By Christie Metz 2010 Majestic Noble SMF is now a senior stallion at Silver Maple; Henry and I are very pleased and impressed by his contributions as a sire for our mares as well as his overall quality. We are very fortunate to have this stallion in our herd. Noble is the result of our commitment to support the Pyramid Society’s Egyptian Breeders’ Challenge. This is a program developed to encourage and reward breeders that use straight Egyptian Arabian stallions to breed their mares with. Through the program we purchased a breeding to Marquis I (Makhsous x Antigua Dance by Ruminaja Bahat) bred by Janice Bush of Somerset Farms and owned by Kehilan Arabians. We bred Marquis I to the Nabiel daughter Nagda; a mare we leased from Debbie Cooper in Texas. Nagda is now owned by Al Nakeeb Arabians in the U.K. and has been an incredible brood mare contributing both mares and stallions such as Sterling Vision to the straight Egyptian gene pool. Our foal was an extraordinary grey colt we named Majestic Noble SMF, a name that he has lived up to. So really, we were the ones to benefit because we now have this extraordinary stallion in our breeding program.
As a yearling, Majestic Noble SMF was named the 2001 Egyptian Breeders’ Challenge, Reserve Champion Colt. He was presented by Becky Rogers; one of the owners of Noble’s sire, Marquis I. Becky never fails to remind Henry that she won over him,… and with his own horse! Henry says it is because she added to such a lovely picture, beautiful woman and beautiful colt, Henry placed third. At the same show Silver Maple Farm had three straight Egyptian colts showing within the same yearling class, with all three being named Top Five and Sarjah SMF named Reserve Champion of the Straight Egyptian Futurity Yearling Colt class. One of the things that makes Noble such an interesting individual, is that he is the only representative of the pairing of Marquis I, a son of Makhsous (Sultan x Nabda), and the only Nabiel daughter, Nagda. Nagda is also the result of a onetime pairing of Nabiel and Bint Magidaa. The result is two crosses to the influential mare *Magidaa, on his dam’s side, thus Majestic Noble SMF brings the rare Abayyan Om Jurays strain into our predominately Dahman Shahwan strain horses more intensely. Additionally, Noble has no Babson blood (descending from the straight Egyptian importation of the horses of Henry Babson) whatsoever in his pedigree. We view this as an opportunity to intensively infuse our breeding program with the mare line of Magidaa. Henry and I also hope other breeders’ programs will benefit. Due to Nobles intensive line breeding he has the ability to influence other multi generational programs. We love Noble’s extreme refinement; his silken hair coat is one mark of this.
At just four years of age, Majestic Noble SMF bred his first mare, our straight Egyptian Rebel Rose SMF, by BB Thee Renegade and out of Royal Laleekha by Ibn El Mareekh. This was the first step in our plan to use Noble as an outcross on the offspring of our other three straight Egyptian stallions (Ali Saroukh, Renegade and Simeon Shai) and the result has been two beautiful fillies – Royal Rose SMF and Moon Rose SMF. From this same pairing came a colt named Renaissance SMF. Noble has contributed his lovely type to both fillies as well as the colt; he has a really beautiful face with large dark eyes, a very tiny teacup size muzzle plus his ears are very small. Exactly what you should expect of a stallion. His type is combined with good size, length of leg, correct conformation along with good movement. We love that his tail waves like a silver flag when he charges around the presentation ring. And as his name implies, he has a graceful, noble carriage. I think that the overall impression that he gives a person is of quality with a very masculine sense of beauty. This opinion seems to be shared by others, breeders and judges alike. In 2004, Majestic Noble SMF was named Egyptian Event Unanimous Champion Extended Specialty Straight Egyptian Four-Year-Old Stallion. One of the things that most appealed to us when we started out breeding straight Egyptian Arabians, besides their obvious beauty, was the appreciation of their history. I really enjoy studying their pedigrees, the old bloodlines and the stories along with learning about the breeding philosophies of those who produced our horses’ ancestors. For us, learning as much as we can about the past helps us to enjoy and appreciate our own horses even more. And, as we become more deeply involved with each of our horses as individuals, we look forward to the future generations and the families we are creating through them.
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