The Pyramid Society's
definition of a "straight" Egyptian Arabian horse is a horse
which:
1) is registered
or is eligible by pedigree for registration by the WAHO; and
2) traces in every line of its pedigree to horses born in Arabia Deserta;
and
3) traces in every line of its pedigree to a horse which falls within
the following category of horses:
a) a horse owned or bred by Abbas Pasha I or Ali Pasha Sherif;
b) a horse which has used to create and maintain the RAS / EAO breeding
programs and which is a numbered horse found in the RAS / EAO stud
books beginning on page 45 of Volume I, with the exclusion of the
horses Registan and Sharkasi, it being felt that Registan's pedigree
and Sharkasi's pedigree contain elements that are not consistent with
the kind of blood which the Pyramid Society is attempting to perpetuate;
c) a horse which was a lineal ancestor of a horse described in (a)
or (b) above; and
d) a horse, other than a horse having Registan or Sharkasi as a lineal
ancestor, which was conceived and born in a private stud program in
Egypt and which was imported directly from Egypt and registered prior
to the extension of the EAO's supervision to private Egyptian stud
programs as reflected in Volume 4 of the EAO- stud book.
Photo:
van Lent jr.
It
should be noted that among the "root stallions" and "root
mares" listed in Volume I of the RAS Stud Book some of the horses
imported to Egypt were not used to create and maintain the RAS / EAO
breeding programs for they have no recorded descendants in the RAS
/ EAO Stud Books.
With reference to the exclusion of the horse Registan, it should be
noted that he carries in line to the Polish-bred Skowronek. The contribution
which Skowronek made to the Arabian horses is legendary. However,
it is felt his pedigree contains elements that are not consistent
with the kind of horses which the Pyramid Society Europe e.V. is attempting
to perpetuate.
Although the stallion Sharkasi appears in the EAO Stud Book through
his descendants, the matter of his parentage has not been established
to every one's satisfaction; therefore he is not acknowledged as "Straight
Egyptian" by the Pyramid Society Europe e.V.
