Bint Fa Dena

Bint Fa Dena (*Ansata Ibn Halima x Fa Dena), photographed at Bentwood Farm, by the late Johnny Johnston

Mrs. George Fox of Rogers, Arkansas bred the Babson Farm-bred mare, Fa Dena, to *Ansata Ibn Halima which produced the filly, Bint Fa Dena, foaled in 1966. Bint Fa Dena became an important mare for Mrs. Fox, who also owned the stallion, Daaldan. No surprise that these 2 horses would be bred together, to produce Bint Daaldan in 1970 and the colts: Daalden in 1971 and Sar Amir Daaldan in 1972. Bint Daaldan was sold to Albert Guilbault and became a significant cornerstone of the Abitibi breeding program. Bred to newer Egyptian horses, she produced valuable mares like Abitibi Zamana and her daughter, Abitibi Madeena, from which, horses like Safeen have emerged. Robert Cowling, who had purchased Bint Fa Dena from Mrs. Fox,

 chose to breed her once more to Daaldan, producing Fa Daalim in 1973, an exceptional black stallion and foundation sire for Marilyn Lang of Fantasia Arabians, in Sealy, Texas. The following year, 1974, Bint Fa Dena, who had been bred to *Morafic, produced a grey mare, Sar Morafa, a prolific mare, BB Serrasab among her progeny.  Like her dam, Bint Fa Dena would find her way to Jarrell McCracken, who bred the mare exclusively to *Ibn Moniet el Nefous, producing a lovely mare named Monadena, who, when bred to *Ansata Ibn Halima, produced the mare Halima's Legacy, a significant broodmare for Sherry Moseley, having produced SES Bint Fabo, who in turn foaled SES Nadira.