From our Arieana Notebook: *Nessa, a mare of merit, was imported to the United States as a weanling in October, 1905 by Spencer Borden, Fall River, Massachusetts. At that time Borden was seeking to obtain more of the strain of Kehilan Ras-A-l Fadawi which he greatly admired. In late 1916 or early 1917, *Nessa was sold to W.R. Brown of Berlin, New Hampshire, and for Brown's Maynesboro Stud  produced Tahdik, a mare of influence mid-pedigree in Arieana's Arabians through the magnificent stallion Tamarlane. *Nessa was then sold again in 1921 to her last owner of record D. Bryant Turner, Colorado Springs, Colorado where she produced for him her last foal of record  ~ an Anglo-Arab colt named Denessa.

For further reading on *Nessa and her life and that of her foals, we recommend Carol June Woodbridge Mulder's Imported Foundation Stock of North American Horses, Volume 2 (Revised Edition). Borden Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1993. pp. 86-90.

Pedigree of *Nessa AHR #222

From our Arieana Notebook: *Nuri Pasha, whose beauty was in his character and performance, was the favorite horse of Albert W. Harris, the fourth president of the Arabian Horse Club and one of the earliest breeders of Arabian Horses here in the United States.

Pedigree of *Nuri Pasha AHR #517