Atticus ENB

There have been a flurry of emails recently, concerning a young stallion named Atticus ENB (El Nabila B x Om el Benedine). His daughter, Alesia ENB (x Aliyah Vision PCF), owned by Rae-Dawn Arabians, was named the 2023 Scottsdale Senior Champion mare. Foaled in 2015, Atticus ENB is bred and owned by Psynergy Enterprise. 

I found Atticus ENB's pedigree interesting, as he carries almost 50% Egyptian breeding through his paternal granddam, the beloved mare, Elf Layla Walayla B; in addition to smaller percentages of Hadban Enzahi, Shaker El Masri, Gharib, Aswan and the Marbach stallion, Jasir. Atticus ENB also carries 26% Spanish blood, primarily through the elite mare, *Estopa, as well as Morisca V. The remaining percentage is represented by Crabbet, Polish and Russian breeding. However, it's the line that comes through the mare Scharaya (the maternal granddam of Sharem el Sheikh) that really got me. Scharaya is out of a mare named Hathor, sired by Halef and out of Jatta. The Halef-sired get out of Jatta and the Babson-bred Fadheilan, share common ground through their ancestral elements, for example, the Polish mare *Kasztelanka, crossed with the Egyptian horses from Prince Mohamed Aly Tewfik's breeding program. Jasir, the sire of Jatta, is by Mabrouk Manial, an influential sire in straight Egyptian breeding, while his dam is Negma, the granddam of *Fadl, who in turn, is the sire of Fadheilan, represented in the pedigrees of  legendary American-bred stallions, like Fadjur and Khemosabi. What an interesting cross Atticus ENB would make with broodmares carrying higher percentages of Fadjur and Khemosabi lines! 

While Alesia ENB does not carry lines to either Fadjur or Khemosabi, she does possess multiple lines to Bint Sahara, the dam of Fadjur and great granddam of Khemosabi. Perhaps the "secret" of her success is found in a significant mare like Bint Sahara, serving as the genetic "glue", to hold both sides of the pedigree together? Something to think about but in the meantime, best wishes and congratulations to all involved on Alesia ENB's big win at the Scottsdale show.