Crabbet Arabian Horses
Vanitys Count++ went on to win championships in halter, English pleasure and western pleasure, culminating in winning a Top Ten in Western Pleasure at the U.S. Nationals in 1976. That same year his son, Bey Vanity+++, owned by Don and Janet Amburgey of Germantown, Ohio, won his first of six U.S. Top Tens in Half-Arabian Western Pleasure. A month later Vanitys Count++ and Bey Vanity+++ received their Legion of Merit awards.
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By Arlene Magid. The worldwide influence of Oran cannot be overestimated. Champions and national winners trace to him in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. He was noted for his strong back, size, outstanding presence, and for siring foals with extremely elegant forehands and excellent motion. For Crabbet breeders worldwide (as he did for Lady Wentworth), Oran represents an outcross line for Skowronek breeding.
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By Arlene Magid. Lady Wentworth strove for decades to achieve what she considered to be the ultimate Arabian-a horse of type and extraordinary presence, with superb motion, and larger size to appeal to those for whom Arabians were a bit small. She bred her masterpiece in Indian Magic, foaled at Crabbet in 1944. He embodied the concept of the ‘Wentworth Superhorse’ and none who saw him could forget his dynamic qualities.
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By Betty Finke. Once one starts looking for Indian Magic descendants in Europe, one finds more and more, sometimes in quite unexpected places. The following summary of Indian Magic breeding in continental Europe is of necessity brief and doesn’t pretend to cover everything there is, which would be impossible within these limits.
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By Arlene Magid. Lewisfield was a farm with an exceptional breeding program which produced a U.S. National Park Champion, a U.S. Reserve National Champion Stallion, and numerous top ten and regional winners in halter and performance. Although the program was fully active for just a decade…
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