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The greatest financial successes were the sale of the Janów stallion El Paso for USD 1 million in 1980, Bandos for USD 806,000 in 1982, and in 1985 the mare Pencylina for USD 1.5 million. In 2015, a price of EUR 1.4 million was obtained for the mare Pepita, and the sale at this auction amounted to EUR 4 million. [12] [8]
Khemosabi's dam (female) line traced to *Wadduda, the celebrated "War Mare" imported from the desert by American political cartoonist, Homer Davenport. The closest imported horse in his pedigree was his maternal granddam, the Polish-bred mare *Szarza, As such, Khemosabi was a product of Arabian bloodlines that had been developed in the United ...
Darby Dan Farm is a produce, livestock, and thoroughbred horse breeding and training farm founded in 1935 near the Darby Creek in Galloway, Ohio by businessman John W. Galbreath. [1] Named for the creek and for Galbreath's son, Daniel M. Galbreath (1928–1995), it was expanded from an original 85-acre (340,000 m 2 ) farm into a 4,000 acre (16 ...
[66] [67] Although the Al Khamsa are generally considered fictional horses of legend, [68] some breeders today claim the modern Bedouin Arabian actually descended from these mares. [69] Another origin tale claims that King Solomon was given a pure Arabian-type mare named Safanad ("the pure") by the Queen of Sheba. [68]
Before the herd reached the water, Muhammad blew his battle horn for the horses to return to she. Only five mares responded. Because they faithfully returned to their master, though desperate with thirst, these mares became his favorites and were called Al Khamsa, and became the legendary founders of the five "strains" of the Arabian horse.
In the General Stud Book, however, Skowronek's pedigree ends with three grandparents. This has led some Arabian enthusiasts to question if Skowronek was in fact a purebred. His sire, Ibrahim, was desert-bred and imported to Poland. His dam Jaskoulka (variously known as Yascolka or Yaskolka) was a Polish-bred Arabian.
Al Khamsa is a nonprofit organization in the United States that supports the preservation breeding of certain strains of purebred Arabian horses, specifically lines tracing exclusively to those pedigrees providing a detailed chain of evidence to prove they were bred by the Bedouin of the Arabian Peninsula.
With the last at the age of 27, Bandola produced 16 foals during her breeding career. [2] Her most notable include Bandos, by Negatiw, who sired 3 Derby winners and 10 Polish National Champions, [9] and *Banat, who was the National Champion Stallion of Great Britain, and sold at the 1984 Polish Prestige Sale to the US for $525,000.