Strain; Saqlawiyah al-Dirri
Al Khamsa: Ancestral Elements Egypt I: 50%; Blunt: 50%
The Pyramid Society - Straight Egyptian
Sheykh Obeyd Foundation
100% Crabbet
10-1908 imported to U.S.A. by Spencer Borden for his Interlachen Stud - Fall River, Massachusetts
He touted the BASILISK line as the best blood in the world
The compact wiriness of a wild animal is still to be found in BASILISK descendants
5-9-1918 Sold to W. R. Brown for his Maynesboro Stud - Berlin, New Hampshire
Dam of 7 registered purebred Arabian foals (1910-1920)
References:
Al Khamsa.org
Arabianhorses.org/datasource
Arieana.com
Crabbet.com: 1989 Article, Those Fabulous Crabbet Mares: The Major Foundresses of Crabbet Mare Lines in America by Rick Synowski