Re: RC: Egyptian Arabians in the Wall Street Journal

["Tamara Habberley" <tamarahabberley@hotmail.com>]

FWIW ( probably not a lot)

I used to visit a really nice Lady who had an Egyptian import Marawan who 
she had bought to upgrade her crabbet mares here in the Uk. He threw some 
very nice horses but they all had real weight problems - I assume from a 
genetic dispostion to process little food very well! ONe of his sons is a 
very good endurance horse over here.

Marawan was a pretty horse with a lot of bone very much like photos of fadl 
- but what a bastard temprement wise. According to his owner in Egypt if a 
stallion kicks out and maims a groom , well hey theres loads of boys on the 
street looking for work. Dont bother to discipline the horse, just get 
another groom.

He used to come out of his stable roaring like a lion so maybe thats what 
the Egyptian person meant? His stock were all ( going of the ones I meet 
including his entire sons) really sweet natured. So maybe the egyptian 
persons mistaking the effects of nerture for nature?

tamara


>From: Roberta Jo Lieberman <woik@home.com>
>To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:  Egyptian Arabians in the Wall Street Journal
>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:27:26 -0700
>
>This morning's edition of the Wall Street Journal features a front-page
>"Marketplace" (second section) article about Egyptian Arabians. It
>reports that many Egyptian breeders are shunning the reverse importation
>of straight Egyptians from the US back to Egypt...even though these
>animals are purebred descendants of the same stock originally imported
>from Egypt to the US by Judith Forbis et al starting in the '50s and
>'60s. One breeder quoted claims they that American-bred Egyptians have
>been "exposed to different feeding, training and environment, which
>affects their quality." ... "Horses born in the US...are no longer
>Egyptian. They're American." The article goes on to say that these
>breeders say that only "EAO horses look and behave like true Egyptian 
>Arabians."
>
>"You can see it in their manner," said one person quoted. "Imported
>horses are calm and quiet. My stallions are vain, conceited. They're
>like lions." This breeder goes on to say that her "tough breeding
>regime" produces superior stock. The article then describes her
>"desolate" cement stables in the middle of the desert, cold in the
>winter and hot in the summer. Water must be trucked in the tankful.
>"The desert makes the difference," the breeder is quoted.
>
>The article goes on to assert that there is "general agreement" (doesn't
>say among whom -- presumably the Egyptian breeders interviewed) that
>"among Arabian horses -- Polish, Russian and Spanish -- the Egyptian
>Arabian has the genetic edge. The arched neck is more gentle and sits at
>the proper 90-degree angle to the shoulder line. The nostrils are more
>prounced, the jaw rounder, the eyes deeper and set wider in relation to
>the forehead. The dished nose is slightly more concave. The ears more
>slender and pointed."
>
>If I quote any more, I may run afoul of copyright laws...so if you are
>interested, pick up today's WSJ or check their website at wsj.com (don't
>know if the story is there but it's worth a look if you're interested).
>
>--Bobbie
>
>
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