By
Susanne Schreibvogel

Photo: Gigi Grasso

Alfabia Sohar
(Salaa El Dine x Taghira B)
He is owned by Gigi Grasso & Paolo Damilano

Remember the year 1984. It is quite a remarkable year. Various new possibilities emerge in its course and events of yet undreamed-of consequence have their beginning. They will eventually go down in history...

Kasr El Nil, a son of Tuhotmos and originally imported from Egypt, arrives in Germany after eleven years of standing at stud in Topolcianky, a state stud in Eastern Europe. The Ansata Ibn Halima son Ansata El Mabrouk leaves the United States for Paraguay. The American stallions The Egyptian Prince and Ansata Omar Halim are sending their sons Al Kidir and Shaikh Al Jiwan to Germany. Aswan, one of the last Nazeer sons, dies much bemoaned at age 26 at Tersk. At the same time in another corner of the world Simeon Shai, a future World Champion Stallion, is born at Simeon Stud in Australia and in the USA the famous Bint Magidaa gives birth to Alidaar, her seventh colt by Shaikh Al Badi. 1984 is also the year in which a colt is born at a particularly small studfarm in the North of Germany. His breeders Ruth and Siegfried Paufler name him "Madhin", but he will earn world fame under the name of Imperial Madheen.

Photo: Rik van Len Jr.

Ansata Halim Shah
Reserve Junior World Champion Colt of Paris 1983

A three-year-old grey colt from the USA had proven himself an outstanding success during the World Championship in 1983. He was immediately stationed with Dr. Nagel's "Katharinenhof" in Germany to prove his worth as a sire to the European breeding community. Today, the young colt's name is universally known. Indeed, throughout the world connoisseurs of Arab horses refer to Ansata Halim Shah with nothing but praise. He earned highest renown for his exotic type combined with an outstanding charisma and prepotency.

Photo: privat

Malaka
The first daughter of Ansata Halim Shah in Germany

German breeders turn their attention to the first two foals of Ansata Halim Shah, due at the end of the year 1984. The filly Malaka (x Kis Mahiba) and the colt Assad (x Arussa) are born at the Katharinenhof. With their excellent type and presence they prove true to the hopes of their breeder Dr.Nagel. Breeders begin to wait with great anticipation for the next foal crop of Ansata Halim Shah. 21 German-bred foals follow in the course of the year 1985 and another five in 1986. All in all there are 14 fillies and 14 colts - and all do honour to their father's name.