21 January, 2019

Ansata Abu Sudan

Ansata Abu Sudan (*Ansata Ibn Halima x *Ansata Bint Misuna)
*Ansata Bint Misuna was a Nazeer daughter out of Maysouna. Both of the tail female lines, through the sire and dam go all the way back to Venus, a chestnut mare foaled in 1890 who became a part of the stud farm belonging to Khedive Abbas II. The Khedive bred Venus to the Ali Pasha Sherif stallion, Saklawi I, to produce the mare Hadba, the dam of Bint Hadba el Saghira. Fast-forward in time to the grand daughter of Bint Hadba el Saghira, Bint Samiha, who appears as both a paternal grand dam and a maternal great grand dam in the pedigree of *Ansata Bint Misuna. When bred to the 1971 National Champion Stallion, Ansata Ibn Sudan, things become interesting. Why, you ask? You see, the additional lines to Nazeer, in the pedigree of Ansata Ibn Sudan (through *Ansata Ibn Halima and * Ansata Bint Mabrouka) brings in more crosses to Bint Samiha, intensifying the pedigree for the influence of this particular mare. Now, through a long ago ancestor like Bint Samiha, we can understand better, the genetic power that made a stallion like Ansata Abu Sudan possible. Although he did not breed many mares at Ansata, as other senior sires were still living, he contributed a remarkable legacy. Not only was he an extremely classic stallion, but he was the best moving horse that Ansata had bred for many years, as captured in the Ansata film: Ansata the Key of Life. Had he done no more than sire Ansata Sudarra, his contribution was assured.  

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