Nhaar Al Nasser

Nhaar Al Nasser, bred and owned by Sheikh Nawaf Bin Nasser Al Thani of Al Nasser Stud, is a 2016 son of Maisa Al Nasser (Sinan Al Rayyan x Zenubia Al Nasser) and sired by Ansata Nile Echo (Ansata Hejazi x Ansata White Nile). At the 2022 Katara International Arabian Peninsula show held over the past weekend, Nhaar Al Nasser won Class 10B, 4 - 6 year old stallions, which advanced him to the Senior Stallion Championships, winning Bronze distinction.

Maisa Al Nasser, the 2019 Bronze World  Champion senior mare, no matter how many years pass, remains unforgettable, since "discovering" her at the Menton show, when during the course of her presentation, she slipped and fell. From that point, through the rest of the summer and fall, leading right up to the World Championships, it was exciting to follow Maisa, win-after-win. For me, her performance in Menton was inspiring and also, a great life lesson. Sometimes, when life knocks us down, we need to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start all over again, just as Maisa did all those years ago. And now, here we are, speaking about this wonderful mare's son and his exciting performance at the Katara show! One can only dream over the possibilities, as Nhaar furthers the legacy of his dam in ways that I could not imagine, as I watched her compete way back in 2019!

Maisa Al Nasser is out of Zenubia Al Nasser, by Imperial Mahzeer (Imperial Madheen x Maar Bilahhh) and out of Imperial Sanama (*Ibn Safinaz x Imperial Imalana), through whom, we find a very interesting Saklawi tail female line. Imperial Imalana is a daughter of a strong-bodied 1974 bay mare named *Amalaa, herself a daughter of an AlBadeia-bred mare named Aminaa, by Ibn Maisa (Nazeer x Maisa) and out of Rabiaa (Beshier x Rateeba), a 1951 chestnut Inshass-bred mare. *Amalaa's sire, Mowaffac was a *Ramses Fayek son out of a mare named Ayda, a Nazeer daughter out of Lateefa (Gamil III x Salwa).  

With 3 sons (Nabeel Al Rayyan, Bashir Al Rayyan & Mountaser Laffan) showing in the 7 - 10 year old class, 2 daughters (Gharafa Al Shaqab & Juhayna Al Nasser placing 2nd & 3rd repectively) in the 4 - 6 year old class, 1 daughter (Mashhorah Al Shaqab who placed 2nd) in the 7 - 10 year old class and Nhaar showing in the 4 - 6 stallion class, Ansata Nile Echo (Ansata Hejazi x Ansata White Nile), continues to exert a significant influence within straight Egyptian breeding, five years after his passing. 

The cross of Ansata Nile Echo with Maisa Al Nasser, reminds me of another horse, an Imperial-bred mare named Imperial Janaabah (Imperial Jasim x Imperial Fanniya), who was bred to Imperial Kamill (Imperial Al Kamar x Imperial Mistilll). This cross, is somewhat similar to the Ansata Nile Echo/Maisa Al Nasser cross, which combines the dam line of *Amalaa (dam line of Imperial Jasim), with the dam line of the Ansata Nile horses (dam line of Imperial Mistill and Ansata Nile Echo). In 1999, the cross of Janaabah and Kamilll produced Sahra Janilla for American breeder, Marian White. Sahra Janilla was then bred to Imperial Baarez, producing 2 daughters: Imperial Batteeka who was bred to Thee Desperado, Justynn and *Mishaal HP for Ahmad E. Amer and  Imperial Baassarah who was bred to ImperialAmirKamar for Eastern Star Arabians. Through these two Imperial-prefixed mares, the blending of *Amalaa with the Ansata Nile family of horses remains very relevant today. In 20 or so years, we hope to be speaking of Nhaar Al Nasser and his get, in the same way we speak of horses like Imperial Im Jasim, Imperial Kamilll and Sahra Janilla.

***with many thanks to Arabian Essence, for making the videos of the 2022 Katara International Arabian Peninsula Show available on YouTube***