Raffles (horse)
Raffles | |
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Lady Wentworth | |
Owner | Roger Selby Alice Payne |
Honors | |
1933 Three-gaited champion National Horse Show | |
Last updated on: January 13, 2008. |
Raffles was an
Background
Raffles was a son of the Crabbet foundation sire
He came to America as a free gift included with a group of Arabians that Roger Selby purchased from Lady Wentworth,[4] Selby had previously purchased Raffles' dam, Rifala in 1928.[4][5] There is an alternative theory to why Raffles was given to Selby; in January 1932, Selby told Lady Wentworth that Rifala was infertile, thus, rather than being a sterile throwaway, a gift of a perfectly fertile Raffles was a replacement.[3][6] However, at the time Rifala was in foal to a Saddlebred, and safely delivered the foal later in 1932.[6]
Life in the United States
Upon his arrival in America, Raffles did not sire any purebred foals until 1938.
Yet another version claimed that Raffles was such an outstanding riding horse that he could not be spared for stud duties.[9] And indeed, he did well in the show ring. Awards and honors Raffles earned included the 1933 three-gaited championship at Nashville, Tennessee's Nashville National horse show.[10] A final theory is that he was discounted as a breeding stallion, was viewed merely as a potential pony sire, and only used on purebred mares after the Arabian horse expert Carl Raswan urged Selby to do so.[11]
However, once put to stud, he went on to have a tremendous influence on Arabian
He broke a hind leg in 1950, when kicking his stall.[12] He recovered and shortly thereafter was purchased by Alice Payne for her Asil Ranch in Chino, California, where he was stalled next to another Skowronek son, Raseyn, whom Payne had obtained from the Kellogg ranch in his old age.[13] Raffles died on May 11, 1953.[3]
desert bred | |||||||||||||||||||
Ibrahim (PASB) (Poland Arabian Stud Book) | |||||||||||||||||||
desert bred | |||||||||||||||||||
Skowronek(GSB) (General Stud Book, England) | |||||||||||||||||||
Kortez | |||||||||||||||||||
Rymnik | |||||||||||||||||||
Hama | |||||||||||||||||||
Jaskolka (PASB) (Poland Arabian Stud Book) | |||||||||||||||||||
Derwisz | |||||||||||||||||||
Epopeja | |||||||||||||||||||
Lira | |||||||||||||||||||
Raffles[14] 1926 gray stallion | |||||||||||||||||||
desert bred | |||||||||||||||||||
Ibrahim | |||||||||||||||||||
desert bred | |||||||||||||||||||
Skowronek | |||||||||||||||||||
Rymnik | |||||||||||||||||||
Jaskoulka | |||||||||||||||||||
Epopeja | |||||||||||||||||||
Rifala (AHR 815) imp. USA 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||
Seyal | |||||||||||||||||||
Berk | |||||||||||||||||||
Burka | |||||||||||||||||||
Rissla (GSB) | |||||||||||||||||||
Mesaoud | |||||||||||||||||||
Risala | |||||||||||||||||||
Ridaa | |||||||||||||||||||
Registry data
Raffles was registered with the Arabian Horse Club Registry of America, the precursor to the
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Edwards The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse 3rd Rev. Ed. p. 82
- ^ Edwards The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse 3rd Rev. Ed. p. 81
- ^ a b c d Carpenter Arabian Legends p. 140-153
- ^ a b Conn The Arabian Horse in America p. 178
- ^ Archer The Arabian Horse p. 16
- ^ a b Magid "The Selby Importations: A Re-Evaluation" Arabian Horse Times May 1991 p. 38-49
- ^ Progeny list
- ^ a b Edwards The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse p. 222-223
- ^ Conn The Arabian Horse in America p. 203
- ^ Edwards The Arabian Horse: War Horse to Show Horse p. 83
- ^ Payne, Alice. "Carl Raswan Dies," The Arabian Horse News, Nov-Dec 1966. Accessed online October 17, 2007
- ^ "Arabian Foundation Horse - Raffles"
- ^ Mulder, Carol W. "Raseyn 957" The Crabbet Influence, September-October 1984 accessed online October 17, 2007
- ^ All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Raffles accessed on October 16, 2007
- ^ Arabian Horse Club The Arabian Stud Book Volume V p. 82
References
- "Arabian Foundation Horse - Raffles"
- Arabian Horse Club of America The Arabian Stud Book Volume V 1944 Chicago: Arabian Horse Club 1944
- Archer, Rosemary The Arabian Horse: Allen Breed Series London: J. A. Allen 1992 ISBN 0-85131-549-6
- Carpenter, Marian K. Arabian Legends: Outstanding Arabian Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs, Colorado: Western Horseman ISBN 0-911647-48-1
- Conn, Dr. George H. The Arabian Horse in America New York: A. S. Barnes and Company 1966
- Edwards, Gladys Brown The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse 3rd Revised Edition Denver, Colorado: Arabian Horse Trust 1980 ISBN 0-938276-00-X
- Magid, Arlene "The Selby Importations: A Re-Evaluation" Arabian Horse Times May 1991 p. 38-49