The Arabians of written record
221 Baker Street: "The Arabian Horse In Motion... An Anthology Of Glimpses" Compiled by Robert J. Cadranell from ARABIAN VISIONS Jan '91 used by permission of RJ Cadranell Below are some descriptions of the Arab …
Copyright 1997 by R.J. CADRANELL from Arabian Visions Sept/Oct 1997 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell 221b Baker Street: "We met next day and inspected the rooms at 221b Baker Street and at once entered into possession." -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet Fifteen or more years ago I acquired a reprint of the 1917 catalog of England's Crabbet Arabian Stud. The catalog for the 1917 …
221b Baker Street: Lady Wentworth in the London Times Copyright 1993 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions Mar/Apr 1993 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Founded in 1878 by Wilfrid and Lady Anne Blunt, from 1920 to 1957 the Crabbet Arabian Stud was under the firm hand of their daughter Judith Blunt-Lytton, also known as Lady Wentworth. Lady Wentworth added the stallion Skowronek to the stud, …
Copyright 1990 by R.J. CADRANELL from Arabian Visions March 1990 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Judith Blunt was five years old when the first Arabians arrived at Crabbet Park in 1878. By the time she died in 1957, she had spent 79 years with the breed, and the Crabbet Stud had owned or bred more than a thousand horses. Her position was unique. Modern Arabian horse breeding in the …
Thinking Visually An Interview with Johnny Johnston Copyright 1992 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions October 1992 Used by permission of RJCadranell One of the first and best of the Arabian horse …
Copyright 1990 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions Feb '90 Used by permission of RJCadranell Although the Polish state stud, Janow Podlaski, dates its history back to 1817, the Arabian breeding program for which it is famous began more than a century later. From the arrival of the first broodmares in 1919 until the day in September of 1939 when the Russian army walked away with most of Janow's …
Copyright 1997 by R.J. CADRANELL from Arabian Visions Mar/Apr 1997 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Next to Crabbet, no English stud has been as important as Hanstead. Hanstead's worldwide influence is particularly remarkable in light of the relatively short time it was in operation—not even 35 years of breeding—and the relatively small number of foals produced. There were barely 125, while …
The GSB Arabians © 1996 by Robert J. Cadranell Reprinted from the March-April 1996 issue of Arabian Visions Look at the bottom of most pre-printed Arabian horse pedigree forms and you will likely find explanations of some standard abbreviations. For example, DB stands for Desert Bred, while PASB stands for Polish Arabian Stud Book, and GSB stands for the General Stud Book. What on earth is a …
Copyright 1992 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions February 1992 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Polish pedigrees from the 19th century are not as labyrinthian as they seem on first examination. To make them easier to understand, they can be separated into three main categories: Sanguszko, Branicki, and Dzieduszycki. In the 19th century, there were three noble families responsible for the …
An Abbreviated History And Description of the Breeding Program by Robert J. Cadranell II revised and copyrighted 1998 by RJ Cadranell II used by permission of RJ Cadranell II Countless times writers have referred to the Crabbet Arabian Stud as the most influential privately owned Arabian stud in the world, and rightly so. The story of the Crabbet Stud and its visionary though eccentric founders, …