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San Aakefaa
(Basheke x
Bint Kameesha)
#427105
05/15/88 --
07/15/10
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photo by Christine Emmert |
When my daughter and I first saw Aakefaa,
we both remarked "Aquaarius!" It wasn't just that the two mares looked
so much alike, it was that special aura that some horses project, and we both
felt it. When she was presented to us her owner, Claire Phifer said, "Aakefaa
doesn't take to strangers." But after she had trotted and
played around the
arena a few times, Aakefaa walked up to me, put her nose in the crook of
my neck and breathed my scent in and out. She rested her head there for a
few minutes and Claire said, "Well! I guess she has chosen you!" I
hadn't gone there to buy Aakefaa, but couldn't possibly walk away
without her after once having met her.
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Aakefaa was my most classic-looking desert
Arabian and the finest of the Nafa'a mares. Too long away from the
desert, the sudden rise of temperatures and the absence of moisture in
the air and soil combined to pull moisture from her system and form a
massive impaction that we just could not resolve. She was in foal to
Himself for her first and it was the foal I had most looked forward to
adding to the Serenity Kamila side of the Nafa'a preservation efforts.
Aakefaa was the perfect mare. She was the perfect companion. I was by
her side throughout the ordeal, and her excruciating last hours will
long haunt me. I pray she is with her companions that have gone before
to a place that is pain free and green and cool, where she can once
again perform her exuberant airs above the ground and run with her head
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Aakefaa's Pedigree |
Aakefaa's Picture
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