AK Rabiya
(Ansata El Sherif x Glorieta Tala)

In 1997 at the home of Walter Schimanski, I met one of the most beautiful creatures I had ever seen. She was very sweet with big black eyes and a soft loving expression on her face. When she moved, it was with grace and dignity and a sure step that told you that she knew who and what she was. There was nothing arrogant about her, you felt a purity of spirit that was instantly recognizable as all "Arabian mare". There was that special something about her that is hard to define. But I knew at that moment that I would forever be dedicated to the Straight Egyptian Hadban Enzahi Arabian Horses. She was my beginning and she is the reason for all that I do. For many years after meeting my dream mare, she lived with Walter Schimanski and then Marilyn Lang. For Walter she produced four beautiful daughters. Her first Sheykh Obeyd daughter was born in the year I met her, 1997. Masada Al Mazia was a beautiful baby that soon turned grey. She was sweet and kind and loved to be scratched. Today she is owned by Lulua Al Sabah and is living on Walters old farm in Cove, Arkansas. She has not been bred to a Sheykh Obeyd stallion for a replacement. Masada Thouraya was born in 1998, another grey filly but sired by Fa Asar. Thouraya is also living in Cove with her sister and has not bred to a Sheykh Obeyd stallion for replacement. I do not believe she has been bred at all. . Masada Rabbah was born in 2000, another grey filly sired by Fa Asar. Sadly this filly fell and broke her leg and had to be destroyed. Her last filly was Masada Shiana born in 2001. She too was sired by Fa Asar. AK Rabiya and Masada Shiana went to Marilyn Lang when Walter became too ill to care for the horses any longer. Being happy in Texas, AK Rabiya was bred to the beautiful Ansata Ibn Halima son Halim El Mansour and in 2003 produced the colt Halim Al Hadiya. This was a colt that I have been drooling ever sense he was born. There were so few Sheykh Obeyd Halim El Mansour sons and this was the only one out of a beautiful Hadba mare. One day I got a call from Marilyn, she offered me AK Rabiya. I just about had a heart attack. Here was the one mare that started me on my quest to save the Hadbans and breed them as a group. The one mare that would forever be in my heart. I could not get to Texas fast enough. Not only did I bring AK Rabiya home but we also brought her daughter Masada Shiana home to be bred to Glorieta Gazaal for Marilyn. Shiana has produced a very beautiful doll-like filly and has been bred back to Glorieta Gazaal for a second foal by him. It is a wonderful cross producing beauty, type and great conformation. Marilyn agreed that I could keep Shiana too. I was in heaven. We were able to add mother and daughter, something I never thought would happen. Then, I am telling you, the stars are all lined up because Halim Al Hadiya is coming home too. He is a great addition to the stallion power we already have here. Both AK Rabiya and AK Shesarra are sired by Ansata El Sherif and they BOTH had a son to carry on the strain in a male form. Exciting foals are going to be born in the next few years and we can not thank Marilyn Lang enough for the opportunity to add these stellar horses to this group.

Ansata El Sherif

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