The Coincidence Narratives

Bint Tuhotmos (*Tuhotmos x *Gazbeya)

I'm really not sure why I chose the most inopportune time to look through the third volume of the Reference Handbook. I almost didn't do it, as what little remained of my attention, was already divided into bits and pieces and it didn't really seem like a good idea, considering the rapidly disappearing day and the monster-sized list of seasonal tasks still waiting to be done but I couldn't fight the nagging feeling anymore. For some crazy, unexplained reason, I felt that I was being nudged, in the direction of the Handbook. At this point in my life, I have learned that there are no coincidences and so, there I was, page-by-page, lost amongst the most beautiful horses in the world. It wasn't until I was halfway through the book, that I stumbled upon Bint Tuhotmos, who seemed to jump right off the page.  While the beauty of *Tuhotmos was widely recognized, *Tuhotmos was a critically important sire within the EAO breeding program, actually, he was the number one stallion at the EAO and still, I find it amazing that Rick Heber of Ranchara Arabians was able to purchase the horse. I acknowledge Rick and Ann's efforts to acquire *Tuhotmos, had it not been for them, this beautiful mare would not exist. 

Joe Linzer posted this photo in 2012. It was from an advertising pamphlet he had at the time.

Bint Tuhotmos' dam, *Gazbeya, was sired by the Balance son, Nasralla and out of the El Sareei daughter, Hagir, whose matriline runs back to El Dahma, through the dam of Sid Abouhom, Layla. She shares much common ground maternally with not only the Bukra horses but the Babson *Bint Bint Sabbahs too. The combination of *Tuhotmos with *Gazbeya not only doubles the influence of El Sareei, it also triples the influence of Shahloul!

Razaman (Ansata Shah Zaman x Raalima)

I continued turning pages, finding familiar horses, until I came to a screeching halt, when I arrived at the photo of Razaman, a 1971 grey stallion, bred by the late Robert Cowling. He was sired by Ansata Shah Zaman (*Morafic x *Ansata Bint Mabrouka) and out of Raalima (*Ansata Ibn Halima x Asal Sirabba). Asal Sirabba, a 1958 grey mare, bred by Mrs. John E. Ott, was sired by Sirecho and out of the Babson mare, Habba. By virtue of her pedigree, she is representative of the type of horse that defined the breeding program of Prince Mohamed Aly Tewfik.

Raalima

Raalima was Asal Sirabba's 1967 daughter by *Ansata Ibn Halima. Raalima was a prolific mare for Bentwood Farm, producing daughters by the stallions, *Ibn Moniet El Nefous, The Egyptian Prince and Shaikh Al Badi. Among those daughters are AK Shahlima, Bint Raalima, AK Tarifa, AK Zayaadah, Thamin Amira, Latifa Raqqasa and Our Kibriya.

Imagine my surprise to learn that Bint Tuhotmos was bred to Razaman, producing the 1980 grey mare, DW Miriya for Dr. Marvin Ginsburg, Desert Wind Arabians. It really doesn't happen like this for me, to find two horses that I really like, who were bred together, resulting in a mare to carry the line forward. DW Miriya was bred to Moniet El Sharaf, producing the full sisters and proven broodmares,  DW Shamar in 1984 and DW Shara in 1985. It's interesting to learn that the  sisters were bred to stallions (DW Dar Essalam & DW Ali Kaliph) who are out of  maternal siblings to Razaman, intensifying the bloodline of Asal Sirabba, as well as furthering the influence of Moniet el Nefous, through additional lines to *Ibn Moniet El Nefous. DW Miriya was also bred to Nabiel, producing DW Monsoon, a grey stallion in 1986.

 DW China Doll, the 1991 DW Ali Kaliph (Ruminaja Ali x Bint Raalima) daughter, out of DW Shara, foaled a son by TT Sabor, a GG Samir son out of a *Nabor daughter who also combines *Raseyn blood with that of *Raffles, via the Alice Payne breeding program. Given my interest in the Asil Arabians breeding program, what was that about coincidences again?