Re: RC: RC: name that pedigree -Reply

[dluehosh@juno.com]

A good majority of them ARE NOT Polish bred horses. The only one that
would qualify for that is Skowronek, but he is not pervasive in all
pedigrees of Crabbets. THe POlish horses were also not bedouin bred
horses. The Blunts of Crabbet Arabian Stud went to various parts of the
middle east and collected desert bred horses to start their breeding
program- what's left of that are the Doyle horses, numbering about 30.
Beyond that, Lady Wentworth, their daughter, brought Skowronek in from
Poland and bred him to a lot of the Blunt bred horses, producing greats
such as Rifala, Raffles, Raseyn and Raswan... among others. 
Those horses plus others are pervasive in american bred horses, and that
is the one we are most familiar with- the ones used at the Kellogg stud
and others early in this century... They are renowned for their tough
qualities, great feet, great temperament, and endurance. 
Hope that helps!  There is a great book out there on the Crabbet Arabian
Stud by Cecil Covey who was their last stud manager I believe... the
horses are unbelievable...

Gwen Dluehosh DVM
www.beachbum.com/arabians
On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 14:45:29 -0400 "Colleen O'Donnell" <ColleenO@jhc.com>
writes:
> Chelle - you did not include an address to respond to you privately.  
> In regards to your Crabbet bred horse;  a good majority of crabbet 
> bred horses were really Polish bred horses, were bedohin (Sp?) bred 
> horses.
> 
> I have a nice little Crabbet - bred gelding, he recently won the 25 
> mile Saturday, CTR at White River in Michigan.  He's great, he 
> paddles like the dickens, but I love him dearly.  One of my best 
> girl friends has a crabbet bred mare and from my experience there is 
> one thing I can say about these horses:  THEY ARE SMART.
> 
> My little Corky horse is a hellion.  He's brighter than alot of 
> people, but that's not saying much.  He is the type of horse that I 
> can put in front of a hyper horse on the trail and he'll turn around 
> and tell them to "knock it off, or he'll knock it off for them!"
> 
> He is extreamly jealous and competitive and will willingly, if I let 
> him, which I don't, lay into any horse that even tries to challenge 
> his lead, in a race or laid back trail ride.  He knows he is smart 
> too, you can see him thinking things through.  He knows every trick 
> in the book and a few never thought of.  
> 
> He is tough, strong, short cannon bone and rock hard feet.  He rates 
> himself during rides and takes care of me when he knows I'm tired 
> and gives me hell when he knows I can take it.
> 
> Be proud of your little Crabbet horse, they are really neat and are 
> hell on wheels.
> 
> Good Luck
> 
> 
>
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