Bint Al Bahr Arabians

Through the days of love and celebration and joy,
and through the dark days of mourning....
the faithful horse has been with us always
~Elizabeth Cotton

Ru Fadl Esswad a week after his arrival - Sept 2008 Diana Johnson photo

From 2008

Mark Twain said it well when he remarked “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated!” We are pleased to announce that one thought to be lost has been found safe. Ru Fadl Esswad ( Kamars Sharif x Ru Bonni Sabbah ) 1982 black Straight Babson Egyptian stallion is alive and well! And now here at Bint Al Bahr!

Ru Fadl Esswad was dropped from the Babson Living Horse Roster several years ago when he was thought to be dead. Imagine my surprise when an email came to my website from Christine Cowan of Washington saying she had recently bought him! (http://www.judaharabians.com/)

Christine had him moved from his original farm and started adding weight to him. She had him tested and he is fertile and shippable. Amazing… he is both Living and Fertile!

It was a decision of the heart when Christine offered a partnership to Diana & Bruce Johnson of Bint Al Bahr Babson Arabians, Buckeye, AZ and Carolyn Jacobson of Beaux Chevaux Farm, Alpharetta , GA. Diana was mourning the August 2008 loss of his paternal half sister, the SBE mare Charabs Sharifa (Kamars Sharif x Charabs Amurra). Carolyn and Jenn Abi Younes were still in shock from the June 2008 loss of Zaaroulette (Ru Fadl Esswad x Serazarah), the only SBE daughter of this stallion. Carolyn who presented Zaaroulette as a graduation gift to a young woman who loved the mare dearly, and Jenn, Zaaroulette’s loving owner and dressage rider, came to Arizona to see and hug Ru Fadl Esswad in early November 2008. Thanks to Christine we have another chance at adding his line back into the SBE herd. Two fall Babson foals are expected for 2009 and more for spring of 2010. His fertility is very good, testing on his last 3 collections 70 to 75% forward progressive. He is available for cooled shipments as well.

Ru Fadl Esswad has a rare Babson pedigree. He is without a line to the prolific stallion Ibn Fa-Serr. His sire Kamars Sharif (Fabah x Roufina) a black dressage stallion was owned by Ellie Prince and Dorthy Feldman. Geographically challenged Kamars Sharif sired only two SBE foals. Ru Fadl Esswad is the only one left. His black SBE dam Ru Bonni Sabbah adds a cross to each of the Babson imports. His tail female line goes back to the great Fay Sabbah, a line well known for quality and many champions both within SBE and the many Babson blends.

Carolyn Jacobson of Beau Chevaux Arabians and I would like to thank Christina Cowan of Judah Arabians, Seabeck, WA for finding this “living treasure”, recognizing his value, obtaining him and partnering with us in his ownership. We believe Harold Jeans, who died several years ago, would be very pleased that his beautiful stallion gets a second chance to breed on.

More on his story to come soon as well as a page for Zaaroulette soon to be added to my Babson Family section.

		I first met this proud and lovely black SBE stallion in 1993 when he carried the Oregon flag in the Grand Entry for the Al Khamsa Fantasia. The grey Babson stallion Char Iswid carried the American Flag and what a GRAND entry it was! These two Babson stallions, one black and one white, took my breath away. Ru Fadl Esswad is related to a couple Babsons that are part of the Bint Al Bahr herd. He has the same sire as Charabs Sharifa. They were the only SBE foals of the black dressage stallion Kamars Sharif. Ru Fadl Esswad's dam is a full sister to the dam of our Almoraima Ceniza.

Ru Fadl Esswad #255614 Black 04/28/1982	Kamars Sharif #112144 Black 04/30/1974	Fabah #6264 Bay 05/09/1950	*Fadl #897 Grey 06/17/1930	Ibn Rabdan RAS #86 Ch. 5/17/1917
				Mahroussa Egypt #115 Grey 1920
			*Bint Bint Sabbah #894 Bay 05/19/1930	Bayiad - RAS #94 Grey 01/23/1918
				Bint Sabah - RAS #135 Bay 3/24/1925
		Roufina #31958 Black 04/07/1965	Fa-Serr #4482 Black 0710/1947	*Fadl #897 Grey 06/17/1930
				Bint Serra I #897 Bay 03/03/1923
			Aaroufa #7892 Grey 05/16/1952	Fay-el-Dine #1170 Grey 05/01/1934
				*Maaroufa #895 Grey 09/07/1931
	Ru Bonni Sabbah #178447 Black 06/08/1978	Ru Fadl Shadow #65395 Black 04/17/1970	Daaldan #3144 Chestnut 06/01/1945	Faddan #1172 Bay 06/04/1935
				Fay Dalla #1657 Grey 04/14/1939
			Bint Gammousa #26189 Bay 09/30/1963	Negem #11461 Black 05/25/1956
				Gammousa #3887 Bay 03/30/1946
		Ru Sabbah #76727 Bay 04/12/1971	Fa-Serrab #25303 Bay 06/20/1963	Fabah #6264 Bay 05/09/1950
				Serr Abba #15334 Black 04/21/1959
			Bint Gammousa #26189 Bay 09/30/1963	Negem #11461 Black 05/25/1956
				Gammousa #3887 Bay 03/30/1946

We lost our treasure Ru Fadl Esswad on November 9, 2012 at 30 years young. He was a horse of great charm with a gentle spirit that attracted friends of all ages. In his last year we took many photos of him with some of his fans. For some it was the first time they stood next to a stallion. He loved all the attention and admiration.

Dear sweet "Fadl" you are greatly missed.

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