The Bruges International B Show was held this past weekend, on Sunday the 11th. Although the number of horses participating were few in number; I was happy to discover that the show included classes for straight Egyptian horses: straight Egyptian Junior Fillies, straight Egyptian Mares, straight Egyptian Stallions plus a championship for each and an overall winner, Best in Show. However, the biggest surprise for me was to discover Bahei Ezzain competing in class 114, straight Egyptian stallions, now owned by Hanaya Stud!
Bahei Ezzain, a 2010 stallion, was bred by the late Mr. Usamah Alkazemi of Ezzain Arabians, Kuwait. He is a son of the paternal siblings, NK Qaswarah and Dhuha Alnakeeb, both horses sired by NK Hafid Jamil. In phenotype, Bahei is strongly influenced by his dam, more so than his sire. I personally met both horses 10 years ago and they are more similar, than they are different.
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| Dhuha Alnakeeb (NK Hafid Jamil x Sabha Bint Ibn Halima), photographed in 2010 by Jennifer Ogden |
Dhuha, bred by Mr. Hassanain Al Nakeeb, is a beautiful mare and phenotypically, exemplifies the type we have learned to associate with the Dahman strain. She has expressive black eyes, larger nostrils and finely shaped ears which, together with a thicker, longer black forelock, intensifies the dramatic look and appeal of a desert horse. She took my breath away. What is especially interesting about Dhuha is that her maternal grandam, SY Kalila, is double Bint Nefisaa, the dam of El Hilal. She traces to Bint Nefisaa in the tail female line of her sire, Ruminaja Attallah and her dam, Katourah. The dam of Bint Nefisaa is the Balance daughter, Nefisa. In addition to producing Bint Nefisaa, who figures prominently not only through El Hilal but also through her daughters Negmaa and Nourah (both mares appear in Dhuha's pedigree), Nefisa also produced by El Sareei, the mare Bint Nefisa who became an important foundation broodmare for Richard Pritzlaff, of Rancho San Ignacio. Nefisa also produced Fayza by Nazeer, (Fayza is the dam of Ramses Fayek), Nadja, who produced Noha by Hadban Enzahi, the dam of the celebrated mare, RN Farida. This is the powerful legacy that exists within the genetic fiber of Dhuha's pedigree. It is also interesting to consider that the high percentage of Farida blood, as found through the Halima and Nefisa lines, is balanced by the multiple lines to Bukra, via Ghazal and Ansata Rosetta. This is a significant point to underscore, in closing, as the majority of Bahei’s pedigree includes the influence of the two most important mares of the Dahman strain.
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