Al Khamsa: A Foundation Horse
Ancestral Elements: 100% Davenport
Strain: Saqlawiyah Al-Abd
Wadduda (meaning love or affection) a famous war mare of Hashem Bey Ibn Mhayd, Shaikh of all the Fidan-Anazeh, a gift of him to Akmet Haffez, the representative of all the Anazeh tribes to the governor of Aleppo.
Haffez gifted her to Homer Davenport who imported her to Morris Plains, New Jersey in October 1906 (along with the slave boy, Said Abdullah, her devoted servant).
One of her famed exploits was a pursuit of a caravan from Iskanderoon to Aleppo, a distance of 106 miles in 11 hours (a feat equal to The Tevis Cup in time & distance) and prior to that feat her pastern had been damaged in war. She also bore lance scars on neck & shoulder.
Dam of nine registered Arabian foals, six fillies and three colts.
References:
Al Khamsa.org;
Arabianhorses.org/datasource