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| *Ein (Anter x Abla) |
*Ein was one of sixty horses imported from Egypt by Rick Heber, Evelyn Burton and Bill & Janet Lowe, from 1972 to 1981. She was one of seven daughters resulting from the cross of Anter (Hamdan x Obeya) with Abla (Nazeer x Helwa). I wasn't really planning to write a blog about *Ein today, as I was working on a completely different horse but I stumbled upon the Johnny Johnston photo of her and when I googled her name, all I found was listing after listing for "employer identification number". Well, it bothered me so much and now, here you are, reading about this sweet mare, instead of applying for an employer ID number.
What's really interesting about Ein is her name. "Ein" is really a boy's name and a form of the name "John", like "Ian" (i.e. Sir Ian McKellen, the actor who played Gandalf in Lord of the Rings) or "Eoin" (i.e., Eoin Colfer, the author of the best-selling book, Artemis Fowl). However, someone from the Arab world may challenge me with the Quranic name, "Ain", meaning "eye", which is also a form of the name "Ein". *Ein was bred by the EAO, so I am thinking that the holier name "Ain", would be more appropriate.
*Ein was bred to two of the stallions who were also imported by the Hebers, the Lowes and Evelyn Burton. She produced a daughter by *Tuhotmos (El Sareei x Moniet el Nefous) in 1978, who was named Amira Moniet. A year later, in 1979, she produced a son, AK Sahaab by *Moatasim (*Sultann x Neamat). After that, I don't know what happened to *Ein. She was listed in the Bentwood Catalog in the 80's (also, the home of her full sisters, *Nagat and *Somaia) but in the resources that I have available to me, I cannot find record of any progeny, beyond her son and daughter. I don't remember seeing her, when I visited Bentwood in the late 80's but I saw so many horses in that trip, that honestly, I can't say either way.
One of the most interesting horses descending from *Ein is the 1995 grey mare, Bint Amira Moniet, bred by Marcia Gray. She was sired by Almas Lahib, a *Tuhotmos son out of *Eman (Anter x Abla) and out of Amira Moniet, also sired by *Tuhotmos and out of *Ein, a full sister to *Eman. Think of it, double *Tuhotmos and double Anter x Abla. Like her maternal granddam, I am not finding a record of any progeny produced by Bint Amira Moniet. It is unbelievable that a genetic combination like this existed once and no one thought that perhaps, the combination merited preservation?
My personal connection to *Ein, was through her maternal grandson, El Mon Moniet (*Tuhotmos x Amira Moniet) and the horses bred by Caryn and Mark Rogosky of Windkist Manor in Pennsylvania. Most people, including myself, will think of El Mon Moniet more in terms of the intensification of *Tuhotmos (he was a result of breeding *Tuhotmos back to his daughter), than the fact that he was a grandson of the mare, *Ein. Why is *Ein important? El Sareei and Moniet el Nefous were both sired by Shahloul (Ibn Rabdan x Bint Radia). They were paternal siblings. Hamdan, the sire of Anter, was a full brother to Shahloul. So, you have the breeding of paternal siblings twice through *Tuhotmos and then, through *Ein, you further instensify the line of Shahloul for the third time but through Hamdan, via Anter. Hamdan and Shahloul were full brothers.
Caryn, a shrewd and intellectually perceptive breeder, combined the genetic resources of El Mon Moniet with a variety of mares carrying the blood of Moniet el Nefous. For example, WK Elsaria Moniet (out of Ghazalaa Tu, a *Tuhotmos daughter, with the Farida tail female line, like Abla also had), WK Sinniq Annah (out of Sonarah, a Pritzlaff program mare, brought forward through Edna Weeks' Hatchie Hill program) and the full siblings, WK Dalcynea Moniet & WK Porschia Rose, both out of Akira Zarif (*Fakher el Din x Masada Bellesabah), as well as WK Dariah Moniet, who is out of Sabbah Din a full sister of Akira Zarif. While someone may argue with me that the horses produced by Caryn are more representative of Moniet el Nefous and less of *Ein, which is a good point; the fact is that the number of horses available today, carrying the blood of *Ein are few in number. The predominant way in which to incorporate the blood of *Ein is through the combination that exists with Moniet el Nefous, thanks to breeders like Caryn Rogosky, the Weeks, the Milnes, Richard Pritzlaff, among others. However, with that said, I must point out that there are also the horses descending from Bakit TF, a 1984 son of *Waheeb (Aseel x Sammora), out of Amira Moniet and although fewer in number, there is also Halima Batal, a 1992 son of BF Prince Halima (TheEgyptianPrince x Dazeerlima), also out of Amira Moniet.
In closing, it took a while for me to really "see" and it is through the "eye" of *Ein, that I now understand the genetic value that she represents. Do you dear reader? It's not just the double or triple *Tuhotmos that we need to focus upon, as I did once but rather, the understanding that the *Tuhotmos blood is only the genetic path that allows her blood to remain relevant in the present day. My hope is that this blog, in some small way, will drive interest in her bloodline, before it becomes too late.
As usual, interesting and informative. GREAT work, as always, Ralph.
ReplyDelete[And, imagine my surprise when scrolling down your blog there suddenly appeared an old photo of my friend Joe Ferriss and his stallion Char Echo, with yours truly seated on his back. The saddle, imported from Iran, looks to be of Moroccan origin. ]