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When Laurie moved to California to continue
her university studies, she met and married
Martin which set the stage for a well thought-
out Arabian horse breeding operation. With
the patience that good choices require, they
took their time seeking a small foundation
of quality. Al Badia Arabian Stud is based on
two key mares: Shadenn of the Anzar-Hanaa
line and Ramses Effendi from the Ramses
Sadaka-Ameena line.
Shadenn
A 1988 grey mare, Shadenn is a daughter of
legendary Shaikh Al Badi (Morafic x Bint
Maisa El Saghira), the most prolific sire line in
straight Egyptian breeding. Laurie describes
Shadenn as a mare with excellent legs and
feet, a prominent jibbah and nice dish, large
eyes, high straight tail carriage, and wonderful
motion. She stands 15 hands tall and is a
good-natured, animated mare. Shadenn’s
dam, El Sharie, was bred by Willis and
Immogene Flick, sired by Ansata El Naseri, a
three-quarter brother to Ansata Rosetta, dam
of the celebrated sire Ansata Halim Shah.
El Sharie’s dam is Sharara (Kayed x Anzar),
imported in 1975 by Willis Flick from the
famed Albadeia Stud in Egypt.
This line from Anzar originates in the Royal
Inshass Stud, the result of a gift from King
Ibn Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
to King Farouk of Egypt, as a consequence
of diplomatic visits to improve relations
between the two countries. The gift was the
fine grey mare Hind of the Saqlawi strain, the
granddam of Anzar. Horses of this line are
often very fine skinned and dry with a special
elegance and beautiful facial expression.
This page:
Shadenn (Shaikh Al Badi x El
Sharie, by Ansata El Naseri)
Cover (l-r):
Shadenn and SA Alaa Sashay (Ali
Zaar x Ramses Effendi, by Prince Ibn Shaikh)