*Ansata Bint Misr (Sameh X Ansata Bint Bukra)
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*Ansata Bint Misr, born in 1966, was a big-bodied bay mare with a
smooth and strong topline, close-coupled, with a powerfully-built hind end.
Smooth over the croup with a nice hip, she was strong where the Bukra horses
without the influence of Sameh are weak. Sameh added much substance and power
to the line of Bukra, improving the croup and hind quarter of *Ansata Bint Misr.
What I like most about the Sameh influence, is the ability that these mares
have for reaching way underneath themselves, using the muscles in their relaxed
backs (not hollow and stiff) to engage both the front and hind ends and harness
the energy to drive their bodies forward. The driving power and elasticity in the
Sameh daughters’ hocks remains a treasured memory! The Sameh daughters were
also very charismatic mares, with an outward bold expression of joy manifested through
the deep snorting that emerged from their expanded nostrils, tails curled over
their backs, ears pricked forward and eyes twinkling. They never disappointed
and always presented a beautiful image in movement. *Ansata Bint Misr, like her
paternal half-sisters *Serenity Sonbolah, *Fawkia, *Deena and *Serenity Sabra,
was a living, breathing example of the term often used in horse circles to
describe electrifying movement as “poetry-in-motion”.
In Authentic Arabian Bloodstock II, Judith Forbis wrote, "Ansata
Bint Misr (by Sameh) imported in utero, arrived as a bay wearing a large white
star that illumined her broad forehead and accentuated her big dark eyes. Her
head was shorter and squarer than her dam's, but better than her sire and she
inherited her sire's excellent body structure and topline. *Ansata Bint Misr
(which means daughter of Egypt) didn't have her dam's refinement, but Sameh
ironed out the short peaky croup typical of that line, and good toplines
carried on through most of her descendants. She became a keystone in the Ansata
program, and lines to her have produced some of the most beautiful horses in
the Bukra family." Ansata Bint Misr has the substance which I so often
find lacking in today's horses. No horse is perfect and while strong of body,
her neck was somewhat short, straight and heavy at the base and a stallion like
Ansata Shah Zaman was the ideal choice for the next generation.
In light of the new DNA study conducted by Dr. William Hudson, indicating a familial
relationship between the mares El Dahma and Roga El Beida; can we look at Sid
Abouhom and Moniet El Nefous differently, in terms of concentrating the influence of one family, as Moniet El Nefous traces to Roga El Beida and Sid Abouhom traces
to El Dahma? In the horses that were sired by Ansata Shah Zaman, one can see
very clearly the qualities of improvement that he contributed (i.e., a longer
neck with added length in the throatlatch) while retaining the strong, circular
and smooth bodies that the Sameh horses are recognized for having, and not to
forget, the very pretty, expressive hallmarks of a noble mare like Bukra.
***Don't miss a wonderful article about the Bukra horses within The Arabian Breeders Magazine, Volume II, Issue II is The Dawning of a New Tomorrow: The Bukra Story***
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