The Arabians of written record
The original Crabbet/Maynesboro/Kellogg mare families: Foundation of a unique North American gene pool one hundred years in the making Rick Synowski © Copyright 1992 Used by permission of Rick Synowski. First published in the CMK Heritage Catalogue Volume III This treatment reflects the CMK dam line picture before the 1993 revision of the CMK Definition. -- MB While CMK Arabian horses have come to …
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 …
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 Copyright 1979 by MICHAEL BOWLING used by permission of Michael Bowling published in Arabian Horse World July 1979 Photos from the Carol Mulder collection (unless otherwise noted) Rafissa 1695 (*Raffles x Ydrissa), Gina Manion up, 1950's. Arthur Ball, president of Ball Jar Company (home canners in the audience will nod wisely at the name), bought the George horses around 1935, …
by GRACE DASHIELL (Western Horseman June, 1950) There are definite and noticeable variations in the conformation of Arabian horses. Most of these can be traced to the influence of the three main family strains. The Muniqui strain seems to be responsible for the tendency of many modern individuals to fall short of the standard of perfection we like to see in the Arab. This strain has been mixed for …
by Dr. Amin Zaher Photos from the Zaher collection (Western Horseman Mar/Apr'48) Nigma at 5 yrs. with her first colt in Egypt. Picture taken in front of Prince Mohammed Ali's palace. Amir Abdelkader Algazairy, a nineteenth century Morroccan nobleman, tells us that some Arabs of the Azed tribe went to Jerusalem to congratulate Solomon on his marriage to the Queen of Sheba. Having completed their …
Copyright 1990 by R.J. CADRANELL from Arabian Visions March 1990 Used by permission of RJ Cadranell Judith Blunt was five years old when the first Arabians arrived at Crabbet Park in 1878. By the time she died in 1957, she had spent 79 years with the breed, and the Crabbet Stud had owned or bred more than a thousand horses. Her position was unique. Modern Arabian horse breeding in the …
The GSB Arabians © 1996 by Robert J. Cadranell Reprinted from the March-April 1996 issue of Arabian Visions Look at the bottom of most pre-printed Arabian horse pedigree forms and you will likely find explanations of some standard abbreviations. For example, DB stands for Desert Bred, while PASB stands for Polish Arabian Stud Book, and GSB stands for the General Stud Book. What on earth is a …
Copyright 1990 by Michael Bowling, used by permission Originally published in Arabian Visions March/April 1990 Minor Pedigree Lines From Imported Blunt Mares Hagar, a dark bay without markings and with a "strange, wild head," distinguished herself as a riding mare on the Blunts' first desert journey: she was not considered a first-class mare at Crabbet but came to have first-class descent. Her …