The Arabians of written record
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 …
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 …
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. …
by Robert J. Cadranell II Used by Permission of RJ Cadranell II all rights reserved Among the most widely known of all Davenport stallions was Hanad, AHC #489. One of the highlights of the famous Sunday shows at the Kellogg Ranch, Hanad also appeared in motion pictures, merited awards in horse shows, and established himself as one of the more important early American sires. Hanad, like so many …
Copyright 1997 by R.J. Cadranell. Originally published in Arabian Visions Jul/Aug 1997, used by permission The Donoghue Arabian Farm has been a mainstay of Arabian horse breeding in and out of Texas. Though not the first Arabian horse nursery in Texas, it was a relatively early establishment. And while Gerald and Louise Donoghue's herd was probably not the largest ever assembled in Texas, it was …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Davenport Arabians Arabian Visions Jul/Aug '96 Copyright © 1996 Used by permission of Arabian Visions The Davenport bloodline is one of the original bloodlines of American Arabian breeding. In 1906, before there was even an Arabian Horse Registry, Homer Davenport realized his boyhood dream of traveling to Arabia and buying Arabians directly from the Bedouin horse breeding …