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Roland Stichelmeir continues: Fejla was returned to the Mansourah, which
was imported from Syria in 1945, Firka and
"... The Bergmanns were by no means Kraima come from a lineage common in
dropouts, in fact rather the opposite, Heinz- Tunisia that goes back to Dolma-Batché,
Gerd always worked, and the animals were whose daughter Fadaise, born in Pompadour
just a hobby in the beginning." in 1878, was sold to Sidi Thabet. Only
"... Cooperation with the state stud in Tunis Kraima has known descendants today."
(Sidi Thabet) and the breeding station in
Meknassy was actually common for all We read in the horse magazine Araber
breeders, since stallions were only allowed to Journal 4/86:
breed in the state stud (Sidi Thabet, Raccada
near Kairouan and Meknassy near Sidi Bou “Meknassy used to be a center of Tunisian
Zid) and the mares for Foaling had to be Arab breeding. This is where the Bey's last
brought to one of the stud farms. Meknassy personal physician, the French Lowy, had his
was the smallest and most insignificant stud. At that time [1924 imports from Hama
breeding station, the mares were kept in ?], the French bought pure Asil Arabs from
Lovy's stables." the Saudi Bedouins, that they initially kept
in a depot in Damascus. Lowy obtained his
"… In Meknassy, the offspring of Kraima, material from this depot. ... The heads and
Firka and Fejla were bred, among others, the foundation under the given loads are
from the Lovy breed. evidence of real nobility and true quality."
Stud at Meknassy, 1999 © de Caprona
