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photos from W. Schimanski collection. *Fadl was described as a horse who was all things to all men; endurance winner, polo pony, harness and pleasure horse, sire and child's mount. George Cason, one-time manager of the Babson Stud remembered *Fadl fondly: "*Fadl was an all-around horse - shown Western, English, 3-gaited and polo. He was a forward going biggest little horse one ever sat on." *Fadl became a 100 mile race winner. He also became one of the most influential and prepotent sires of his era. He was used on the Babson Farm from 1932 until his death in 1955, shortly after his last foal, Lothar, was born. During his lifetime he sired 74 foals and of these 34 were straight Babson Egyptians. *Fadl sired 11 producers of National winners and his bloodlines are in great demand today as pedigrees of numerous champions, including National Champions, Reserve National Champions and Top Ten horses carry his blood.
From Forbis and Schimanski "Royal Arabians of Egypt"."In 1955 Fa-Serr, *Fadl's black son out of *Bint Serra, won the Chicago International Grand Championship at halter, then one of the largest shows in the country. Fa Saab, another black *Fadl son out of *Bint Bint Sabbah, won the championship at Salt Lake City, Utah - a final tribute to their father, who passed on to greener pastures the same year. Probably one of the best and most beautifully proportioned champion show mares produced and shown by the Babson Farm in the 1950's was El Maar (Fay-el-Dine x *Maaroufa). The handsome bay stallion Fabah (*Fadl x *Bint Bint Sabbah) performed well under saddle for Babson's trainer Homer Watson and later the Fabah son Hadbah (x Fa Deene) garnered championship wins at halter and performance during the 1960's for his owners, the Atkinsons. Another winning show horse was Disaan, full brother to Aana (Fay-el-Dine x Fa Saana), who became a valuable sire for the Jacksons. The cross between the Egyptian and Polish stock produced some highly successful show winners. An extremely versatile show horse was Tobruk, bred by Mr. Babson and sold to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Thompson. Mr. Thompson showed Tobruk to top wins in practically every kind of Arabian class available, as well as in open competitions. Sired by *Sulejman and out of the Egyptian mare Fazala (*Fadl x *Bint Serra), Tobruk blended top Polish, Crabbet and Egyptian bloodlines in his pedigree, and he became a well known sire of show and breeding stock. Fadheilan (*Fadl x *Kasztelanka) was an ideal representative of the cross between an Egyptian stallion and a Polish mare. Bred by Babson, he was later sold to Harry Linden of Spokane, Washington, where he was used as the owner's personal riding mount on his large cattle ranch. After Mr. Linden's passing in the fall of 1962, Fadheilan was acquired by the Jack Tone Ranch. At the age of 21 Fadheilan was shown at the Cow Palace by the Tones, and won the Grand Championship, one of the most coveted awards in the Arabian show world. A personality horse who passed on his presence and vibrancy to his get and their succeeding generations, he sired champions Fadudda, Fadnica, and reserve National Champion Fadjur, the stallion who has started a new dynasty of his own in America. It was a great loss to many breeding programs that Fadheilan met with a tragic death at the age of 22. *Nimrod proved to be a sire of good quality and he sired the well known horse Harod, a champion at halter and performance, as well as the top performance winner Bayrod, owned by Liz Langford. A tabulation by Gladys Brown Edwards and published in Arabian Horse World in the early 1970's indicated that the *Fadl line had more than 80 champions to its credit (113 in tail male line). The highest count went to Fadheilan, his son Fadjur, and their descendants, with a total of 39 champions. Fay-el-Dine's branch was noted at 22 champions, with Disaan and Zab, his sons, supporting that tabulation with 6 champions each. Disaan is straight Egyptian and Zab has a line to *Aldebar. In fact, Babson horses appear in the pedigrees of winners of numerous shows including the nationals. Horses who have won coveted honors at the National Arabian Horse Show and who carry *Fadl blood include Synbad, Lallegra, Fadjur, Ibn Fadjur, Khemosabi, High Fashion, Shooting Statlette, Serr Ra, Faar Ra, Tasliya, Serr Bruk, Rajag, Bint Aaroufa, Ibn Esperanzo among others."
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