Ivahri Arabians Australia
Breeders of Australian Arabian Horses. Based on theCrabbet Blood of the Silver lines, infused with quality old Egyptian lines.Our focus is on a horse "sound in mind and body" and one who is your true partner.
Naazim's Little Surprise: Ivahri Naaeem
In 2002, at the height of the severe drought we experienced serious problems with a neighbour's herd of cattle that, due to their hunger and thirst, had broken down our stallion fences resulting in our stallions getting into our mare paddock.
This resulted in a number of unplanned/unknown matings- something we didn't know the full extent of until 11 months later!
In 2003 our Moon Kabala daughter Nijinska (see the Nijinska page) gave birth to a beautiful chestnut colt. We regarded this colt, originally christened "Spook", as exceptional. He is very short-backed with an exceptional hindquarter and with very large, kind eyes. His movement is powerful & allows him to cover considerable ground with minimal effort.
Based on his type we believed his sire was our Desert Pride grandson, Salah El Asaad.
Little did we think that when we submitted his DNA sample that we would find that Salah El Asaad was NOT his father!
When Naazim died in December 2003 Jill took the precaution of collecting a sample of his mane hair- at the time for no other reason than she had a "gut instinct" that this was a wise thing to do. Jill was very wise!
If Jill had not collected Naazim's mane hair in 2003 and stored it until 2005 there would have been no way of knowing that the real father of this young colt was indeed Naazim.
With the introduction of DNA testing using hair samples breeders now have the ability to easily store hair samples of deceased horses for testing long after they are gone.
Ivahri Naaeem has had a rough time since we sold him to Queensland. He was then on sold to a "Lady from Baradine" NSW. Where his then owner neglected him by putting him out on agistment on a large farm with no supervision or checking. She neglected to check whether he was actually grazing- he wasn't.
He was used to people providing him with feed & did not know that he had to go & find food for himself. But no-one bothered to even check on him.
It was only the fact that Richard was going to the Baradine area for work. He arranged to visit his new home. This is when Naaeem was checked on and brought home.
She had to admit there was a problem with his condition. We held our breath, but when Richard visited he found the gentle young stallion we knew a bag of bones and skin. His owner blamed all manner of things for his condition, but her own actions in the neglect of not even checking on him.
We offered to help, by taking feed up Barradine, paying for feed, a vet, vet supplies and even offering to take him to Sydney too nurse him back to health.
All offers of help were rejected.
The next we find we get a blaze of very unlady like emails (to put it politely) attacking us. Guess what? Someone had complained to the RSPCA about Naaeem and the other horses. Yes, we got the blame and all communications stopped.
So what would YOU do if you found a horse you bred starving?
In rode help in the form of fellow Crabbet breeders who offered to approach the owner regarding Naaeem. A lease to purchase was negotiated.
The welfare of the horse was the highest priority to all of us and we worked together to get him to a safe place.
We knew that Naaeem was going somewhere he would get the best care in the world. He would again get the care he had been used to for the first part of his life at Ivahri.
click below to take you to Sagewoods website:
Update 21/12/08
Under the great care of Peter Tout of Sagewwod Arabians of Jandowae Queensland, Naaeem's rehabilitation back to a healthy boy was carried out. Ivahri thank Peter and his team for all the work they did to bring a very sad boy back to full health and life.
The above photo was taken just prior to Naaeem taking his long trip back to Ivahri.
Naaeem is now back with his breeders and will very soon be going to be saddle trained so his next life adventure can take place.
Possible Lease opportunity:
Naaeem may be available to a suitable home under lease (with conditions). A home that can understand a horse and a stallion which has been through some tough and rough times in between leaving Ivahri and arriving at Sagewood.
He needs a home where there is an opportunity for him to go to a knowledgable home with stallion handling skills. That has the time and facilities to allow him to learn about being a stallion the right way. Have less other stallions to challenge (we have 6 other here at present).
If you believe you may be the right home for him. He will also be sent to be saddle trained shortly. So the lease home will have the ability to take him into the saddle area where he would do well at western, show or endurance.
If you think you may be the person that can befiend Naaeem and allow him to achieve as a stallion and your friend then please contact us.
If we cannot find a suitable lease home before 2009/10 breeding season we will move to geld him. His full brother and 1/2 brother also reside at Ivahri which is another reason to allow someone else the opportunity of breeding with a stallion who carries the lines of Mustafa, Naadirah and Silver Moonlight so close up.
email: ivahri.arabians@aapt.net.au Ph 02 4774 9822 ah
