*Wadeea

*Wadeea (Zahi x Ferial) as photographed by Scott Trees

*Wadeea, a 1976 chestnut mare, was bred by the late Sayed Marei of Albadeia Stud in Egypt. Both her dam, Ferial, by Anter, and her granddam, El Ameera (Nazeer x Zaafarana), are recognized as "Dams of Distinction", as published in a May 1984 Arabian Horse World magazine study.

*Wadeea was purchased and imported to America by the late Don Ford of Lancer Arabians in 1977. After the dispersal of Lancer Arabians, *Wadeea was purchased by Imperial Egyptian Stud and incorporated into the breeding program, producing a US National Top Ten stallion, Imperial Alamonra by Ansata Imperial, as well as a full sister, Imperial Imwasama (both sired by Ansata Imperial) and Imperial Oreeyah by *Orashan. Eventually, she was sold to Valour Arabians and was bred to Imperial Imdal, producing Valour Wadalah and then to *Ibn Safinaz, producing Valour Sadeea.

By virtue of her tail female line, *Wadeea is Saqlawiyah by strain, tracing to the RAS mare, Zaafarana, a daughter of Samira by Balance, who is a full sister to the celebrated stallions, Hamdan and Shahloul.  Beloved author, breed historian and authority on the Egyptian Arabian horse, Judith Forbis, coined a name for the full siblings sired by Ibn Rabdan and out of Bint Radia. She called them "the fabulous four".

One of the more interesting things about *Wadeea is her sire, Zahi. A son of *Ibn Hafiza, he is out of Bukra. Why is this interesting? In straight Egyptian breeding, Bukra (Shahloul x Bint Sabah) is largely represented in combination with *Ansata Ibn Halima and *Ansata Bint Mabrouka, as bred by Ansata Arabian Stud. In German straight Egyptian breeding, particularly through Ghazala, bred by Katharinenhof, the Bukra bloodline prospered, thanks to her son, Ghazal (Nazeer x Bukra). In Kuwait, Bukra is also represented by Bait Al Arab's Latiefa (Hamasa Khazzan x Hamasa Tarifa), who descends from Nagwa (Sameh x Bint Bukra) through her daughter Menha by Mohawed, as bred within George Olm's Hamasa breeding program. In the case of *Wadeea's son and daughter by Ansata Imperial,  I personally found the multiple lines to Bukra, through different sources, to be particularly interesting and clever. 

Fa Gamal MH (Fayad Al Shaqab x Imperial Baedrah) as photographed by Christine Emmert

"Ibn Hafiza is very strong in producing smoothness of body and a tremendous hip. Which gives his get a lot of action. They are bred to move." - Judy Gunzner, Green Mountain Arabians, who owned *Ibn Hafiza at one time, as quoted in Sameh, A special section presented by The Arabians and written by Peg Davis Johnson

How is the legacy of *Wadeea represented today? Earlier this year, at Rancho Bulakenyo, Imperial Baedrah, a great-grandaughter of *Wadeea, foaled a spectacular colt, Fa Gamal MH, sired by Fayad Al Shaqab (Al Adeed Al Shaqab x Exotic Tremor MH). Not only does this colt possess four lines to Bukra, he also carries two lines to *Ibn Hafiza, as well as uniting a sire and dam whose maternal lines are anchored by Inshass breeding. He is a strong-bodied colt with an impressive hind end, both in size and shape and yet, he has not lost the refinement which the Bukra horses are noted for passing onto their get. Again, just very clever breeding, which resulted in what I believe, is a very promising colt, who will further the Bukra legacy, in combination with the Inshass blood, further in this wonderful world of straight Egyptian horses.