Which are the Crabbet horses, and which are the Hanstead horses? These are the Hanstead foals. Hanstead's worldwide influence is out of all proportion to the relatively small number of foals—an average of just over four per year. The six foundation mares appear in all capital letters, with sire and dam noted in italics, then each foundation mare's produce directly underneath. Any daughters with …
Gallery of Ancestors: *Nasik
by Michael Bowling Copyright 1997 All rights reserved *Nasik was foaled in 1908 in Wilfrid Blunt's Newbuildings half of the partitioned Crabbet Stud. He was a son of Rijm (Mahruss x *Rose of Sharon) and Narghileh (Mesaoud x Nefisa); both his granddams were dynastic mares (pretty clearly, the two central mares of the Crabbet tradition) and daughters of Hadban, a desert stallion imported to India …
Standard Conformation and Type (1918)
Compiled by W. R. Brown Published in The Arabian Stud Book [vol. 2], 1918 For the information of the public and the guidance of breeders, the following standard of conformation and type has been adopted by the Arabian Horse Club of America for the typical Arabian horse, being the concensus of opinion gathered from many travellers and investigators such as Palgrave, Niebuhr, Burckhart, Lawrence. …
Skowronek’s Pedigree and the Antoniny Stud
by Count Joseph Potocki, The Arabian Horse News, February 1958: “As to SKOWRONEK’s sire, IBRAHIM, he was purchased in 1907 in the following circumstances: “My father, Count Joseph Potocki, Sr., who was at that time searching for a high class Arab stallion, received through his agents information that several Arabian horses had actually been obtained from the desert and were on their way via …
Skowronek — Magic Progenitor
by Aaron Dudley (Western Horseman Apr 1951) Skowronek and Lady Wentworth at Crabbet Park, England. "No more perfect specimen has ever been imported to England," Lady Wentworth once said.Raffles, famous 24-year-old son of Skowronek out of Rifala, a daughter of Skowronek. He is owned by the Payne Arabian ranch.Rifala, dam of Raffles, daughter of Skowronek, at 24 years of age.Arraff, top Arabian …
*Mirage 790: Lady Wentworth’s Loss Was Roger Selby’s Gain
by Michael Bowling © 1989; used by permission from The CMK Record VIII/3 1989 *MIRAGE at Crabbet in 1923 or '24. Photo courtesy Rosemary Archer. From the 1924 Crabbet Stud Catalogue: "Mirage. Lady Wentworth has also at Crabbet a very fine white stallion imported by King Faisal of Irak from the Denednasha tribe, to whom he paid £500 for the horse through General Haddad Pasha, who identified the …
Towards an Appreciation of CMK Identity
by Michael Bowling © Copyright 1997 Abu Farwa (Rabiyas x the Crabbet import *Rissletta by Naseem) foaled in 1940, photo 1964. Abu Farwa lived to age 32.Aurab 12488 (Aulani by Rifnas x Rabna by Narzigh) Paine photo, age 20.Ben Rabba++/ 24921 (Aurab x Rollicka by Sarolle) at age 21 with his last owner Jewel Cantrell.HB Octavian 173260 (Mariner x HB Octavia) 1978 grey straight Davenport stallion bred …
The Arabians of the CMK Heritage
4H quadrille team at Davis, California. The CMK pedigree definition has become increasingly streamlined over the years; we now require 75% CMK founder ancestry, with a CMK sire line and a dam line established in North America by 1950. Our approach differs from that of some preservation or conservation breeding groups in the Arabian community, because we do not have a closed pedigree requirement. …
A Tribute to Randolph Huntington
In the Arab horse world... A TRIBUTE to Randolph Huntington by Anna Best Joder from The Arabian Horse News June 1977 (Additional pictures have been added to original article) Randolph Huntington of Oyster Bay, NY was one of the earliest breeders of the Arabian horse in America. In 1888 Huntington imported the chestnut mare Naomi. GENERAL BEALE or ABDUL HAMID II at 21 years of age. He was Leopard's …
The BINT YAMAMA Influence Summarized
(originally published as a sidebar to "What's In A Name?") BINT YAMAMA produced three foals which bred on: the full sisters NEGMA and AROUSSA by DAHMAN AL AZRAK and their three-quarters brother *NASR by DAHMAN's son RABDAN AL AZRAK. It is not certain whether NEGMA was bred by the Khedive Abbas Hilmi or by Prince Mohammed Ali; Lady Anne Blunt records BINT YAMAMA as "expecting a foal" in December …