Sunday, November 2, 2008

Banu Sanhadja Breeding focus on Syrian Arabians


Horse of the desert

The Bedouin lives by tradition. His own genealogy and that of his horse is handed down from father to son and is one of the few topics conversation during the hours devoted by Europeans to reading and writing. Pure breeding has become incorporated as one of his laws of existence and joined with his pride of race, clannishness, poetry of soul, fatalism, and independence, has enabled him for many centuries not only to keep intact but to improve by consistent, intelligent selection and favorable environment a specialized breed of horses, useful and enduring, proponent and improving, and superior to all other breeds in the world to which they have been introduced.

From the book "Horse of the Desert" by W.R. Brown, New York, 1929

In Search of Syria's Arabian Horses

If you are interested to know more about Syrian Arabian horses you can get the book " Desert Legacy " In Search of Syria's Arabian Horses" by Jens Sannek, Bernd Loewenherz. A German/English edition, published 1997, 52 pages in English of total 160pp, 152 color photos and 9 black & white photos.

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