Reference sire *MISHAAL HP
(Ansata Sinan x Mesoudah M)
Q: Of all the horses you’ve bred, which one comes
closest to your ideal?
No question, it’s Rhapsody In Black. She is the most
beautiful thing. She has the most beautiful head, the
most beautiful big black eyes, beautiful neck ... she is
absolutely exquisite. And so sweet. I was in a stall one
time with her, her mother, and her brand new foal. I
started scratching her dam, and she started scratching
Rhapsody, and Rhapsody was scratching her foal. It was
so magical I can’t tell you. Whenever I walk into that
barn, which I have not done lately, all I have to do is say
her name, “Rhapsody,” and she starts nickering at me.
Q: What is the most wonderful memory in terms of your
horses’ showring achievements?
When Desperado won 1994 Scottsdale Supreme
Champion Stallion. An Egyptian Arabian! That was
the biggest thing that could have ever happened to us.
People said, “He’s a horseman’s horse.” It didn’t matter
whether he was Egyptian or not. And then to go on to
win U.S. National Reserve Champion Stallion – it could
not have been better. It was the highlight of my years
with him.
Q: Change comes to all of us unbidden. After your busy
life it must seem quiet now. What do you think you will
miss the most after those very public chapters of your life?
I will miss going to the Egyptian Event. My
eyesight is not good, and I thought, why go if I can’t see
my horses?
I live in a big beautiful home that we built 40 some
years ago, overlooking Lake Waco. It’s about 10 minutes
to the farm, but I can’t drive anymore. When things
settle down a little bit, I have many people I can call to
drive me over to visit my beautiful horses.
Even if I can’t see them so well, horses still have the
power to breathe beauty into your life, just by touching
them, and remembering special, quiet moments. One
such memory that will stay with me forever is when Bint
Magidaa died.
I had another older mare, AK Fariha. She and Bint
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sharon
(sharon)
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