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Hansi's Stories

These are little bits of stories I have collected from Hansi.  I want to preserve as much of her wisdom and experience as I can and share it with you here.  These are stories about the horses she had in her quarantine or otherwise knew from personal experience.  Enjoy the opportunity for a rare first-hand insight into the horses that most of us will only be able to read about.  But first, her comments on the occasion of Serenity Farms 35th anniversary.

This is Serenity Arabian farms 35th Anniversary and I can not help but elaborate on what some of you might not know. Doug and Margaret Marshall, the owners of Gleannloch Farms, have to be considered the most influential people in bringing superb bloodstock to this continent. Willing to pay any price and one of the very few allowed to buy directly from the EAO, incredible Arabians came here.

His and his wife's love for the straight Egyptian horse stands all on its own. they helped so many people here and in Canada, when even sending Tom McNair to help show individuals, he had sold. They always bred horses, not dollar bills, like us.

In 1970, when the war was some five miles away from the EAO, I was told he, Margaret, Jim Kline, Judi and Don Forbis, and Tom and Rhita McNair risked their lives to load some 34 horses for export into my quarantine in Canada. The pilot had a "Silence Order" until he got over the Suez Canal and one mare, Cleopatra, was ready to foal and was also on board giving the pilot heart pulses (she foaled one day after arrival in my quarantine and the foal was name Pegasus).

The horses came from 90-degrees F to 22 below zero.  Water in their pails turned into a huge ice cube hours later. They were never stabled, did not understand English, and wanted to go back to Egypt. I had a leather couch placed in the middle of the indoor arena where temporary stalls, loaned from the Royal Canadian Winterfair were erected, and we cuddled up in a heating blanket. My students and I held the watch.

Prior to that importation, I had given Doug a list of ALL SE Arabians in Egypt and where they might be. That list helped him select the best. The Canadian government helped in every way to facilitate this sensitive importation.  Already the plane I had chartered was sabotaged in Amsterdam and destroyed.  So I had to beg a merchant to loan us his plane, destined for Khartoom, and a $ 20,000 reward made him agree.  Doug tried desperately to get another one and finally succeeded. But there was no loading equipment at Cairo Airport, so they borrowed it from the Russians in Alexandria. "Catering equipment" balanced those fragile horse boxes with three horses in each on it and loaded. It was like a cloak and dagger situation.  Of course it was Tom McNair who did the absolute expert loading.  When the plane arrived in Canada, the floors were frozen solid and Noha fell, turned upside down, and had to be pulled out that way.

This 1968 and 1970 importation became one of the most famous of all.  When I see what these horses did and produced, my heart is overwhelmed.

Gleannloch led all the way in showing, halter, and under saddle, and so did we, Jim Kline, Martin Loeber, to name a few. They were the artery of the straight Egyptian breeding programs. THEY TESTED THEIR ARABIANS, we showed against all odds too and came out on top. WE CLEANED HOUSE.  Gleannloch in the Southwest, Jim Kline in the West, Martin Loeber in the middle, Willis Flick in the South, and we at Serenity in the North.  It looked very strategic, although we did not arrange it this way, it just happened. The success was mind boggling.  Le Croix with their beautiful horses now had a hell of a time competing. Serenity Montaha beat his English National Champion mare in Detroit on her first time out, still drewling milk after weaning.  And of course Serenity Sonbolah became the darling of all, and even her competitors clapped when she won, which she always did.

I am stating these names, because Doug Marshal and Tom McNair picked out our ten imports, I only gave Doug a blank cheque, begging him to buy us the best and as many as possible.  When these horses arrived in my quarantine, many of them were almost skeletons.  Doug saw my sadness in my face and said " Hansi you will just have to trust me." Well, what choice did I have.  Never saw these horses until they arrived.  I am pointing this out, because I consider this a most unselfish act, to let his friends also have some of the best.

Thirty five years went by so fast, it was only yesterday.  Margaret Marshall passed away in 1993 and Doug became a Canadian citizens a few years ago, spending half of the year at his beloved Christmas Island, Sioux Narrows, Canada, which he and Margaret bought when they had just married.  Doug is now approaching 90, and apparently well and in good spirits.  I thank him from the bottom of my heart to allow me to acquire the original Serenity imports, and prior to that my beloved *Khofo++.  Without him, there would not even have been a Ruminaja Ali or any of the greats he produced who made an international impact through their performance and production.  And Khofo was only four weeks old when Doug imported him together with his sire and dam (Morafic and Nabilahh).  Khofo came to me as a two year old.

Hansi Quotes: "Have you ever tried to get a running fire ant pile back into the nest?"

AK Shah Munifeh.   I liked his type, his conformation, and pedigree.  He is extremely balanced, had a beautiful head, lovely dispostion, and perfect legs.  He foaled ten degree less with his hind legs (stifle/hock joints) than the Serenity mares, but these are so inbred for super action, that he did not remove any degree from the offspring. He also is not as pronounced in the whither area, although he has good well-muscled whithers, but the Serenity horses are also inbred for very pronounced whithers and girth. So he became a fine compliment to our mares and somewhat of an outcross. I always liked his male female tail line going into Maaroufa and he does show some resemblance to her.  He is an absolute darling under saddle, non-tiring, intelligent, and very considerate. He has an excellent walk, overstepping by 18 inches and with it, an excellent long stride.

Bint Maisa El Saghira.  Bint Maisa El Saghira++ only walked, moving with her tail curled over her back. Tom McNair was once accused of gingering.  Now that was a no no for Tom and also us. So when the people saw the mare at the farm, they believed in her natural tail carriage.  She became a US Top Ten and also Legion of Merit champion, winning many halter and under saddle championships. Of course one of her daughters, Dahmah Sahwaniyah (1966), a beautiful bay mare, also became a champion. But then of course is Shaikh Al Badi (1969) who was US Reserve Futurity champion and the sire of many top tens.  His best nick was with Bint Magidaa, a Khofo daughter, producing Ruminaja Ali, Alidaar, Fayez, etc.  Another excellent son was Shamruk++ a multiple champion at halter and under saddle winning the covetted Legion of Merit award.  That is a stallion I also really liked.

Bint Mona (1958).  Here we have another real great broodmatron.  An absolutely beautiful mare and superb producer.  Her son Mohssen (1966), a US top ten, was always one of my favorites. Her other son, The Egyptian Prince, I adored and have his blood in our AK Shah Munifeh who is by Prince Fa Moniet.
Another daughter, Il Muna (1968), was a US National Futurity Champion and Bint Bint Mona (1970) was a US Top Ten. Then of course was Ibn Zaghloul.  Competition during those years was fierce. The Non straight Egyptians in America and Canada were by and large excellent horses but of a different type.  So the judges could only do one thing, either pin the straight Egyptians first or give them the gate. Obviously they hardly ever got the gate.  They just stood up and looked like a brilliant star between all the others. You could never overlook a straight Egyptian then.  And they could fly, and with their extreme intelligence could get anything done, done willingly with pleasure, and having fun. They enjoyed going in that ring, even at the hand of a child.

Cleopatraa (1960).  (Cleopatra) (Antar x Ahlam II) came into my quarantine in 1970.  The pilot was instructed to maintain radio silence until he got over the Suez Canal. The mare was high in foal and the pilot was afraid she might foal onboard. She foaled 12 hours after arrival at our premises, a healthy
big colt that Doug Marshal named "Pegasus."  I don't what happened to him because I believe Doug did not register him.  Besides Pegasus, she produced 6 Se daughters and 6 SE sons.  I think she was later sold to Mr. Beck. The mare loved her baby Pegasus.

Cleopatraa herself was a bit rough over the croup. Her head was a bit plain and straight.  All other conformation parts were very good, especially her legs. She also had a very sweat temperament. She was about 15,1 hands tall barefoot.  She was a nice black colour too, and a very gentle eyes. She was also an excellent mover.  I liked the mare and saw a lot of her sire in her.

Deena.  I had Deena in my quarantine in Canada together with Huebner's other horses. She was then a yearling and meaner than homemade sin. She spit, kicked, bit, and decided to go back to Egypt.  After about three weeks she settled down and became a sweetheart.  So you see, she in reality showed her loyalty to her first owner, and that is a quality.  She was a dark bay, about 13 hands 3 inches then, and I think grew into 14,2 - 14,3 as an adult.  I liked her as an individual, always enjoy the fighting spirit, who will become true friends, once they learned to trust.

Faleh.  Faleh was in my quarantine and I worked with him daily.  He was once and a while cranky and once came at me with teeth wide open.  I had no choice but lay him on his back and widdle his butt real hard. I told him that we have a 50/50 partnership but I own 51percent of the shares as long as he is under my jurisdiction.  We got along fine then.  I warned Rhita of this, gave her his performance sheet, and one time he did the same to her; Tom took care of that.   Faleh was a Most Classic winner, excellent confirmation, a super athlete, and very intelligent. Had he ridden that 100-mile race, he might have won it by miles.  He won the 100-mile endurance race here, was US National Costume Champion, won numerous halter championships, and was a horse and a half under saddle as well.  He produced the incomparable Asjah Ibn Faleh (1974) who became US National Champion race horse, was track record holder, raced 5/30 (16-4-5) D.  That means he raced 30 times during 5 racing seasons, won 16, placed second 4 times, and third 5 times, and won stakes races as well.  This horse was unreal, an absolute superb piece of horseflesh. He carries multiple blood through Yosreia (1943) (think of Russia's super sire "Aswan"- a Hadban Enzahi).  He in turn produced the race winners Shaik El Faleh (1987) and Egyptian bred stallion JK Asha Moniet (1990) a straight Egyptian Champion racer.  There is also Ansata Exemplar in Germany, who should carry on these genes.

Ibn Hafisa.  I have seen a few of Ibn Hafiza's offspring and really liked them. It is too bad that at that time the Sportshorse classes were not offered because Ibn Hafiza would have gained multiple championships over all breeds in my honest opinion.  Ibn Hafiza was in our Canadian quarantine when imported in 1970 by D B Marshall/Gleannloch Farms.  I worked with this magnificent stallion every day.  He was a brilliant mahagony bay, about 15 hands 2 inches tall with superb gates, long strides, and a very smooth body and overall par excellent conformation and very balanced.  He also had 20-point legs.  I have him on films which were made into videos, about 8-9 hours of videos, together with many other imports going through our quarantine.. (these are not for sale at any price, nor copies; they are in my private library). He also had a beautiful disposition and was easy to work with. Ibn Hafiza did not match with every mare. Other stallions don't either.  The only thing I would have liked to see change, was to have his neck set on a bit higher. But then nobody has a perfect horse.

Ibn Morafic.  I knew Ibn Morafic, since he was a pup.Matter of fact, when he was born I suggested to Tom and Rhita to name him Ibn Morafic, because there was no Ibn Morafic and Morafic had died 4/23/1973.
I still have that correspondence.

His dam Kahramana (1966) (leading dam of champions)was also in my quarantine in Canada and an excellent Antar daughter. A grey, typy and athletic and sweet. Ibn Morafic took more after his dam, in overall type. Ibn Morafic was more a compact horse, stood closer to the ground than his sire, more like his dam. He is also the sire of BAHIM HISAN (1976), THAT super Black stallion, which Annhaeuser Bush used for their advertisments over the TV.

He was US National Futurity Champion in 1976, and a SUPREME LEGION OF MERIT CHAMPION (+++ BEHIND HIS NAME) WHICH MEANS HE WAS EQUALLY GOOD AT HALTER AS HE WAS UNDER SADDLE winning championships..Of course, what am I talking about, all Gleannloch stallions were TESTED, and acclaimed fame under saddle and at halter, just like our Serenity stallions. Of course, Tom and Rhita McNair trained and showed all Gleannloch owned/bred horses and did an absolutely superb job. Now here is a " Super Judge" you will find not so often anymore.

Ibn Morafic produced 75 Se daughters and 72 Se sons, many out of super mares and reproducing well. "Ibn" was a sweet horse, already as a baby and I still see him playing in pasture with his dam and his pasture mates. I really liked him very much, he was all "Horse"..

Khofo.  My Khofo was so fast, that when I raced him over a 30-acred ploughed field (we had heavy clay) I could never let him totally out, his hind legs literally in front of his front legs.  One day, when I rode him and tried to drive hunters off our property, one turned around, a gun in his hand facing me. Khofo reared up and went at him. The man started running, we galloped after him, he rushed over the picked fence, got his pants hung up, and all Khofo and I could see was a "moonshine backface” .  The intelligence, the loyalty, the courage these horses had and have is absolutely mind boggling. I guess this is why so many people want an Arabian horse, no comparison with other breeds, absolutely not.  And of course to me, there is nothing like a straight Egyptian, they just have it and they must be preserved at all costs.

 Nabilahh.  Nabilahh was about 14.3 hands tall, always a broodmare, a beautiful Antar daughter, very correct and typey and very sweet. Tom McNair knows a good horse when he sees one, and he and Doug picked out all those imports, and they had better have had good legs and conformation to be functional. They did not pamper them either, and neither did we.  Just thinking of these horses at Gleannloch gives me goose bumps. AND THEY BRED TRUE. Often I spent weeks at Gleannloch and Tom taught me to show at halter. My first year, eight championships with Khofo and I really did not know what I was doing. But Khofo did; Tom trained him at halter and Rhita started him under saddle.

Romanaa II.  Romanaa II(1963) was a very beautiful, outstanding mare.  She was a US National Top Ten champion in 1969.  She was imported by Doug Marshall of Gleannloch farms in 1966. She produced four straight Egyptian daughters and two sons. Her first daughter Dalia++ (1968) was a US Top Ten National Champion and a Legion of Merit Award Champion, winning multiple halter and performance championships. She was by Morafic. Her second daughter was Bint Romanaa++ (1971), also a US Top Ten National Champion and Legion of Merit champion, winning multiple championships in halter and under saddle.  Of course her excellent dam, Nazeera (1954) also produced the excellent Omayma, a multiple champion who in turn produced our Sernity Luftia, another multiple champion. I always liked this mare and I believe that Abbasiyah still has an offspring here in Florida, which is gorgeous. Here is an example of a very typey, tall, elegant, beautiful mare who also excelled under saddle. As I have said before, competition here was fierce and there were hundreds of entries at the Nationals.  They divided these often into sections of no more than 40 in a class. Then the top tens of each section had to compete against the other sections and from it came the champions and top tens. To compete against the other outstanding non-straight Egyptian lines was not that easy. But it shows you what can be done. And also how outstanding these horses were.

Safaa (1962).  I only saw her in pasture at Gleannloch numerous times. She was a chestnut and looked very good to me. She produced Muzahrafa++(1968) and she became 1971 US National Reserve Champion mare, winning many championships in halter and under saddle.  Her full brother Al Fatath
(1969) also became a US top ten stallion, and I realy liked both of them.  They were super horses. I recorded two straight Egyptian daughters and five sons. Gleannloch imported her in 1958, so she was nine years old when I first saw her.

Serentiy Bint Nadia.  Serenity Bint Nadia (1960) (Sameh x Nadia (Inshass)) was an excellent athletic mare. She did not have a dished head, but a good jibba, and a breedy head. What we mean by this, it identified her breed. She was a champion jumper in Egypt and a champion halter horse in Canada. She produced three daughters and one son. Both Serenity Kamila and Serenity Osiris became champions and produced such.  When Serenity Osiris was born, we let him and his dam exercise in a 60 x 60 foot arena adjoining one of our stables in Canada. The door to it was five feet high. While we, Kathy McKenzie, and other of my students were sitting in the clubroom of our upper huge indoor arena, we saw a foal running around outside the 60x60 arena mentioned.  It was Serenity Osiris who, at two months of age, cleared the door (5 feet/1.50meter) without a mark on him.  Serenity Osiris later on was trained in jumping and easily cleared 1.50-meter (5 foot) combinations, just like his sire Khofo did and his dam. He also became terribly fast, just like sire and dam.  Serenity Kamila went to Imperial Farms and then to Argentina, ZT Thyssen. She was very smooth bodied.  She produced for us also Serenity Untouchable who was not for sale at any price, neither were any of the other Serenity Stallions. She was already junior champion by four months of age. Serenity Osiris also produced race winners in the Egyptian breds.  He stood 15 hands 3 inches high with a 78-inch girth. He produced 14 daughters and 12 sons, of which there were 5 straight Egyptian daughters, and 4 straight Egyptian sons.  His best daughter was Serenity Bint Osiris, whose blood carries on here with us. His son Sagdor became 1980 and 1981 Brazilian National champion stallion. But he also produced Shalom Mishko, an Anglo Arab with Shalom Arabians bred in partnership with us in Canada. Upon our departure for Florida, Shalom Farms became 100-percent owner of the horse. He claimed numerous national championships and reserves, also winning the Devon Open in dressage. He was trained up to the Grand Prix level by a Belgium Grand Prix trainer, and stood about 16 hands 3 inches tall; an excellent horse.

Serenity Ibn Nazeer (Lateef).  Now this is an interesting story. I went to Egypt in 1973 to buy El Safi, a gorgeous 15.3-hand chestnut powerhouse, but he was barren. So Gulson Sherif arranged for me to see another stallion. He was ridden 50 kilometers through the desert and the middle of Cairo and was 20 years old. When I saw him, my blood went from the head to toes and back again. I HAD TO HAVE HIM. He had the best rearend of any of the Nazeer children I had seen, and looked very much like his sire. Perfect legs, I mean perfect legs.  At that time, everybody and his uncle were in Cairo to buy horses. I was so afraid of losing him that I hid him at the Brooksville Veterinary Hospital and gave rewards so that nobody knew where the stallion was.  I waited two weeks but the papers were still not ready for exporting so I went into the ministry and told them this: "Gentlemen, do you know that horses can swim? Unless I get these papers now, I will swim him back home or ride him to Johannesburg for shipment with or without papers."  It worked I got the papers.  He was to leave that Tuesday and I instructed that he NOT be tranquilized.  The plane came but never stopped, so he had to wait another week and I had to go back to Canada. When I arrived in Montreal, I was told that he broke down in Frankfurt, was overly tranquilized and all marked up. I gave instructions to find the best horseman/woman in Europe to bring him over for me regardless of cost. Circus Bush obliged and the horse arrived.  I trailered him 300 miles home to Queensville to my quarantine. We had a two-foot blanket of snow, and when he got out of the trailer, he tried not to put any one foot down. This was so funny. He could piaffe and passage in his stall for a long time and the only horse I knew which would exercise himself in a collected canter in his stall, which was 12x18 feet, without breaking stride. He never left a son in Egypt, only females.  So I prayed, please Lord give me sons, we need them. Well, he produced female after female and then seven straight Egyptian sons, two of which are here today: SF Untouchable (1976), and SF Ibn Lateef (1986). He was an absolutely superb match for the Khofo daughters. He also became leading sire of Canada and his rearend is seen to date in his offspring - five generations further.  He was Egyptian National dancing champion and also a winning racehorse.  I lost him in September 1975, a terrible loss, however his blood carries on to date. God was very kind to me.

Serenity Sabra.  Serenity Sabra also was a special mare. Extremely correct, about 14.3 hands, and a flying machine.  One day at my farm in Canada, we had a bad storm coming up and all the horses were out, except "Sabra."  I threw a saddle on her, jumped up and galloped to the herd, herding them in.  When I came back, my students reminded me that Sabra had never been under saddle.  Well, she was then, never objected, and worked like she had been ridden all her life.  She was a multiple champion mare and won with her maternal sister Serenity Shahra three years in a row the Produce of Dam class.   When Serenity Sonbolah showed at the US Nationals in 1971, I took Serenity Sabra and Serenity Luftia along to place one in front and the other behind Sonbolah, so that Serenity Sonbolah had the "proper room" to show off.  Sabra was 9 months in foal and so was Luftia.  All three made the cut.  Sonbolah stood first, Sabra 12^th, and Luftia 13^th place -- that out of over 100 entries. Mr. Gainy was sitting in his booth looking down on her and offered me a free breeding to his top stallion. I declined, stating that my Khofo would be jealous as Sonbolah was his wife.  Sabra was a quiet mare, sensitive, very intelligent, and very, very sweet. The only time she was ever defeated in the showring was by her Serenity stable mates. She was a very smooth mare, excellent legs (remember now I am a leg woman, no leg no horse) Sabra was hard to defeat. At one time I had six mares in the same show, two in every of the three classes. They won 1st and second in each. When it came to championship class, only the six Serenity mares were in the ring. The judge asked me which one to pin champion because they were all so alike. I told him "your choice, Sir.”  He Picked Sabra.

Here I also refer to Count Zichy-Thysen, who can never be fooled by only a beautiful head, but will always incorporate into his herd a functional Arabian, a horse which can ride cattle and sheep all day long, is easily maintained, is courageous, and willing to do anything the rider asks, which includes going over and through anything. Zichy is in my book one of the finest riders anywhere, sits that saddle excellently and is riding cattle often all day long.  With that expertise, he knows what to look for in a horse and is breeding accordingly some of the best in the world, which includes many halter champions of extreme beauty.  By the way, Zichy imported also a number of par-excellent Gainy-bred mares. I saw them, and they were gorgeous.  I had to mention this, because some newcomers might not know all the best breeders / horsemen / woman in our industry, past and present, who are a guideline, an inspiration to continue, an ideal to follow, and their farms to visit.  These breeders also know where the best horses in this world are bred and owned, just as we do.

SF Bint Mamlouka.  SF Bint Mamlouka (Mashhour x Mamlouka) was one of my best producing mares.  She was a trotting machine and a half. Mike Nichols came to me in Canada and wanted to buy her saying, “If you sell her to me, you will never get her back.” She was never for sale and passed away at almost age 30. She produced 11 daughters and 4 sons.  Her first son was Serenity IbnKhofo (1976), a Grand Prix horse and undefeated racehorse. Her second son was Serenity Mamlouk (1979) by Serenity Ben Ibn Nazeer, and he defeated a previously undefeated Polish mare over a mile race. Both are alive and well here at the farm. Her other son, Serenity Habib (1983),  a gold medalist, was acquired by Willi Luder, Italy. Switzerland and Marbach Stud Farm leased him for a few years and Babolna kept him to breed Shagya mares.  She also produced the champions Serenity Shahwa (1971) by Ibn Hafiza, Serenity BtBt Mamlouka, Serenity Ferial, and the US and Canadian National Top Ten Serenity Caramia.  The latter three I sold to Imperial Farms, together with 13 more superb females, all older ones were champions. I looked after that mare like a hen over her chicks. She was so precious and beautiful to me. I rode her too, and that was a delight. We combined this precious Mashhour blood with that of Antar, Sameh, Nazeer, and thence via Khofo and Serenity Ibn Nazeer. The results were par excellent. Her children and grand children continue to produce these "flying machines" and are also quite typey, tall, and elegant with beautiful dispositions. Oh how I miss her and the others.

Shah Nishan+.  I also knew Shah Nishan+(1974) quite well. He is a totally different horse than Ibn Morafic. He stood over more daylight but also had some problem with his hocks, which seem to bogg quickly, which can occurr when overstressed when too young, or even accidentily sliding along.Indeed he was more elegant than his full brother, taller and a rectangular type hose. I never saw him under saddle. He produced 43 Se daughters and 20 SE stallions. Even the production of the two brothers were a bit different. this always seems to be the case between chestnut and grey full sibblings. He was a US Top Ten Champion Stallion.

The Egyptian Prince.  Yes, I knew The Egyptian Prince (1967).  He was about 14.2 – 14.3 hands tall, very beautiful, most classic, well balanced, with a smooth body, huge eyes, and that fire burning within. He was a very gentle, sweet horse and looked like a Schreyer painting.  He had that “something” one can’t describe in words. And he looked so much taller than he was, had so much regality, just like his dad. I liked him very much and still see him in front of me. He died September 20, 1995; much too young.  He produced 272 straight Egyptian daughters and 238 sons. Not always did he get to mate only quality mares, so one has to judge accordingly. I think his best son was Prince Fa Moniet (1981) out of Fa Moniet (1967).  Here he got a shot of that champion mare Maaroufa (1931), the incomparable Babson mare bred by Prince Mohamed Ali Tewfik, Egypt, carrying an illustrious pedigree.  Judi and Don Forbis were very wise to acquire him, and I think some of the beautiful Ansata mares did need this outcross blood.  Another excellent son I knew, was ET Crown Prince (Prince Bulacan) (1977) out of RDM Maar Hala (1973), a very tall, elegant, and well conformed stallion and producer. When I saw him for the first time, I could not take my eyes of him. I believe he passed away last year. To add one more I knew, was Bady As San (1981), a champion out of the multiple halter and performance champion mare Serenity Bint Montaha.  He was exported to Brazil, and produced excellently here and in Brazil. He was under saddle, and did very well. For one thing, he also had real good legs under him and a huge stride. As you can see, there are so many children, that I can’t mention them all; it would become a book from here to Germany.

 Zaghloul.  Zaghloul was in my quarantine in 1970. He was about 14.5 going on 15 hands tall.  He had a typical desert bred stallion head, as it should be, with a great jibbah and thankfully not a deep dish, preventing breathing. He had huge eyes and was very correct. He was extremely well balanced and a flying machine. But he also was a sweetheart, a kind and gentle horse, and very intelligent and with it sensitive.  But he was an introvert, so never showed what he was thinking.  I adored him, he was so loveable, but I guess because he also was such a great athlete. He was also an excellent producer, produced Ibn Zaghloul (1976) a 1979 US Top Ten excellent bay.  I recorded 21 straight Egyptian daughters and 29 sons. And never once did I hear anything bad about this valuable stallion and his get. He also raced well in Egypt I was told.

Hansi’s Picks.  To me personally, I have to put *Khofo in first place.He produced some 254 offspring, of which about 202 were SEs and from which came some 157 champions in performance and halter, including multiple National and International Champions and Reserves. No other SE stallion to date has accomplished this. Khofo also never lost a Most Classic championship, he won mutliple halter and performance championships, and received his Legion of Merit award only two points away from his Supreme Legion of Merit (he was not shown after receiving the Legion of Merit).

I have to put *Morafic next.  No other stallion has produced more champions than he.  I knew him well, played with him when I spent time in Texas. He was absolutely gorgeous. And he also was a very kind and sweet horse, highly intelligent, and very, very regal and proud.  I have a video where Tom McNair plays with him in the pasture which is truly neat. 

Next I have to put our Serenity Ibn Nazeer, a stallion with the best rearend of all the Nazeer children I have known, and also a producer of multiple champions and top tens. Just like Morafic, he was a super athlete as well, but did have a more straight face, very similar to his sire Nazeer. He had excellent legs and movement as well, and so do his children.

Next I have to take Aswan, Russia's super sire who also stands all on his own in production. I do not know this horse personally but have seen some of his children in the non-straight Egyptian lines which were truly outstanding and productive.

Alaa El Din also produced good children, but some did not move as well as he did and I have to rate him here.

Next is Galal, I really liked. He also produced well, but was different to the above. He was quite muscular and an excellent mover and producer. I wanted to buy him, but he was not for sale.

Hadban Enzahi - I liked his produce and also that of Kaisoon, although the latter did produce some offspring with a bit of a weak back.

Ansata Ibn Halima is completely different.  He also produced differently. Many of his children are classics. I knew Ansata Halima quite well. He stood about 14 hands 3 inches, was a very kind and sweet horse, and the abolute opposite of Morafic, the flying machine.

Talal also was a classic. I never saw him in the flesh. I saw some of his children, which were good movers.

Rashad Ibn Nazeer. He was not a classic, but a hell of a good horse. He stood about 15 hands 2 inches and was a Grand Prix dressage horse with basic training by Col. Haendler of the Spanish Riding School. He looked a lot like Yashmak - at least had a bit of her rearend.

But then we must never forget Ghazal (1953), who I also never saw him in the flesh. To me he looked like a classic with movement, judging by his photos and by his offspring, some of which I saw. He could have had maybe a bit of a neater neck, but it was well set on.

Ramses Fayek was in my quarantine in 1970. He also was an excellent horse and producer. I liked him very much. He was a kind and gentle horse, a champion and producer of many champions.

It is obvious that Nazeer stood all on his own in production. Combined with the Sameh, Antar, and Mashhour blood, super horses were created.