AK Rabiya
AK Rabiya, 1983 grey mare,
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 and *Talal in one pedigree!
Glorieta Tala and Ansata El Sherif
Ansata El Sherif was a beautiful horse. He was balanced head to toe, Arabian type in spades. He was compact with a lovely head and eye
He was talented under saddle, winning many of his classes,from halter to Ladies Side saddle, he a very accomplished show horse.
he has been described as a "fairytale" type of white stallion, very true to his Dahman strain.
Ansata El Sherif sired horses who have produced progeny that are spectacular. AK Shesarra, AK Rabiya and Khala Zahra to mane a few.
Glorieta Tala, 1974 grey mare, I don't know much about Tala. I never saw her and have no discription of her.
Mike Case was here to see Glorieta Gazaal before he died and told me a story about getting Glorieta Tala.
They lived here in Arizona and were taking Anchor Hill Hamla to California to breed her to
*Talal when they had a flat tire on the trailer. They had to pull Hamla out of the trailer
to change it. He said she stood quietly along the side of the road with trucks flying by them.
He was afraid for Hamla but she took it all in stride and loaded back into the trailer like nothing happened.
They got to *Talal, bred Hamla and returned home. 11 months later, Glorieta Tala was born.
The photo above is *Talal, I have not been able to find a photo of Glorieta Tala.