The Arabians of written record
by Ann T. Bowling PhD ©1995 from CMK Record, SI/3: page 5/6 Fall, 1995 used by permission of Ann T. Bowling PhD. "Breeders cannot change Mendelian genetics, nor the number of genes involved in traits, nor their linkage relationships. They cannot change the physiological interactions of gene products, but they can hope through selective mating to realize gene combinations that consistently result …
by Ann T. Bowling PhD ©1995 from CMK Record Spring 1995 XI/2 used by permission of Ann Bowling Offspring resemble their parents to varying degrees, but the proportional genetic contribution of each parent is constant: half the genes of an offspring come from the sire and half from the dam. A relatedness coefficient of 50% or 0.5 is assigned to the parent-offspring relationship.
Copyright 1990 by R.J.CADRANELL from Arabian Visions Sept '90 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Almost no Americans still alive can say that they imported their own Arabian horses directly from Arabia. Two of the people who can are Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Cavedo of Richmond, Virginia. The Cavedos spent ten years in Saudi Arabia, and stabled today on their farm are the offspring of a stallion and …
Rick Synowski Copyright 1995 Used by permission of Rick Synowski from Arabian Visions Mar/Apr 1995 Carleton Cummings holding the weanlings Antezeyn Skowronek and Abu Farwa's Rawia, both by Abu Farwa. Rawia, called by Cummings "the Queen of Diamonds" for her three diamond star, strip and snip, carried two generations of children to show ring victories, the last at age 17 when she was named champion …
© R.J. Cadranell II from The CMK Record VIII/2 Fall 1989 used by permission of RJ Cadranell INDIAN MAGIC at age 26, with his long-time handler Fred Rice, in a Parade of Progeny and Personalities at the 1970 British Nationals. Note that one of the judges seated at left, the late Lady Anne Lytton, appears to be unable to keep her eyes off "the prince of horses." Photo by Photonews, © Alexander …
by Thornton Chard from The Horse Jul-Aug 1942 Vidal's hope, that the Muniqi strain should be preserved, was not realized beyond a comparatively few years. This was not the fault of Huntington, for he was soon faced with old age and a set of conditions that made it impossible to carry out his desired plans. However, descendants of the original foundation can be found in nearly every Arab breeding …
by Thornton Chard from The Horse May-Jun 1942 Such horses are The jewels of the horsemen's hand and thighs, They go by the word and hardly need the rein John Brown's Body, Book v. S.V.Benet Kismet, Garaveen, Maidan. The mention of these horse notables in Mr. Albert W. Harris' timely article, "Arabs for the Remount," in the November-December The Horse, where he describes the Remount's plan of a …
by Robert J. Cadranell II ©1991 from The CMK Record IX/2 Winter, 1991 used by permission of Robert J. Cadranell II BINT RANYA (Redif x Ranya), a RIYALA granddaughter, is one of two Leigh-bred Arabians still represented in pedigrees. American Arabian breeders encounter the name of J. Hamilton Leigh infrequently. Nevertheless the name was connected to Crabbet Arabians in England for a period …
by R.J. Cadranell from The CMK Record Summer 1989 VIII/I copyright 1989 In 1791, during the century which saw the writing of great compendiums of knowledge, including Dr. Johnson's dictionary, James Weatherby published in England what was to become the preliminary volume of The General Stud Book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. From the earliest Accounts... In 1808, after …
by Michael Bowling from The CMK Record VIII/4 Spring 1990 used by permission of Michael Bowling RAFYK (Azrek x *Rose of Sharon) at Quambi Springs in 1903, age 13. (Photo by "The Critic", courtesy Coralie Gordon; for the record, this is a screen of a copy photo of a photocopy of a 90-year-old newspaper cutting!) RAFYK was a three-quarter brother to ROSE DIAMOND, featured in Record VIII/2; for …