El Shehdiya's dam, Saudiya, was the excellent result of using the pedigree matched theory as espoused by many serious breeders in all breeding communities. Saudiya's paternal granddam, *Aljubaa, was 3/4 sister to her maternal grandsire, Hacho (sired by Zancudo out of a Maquillo daughter) - 3/4 siblings in the crotch or fold of the pedigree. Additionally, her maternal great granddam, Lira, was sired by Zancudo's paternal 1/2 brother, Dandi II, and out of a Zancudo daughter, Escarcha, (the sire of the sire was the grandsire of the dam). Looking more closely at Saudiya's pedigree, you may note her maternal grandsire was none other than the inbred (3/4 brother to sister mating) and prolific straight Spanish breeding stallion *Barich De Washoe who stamped his get with the *Barich look time after time. *Barich was sired by the Malvito son, Zurich, and out of the Malvito daughter, *Aldebaron II. Further, his maternal and paternal granddams are both daughters of Uganda.

El Shehdiya was sired by El Shehir (last owned by Carolyn Herkelrath- Wecker) who was the result of distant line-breeding to *Ansata Ibn Halima via his grandson, El Kemir , who was a beautiful black El Hilal son, to his great-great granddaughter, Sher Moniet. El Hilal, himself, was the result of breeding a Nazeer son to a Nazeer daughter out of granddaughters of Farida - Halima being a maternal granddaughter and *Nefisa being a paternal granddaughter. El Shehir was Egyptian-sired, who's paternal granddam was the result of breeding a son of Emam (sired by the racing phenomenon Balance) to a granddaughter of Emam while his maternal granddam was the result of a relative "outcross" breeding with his maternal great-great granddam, Imarlotta, being a granddaughter of Raffles and Sunshine and tracing back to *Nejdme. El Shehdiya has what I consider a surprisingly well planned pedigree.

El Shehdiya is classic arabian mare that has an excellent overall structure, with large, dark, liquidy eyes that are expressive yet kind and gentle. Standing at roughly 15 hands, she is the picture of beauty still or in motion. Click photos for a larger view and scroll down for video.