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*Layya: 1943 gm
*Layya
1943 gm 4208 AHR
Breeder:

A Foundation Horse  -  see The Documentation, pp 120-225

A "Shaykha" bred by the Khamis family stud, Rayaq, Lebanon. Purchased by Henri Pharaon of Beirut for racing and sold to Preston Dyer as agent for W.R. Hearst. Imported in 1947 to the USA by Hearst.

By Kayan, a grey Hamdani (by Gazelle, a grey Hadban, and out of a bay Hamdaniyah) and out of Nailey, a grey Shaykha [by a grey Kuhaylan (by a Hadban out of a Kuhaylah) and out of Obaya, a chestnut Shaykha by a grey Ma'naqi Sbaili stallion brought to Lebanon by the French Army from Saudi Arabia in 1919, and out of a chestnut Shaykha]. [See photo, p185]

    NOTES: The above information (except for the transfers of ownership and importation information) is from pedigrees written by George Khamis and presented to Dick Skinner at the Hearst Stables in California [copies courtesy of Michael Bowling]. The names of *Layya's parents are reproduced as spelled by George Khamis. They correspond to names of horses active in Lebanon in the 1940s.
    The ownership by Henri Pharaon is from *Layya's certificate of identity from the racetrack in Beirut, sealed by the Lebanese Ministry and the US Consul. Importation information is from AHA stud books.
    By the time the Hearst imports were registered, the AHA stud books no longer included detailed information or strains. *Layya is shown simply as #4208, grey mare, 1943, sire and dam desert bred, imported 1947 by Hearst Sunical Co., California.
    According to Edouard al-Dahdah and Husayn Nasir [a leading horseman in Lebanon today], the usage of "Shaykha" in the female line of *Layya means that this line traces to a famous mare called al-Shaykha, of the 'Ubayyan strain belonging to Donato, a Lebanese merchant of Italian origin, and does not mean that they are members of the Kuhaylan Shaykhan strain. This mare was so noted that her descendants were called after her, the Shaykaat. This is an example of the formation of new strains of Arabian horses.
    Further information about this pedigree is also available from Edouard al-Dahdah: Sire Kayan was by Gazal al-Jawlan, a desert-bred Hadban al-Inzihi of the marbat of al-Fawa'irah tribe. Gazal was by Ma'naqi Halba, a desert-bred Ma'naqi Sbaili at stud in the northern Lebanese town of Halba in the 1910s and 1920s. Gazal's dam was a Hadbah al-Inzihiyah of Fad'us, Shaykh of al-Fawa'irah tribe. Kayan himself was raced in Beirut and owned by Rida Hamdar of Rayaq in the Biqa' valley of Lebanon, where Kayan stood at stud.

Tail Female: *Layya

Ancestral Elements
              Hearst, 100.0%



*Layya: 1943 gm



AK Descendants (2 Generations):
	1958 bm Layllany                     (Hallany Mistanny x *Layya)
		1971 bm Rose Of Shiko                (Shiko Ibn Sheikh x Layllany)
			1975 bs Saddat [ 1]                  (Shaikh Al Badi x Rose Of Shiko)
			1977 gm Rose Al Badi [ 3]            (Shaikh Al Badi x Rose Of Shiko)
		1972 km Shikos Caresse               (Shiko Ibn Sheikh x Layllany)
			1979 cm Nefertye                     (Rasmoniet RSI x Shikos Caresse)
		1973 bm Shikos Lallany               (Shiko Ibn Sheikh x Layllany)
			1977 bm Fadda Laila [ 4]             (Fidl Fadl x Shikos Lallany)
		1975 km Shikos Nilah                 (Shiko Ibn Sheikh x Layllany)
			1979 ks Shikos El Kazmeen            (Kazmeen Ibn Shiko x Shikos Nilah)
			1980 bm Shikos Jenilah               (Prince Shiko x Shikos Nilah)
			1981 bs HB Minuteman                 (Prince Shiko x Shikos Nilah)
	1960 gm Rose Of Mistanny             (Hallany Mistanny x *Layya)
		1972 gs Shikos Manolito              (Shiko Ibn Sheikh x Rose Of Mistanny)
		1974 gm Shikos Laya                  (Shiko Ibn Sheikh x Rose Of Mistanny)
			1980 cs DB SheikhMoniet              (RG Gabriel x Shikos Laya)
			1981 gm DB BataaMoniet               (RG Gabriel x Shikos Laya)


 Total descendants 28




Descendants
 by generation 

 1,   2
 2,   6
 3,   9
 4,   7
 5,   4

Descendants
by year

 1950-9,   1 
 1960-9,   1 
 1970-9,  11 
 1980-9,  10 
 1990-9,   5
Tue Jun 24 14:42:50 EDT 2008