas Marshall of Gleannloch Farm, was a *Morafic son out of *Bint Mona. His pedigree is very interesting to study, as he is one of those rare horses whose genetic influence is concentrated in the blood of only a few individuals. Both his sire and his dam were sired by the great Nazeer, so immediately, you will notice that these 2 horses are paternal siblings. However look closer, as *Morafic and *Bint Mona were more than paternal siblings and this is where it gets so interesting and the connections become even closer. You see, Mabrouka, the dam of *Morafic and Mouna, the dam of *Bint Mona, were full sisters; both mares sired by Sid Abouhom and out of Moniet el Nefous. Therefore, *Morafic and *Bint Mona were actually, full-brother and full-sister in blood! I'll put it another way for you, in the 4th generation of TheEgyptianPrince's pedigree (the great-grandparents generation) the pedigree is made up of only 8 horses, each horse contributing 12.5% of their influence to TheEgyptianPrince. In TheEgyptianPrince's pedigree, these 8 horses are actually, 4 horses who appear twice, in this order, top-to-bottom: Mansour, Bint Samiha, Sid Abouhom and Moniet El Nefous, the genetic influence of each horse doubled to 25%. TheEgyptianPrince has been long-recognized as a consistent broodmare sire. His daughters, for the most part, matured into excellent broodmares, who have taken his influence further into our breeding community. Exploring his genetic makeup, allows us to better understand him and the role he continues to play in modern Egyptian breeding.