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Hi Mike,
I'm sure you know this already.... but if you look at Mon Amir's pedigree you'll see he's Babson, Pritzlaff, and Ansata. The Babson horses come from Ibn Rabdan and the Ansata / Pritzlaff horses are Nazeer who goes back to Ibn Rabdan.
So what you have is a linebred horse that spans both era's of Egyptian breeding. His dam is heavily bred Moniet El Nefous and the top sire line is Babson bred/ Ansata bred. Interesting combination. I think the fact that he was linebred, coupled with the fact your stallion is of all three of the major SE groups, is what makes him prepotent. It would be pretty hard to find a mare that is not partly of one of these three groups in SE. If bred outside SE obviously he'd still be potent over an outcrossed horse. I think the only mare that could make him waiver in his looks would be a pure Ansata bred mare. IMHO the Ansata bred mares that are entirely of their foundation stock, would be pretty hard to topple their potency(I've yet to see it done really or consistantly) But certainly, no shame in that.
Amir would be the type of horse that I would use when I had a mare of several sources, who could be used as a mediator of sorts to bridge a gap and bring the mare around to producing an nice quality foal that could then be refocused on a particular blood group. I also think he'd be an excellent mate to a Pritzlaff mare where the mare owner is looking for a bit of an outcross (top side). He'd do well with Moniet El Nefous tf mares and SJ mares. (Don't forget to look at the horses of course) But he's really a neat stallion when you think about it because he the best of three of the most legendary US breeding foundations in SE breeding. A horse for all seasons, surely a crowd pleaser in pedigree. Mon Amir is the heart and soul of US foundation lines.
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Echo Hill Arabian Preservation
Straight Egyptian Arabian Horses
www.echohillarabians.com
Comments like this especially mean alot to me coming from another preservation breeder who owns and stands several stallions, and has been in the business as long as they have!
In my post i hesitated to ask the question as to why my stallion could be or is prepotient because i could have possibly opened up a discussion that may have harmed my own horse, but i did as i have done in the past and asked for an honest opnion good or bad and was willing to except the outcome,
i have steped out on a limb and asked a few preservation breeders, researchers,owners, and even owners of Heirloom and Sheykh Obeyd stallions to give me there opnion of him and as well his foals, I have hopes that i may be able to put some of these interesting answers and comments here as i get them and i will post any negative comments along with any positive comments or articles and or reaserch on Heirloom, Sheykh Obeyd, AlKhamsa, Asil arabains that i hope might educate the public about the special straight egyptian horses we have in the USA!
I wish to thank the many breeders and mare owners who have supported this study and been willing breed to such a beautiful foundation stallion that represents the true bedioun desert horse!
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