Daara

Bint Al Bahr Arabians

Preservation Breeders of Straight Babson Egyptians

DAARA

May 26, 1978 - January 19, 2007

	Daara was the first of several Arabians we acquired from Jackson’s Arabian Nursery. (See AHW February 1977 for a feature article on them) We spent many happy hours in the company of Nellie Jackson and her horses. She was an amazing woman. Nellie’s stallion Maar-Rab, Daara’s great grandsire, was our first introduction to the Straight Babson Egyptian, our current breeding program.

I very much enjoyed our visits to Jackson's Arabian Nursery. We often looked at old photos and discussed the horses in them. One afternoon Nellie took my hands, looked intently into my eyes and said she had some important advice for me. I eagerly anticipated hearing important breeding secrets. She then told me in a very serious voice “If your house is too clean, you are not spending enough time with your horses.”

Daara is a very smart mare. She created and plays a game on her own we call “Trail Horse.” Daara uses round ground feeders that are about 3 ft in diameter and about 8 inches tall. She moves forward, head down, in small steps until her toes touch the edge of the tub. She then lifts each foot one at a time and places them in the feeder. Daara inches her forefeet forward until her toes touch the tub wall again then lifts them carefully out. She moves forward until her hind toes touch the outside wall of the tub then lifts them in. When all four feet have gone forward into and out of the tub, Daara looks over her shoulder and reverses the process, her hind feet in first, then out, then front in, then out again!

Daara and her lifelong best friend Jackpot Holly were happily retired here at Bint al Bahr Babson Arabians. Daara went on to greener pastures in January 2007 at 29 years old. We missed her. She owned us for 25 years.

Daara #176186 1978 grey mare	My Amigo #27593 1963 Chestnut stallion	Rifal #2864 Grey 1944	Rifage #1286 Grey 1936
			Shahalli #944 Grey 1932
		Malfara #4953 Chestnut 1948	Malastra #2687 Chestnut 1943
			Mefara #2167 Chestnut 1943
	Jackpot Pandaara #67469 1970 grey mare	Maarlastra #44601 grey 1967	Maar-Rab #17602 Grey 1960
			Mailatrah #2402 Bay 1942
		Jackpot Saanura #29202 Grey 1964	Baarsaan #12327 Grey 1957
			Khuzura #4956 Chestnut 1948

Ohio artist Karen Bremmer came for a farm visit and took some photos while here in 2004. Daara was honored as the subject of one of her beautiful paintings. Karen works in oils. Her realistic horses
have a surreal quality created by her use of translucent layers of pure colors to create her wonderful paintings. Karen does portraits on commission as well.

To contact her or learn more about her work, go to her website at http://www.KarenBrenner.com/

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