*Wafiza's Story

Polly Knoll photo of *Wafiza, circa 1980

*Waheeba was imported to America in utero, meaning, she had been bred and checked in foal to *Ibn Hafiza. Within a few months of her importation in 1970, *Waheeba foaled a bay filly, who was named *Wafiza, a feminine name of Arabic origin, meaning to protect or guard by someone who possesses a presence so refreshing, it is like someone opened a window to let the fresh air in. 

*Wafiza is a maternal sibling of Shaheeb but it is through the sires that the siblings are uniquely different, Shaheeb is sired by Ansata El Sherif, who carries 2 crosses to Nazeer, about 25%. While Shaheeb is low percentage Nazeer, *Wafiza has no Nazeer blood, as *Ibn Hafiza is a Sameh (El Moez x Samira) son out of Hafiza, sired by Hamdan, out of Mahfouza, a Hamdan daughter. What's also interesting about *Wafiza is that she carries a very low percentage of the Blunt desert horses, less than 3%.  

*Wafiza produced 3 fillies and 6 colts:

• Khepri, a 1974 grey stallion, by Ansata El Sherif
• Contentment Badra, a 1976 grey mare by Mohssen
• Chafa Sherfiza, a 1977 grey mare by Ansata El Sherif
• Chafa Al Bukra, a 1978 grey mare by Ansata El Sherif
• Chafa Hafiz Halim, a 1979 grey stallion by *Ansata Ibn Halima
• CES Sherif Feisal, a 1980 grey stallion by Ansata El Sherif'
• Chafa Halim Bey, a 1981 grey stallion by Halim Pasha
• Chafa Shah Walim, a 1984 grey stallion by Ansata Ibn Shah
• CES Anwar, a 1985 bay stallion by *Jamil

It's almost like you want to jump in her photo and invoke the full meaning of her name, to insure the perpetuation of an outcross line we would have today with no Nazeer influence and a lower percentage of the Blunt desert horses, i.e. the Gleannloch stallion, *Zaghloul (Gassir x Gharbawia), who also carried a low percentage of the Blunt desert horses: 2.3%. It's hard to believe that this opportunity existed 40 years ago and no one thought this may be good for the future of a healthy gene pool.