King Creek Arabians

La Bahia++, mother of Cass Ole https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/la+bahia2

We are back with #ThrowbackThursday sharing a look back at previous cover stars of The Arabian Magazine. This week, we are going back to July 2008 and the beautiful mare MA Bint Azadik. The article below is as first printed. https://www.thearabianmagazine.com/on-the-cover-ma-bint-aza

*Exelsjor was bred in Poland and later imported to the U.S. He became a really good broodmare sire. His daughter Jortaala produced national champion stallion Exceladdinn. Here are ads for *Exelsjor through the years.

Every year, fewer people choose to breed Arabians and those who do frequently are investing in the 'current' bloodlines. We are losing older lines, particularl...y through the sires. It is easy to decry this and wonder why 'others' aren't breeding the way we would like. Sometimes, though, one just has to take the leap and do what can be done yourself. I have one of the last Abu Farwa sireline stallions and the only one through Elsinore Abufarza. Prince Kellii-roo is 24 this year and has no registered foals. (He had unregistered ones.) I have one mare in foal for this summer and will breed him to at least one more mare for myself. If you are interested in maintaining the older bloodlines, now is the time to step up and breed to one of these older guys before the chance is forever gone. PM for information on breeding to Prince Kellii-roo.

Here are some horses advertised in the 1957 Arabian Horse Yearbook that caught my eye. In going through the early Yearbooks, there weren't very many imports advertised, so this photo of *Pilot was a rarity.

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This is Rapture, grandsire of Cass Ole. What nice conformation! https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rapture

One of the things I really enjoy about going through the old Arabian Horse Yearbooks is seeing photos of horses when they were younger, before they became famou...s. Here are two from the 1956 Yearbook -- Bolero, the 1963 Reserve National Champion stallion and sire of National Champion Stallion Zarabo; and Witezar, who stood for many years at Betts Circle 2 in Colorado, siring one of the top endurance horses in history, Witezarif. See more

This ad in the April 1972 Arabian Horse News was unusual in that it used numerous photos to emphasize the consistency in the Spencer's Arabian Stud breeding program.

Dreamazon was considered by many to have the perfect Arabian head. Here is an ad for him as a young horse, which appeared in the May 1980 Arabian Horse World. ...And here is a link to a neat video taken by Carolyn Hasbrook of Dreamazon as an older horse. It's really cool to see how he matured. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGd83_DScV0 See more

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*Elkana+++ is another horse I've featured previously, but here are some more photos of her. She was a cover girl many times, including the April 1993 Arabian Horse World and the Jan./Feb. 1977 Arabian Horse Times.

Gainey Arabians offered more than 30 horses for private sale before the 1977 Scottsdale show. Here are photos of some of them, along with neat head shots of Ferzon and Gai Parada+. (From December 1976 Arabian Horse Times).

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/cass+ragnarok

KC Shatira, Cass Valkyrie and Cass Al Asherah out for an evening stroll.

ROFANN (*Soufian x Bint Romanaa++) 1979-2000 Straight Egyptian liver chestnut stallion. Bred by Gleannloch Farms. Tail female to the Crabbet import RODANIA thro...ugh the RAS Egyptian bred BINT BINT RIYALA. US TT Futurity Stallion Multiple Class A Championships in Western Pleasure and English Pleasure

We wouldn't have the beautiful KC Shatira if it wasn't for this nice stallion bred by King Creek Arabians. Owned by David Vikander https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/kc+khamaseen

Fancee Farwa - 3/28/87-1/29/21 A one in a million.

Strand's Arabians have been a mainstay in Iowa for many years. They started as a breeding operation, but now that the elder Strands have passed on, the farm is ...mainly a show operation, but still stands some stallions that Jody Strand has shown. Here are ads for the stallions the farm had at stud, from the December 1976 Arabian Horse Times. See more

Close to perfect to the 3 big W'sWho knows more about him?Color: b...Height: 15HSQ Natural High, AHR 339710Date foaled: 04/24/85. Deceased 2016. Breeder: Fred or Diane Stellhorn, Manteca, CA. Last Owner: MICHELSON, CHRISTINE (USA). Description: Halter champion and sire of endurance horses like NH EL NATUREL+, NH HIGH FALONN (4420 ride miles in 96 rides with 88 completions), NH MISTER NATURAL (4135 ride miles in 87 rides with 81 completions), and NH COPPERBLAZE (2735 ride miles in 56 rides with 49 completions). He has also sired show horses with wins in halter, western pleasure and country pleasure. 36.792 % Crabbet---11 purebred offsprings according to allbreedpedigrees (not that much...)

Witezar, eagle-eyed son of *Witez II, dam Gezana. Foaled February 24, 1955. Bred by Mrs. Jack Raley. Owned by Burr Betts. Was 1965 AHSA Horse of the Year. Sire... of 156 registered purebred Arabians, such as legendary endurance gelding Witezarif---winner of six Tevis Cups and many other endurance rides. Witezar died August 5, 1973. See more