Re: [RC] Info on Ansata Ibn Halilma Get - patty bass
to add to this thread. i
just completed the LBL 50 on a grandaughter of Ansata el Naseri. her first 50.
total time was one minute under 9 hours. she is very very
feminine and eats like a dainty princess but still only got a B for mucus
membranes and impulsion at the final vet check. she negotiated the
foot deep in mud trails with a willing attitude and was ready to go on at the
end. A sweeter mare i don't think you could find. she got it all
from her sire. her dam is extremely opinionated. LOL
We agree - and
since our senior stallion Salazar SF is a SE grandson of Ansata Ibn Halima AND
a great grandson through Sudan, we feel strongly that SE horses of AIH lines
can be extremely capable - so long as the ability is not bred out in the
interest of type, stretch, trot, or whatever the current predilection might
be. Since his damline is also to Nazeer through *Rashad Ibn Nazeer (Sal's
grandsire) - a superb, and proven, athlete himself - the genotype
expressed has been one of athletic ability and a gentle temperament. While
lacking in some type through the face, Sal produces type generally associated
with the AIH horses, since his sire, El Majiid was quite correct and typey.
Sal's misfortune in his career
was first to have torn a rear suspensory a few years back, and had even goen
on to a few 50s and LDs afterward - but the worst was 4 seasons ago when he
suffered a bacterial infection - and endocarditis - that nearly killed him,
and indeed, should have ended any active career he had. Ultimately his well
bred constitution worked well, and our vet staff as well as the world renown
Equine Cardio Ultra siound specialist Norm Rentanen's surprise, Sal is STILl
alive and healthy enough at 19, and has even completed 4 25-35 milers and one
50. HE also in 2002 garnered massive Cal Circuit B championships and High
Point awards with our daughter aboard, riding from sunup to sundown - on a
stallion who should have been dead.
So - as for those AIH horses, I
wouldn't trade Sal for anything.
