02/28/2017
THE LEGEND OF BINT EL BATAA
- - - - - The Sands of Time will Reveal the Quality of a Mare !
The Legend Begins - - - -
*Bint El Bataa was born in Egypt in 1955. She was a Beautiful, Statuesque mare with a Shining Black Coat – which was a Gift from a Queen - - - the “Queen of Sheba”, handed down through five generations. Her Pedigree was perfection, for she was Line-Bred to the Great Kuhaylan stallion Mansour, - like *Rashad Ibn Nazeer and *Ansata Ibn Halima,- differing only in Tail-Line mare. Her Tail-Line mare (El Bataa), was closest to (Halima), but El Bataa had a better, (longer) neck. In 1958 Richard Pritzlaff purchased *Bint El Bataa, *Rashad Ibn Nazeer, *Bint Moniet El Nefous, *Bint Nefisa, and *Bint Dahma, for export to the U.S.
Life In America - - - -
At Rancho San Ignacio, Pritzlaff bred *Bint El Bataa to *Rashad Ibn Nazeer, producing the quadruple Mansour, Line-Bred stallion (Shiko Ibn Sheikh) & the mare (Grete). He apparently felt these Bloodlines were too close & bought the Dahman, Babson stallion (Faarad), which he bred to *Bint El Bataa producing the mare(Faaraa) & breedings to Grete produced the mares (Bataara) & (Gita RSI). Pritzlaff’s preference was clearly for the more feminine , longer faced (Shahloul blood) present in the mares *Bint Moniet El Nefous, *Bint Nefisa, & *Bint Dahma, plus the Rabanna blood which together produced his favorites, ( Perfecta RSI & Saracence RSI ).
He would send Shiko Ibn Sheikh to Dale Coffey in Central Calif.; Bataara to Edna Weeks in Tenn; Gita RSI to the Fosters in Ca.; & Faaraa & *Bint El Bataa herself to the Grows at Rafter-G Arabians in Seattle. *Bint El Bataa would spend the rest of her life at Rafter-G, being bred almost exclusively to Ansata El Salim. Little precious *Bint El Bataa blood remained at RSI, but in the 80’s a Statuesque Grt Grandson of her’s - in the mold of Mansour (Almoniet), would rise to become one of the most famous Pritzlaff stallions. Pritzlaff would also obtain the *Bint El Bataa daughter (Sabataa) x Ansata El Salim, & breed her to Almoniet to produce the mare Ebocenta. Ebocenta would go to the Klinginsmiths in Dodge City after Pritzlaff’s death & spend her final days with Ernie Golden in Anza Ca. Her daughter (Shikabatta RSI) x Rajmonorsi, went to Joan Schleicher, in Cambria, Ca.
World Class Athletes - - - -
Dale Coffey was one of the few Horsemen to utilize the athletic ability of these Great Egyptians. His *Bint El Bataa son “Shiko” had High Withers & Deep Heart-Girth( Increased Heart & Lung Capacity), and great Sloping Shoulder with matching Slope from Front-of-Hip to Point-of-Butt( Power Front and Rear End), and Wide Jaws = Larger Wind Pipe ( More Air). Shiko Ibn Sheikh and his sons would produce (9) National Performance winners in events like Reining & Working Cow, & his Grandson (R.O.Grand Sultan) would become the Greatest Endurance horse the world has ever known, ( 3 x World Endurance Champ). The 2005 Nat’l Champion Park horse,(Aequus) is a Shiko Ibn Sheikh Grandson. Dale also obtained the mare Bint El Sarie ( *Rashad Ibn Nazeer x *Bint Dahma ) from Pritzlaff & her son by “Shiko”, ( Kazmeen Ibn Shiko)was the Foundation Sire of Joe & Jenny Linzners in Creston Ca. A full sister to “Kazmeen” (Shikos Kazmeena) was a Foundation Mare at Echo Hill Arabian Preservation, in Hobbie Pa. / Kelly Gobla
World Class Show Quality - - - -
In the 70’s Rafter-G Arabians exported one of Bint El Bataa’s sons (Sankt Georg), to Australia. Years later in 1991 a Bold, Statuesque Grandson of his (Simeon Shai), would storm the North American show circuits, winning Scottsdale, Canadian Nat’l Champion, U.S. Nat’l Champion & World Champion Stallion. The Magnificent Black
Stallion (Simeon Sadik – U.K. & Australia Nat’l Champion & Reserve World Champion), is also a Sankt Georg Grandson and sire of the popular American Egyptian Stallion (*Hero).
Kansas Black Beauty - - - -
In the mid 90’s, car after car on the Kansas Interstate would pull to the side of the road to get a better look at a Statuesque Black Beauty of a mare standing on a knoll of the Klinginsmith’s Ranch. Her admirers pondered – from where in the world could such a Beautiful Mare have come? - - The answer was blowing on the Kansas wind that rustled her mane - this was El Bataa Sheikh (Rashad Nefuso RSI x Ebocenta RSI), a Grt Granddaughter of *Bint El Bataa. Today El Bataa Sheikh is stopping traffic at Pete & Helen McCloskeys in Central Ca.
Great Black Stallion - - - -
One of the most popular Black Sires in the 90’s was the Statuesque Saud El Ameer. Everyone knew him as Ahem’s [Adhem] Son, but few noted that his Dam ( Gita RSI ), was out of the Full Sister to Shiko Ibn Sheikh (Grete), & that Saud was a *Bint El Bataa Tail-Line, Great Grandson & Grandson of the Babson – Faarad.
Fabulous Five - - - -
The other Grete daughter ( Bataara ) was used by Edna Weeks in Tenn in her breeding program and produced the Statuesque & Beautiful (So Soniet), a *Bint El Bataa Tail-Line mare. During the 90’s Preservation Breeders, “Flying A” & “Rarest-of-the-Rare Egyptians” combined in breeding So Soniet to Saud El Ameer to produce (Five) Double Bint El Bataa Tail-Line Foals. The “Fab-5” are all Super Sport Horse Types of great size(15.0 – 15.3H), & are all Black Producers. Fab-1 Stallion(Rashad Ibn Ameer), is at Joe & Jenny Linzners. Fab-3 Stallion (El Faarad TD),is at Coquille, Oregon / Sheryl & Tom Flood (541) 396-5397. Fab-2 Mare (Precious Beauty), Fab-4 Mare(Soo Moniet nc), & Fab-5 Stallion (Soo Shahloul) are at Rarest-of-the-Rare Egyptians in, Lancaster, Ca. These five horses also have almost 20% of the Great Babson ( Faarad)’s blood. Faarad like Serr Maariner, was one of the few Babsons with a high % of Bint Saada blood (Who was a sister to Balance - - the Greatest Egyptian Race horse of all time).
The Legend Continues - - - -
At “Rarest-of-the-Rare Egyptians”, there are (4) *Bint El Bataa Tail-Line Mares, (2) Double Tail-Line Mares, & (1) Double Tail-Line Stallion dedicated to preserving the memory and “Legend of *Bint El Bataa.”
See these horses in the new "Heirloom" Egyptian Arabian book. For info contact Cheryl at [email protected].
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