*Ansata Ibn Halima

*Ansata Ibn Halima was a 1958 Nazeer son out of Halima, a Sheikh el Arab daughter out of Ragia (Ibn Rabdan x Farida). Halima represented the classic breeding formula used by General Tibor von Pettko-Szandtner at the EAO: Mansour top-crossed onto Ibn Rabdan. It is interesting to consider all the wonderful daughters sired by Sheikh El Arab (Wanisa, Yashmak, Kamla and El Bataa) all of whom went on to become very influential broodmares in SE breeding. Combining Sheikh El Arab with Nazeer, also a Mansour son, intensified the impact of the Ali Pasha Sherif horse, Saklawi I, as this horse has many lines on both sides of the pedigree (for example, Farida's sire line) and yet, was also a very smart decision, as Nazeer was known for carrying the influence of a mare forward, to the next generation. In the case of this stallion, *Ansata Ibn Halima, the influence of the mare was also common ground with the influence of the stallion! Little did anyone realize at the time when Halima was bred to Nazeer, that her double Mansour colt would one day become the living standard by which many other horses would be judged. He remains the only straight Egyptian stallion to sire both a National Champion Stallion and a National Champion Mare. You can still see the influence of Sheikh El Arab, brought forward in the phenotype of many of the Ansata horses.