Inspire: Emandoria

Emandoria, a 2004 grey mare, is a daughter of Gazal Al Shaqab (Anaza el Farid x Kajora) and Emanda, an *Ecaho daughter out of  the *Eukaliptus-sired, Emanacja. Bred and owned by Michalow State Stud, Emandoria traces to the Slawuta mare, Milordka, the foundress of Polish female family 5. You will remember from a previous blog that the recently deceased stallion, *Ecaho, traced to Woloszka in his tail female line. Why is this important? On the maternal side of Emandoria's pedigree, both tail female lines (the stallion and the mare) go back to these two horses: Woloszka and Milordka, who physically, possessed such overwhelmingly Saqlawi strain characteristics that noted author, founder and first Secretary of the Polish Arabian Horse Society, Dr. Edward Skorkowski, while lacking the strain classification for either mare on paper, made the decision to catalogue them as Saqlawi-strain horses because of their phenotype. Fast forward to Emandoria and this helps to explain the physical expression of Saqlawi type that her body makes in our eyes. A multiple World Champion and Polish National Champion, she is a beautiful mare who appeals to a wide variety of Arabian horse enthusiasts, regardless of the bloodlines that define their interest and/or their breeding programs.

Because this blog primarily focuses on horses of Egyptian bloodlines, it is important to point out that Emandoria is approximately 35% Egyptian in blood. Although 25% of her Egyptian blood comes through the stallion, Anaza el Farid (Ruminaja Ali x Bint Deena); she does carry additional Egyptian lines through the Palas daughters, Emigracja and Etruria, that of the straight Egyptian stallions: Aswan (Nazeer x Yosreia) and Nil (Sid Abouhom x Malaka). However, she also has additional Egyptian lines through Bint Kholameh (the grand dam of Kaborr), that of Gulastra (Astraled x Gulnare) and Ibn Yashmak (Feysul x Yashmak).

The Privelege video is so well done, as it not only joyfully celebrates the beauty of this particular mare but on a deeper plane, it captures the essence of the relationship that Raphael Curti shares with Emandoria, all for the love of a horse.