Series: Hanstead Horses

Sidebar: The Hanstead Foals

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 …

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Hanstead Horses

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 …

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