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Jadaan: The Horse That Valentino Rode

by Aaron Dudley Photos from Spide Rathbun Collection from Western Horseman Mar 1952 Two great horses. Jadaan visits the statue of the immortal Seabiscuit at Southern California's famous Santa Anita race track. A special platform was built in the midst of one of Santa Anita's noted pansy beds for this occasion. Probably no horse of modern time -- including the favorite mounts of our current TV and …

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Preservation Breeding and Population Genetics

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 …

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My Visit with the American Arabs (Horses)

by Dr. Amin Zaher Photos from the Zaher collection (Western Horseman Jul/Aug '48) The Van Vleet Arabs on their high altitude ranch, not far from Denver, Colorado. While I was in Egypt, I read much about the American-bred Arabs. When I had the opportunity to come to this country to study, it was my honor to be asked by the Egyptian government to make a tour and to inspect these Arabians in America. …

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Tributes to the Arabian Horse

by Dr. George H. Conn (Western Horseman Apr'51) Head study of Raseyn taken in 1942 As an owner and breeder of Arabian horses for the past several years, I recall very vividly some early attempts made by us to buy certain desirable Arabian horses. Many owners of Arabian horses, particularly "the Arabian horse," value their horses above money, and strange as it may seem have no desire to sell them. …

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Antez (448)

THE VERSATILE ARABIAN Harara X Moliah (foaled 1921) Author not Given from "The Horse Lover" Apr/May '51 A brief history of the progenitor of the Antez line; his sons and daughters are carrying on their great sire's reputation in the show ring, on the track. The above photo of Antez was taken in Poland and is reproduced through the courtesy of Count Alexander Dzieduszyeki, President of the Arabian …

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