In 2008 The Royal Jordanian Stud Book Authority reported the publication and distribution of their latest Stud Book Volume 6/7. 60 foals were reported as registered in the year 2008, together with 75 imports. 10 horses were exported in the same year.
REPORT MADE AT 2007 WAHO CONFERENCE:
Our last published stud book Volume 5 goes up to 1999, Volume 6 is nearly ready, it includes horses up to 2004, and we hope Volume 7 will be out in 2008. The Registering Authority is based at the Royal Jordanian Equestrian Federation.
In 2005 we had approximately 65 foals registered, and 53 in the year 2006, a good number for us. Imports numbered 21 during the past 2 years, exports numbered 52 for the same period, to and from all over the world.
There is a lot more interest and more breeders and we have more activities going on in Jordan. We have approximately 35 active breeding stallions, about 85 active breeding mares, living Arabians probably about 350. We permit Artificial Insemination and the use of Transported Semen both imported and exported. Embryo transfer is permitted. We don’t use microchipping.
Our main events are halter classes, in-hand Shows, of which we have 3 a year now. We have a National Championship Show, a smaller National show, and the Middle East Championships. Endurance is extremely popular, we have 6 actual events but these incorporate several different distances so we have a lot of endurance rides a year, including an FEI CI 120 in Wadi Rum which is very popular. Arabian horses are also used for dressage, show jumping, tent pegging and polo. They are also used by the mounted police. Our endurance team participated in Aachen and in the Asian Games in 2006, successfully. Almost all the registered Arab horses in Jordan that are of an age to participate do participate in something, some of them do many different disciplines.
In 2007, Jordan registered 42 foals, and processed 29 exports and 14 imports.
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| DALIA Grey mare, 1997. (Scudsly/Karmah). Breeder/Owner: Mr. Said Khair, Said Khair Stables. Strain: Kehaileh Rodanieh (Rodania, 1869). | |
| The 2009 WAHO Trophy for Jordan has been awarded to the lovely mare Dalia, bred and owned by Mr. Said Khair, one of Jordan's most important private breeders whose stud farm has been in existence for very many years. Dalia was awarded the Trophy because both she and her offspring have been consistently successful in the show ring, she is an excellent broodmare and an asset to the breeding of Arabian horses in Jordan. Her grand-sires and grand-dams which have a blend of international bloodlines were all imported to Jordan from the UK in the 1980s, and she is the result of 2 generations of Mr. Said Khair's breeding programme. | |
| The Trophy was presented by HRH Princess Alia Al Hussein Al Saleh in a well received public ceremony during the Middle East Championships International Arabian Show which took place in Amman in October 2009. | |
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| Photo L-R: Mr. Said Khair, owner, Mr. Bashir Khair, H.R.H. Princess Alia Al Hussein Al Saleh, Mr. Taleb Al Nahar, Mr. Abu Salameh. Photo Credit Reindert Jansen |
| AL HAMAAMA Dark Bay Mare, 1990. (Golden Decimus/Halima). Bred and owned by The Royal Jordanian State Stud. Strain: Kehailet Umm Argub (Nasseb). | |
| Al Hamaama, now aged 18, was selected as this year's WAHO Trophy winner in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the breed in Jordan as well as to Jordan's reputation abroad. | |
| Al Hamaama represents the Jordanian and quite rare strain of Umm Argub. Her dam line traces to Sabal II who was a brilliant racehorse over all distances, while her sire Golden Decimus (GB) was a very successful endurance competitor as well as sire. | |
| Victorious in the show ring in her own right, Al Hamaama won the Reserve Best Head title at the Mediterranean & Arab Countries Championships in Menton, France, in the 1990’s. She and her daughter Al Yamaamah (by Abakan) have frequently shared the winner and reserve placing in that category at the Jordan Nationals as well as at the Middle East Championships in Amman. | |
| She has also both won herself, and contributed to her dam Halima, winning Best Mare Produce Group, or Reserve, several times at the Jordan Nationals and the Middle East Championships. Her progeny and descendants have represented Jordan at shows in Paris, Holland, Austria and Belgium, as well as at the Jordan Nationals and Middle East Championships - where they have garnered many titles, some of them repeatedly, including Reserve National Champion, Middle East Top Ten, and the four separate Highest Points categories for Jordanian born, for Middle East born, for a horse with Sire and Dam born in Jordan, and for a horse with Sire and Dam born in the Middle East. | |
| Al Hamaama’s daughters have proved to be very important broodmares in their own right at her maternal Stud, and her descendants also grace the Royal Stables of Bahrain (daughter Al Hasna by Abakan) and the stud of HH Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahayan in Abu Dhabi (great grand-daughter, Hilwah by Hlayyil Ramadan). | |
| This year her grand-daughter Yusra won all four categories for Highest Points mentioned above at the Middle East Championships and had the 6th highest points of the whole show, while her great grand-daughter Hoor won the title of Filly Foal Champion and Best Female Head, with her maternal aunt Al Yamaamah as Reserve. (MaShaAllah to all of the above). | |
| Very much treasured at the Royal Jordanian State Stud, it is clear from all the above that Al Hamaama truly earned her WAHO Trophy and Princess Alia Al Hussein Al Saleh, who personally presented the award, felt that Al Hamaama seemed pleased as she accepted it with - as you can see in the photograph - her customary aplomb and dignity! | |
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| Jordan 2008 WAHO Trophy winner Al Hamaama, photos by Reindert Jansen |
| SULAYMAN Grey stallion, 1999 [Zaa’ir /Saba’] Breeder: The Royal Stables, Jordan Owner: Mr. Barakat Al Natoor, Jordan. Strain: Kubeyshan (Al Hamama). | |
| 2007 Liberty Class winner, Middle East Championships Show. Endurance winner. | |
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Jordan 2007 WAHO Trophy winner Sulayman |
| HLAYYIL RAMADAN Grey Stallion. 1996. (Kamar El Zaman / Haboub). Owner/Breeder: Royal Jordanian State Stud. Strain: Kehailan Ajuz (Freiha). | ||
| The Royal Jordanian Equestrian Federation has selected the outstanding World Champion stallion Hlayyil Ramadan as their winner of the 2006 WAHO Trophy for Jordan. | ||
| A happy blend of Egyptian and rare old Jordanian lines, with several generations on his female line all bred at the Royal Jordanian State Stud, Hlayyil Ramadan has represented Jordan at the 2002 and 2004 World Championships, he was 2004 European Champion Stallion and is a multi champion stallion in the Middle East and in Europe. Perhaps more importantly, he has won the prestigious Sire Produce award in Jordan and is the sire of quality winning offspring, and his daughters are now themselves proving to be excellent broodmares. | ||
| His connections decided to show him in a natural and unstressed way at the 2006 Middle East Championships Show in Amman, thereby making an important statement regarding modern show trends. | ||
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 Jordan 2006 WAHO Trophy winner Hlayyil Ramadan Photo Credit: Reindert Jansen. |
 Samiha (born 1961), great-grand-dam of Hlayyil Ramadan. |
| SCUDSLY [Hamadahn / Shela ] Grey stallion, 1991. Breeder and owner: Mr. Said Khair. Strain: Seglawi Jedran of Ibn Soudan (Ghazieh). |
| Scudsly has represented Jordan in the international show ring in Qatar, at the World Championships in Paris (achieving 2nd place in his class and Top Ten ranking) and as a yearling he won his class at the Mediterranean and Arab Countries Championships in Menton. Closer to home, he is a multiple National and International (Middle East) Champion. |
| In 2005 Scudsly was awarded the highest points for a Jordanian bred horse at the International Middle East Championships Show in Amman, he is also on the ECAHO list of “star” horses (one of only two Jordanian horses to reach this accolade). An excellent and prepotent sire, he has won the prestigious Sire Produce award in Jordan at the National and Middle East Championships several times in the past. His progeny have also done well at the Jordanian shows, so The Royal Jordanian Stud Book Authority considered him to be an excellent representative of the Arabian horses bred in Jordan and a deserving winner of the 2005 WAHO Trophy. |
 Jordan 2005 WAHO Trophy Winnder Scudsly (Photo credit: Reindert Jansen) |
