NK Kamar El Dine

NK Kamar El Dine (NK Hafid Jamil x Ansata Ken Ranya), photographed by Arlette Studer

NK Kamar El Dine is a bay stallion from the 4th generation of Dr. Nagel's closed breeding program. This generation established the influence of NK Hafid Jamil, the chief breeding stallion at the time. NK Kamar El Dine, along with his full brother, Jamal El Dine, were 2 of 3 NK Hafid Jamil sons retained by Katharinenhof for the breeding program. 

Dr. Nagel, in his newest book, The Arabian: Nature's Creation and the Art of Breeding, published by Nawal Media, writes of NK Kamar El Dine,

"As a bay horse, he seems to be stamped by other genes in his genetic make-up. He stands on shorter legs which are typical for a Dahman Shahwan, he is longer build than his full brother, but also has the fine and elegant neck and shoulder combination. His topline and hindquarters as well as his hindlegs are obviously better than those of Jamal El Dine and, in fact, are almost perfect." 

40-years and 130 colts later, Dr. Nagel culled the number of colts down to 10. His criteria? Colts who will mature into breeding stallions, worthy of the roles that they had been bred to assume.  This typey bay stallion, NK Kamar El Dine, was one of the 10 colts chosen by Dr. Nagel. You will remember from a previous blog, that he is the sire of NK Hamza , the Lion of Thuringia.