The Full Sisters

Farsa (*Ansata Ibn Halima x *Hoyeda)

The cross of *Ansata Ibn Halima with the *Morafic daughter, *Hoyeda, yielded two mares (full sisters): the grey Farsa in

1970  and  the bay Nehaya in 1971. While their beginnings were similar, both mares were bred by Gleannloch Farms; each mare established breeding careers for separate breeders. 

George Wright had initially purchased Farsa in 1971 from Gleannloch. He bred the mare for one foal, the 1974  chestnut mare Dafeenah, by Dakmar, an *Ansata Ibn Halima son out of *Gamilaa (*Morafic x *Bint Hanaa).

Farasha JLR (Bellagio RCA x Bint Bint Farsa) 

 

Farsa was then owned by Bill and Janet Lowe, who bred her to *Farazdac, resulting in the mare, Firih, in 1976, followed by the *Tuhotmos daughter, Kieshta in 1977. Eventually (1978), Farsa was purchased by the Hacklanders of Hadaya Stud, producing Hadaya Anisa by *Fakher el Din in 1979, Farazdac Magic by *Farazdac in 1980 and the stallion, Dal Halim by Dalul in 1982. Farsa remains relevant today, for example, the bay mare.Farasha JLR, by Bellagio RCA and out of Bint Bint Farsa is a great-great granddaughter! She traces to Farsa through Kieshta!

Although Bob Cowling purchased Nehaya in 1973, she became an important broodmare within the Bentwood Farm breeding program, producing foals who would mature into significant breeding horses for other breeders like Dorian Farm (AK Na Moniet):

• AK El Hameed, 1975 grey stallion by *Ibn Moniet El Nefous
• AK Na Moniet, 1979 chestnut stallion by Na Ibn Moniet
• AK El Azaal, 1980 grey stallion by Na Ibn Moniet
• AK Safara, 1981 chestnut mare by Na Ibn Moniet
• AK Dimaar, 1982 chestnut stallion by *Refky
• Zaki Yamani, 1983 bay stallion by Moniet El Sharaf

Nehaya (*Ansata Ibn Halima x *Hoyeda)

Although Bentwood Farm is credited as the "breeder" by the Registry of two of Nehaya foals,  JKB Bint Nehaya by *Ibn Moniet El Nefous, was actually bred by Jean Kayser, who leased Nehaya for a breeding season. Eventually, the JKB mare was leased by Ansata, producing several foals for their breeding program, including Ansata Narjisa who was sold to Al Shaqab in Qatar. The other foal, Zahara Keela, was bred by Lyle Bertsch of Zahara Arabian Stud and eventually, would become an important mare at Rancho Bulakenyo, as Dr. Cruz tried to incorporate Nehaya into his program.

I found it interesting how the breeding careers of these two sisters kept intertwining, as some of Nehaya's progeny also ended up at Hadaya, the same farm where her sister Farsa was residing. While the direction of Nehaya's breeding career appeared to focus on increasing the percentage of Moniet el Nefous' influence, Farsa was bred to under utilized stallions like *Farazdac and *Fakher el Din, creating outcross opportunities for breeders to work into their programs.