*Rashad Ibn Nazeer

*Rashad Ibn Nazeer , imported by Richard Pritzlaf ( sire of 35 foals including Tibor The General, Shiko Ibn Sheikh sire of 255 foals many of whom were Champions in Performance), Bint El Sarie, RSI Sara, Alcibiades, Soja RSI, Monieta RSI, Monietor-RSI, Rafisa RSI, Monisa RSI, Rasmoniet RSI, BiMoniet RSI, Sonieta, and Dazeera to name a few. Rashad Ibn Nazeer (Nazeer x Yashmak by Sheikh El Arab) was foaled in Egypt in 1955. He was chosen for the late Richard Pritzlaff (owner of Rancho San Ignacio in Sapello/New Mexico) by General Tibor von Pettkoe-Szandtner, the head of El Zahraa at that time, because Nazeer was his favorite stallion, a preference which was shared by Richard Pritzlaff. "When I saw Nazeer in Egypt in 1956 he was led quietly out of his stall, in a halter, walked quietly around, stood in all positions, trotted slowly, then faster, a short hand gallop, stood quietly," he said. "Then the groom rode him out quietly to wait to test the mares for breeding. This scene has stayed forever in my mind." *Rashad Ibn Nazeer was 15 hands and 2½ inches in height, fine-boned with elegant action and a dry head. He was not a typical representative of the Nazeer blood simply because he wasn't a "pretty" horse. Those who knew him described Rashad's beauty as an "austere" one. The breeders who saw Rashad were impressed by his cat-like movements and his overall elegance. He was indeed a "beautiful athlete". Richard Pritzlaff, a skilful rider, praised Rashad's ability to sire foals with "excellent withers, sloping shoulder, good legs and a particularly fine neck and throat latch." For Pritzlaff, Rashad was an efficient and dependable breeding animal - a stallion that could be depended upon to pass on his performance ability, his action, and most of all, his friendly disposition. He was Pritzlaff's friend and personal mount. "Colonel Handler (the head of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna) spent several summer vacations at my ranch and trained Rashad and me," he said. "Unfortunately, there was little interest in dressage at the time when Rashad and his son, Tibor the General (named in honor of General von Szandtner) performed nicely. But the dressage seat, in balance and rhythm with the horse, is the most comfortable and safest way to ride - for horse and rider!" "Colonel Handler was astonished how quickly Rashad learned the dressage movements and how elegantly and willingly he performed, and he was impressed on later visits to see how Rashad remembered what he had been taught and how he enjoyed performing. Rashad learned a creditable Piaffe in about ten lessons. Some horses require almost a year to accomplish the same degree in performance."That speaks well for Rashad's intelligence, a trait he passed on to his foals as well.

Colonel Handler and Richard Pritzlaff with Rashad Ibn Nazeer

Bint Moniet El Nefous (Nazeer x Moniet El Nefous)

  *Bint Moniet El Nefous (Nazeer x Moniet El Nefous), Moniet El Nefous' most look-alike daughter, was also imported by Richard Pritzloff. Bred to Rashad, she produced five sons and five daughters. Rasmoniet's and Dymoniet's full sisters Bint Bint Moniet, Raya del Sol and Monisa RSI were acquired by Jarrell McCracken, owner of the former Bentwood Farm. They won several class A halter championships and Bint Bint Moniet reached the Top Ten at the 1975 U.S. Nationals. All three mares were destined to be bred to McCracken's new herd sire Ibn Moniet El Nefous (Morafic by Nazeer x Moniet El Nefous). Some breeders were convinced that Rashad had destroyed the distinctive type of Bint Moniet El Nefous, because the Rashad foals were by far not as extreme as her dam. However, in the "golden eighties" Bentwood Farm's leading mare Bint Bint Moniet rocked the breed with her son Moniet El Sharaf's syndication for $ 10,000,000.  In the summer of 1985, she sold at the Bentwood auction for $2.2 Million – the highest ever for an Egyptian mare. Mr. Finley, of Equine Investment Services Unlimited Inc., who purchased Bint Bint Moniet, stated “Bint Bint Moniet is the most outstanding Egyptian Arabian broodmare in the world today”.

Fadeleka was  a 1970 black mare bred Dr. Alfred Godward. She was sired by *Fadell, when he was 31, out of Maleka, a daughter of *Ibn Farhan and *Saema.

*Fadell, *Ibn Farhan, and *Saema were three of the six horses given to DR. Godward by the Queen Mother of Egypt in appreciation of his services in saving her life.  They were imported into the United States in the 1940s by steam ship to New York, then shipped by rail to California.  Ibn Farhan and Saema finally arrived after surviving being swept overboard in a storm, then a train wreck that left them stranded at the bottom of a cliff.  Their rescue was allegedly the result of political intervention on the basis that failure to do so would have been a serious affront to Egypt.

*Fadell was a grey stallion foaled in 1938 in Egypt, sired by Kheir out of Bint Radia. His race record is listed on page 390 of The Classic Arabian Horse. He ran a total of 41 race, won 7, was second in 6, and third in 9. Note: a photo of *Fadell is found in Judy Forbis' book Authentic Arabian Bloodstock II, on page 74.

Kheir , a grey stallion (photo page 260 The Classic Arabian) by Ibn Samhan out of Dadaouia, was a Saklawi Shiefe, bred by Lewa Ibrahim Khairi Pashas and purchased by the R. A.S. in 1928. He appears in many pedigrees of straight Egyptians imported into the U.S. He sired Fadell , foaled in 1938 out of Bint Radia, Antar (who had a number of daughters, in particular, imported into the U.S.), and Gassir (sire of Zaghloul, imported by Gleanloch, who also appears in a number of pedigrees of horses in the U.S)

Bint Radia , a grey Saklawiyah Jedraniyah Ibn Sudan, was descended from Horra, a daughter of Ghazieh, an original Abbas Pasha mare, through her daughter Helwa. Helwa was the dam of Bint Helwa, whom Lady Anne Blunt placed first in the Sheykh Obeyd her d book. Helwa's dam was Shueyman by Jerboa, also from Abbas Pasha stock. Lady Anne purchased her in 1896 with a filly sired by Ibn Sherara, Ghazala El Beida. Ghazala's 1904 daughter by the Jellabi stallion Feysl of Ali Pasha Sherif was Ghadia (or Radia) who became a celebrated mare for the Royal Agricultural Society. Bred to Marouk Manial, she produced Bint Radia. Bint Radia is most well know n for her sons produced by Ibn Rabdan: Shahloul, the head stallion at the R.A.S. who was responsible for many beautiful heads; Radwan, Hamdan, senior stallion for Iinshas, and Samira, judged the most beautiful Arabian mare in Egypt.

Maleka was a grey mare foaled in 1961 by the Godwards. Her sire was *Ibn Farhan and her dam *Saema. Maleka produced seven foals, including Fadeleka, Bint Fadell, and Temujen [who had one one non-straight Egyptian colt] for the Godwards. She was sold in 1978 when seventeen years old to Lucky and Monique Williamson, for whom she produced another four foals. 

*Ibn Farhan was a black 1947 Abayyan stallion, imported by the Godwards as a gift from the Queen Mother. His sire was Dahman and his dam El Obeya. Dahman was allegedly from the Sabaa Bedouins near Deyr ez-Zor in Syria, acquired by Sheik Abdul Hamid as a race horse.

* Saema was also imported by the Godwards as a gift from the Queen Mother. She was a grey mare foaled in 1945, by the desert bred Egyptian racing sire Gamal El Din and out of Bint Dalal, a daughter of Hamran and Dalal. Hamran, a Saklawi Jedran Ibn Sudan, was by Berk and out of Hamasa, a daughter of Mesaoud and Bint Helwa, of Lady Ann Blunt's Crabbet stud. Dalal, bred at Sheykh Obeyd, was sired by Rabdan out of Om Dalal, the producer of several lines, including that of Moniet el Nefous.  Saema's first foal was by Ferneyn with her next five fillies sired by the black imported Abayyan stallion Ibn Farhan, four grey and one black.  The last two colts were Timeer, again by Ferneyn, and Abram, by Maardi who was sold to Canada where he left 10 produce, none of them Straight Egyptian.  The second filly, Niema, was sold to John M Rogers (the owner of Serafix) and after producing one foal for him she was later sold and produced three straight Egyptian foals.  Dr. Alfred C. Godward and his wife bred all of these and kept most of the fillies for some time, thus their use in other lines was very limited.  The other fillies were Princess Faika S adek who had all her foals with the Godwards, Fathaya who had 7 foals for the Godwards and the Coffeys, including the black filly Shikos Fathaya and the bay stallions, Farouk Ibn Shiko and Farhan Ibn Shiko; Princess Fawzia produced only one foal, Khurasan by El Akhrani (SE) for her owners, the Godwards, and he left no foals.

Rasmoniet RSI was a chestnut stallion by *Rashad Ibn Nazeer out of *Bint Moniet El Nefous, bred by Richard Pritzloff. He was a regional champion, Class A Halter Champion, and sire of champions in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Australia.

*Rashad Ibn Nazeer , imported by Richard Pritzlaf and sire of 35 foals including Tibor The General, Shiko Ibn Sheikh sire of 255 foals many of whom are Champions in Performance, Bint El Sarie, RSI Sara, Alcibiades, Soja RSI, Monieta RSI, Monietor-RSI, Rafisa RSI, Monisa RSI, Rasmoniet RSI, BiMoniet RSI, Sonieta, and Dazeera to name a few. Rashad Ibn Nazeer (Nazeer x Yashmak by Sheikh El Arab) was foaled in Egypt in 1955. He was chosen for the late Richard Pritzlaff (owner of Rancho San Ignacio in Sapello/New Mexico) by General Tibor von Pettkoe-Szandtner, the head of El Zahraa at that time, because Nazeer was his favorite stallion, a preference which was shared by Richard Pritzlaff. "When I saw Nazeer in Egypt in 1956 he was led quietly out of his stall, in a halter, walked quietly around, stood in all positions, trotted slowly, then faster, a short hand gallop, stood quietly," he said. "Then the groom rode him out quietly to wait to test the mares for breeding. This scene has stayed forever in my mind." *Rashad Ibn Nazeer was 15 hands and 2½ inches in height, fine-boned with elegant action and a dry head. He was not a typical representative of the Nazeer blood simply because he wasn't a "pretty" horse. Those who knew him described Rashad's beauty as an "austere" one. The breeders who saw Rashad were impressed by his cat-like movements and his overall elegance. He was indeed a "beautiful athlete". Richard Pritzlaff, a skilful rider, praised Rashad's ability to sire foals with "excellent withers, sloping shoulder, good legs and a particularly fine neck and throat latch." For Pritzlaff, Rashad was an efficient and dependable breeding animal - a stallion that could be depended upon to pass on his performance ability, his action, and most of all, his friendly disposition. He was Pritzlaff's friend and personal mount. "Colonel Handler (the head of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna) spent several summer vacations at my ranch and trained Rashad and me," he said. "Unfortunately, there was little interest in dressage at the time when Rashad and his son, Tibor the General (named in honor of General von Szandtner) performed nicely. But the dressage seat, in balance and rhythm with the horse, is the most comfortable and safest way to ride - for horse and rider!" "Colonel Handler was astonished how quickly Rashad learned the dressage movements and how elegantly and willingly he performed, and he was impressed on later visits to see how Rashad remembered what he had been taught and how he enjoyed performing. Rashad learned a creditable Piaffe in about ten lessons. Some horses require almost a year to accomplish the same degree in performance."That speaks well for Rashad's intelligence, a trait he passed on to his foals as well.

Colonel Handler and Richard Pritzlaff with Rashad Ibn Nazeer

Bint Moniet El Nefous (Nazeer x Moniet El Nefous)

  *Bint Moniet El Nefous (Nazeer x Moniet El Nefous), Moniet El Nefous' most look-alike daughter, was also imported by Richard Pritzloff. Bred to Rashad, she produced five sons and five daughters. Rasmoniet's and Dymoniet's full sisters Bint Bint Moniet, Raya del Sol and Monisa RSI were acquired by Jarrell McCracken, owner of the former Bentwood Farm. They won several class A halter championships and Bint Bint Moniet reached the Top Ten at the 1975 U.S. Nationals. All three mares were destined to be bred to McCracken's new herd sire Ibn Moniet El Nefous (Morafic by Nazeer x Moniet El Nefous). Some breeders were convinced that Rashad had destroyed the distinctive type of Bint Moniet El Nefous, because the Rashad foals were by far not as extreme as her dam. However, in the "golden eighties" Bentwood Farm's leading mare Bint Bint Moniet rocked the breed with her son Moniet El Sharaf's syndication for $ 10,000,000 (read it again - $10 million!). In the summer of 1985, she sold at the Bentwood auction for $2.2 Million – the highest ever for an Egyptian mare. Mr. Finley, of Equine Investment Services Unlimited Inc., who Purchased Bint Bint Moniet, stated “Bint Bint Moniet is the most outstanding Egyptian Arabian broodmare in the world today”.

Fadeleka a 1970 black mare was bred by Dr. Alfred Godward. She was sired by *Fadell, WHEN HE WAS 31, out of Maleka, A daughter of *Ibn Farhan and *Saema.

*Fadell, *Ibn Farhan, and *Saema were three of the six horses given to DR. Godward by the Queen Mother of Egypt in appreciation of his services in saving her life.  They were imported into the United States in the 1940s by steam ship to New York, then shipped by rail to California.  Ibn Farhan and Saema finally arrived after surviving being swept overboard in a storm, then a train wreck that left them stranded at the bottom of a cliff.  Their rescue was allegedly the result of political intervention on the basis that failure to do so would have been a serious affront to Egypt.

*Fadell was a grey stallion foaled in 1938 in Egypt, sired by Kheir out of Bint Radia. His race record is listed on page 390 of The Classic Arabian Horse. He ran a total of 41 race, won 7, was second in 6, and third in 9.

Kheir , a grey stallion (photo page 260 The Classic Arabian) by Ibn Samhan out of Dadaouia, was a Saklawi Shiefe, bred by Lewa Ibrahim Khairi Pashas and purchased by the R. A.S. in 1928. He appears in many pedigrees of straight Egyptians imported into the U.S. He sired Fadell foaled in 1938 out of Bint Radia, imported by the Godwards as a gift of the Queen Mother, Antar (who had a number of daughters, in particular, imported into the U.S.), and Gassir (sire of Zaghloul, imported by Gleanloch, who also appears in a number of pedigrees of horses in the U.S)

Bint Radia, a grey Saklawiyah Jedraniyah Ibn Sudan, was descended from Horra, a daughter of Ghazieh, an original Abbas Pasha mare, through her daughter Helwa. Helwa was the dam of Bint Helwa, whom Lady Anne Blunt placed first in the Sheykh Obeyd herbook. Helwa's dam was Shueyman by Jerboa, also from Abbas Pasha stock. Lady Anne purchased her in 1896 with a filly sired by Ibn Sherara, Ghazala El Beida. Ghazala's 1904 daughter by the Jellabi stallion Feysl of Ali Pasha Sherif was Ghadia (or Radia) who became a celebrated mare for the Royal Agricultural Society. Bred to Marouk Manial, she produced Bint Radia. Bint Radia is most well know for her sons produced by Ibn Rabdan: Shahloul, the head stallion at the R.A.S. who was responsible for many beautiful heads; Radwan, Hamdan, senior stallion for Iinshas, and Samira, judged the most beautiful Arabian mare in Egypt.

Maleka was a grey mare foaled in 1961 by the Godwards. Her sire was *Ibn Farhan and her dam *Saema. Maleka produced seven foals, including Fadeleka, Bint Fadell, and Temujen [who had one one non-straight Egyptian colt] for the Godwards. She was sold in 1978 when seventeen years old to Lucky and Monique Williamson, for whom she produced another four foals. 

*Ibn Farhan was a black 1947 Abayyan stallion, imported by the Godwards as a gift from the Queen Mother. His sire was Dahman and his dam El Obeya. Dahman was allegedly from the Sabaa Bedouins near Deyr ez-Zor in Syria, acquired by Sheik Abdul Hamid as a race horse.

* Saema was also imported by the Godwards as a gift from the Queen Mother. She was a grey mare foaled in 1945, by the desert bred Egyptian racing sire Gamal El Din and out of Bint Dalal, a daughter of Hamran and Dalal. Hamran, a Saklawi Jedran Ibn Sudan, was by Berk and out of Hamasa, a daughter of Mesaoud and Bint Helwa, of Lady Ann Blunt's Crabbet stud. Dalal, bred at Sheykh Obeyd, was sired by Rabdan out of Om Dalal, the producer of several lines, including that of Moniet el Nefous.  Saema's first foal was by Ferneyn with her next five fillies sired by the black imported Abayyan stallion Ibn Farhan, four grey and one black.  The last two colts were Timeer, again by Ferneyn, and Abram, by Maardi who was sold to Canada where he left 10 produce, none of them Straight Egyptian.  The second filly, Niema, was sold to John M Rogers (the owner of Serafix) and after producing one foal for him she was later sold and produced three straight Egyptian foals.  Dr. Alfred C. Godward and his wife bred all of these and kept most of the fillies for some time, thus their use in other lines was very limited.  The other fillies were Princess Faika S adek who had all her foals with the Godwards, Fathaya who had 7 foals for the Godwards and the Coffeys, including the black filly Shikos Fathaya and the bay stallions, Farouk Ibn Shiko and Farhan Ibn Shiko; Princess Fawzia produced only one foal, Khurasan by El Akhrani (SE) for her owners, the Godwards, and he left no foals.

Several of the Arabians on our farm have direct lines to the famous Arabian black stallion Bahim Hisan.

The black *Morafic grandson, Bahim Hisan, was a class A champion son of Ibn Morafic out of the imported mare *Hayam, bred by Gleannloch Farms. He was Straight Egyptian, Asil and AL Khamsa.  His strain is Saqlawi Jedran.

Bahim Hisan was known as "The Busch Black Stallion" and was chosen over all other black stallions at the time to appear in an ad campaign for Busch.