Historical Mares Archives

Distinctly Crabbet: Sirella and Hanif

August 11, 2019August 11, 2019 AngelaLeave a Comment

Shortly after he won the Supreme Male Championship at the Arab Show in 1962, *Silver Vanity 22555, was exported to America. It was a great los to England as much of the little stock he left behind was also exported. However, the year that *Silver Vanity left, a colt was born to Sirella who was to become an all-time favourite of breeders on both sides of the Atlantic – Hanif. Hanif was one of only two pure Crabbet stallions left by *Silver Vanity in the UK, the other being Rayyan out of Risseefa.

Rissla (GSB) Chestnut Arabian Mare at Crabbet Park, England

Rissla – The Legacy of Crabbet

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 AngelaLeave a Comment

From the Crabbet Convention Organisation. Continuing the series begun in the March issue we feature this month the most famous mare of the great RODANIA female line – RISSLA. RODANIA was a celebrated mare in Arabia and the Blunts first heard of her on a journey through the Nefud two years before they saw and bought her. Lady Anne Blunt described her as “having extraordinary strength and style of going” and the mare had been so much sought after that she became the object of a feud between the Sheykh of the Roala and his kinsmen.

*Serafix: Premier Crabbet Broodmare Sire

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 Angela4 Comments

By Arlene Magid. The story of *Serafix’s importation and subsequent success as a sire has often been told before. He sired 119 champions (43 of them National winners) from his 257 registered foals, a champion percentage of 46%. Now, thirteen years after *Serafix’s death in 1973, it is time to examine the success of his grandget in the show ring and the breeding barn.

The Original Crabbet – Maynesboro – Kellogg Mare Families

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 AngelaLeave a Comment

By Rick Synowski. While CMK Arabian horses have come to represent a minority breeding group today, CMK foundation mare lines hold fast to their international domination of lists of leading dams of champions. Their production records, some accomplished by mares now deceased, may never be equaled. The character, type and breeding of such celebrated mares must inevitably be diminished and disappear when out crossing to stallions of other breeding groups predominates.

Gaffi

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 AngelaLeave a Comment

By Arlene Magid. GAFFI represents the best of the breeding program of master breeder Dan Gainey, who carefully linebred to Skowronek through his sons *Raseyn (with the inbred Ferseyn son Ferzon) and *Raffles. Her dynastic influence on the breed is remarkable, and extends to virtually all disciplines in which Arabians compete, including halter, working western and sport horse in the show ring and endurance ride winners. Her influence can be seen in breeding programs worldwide, from North America to South Africa, from Europe to Australia!

Silent Wings (Oran x Silfina) – Arabian Sport Horse History: Bloodlines

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 AngelaLeave a Comment

By Kat Walden. The English mare, Silent Wings, was a 7th generation tail-female descendant of the desert-bred foundation Crabbet Stud broodmare. The mares of this family have been exceptional and prolific producers.

Azrek GSB 70 (A Saqlawi Jidran DB). Grey stallion purchased in the desert in the spring of 1887 and imported to England in 1888.

Queen of Sheba and Azrek

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 AngelaLeave a Comment

By Alexia Ross. The word ‘Crabbet’ conjures visions of the gaudy, flaxen chestnuts preferred by Lady Wentworth but the Blunt legacy also came in other shades and types. The elegant bays and browns descended from Queen of Sheba and Azrek were one inheritance whose survival owes much to breeders outside Crabbet Park.

The W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Ranch – Part 14: 1931, Malouma 738 and King John 739 Are Purchased

March 3, 2019March 13, 2019 AngelaLeave a Comment

By Carol Woodbridge Mulder. *Malouma 738 and *King John 739 had been brought to the Kellogg Ranch to be boarded in September of 1930 by their owner, Herman W. Frank of Los Angeles, California. In March of 1931 W. K. Kellogg bought the pair of Egyptian imports. They were the only Egyptian Arabians ever used in the old Kellogg breeding program.

Those Fabulous Crabbet Mares: The Major Foundresses of Crabbet Mare Lines in America

January 23, 2019February 5, 2019 Angela2 Comments

By Rick Synowski. In nine decades of Arabian horse breeding in America, the influence of Crabbet mare lines has lost none of its lustre. Crabbet-related mares continue to dominate lists of champion producers all the way to the Nationals. Their success when crossed with stallions of virtually every breeding group is a fact of record, from *Bask to El Hilal.