"The night never wants to end, to give itself over to light. So it traps itself in things: obsidian, crows. Even on summer solstice, the day of light’s great triumph, where fields of sunflowers guzzle in the sun— we break open the watermelon and spit out black seeds, bits of night glistening on the grass." - Joseph Stroud, Night in DayEpic battle? OK, OK...but it was very exciting to watch two World Champion stallions, each horse a wonder of creation, face off, one against the other, to present their individual expression of the breed standard to the judges in Class 12, on Friday, January 24th. Which horse would the judges pick? The horse as dark as the night sky or the horse who dazzles the eyes like the sun?
A radiant vision in white, the 2019 Bronze World Champion Senior Stallion, the straight Egyptian stallion, Adham Saqr, is a son of Imperial Madori (Imperial Madheen x Imperial Orianah) and out of Ameera Saqr (Shaheen x Alidarra). A paternal sibling to Gelgelah Albadeia, the 2003 World Champion Senior Mare, Adham Saqr's dam, Ameera Saqr, is sired by Shaheen (El Hadiyyah x Bint Bint Hamamaa), whose get include consistently brilliant horses like Ghazal Saqr, Farouk Saqr, Gamal Saqr, Nada Saqr, Kameela Saqr and Ghazala Saqr to name only a few names that are part of Shaheen's incredible legacy. In the tail female line, Adham Saqr traces to Ansata Sabiha, not only an important mare at Ansata Arabian Stud but also, for Mike and Kiki Case of Glorieta Ranch. Ansata Sabiha was a full sister to Fa Halima, a United States National Champion Mare.
Equator is a son of QR Marc (Marwan Al Shaqab x Swete Dreams) and out of the Ekstern daughter, Eklipytka, out of the Eukaliptus daughter, Ekspozycja. In his tail female line, he traces to Estebna, the *Nabor daughter out of Estokada, an Amurath Sahib daughter. Equator has Egyptian blood, the highest percentage coming from his great-grandsire, Gazal Al Shaqab, an Anaza el Farid son. QR Marc was bred by Lou and Vicky Doyle, Quail Ridge Arabians in Gilroy, California. The granddam of QR Marc is a mare named Kouream de Ment. A 1986 bay mare, she was sired by Kouros (Marhaba x Kissie) and out of a mare named Rawhides Amenda (Baghdad of Rawhide x Rawhides Nakota). Three generations later, you find a mare named Tambruk, a daughter of the stallion, Tobruk (Sulejman x Fazala). Do you know that the mare Fazala, is a daughter of *Bint Serra I, by *Fadl? Something to think about in this day and age, when it is so challenging to find breeding lines to *Bint Serra I and her celebrated dam, Serra, bred by Lady Anne Blunt at her Sheykh Obeyd Stud in Egypt. Just a peek at the Egyptian influence found in Equator, whom at first glance, is mistaken as being of 100% Polish breeding, as a result of QR Marc being leased by Michalow State Stud in Poland.
Both Equator and Adham Saqr, having placed 1st and 2nd respectively, in Class 12 moved into the stallion championships on Saturday, which was a very competitive class. Any of the stallions in the class could have been picked the winner. However, Equator was judged as the Silver Champion (behind ES Harir, an AJ Dinar son out of TF Magnums Magic); while Wortex Kalliste (Shanghai EA x Mirwanah Kalliste) earned the Bronze title and Adham Saqr placed fourth.
"The dance between darkness and light will always remain— the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.” - C. JoyBell C.***Many thanks to Arabian Essence TV for the live stream of the show on their website, as well as the videos uploaded to their You Tube Channel***
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