From our Arieana Notebook: Ghanigat is highly valued in the pedigrees of Arieana Arabians for her joining place on our family tree of two highly-regarded tail female lines from the original bloodstock of the Crabbet Arabian Stud. From Muhlis (pictured above), her daughter by *Mounwer, this Ghanigat branch descends in tail female through Jolley Pico to our two foundation mares Haapey Pico and Gleeful Pico.  And from her daughter Nigha by Roabrah, this Ghanigat line descends through Mounigha to Zamiga and on to her daughter Amazon of Pico, the dam of Blitzen of Pico who sired Haat Pursuit now proudly owned by Tim and Kristi Johnson of Berlin, WI.

Ghanigat was purchased by William Randolph Hearst during Maynesboro's Dispersal Sale of 1935 and became one of Mr. Hearst's favorite mares, so much favored in fact that her portrait was used on the San Simeon Stables letterhead.

We likewise favor this intense infusion of Ghanigat in our foals for this mare's ability to pass along her sweet disposition, willing temperament, the form-to-function conformation so necessary for success in the Arabian Sporting Horse endeavors we endorse, along with the inheritable genetics to support a very long, productive life.

This is the only photo of Ghanigat or her daughter Muhlis that is available to us, so we thought it appropriate to include a few words about Muhlis on this page. Muhlis was the dam of 17 registered purebred Arabian foals (6 colts and 11 fillies) of which her daughter Kishtee Priza (see Jolley Pico) carries forward this valued tail female line in our foundation mares. Muhlis was purchased in the Hearst Estate Sale of 1950 by Russell S. and Doris  G. Schow of Pleasant Grove, Utah. She had her last of 17 purebred registered foals for them in 1976 at age 26, a fact which once again well illustrates the long, productive life for which this tail female family line is widely renown. The exact date and circumstances of her death are unknown to us. (See Muhlis pedigree below).

Pedigree of Ghanigat AHR #742

Pedigree of Muhlis AHR #6067
Grey Mare Foaled April 8, 1950
Breeder: Sunical Land & Livestock Dept. Hearst Magazines, Inc.
(Foaled at San Simeon, California)