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SIRE LINE
TOP LEFT: Makzan 1991
(Manganate x Miss
Dior), a race winner in
France, Qatar,
Britain, and the U.S.,
and sire of numerous
winners.
TOP RIGHT: *Nivour de
Cardonne 1995
(Manganate x
Pistache du Cassou),
a top winner who was
imported to the U.S.,
BOTTOM LEFT: The
branch of Kesberoy
1973 (Saint Laurent x
Keiba) is smaller than
Manganate’s, but also
very successful.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Al Sakbe
1995 (Kesberoy x
Morgane de Piboul),
one of Kesberoy’s
leading sons and an
international sire of
winners.
many sons, grandsons, and
great-grandsons of Manganate
active in breeding today across
the world, that an end of this line
is nowhere in sight.
The other important Saint
Laurent son was the chestnut
Kesberoy 1973 (x Keiba), who had
the same breeder as well as the
same sire. He was a national sire
from 1977 to 2004. This branch is
much smaller than Manganate’s
and mostly found in France and
the U.S., but Kesboroy’s sons Al
Sakbe 1995 (x Morgane de Piboul)
and Tarek El Parry 1996 (x Talma
du Moulon) have successful
offspring in other European
countries. There is also a branch in
Italy through the Kesberoy son
Veinard Al Maury 1988 (x Valse du
Cassou), and in Iraq through the
1998 Kesberoy grandson Mencour
(Kerbella x Mandore).
You will not find any show
winners in this French branch of
the Latif line; these horses have
been selected too single-mindedly
and through too many
generations for racing purposes
only. But the Russian branch of
Kann shows that it is perfectly
possible to have both type and
performance, with horses like
Vatican and Drug achieving the
highest honors both in the show
ring and at the track. Sadly, most
modern breeders are either
interested only in showing or only
in racing and/or endurance,
dividing the once so versatile
breed into specialist populations.
Of course, it is easier to get what
you want if you are looking to
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achieve one thing only, but it also
means settling for just one half of
the package. Getting it all in one
- which is what the Arabian horse
used to be all about – is a more
complex and demanding goal,
now more than ever.
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Sadly, most modern
breeders are either
interested only in
showing or only in racing
and/or endurance,
dividing the once so
versatile breed into
specialist populations.
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AHW > 107 < 08.19