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From Reiter & Reisen 4/1989 by Uta Over Roland Stichelmeir writes:
Photos © Günter Springsfeld:
"... In 1977 the Kraima foal Ouaffar, born in
“The Bergmanns' Arabian horses were led on 1964, was taken into the state stud at the
the 350km trek from Ghardimaou to Sidi instigation of the Linke family."
Thabet and Meknassy, where the mares were
bred and foaled, as required by the state Barbara Wenger writes:
stud. On the trek, the riders sat limp in the
saddle after hours of riding, but the horses “… Jehol Sahraoui, born in 1978, was the
were ready for the next gallop ..." main sire of the Bergmanns' breeding
“The horses are not as “beautiful” as race program for a long time. He comes from the
horses, that is, they are round, but they have very rare stallion line El Managhi of the
instincts that have almost been lost in their Tunisian / Algerian breed, which was
total domestication. None of these Bedouin imported from Hama (Central Syria) by the
horses would drink cold water when they French to their Algerian Stud in Tiaret in
were hot and thirsty; and none of these 1924. The breeding lineage of the mare, von
horses would ever overeat on oats or clover, Dolma-Batche, is even rarer. It goes back to
no matter how much you put in front of the chestnut mare Jilfan, who was born in
them. The horses know their size. ... The 1869 and was brought to Sidi Thabet in
coins from the Numidian period, which are Tunisia in 1876."
often found in the desert sand, show horses
with exactly the same profile. ..."
A rest after a ride in Tunisia. Sloughia Abla, sister of Antar, 1984, both were from Meknassy.
© Wenger / Springsfeld
