This beautiful SE filly is proudly owned by Sharon and Ed Litizzette of Weed, CA.
Al Fahdeelah (Majestic Noble SMF x Noble Imdalia)
Al Fahdeelah will be headed to Kuwait. This lovely mare is sired by Majestic Noble SMF and is out of the Imperial Imdal daughter Noble Imdalia. “Danny” as we call her is in foal to Nebras Al Rayyan for a March 2014 foal and we are excited about having more Nebras foals in the middle east.
Al Fahdeelah’s pedigree encompasses very precious and rare bloodlines and we look forward to seeing her future foals. Many thanks to Alicia Midgett Palmos for your assistance in making this match.
Years ago I was driving down the road somewhere in the middle of no-where with my manager – a great guy by the name of John Siegman. John is a unique person always able to see both sides of a situation. I was angry about something done to me that I felt was unjust. I boiled about it for some time and couldn’t understand why he wasn’t getting mad with me as it impacted the both of us and it had me really upset. He told me I should read a book called “The Tao of Pooh”. I got even more angry that he was telling me to read a children’s book and this was somehow supposed to help me with my anger and frustration…
We got to our hotel and as it turned out there was a Barnes and Noble in the same area where our hotel was located. I bought the book as John had suggested. I started reading it and found myself glued to it and couldn’t put it down. There where many examples in the book where something happened to someone and their perception was “Oh no this is just horrible”, and Pooh would say “Is it”? And instead of playing out all the negative outcomes – he suggested some unthinkable positive outcomes which where exactly the outcome. In some cases something would happen and the person would say “Oh I’m so lucky this wonderful fortune happened to me” and it turned out it was not good at all in the end.
The point of the book was life is much better when you can “Just Be”. When you don’t try to make things work that are not meant to work, when you listen your your inner being, when you know what brings you joy and what brings you unhappiness.
I was thinking about how much happier I am when I focus on the things at our farm that I get the most joy out of – creating new foals, helping others see the joy of Arabian horses, playing with our dogs, having coffee with my husband on the porch and just sitting there taking it all in.
When I have to worry about impressing people, or keeping up with some new trend or style of horse in industry, or attend functions just to say I went, I am not happy. I’d rather be at home, breed what I like, and appreciate the many little things that seem to effortlessly fall in place all by themselves. When things are meant to be they just fall into place and when they are not meant to be – they seem to take alot of effort, time and stress.
We have had so many wonderful things happen lately that seem to just be luck and with no effort at all they bring me the most joy. The two new dogs that my husband spontaneously adopted make me smile all day as they sleep under my desk while I work. They were totally unplanned for and yet they make me happy. The stranger that Ricardo brought this weekend to help us with breeding – who turns out to be looking for some weekend work – or work in general will help us now on weekends which I have been wanting for some time. My husband deciding to buy us a new weed eater today made my day. My friend calling me today just when I could use some extra funds and asking if I could get his mare bred and take her foal at side to our farm was a wonderful surprise, and even the little check in the mailbox for $25 since I overpaid a bill was a nice surprise. Ironic since I had just decided to spend money on folks that was unplanned but I thought they could use.
Likewise some “bad” things have happened like losing our best mare, losing a big sales opportunity, or not sticking to a diet and gaining back 15lbs. In the end it turned out even the bad things were good as we got a new mare, I gained a respect for my management that they didn’t seem to want me only based on if a sales comes in that day or not, and I’m now working hard to get that weight off again and my husband is even buying us a new oven so I can cook healthfully.
We must enjoy life’s simple pleasures today, because we really do not know – what is good, and what is bad all the time. And we certainly do not know what the future will be. Sometimes it just is what it is and we have to not assign it as good or bad – just that it is. And most importantly we need to just know that it will work out either way for the best.
For those who want to read some cool quotes from the “Tao of Pooh” here is a link and I highly recommend it! It applies to all aspects of life whether breeding horses, dealing with friends and family or just anything in life. Enjoy! The Tao of Pooh Quotes
This phrase has been said so many times and yet so many breeders ignore it. When I owned Bellisimo BCR by Marquis I, several well thought of experts told me to geld him because they felt his face was not typey enough for him to remain a stallion. I didn’t listen. His body was impeccable and he was bred to a mare with a gorgeous face with more dish then Belissimo had. Still Belissimo has everything else, body, movement, little ears, big black eyes and a super neck. He had great tail carriage and perfect legs. At 5 years old he coliced and died and so we only got one filly by him. I wished I had started breeding him at 3 and that we had 10 foals just like the one we bred. We knew his pedigree had alot of petty with Ruminaja Bajhat, Prima Bella KA, and many more – so we had a hunch the blood would produce, it it sure did… Alia Monet BCR is probably the prettiest mare we have on the farm.
I saw a stallion named Sahib EHAB recently. His pedigree is phenomenal and yet no one was willing to buy him – even at a low price. I thought of buying him myself but with 4 stallions – 1 more is waaaay more than I could add. He himself has some phenotype issues. He has a bit of white in the eye, a bit of a funky croup, etc… But yet – I had a strong hunch about this horse – that he would also produce. Today his first filly was born. She is AMAZING!! I’m so happy for Sherry his owner because she didn’t sell Sahib and now she owns an wonderful stallion who we now know can produce. I’d rather have a stallion with flaws who won’t win in the show ring, than a world champion who can’t produce good foals any day.
Today a mare came to my farm who is a daughter of my stallion. She had the body I love, great legs, neck, tail carriage, etc.. When I first saw her I liked her but I was thinking I’d like to see more type in her face. In the last 2 years she has matured beautifully and I find that I really like her alot. I love both her sire and her dam… I have another hunch! This one’s going to produce – wait and see… If you like the sire and the dam, chances are you will like their grand get.
I also have another mare at the farm – by Majestic Noble SMF – she has her little issues here and there too – but I have a strong hunch she will produce the best and she is now in foal to Nebras Al Rayyan who has been producing fantastic foals – all the owners are thrilled with their foals by Nebras.
Next year will be so interesting we will see how good my hunches were…
Happy breeding, and don’t forget that blood will tell, and breeding involves science, faith and following your “educated hunches”. Don’t be afraid to push the envelope…
