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Bint Al Bahr Arabians Preservation Breeders of Straight Babson Egyptians |
Fa-Serr, A Prince's Dream By Joe Ferris (continued)
The
Fa-Serr Daughters
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Fa-Serr
daughters made an equally significant contribution to the breed. Highly valued
for their producing ability, few Fa-Serr daughters were shown. Bint Aaroufa (x
Aaroufa) was named as a 1966 U.S. Top Ten Park horse, a halter champion and dam
of champions. Aarouser (x Aaroufa) was a 1973 Canadian National Top Ten Mare and
Serr Ra (x Rasima, also the dam of Faar
Ra) took honors as the 1964 U.S. National Top Ten Mare. |
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Bint Aaroufa - Johnny Johnston Phot |
As
producers, Fa-Serr daughters have exceptional records: Rose of Egypt (x Fa Abba)
produced 1968 U.S. Top Ten Park Horse Serr
Bruk and the multi-champion Egypts Al Metrabi. Bint Fada (x Fada) produced
Al Nahr Montego, a champion and sire of champions who stood at stud in
The
full sister to Shebaa, Serrasab, was the dam of Sabrah (x Fabah) who produced
the beautiful Fa Halima, 1979 U.S. Top Ten mare, 1980 U.S. National Champion
Mare, Canadian Reserve National Champion Mare and Reserve International Champion
Mare in Paris.
Sabrah
also produced Ansata El Reyhan, 1976 U.S. Reserve National Champion Trail,
English Pleasure AOTR and 1978 U.S. Top Ten Native Costume. Ansata Sabiha,
another daughter of Sabrah produced Ansata Shah Zam, 1977 U.S. National Champion
Futurity Stallion, 1978 Canadian Reserve National Champion Stallion and 1980
U.S. Top Ten Stallion. Another Fa-Serr daughter, Misimma (x Fay Khedena) was
linebred to *Bint Serra I, carrying 43.5 percent of her blood. Misimma is best
known as the dam of the beautiful black stallion Fabo (x Fabah).
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Fa-Serr's
last foal was Sera Beth, who carried 62.5 percent Fa-Serr blood. She was the
grandam of the beautiful Serr Beth (x Ibn Fa-Serr) and Serr Beth's full brother,
Amir Ibn Fa-Serr, a young stallion that stood briefly at the Babson Farm. The
black Fa-Serr daughter Serr Abba produced such horses as Faserrab, Mi Serr,
Sunny Acres Batal, Ibn Mahrouf and Bint Serr Abba. Through
such horses as Fa-Serr, the Egyptian Arabian has proven its worth. Time after
time, Fa-Serr descendants have proven victorious in national competition. |
| Serr Beth - Robin Weeks Photo |
Prince
Mohamed Ali dreamed of producing a classic Arabian horse that represented the
finest in true Arabian character and whose prepotency would perpetuate its
greatness on to future generations. The Prince also had a compelling desire to
produce these goals in a black Arabian. Some years after his passing, a black
horse was born which would represent the Prince's ideal. That horse was Fa-Serr,
whose greatness still survives 69 years after his parents left their home
country of
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References
The
Raswan Index
R.
A. S. Stud Book Volume 1
American
Horse Registry of
Arabian Horse World Magazine
