Tag: Blunt

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 …

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*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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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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 …

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Reconstructing Domow

A persisting question in the breed's North American history, since coat color inheritance first came to be widely understood, revolves around the identity and parentage of the mare Domow. Biology and history working together provide a start toward the puzzle's solution. By Michael Bowling and Robert J. Cadranell II, Copyright © 2001. Initially published in CMK Heritage Catalogue IV. Used with …

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I would have written sooner, but... Further in the Case of the Blunt-Davenport Correspondence

by R.J. Cadranell Arabian Visions, July/August 1993 used by permission of R.J. Cadranell In the August, 1991 edition of the "Baker Street" column, Debra and Jerald Dirks presented three letters from the correspondence between Homer Davenport and Lady Anne Blunt, both pioneer Arabian horse breeders. Together with her husband Wilfrid Blunt, Lady Anne had founded England's Crabbet Arabian Stud in …

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The Case of the Blunt-Davenport Correspondence Part II: A Shoddy Affair

Copyright 1991 by Charles Craver published in the Sept 1991 Arabian Visions Used by permission of Charles Craver In the August issue, the "Baker Street" series contained an article by Debra and Jerald Dirks presenting an exchange of three letters dating from 1906 and 1907 between Lady Anne Blunt of England and Homer Davenport of the U.S. Commentary on these letters was reserved to the present …

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That Nura Style

by Rick Synowski © 1995 from The CMK Record Spring 1995 XI/2: page 15 used by permission of Rick Synowski "That air of distinction which characterizes the 'Crabbet type' cannot easily be explained. Lady Anne Blunt called it 'that indefinable thing style', and Wilfrid Blunt spoke of the 'almost electric thrill' he experienced when he saw a really first-class horse."(1) GHAZIEH (Ibn Nura x Bint …

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Delightful as Companion and to Ride

Delightful as Companion and to Ride  Copyright by Rick Synowski 1995 from ARABIAN VISIONS Sept/Oct '95 used by permission of Rick Synowski "The perfect union between horse and rider" is a state of being for which the true horseperson strives, and achieves momentarily, perhaps. Exhilarating moments difficult to describe unless you have been there. In these moments, described by …

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