Crabbet (Imported)

Sobha

White Mare, foaled 1879

By Wazir ex Selma

Bred by: Mahmud Bey in Cairo

Strain: Hamdanieh Simrieh

Registrations: EGYPT #119 / GSB #319

She was purchased by the Blunts from Mahmud Bey in March 1891 and exported to Crabbet the same year.  A widely influential broodmare, she was purchased for 200 guineas by Colonel de Sdanovitch for the Russian Government Stud at Kerkoul and exported to Russia in 1899 at the advanced age of 20.

Known Offspring:

1885:   Safra, grf by Shueyman

1887:   Sherif, whc by Ibn Nadir

1890:   Antar, whc by Aziz

1894:   Selma II, grf by Ahmar

1896:   Siwa, grf by Ahmar