*Bint Adaweya

*Bint Adaweya was sold by the EAO as a yearling to Donald Ford of Lancer Arabians in 1978 and was imported to the Lancer Farm in Reddick, Florida. Two years later, in October 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+++, who sold for $1,525,000. The Fords earned six million dollars for all the horses, with the sale average approximately $200,000 per horse. *Bint Adaweya was sold to a group of people named Harper-Reich, out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for $84,000.

It gets a little difficult to track what happened to *Bint Adaweya, after she was sold by Lancer Arabians. Who exactly owned her and what were their plans for this young mare? In the May 1983 issue of Arabian Horse World, John Blincoe of American Farms advertised his stock list and *Bint Adaweya appears on this list, in foal to *Asadd+++. However, it does not appear that she ever produced a foal by *Asadd+++. Her 1981 foal, a colt by the stallion *Nagid also appears on this list. Eventually, this colt, named Amer Nagid, was gelded. 

*Bint Adaweya (Akhtal x Adaweya) as photographed by Todd Dearth 

In 1983, *Bint Adaweya was purchased by Bentwood Farm. I asked Lisa Lacy if she remembered *Bint Adaweya and she said, "Bint Adaweya was, in my opinion, a very correct mare. She was refined and pretty, but maintained much of the strength of body, or substance, that Antar gave to his daughters. I remember her having pretty foals by Moniet el Sharaf."

The cross with Moniet el Sharaf (*Ibn Moniet el Nefous x Bint Bint Moniet) enabled the family to establish itself in America, as *Bint Adaweya produced two daughters and a son: the bay mare Adasharaf, the black mare Tanye Rama and the bay stallion Talit Sharaf. Tanye Rama seems to have been the mare that everyone wanted and fought over. She was owned by Norm Sonju, the man who managed the Dallas Mavericks, then she was sold to Paolo Gucci and finally, she went to Vera Stoessel, who also owned Ansata Sinan. Tanye Rama appears to have been the most prolific producer for this family, having produced 4 stallions and 1 mare:

(1) G Rama Noir (Dal Noir) 1990 Black Stallion
(2) G Tantalise (AK Sirhalima) 1991 Chestnut Stallion
(3) Milhanger Ptolemy (AK Sirhalima) 1993 Black Stallion
(4) VA Tosca Bint Sinan (Ansata Sinan) 1998 Grey Mare
(5) VA Prince Amir (VA Farouk Ibn Sinan) 2002 Bay Stallion

In 1987, at the age of 10 years, *Bint Adaweya died and with her death, the opportunity to incorporate  a daughter from one of the most influential EAO families also died with her, *Bint Adaweya provides a very vivid lesson emphasizing the importance of preservation breeding and the fragility of a moment,  which if not seized, quickly passes and any chance to make a difference and establish alternate bloodline sources for future use evaporates, never to come again.