What defines a Crabbet horse?
In technical terms, a Crabbet Arabian is a horse that traces in all lines
of its pedigree to
Arabians owned or bred by the Crabbet Park Stud, whether under the management
of
Lady and Lord Blunt, Lady Wentworth, or Cecil Covey.
Crabbet Arabian bloodlines show off their virtues especially well in saddle
competition and in endurance riding.
The Tevis Cup in the United States and the Quilty Hundred Mile Endurance Ride
in Australia are dominated by Crabbet Arabians.
They excel at the highest levels of performance competition due to their strong
bones, excellent conformation, graceful movement, good temperament and outstanding
performance ability, which are the recognized virtues of Crabbet Arabian horses.
CRABBET PARK INFLUENCE
Approximately 90% of Arabian horses alive today have bloodlines that trace
back to Crabbet horses, particularly Mesaoud and Skowronek. Crabbet Park Arabians
were exported all over the world. Even the Egyptian Agricultural Organization
has a large percentage of Crabbet horses originally purchased from the Sheykh
Obeyd stud.
You can read more about Crabbet horses at those pages:
"Crabbet Arabian Stud" acc. to Wikipedia
How to count the Crabbet % for your horse
Crabbet Convention 2002
Pilgrimage to Crabbet Park
Crabbet Stud Tour Part1
Crabbet Stud Tour Part2
Non Crabbet arabians
within the UK part1
Non Crabbet arabians
within the UK part2
