The Arabians of written record
Copyright © 1991 by Debra L. and Jerald F. Dirks Used by permission. Originally published in the September 1991 Arabian Visions Introduction Homer Davenport and Lady Anne Blunt were two major pioneering figures in early Arabian breeding in the Western world, both having taken the time and made the effort to secure horses directly from the Arabian desert. Lady Anne's contributions to Arabian …
by BEN HUR (Western Horseman May/Jun'45) [Ed. Note: Today Ibrahim is accepted as a Desert-Bred stallion. See footnote (1) below] Aarah No. 1184, chestnut Arabian mare owned by Ben Hur Farms, and her filly foal, Aarafa No. 2870, by Champion Raffles. She and all in her pedigree, including the fourth generation, have the blood of the tap-root stallion, Zobeyni -- a striking example of line-breeding. …
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 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 …
by Michael Bowling © 1995 from CMK Record XI/2 Spring '95 (This discussion is based on outline notes for the talk I gave at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Arabian Horse Historians Association. The timeliness of the topic is underscored by a comment from the outgoing AHHA president, Carol Schulz, that at least 90% of the Arabian foals registered in the last several stud books are of generalized …
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 …