We are a small stud in the Lake District, careful breeders of pure bred arab horses for our own endurance ridden use for over 20 years. We have realised how few straight Crabbet stallions at public stud are left in the UK, and have expanded our breeding of 100% Crabbet and GSB arabian foals at home and to visiting mares. Our 100% Crabbet endurance stallion Hanson stood here until his death in 2009. He had just been joined here by Winged Saint, also straight Crabbet. Our two 4 year old pure Crabbet sons of Hanson, Seren Hanau and Seren Hanag, will stand here this year.

Hanson is currently the posthumous leader of the endurance sire component rankings in the British Equestrian Federation's futurity assessments of the potential of youngstock, and Winter Queen is fifth in the endurance dam rankings. Our older youngstock are proving the actual success of our endurance breeding programme by their actual achievements.

29th April, 2012. Seren Capella, daughter of Hanson, and Rebecca Kinnarney successfully competed for the Endurance GB team representing Great Britain at Mont le Soie, Belgium. Rebecca and Capella completed the course, one of only 7 finishers out of 22 starters in the 120km CEI**. They have now qualified to enter Elite 160km CEI*** races. The GB team had 4 of the 7 finishers, and 2 Young Riders also completed the 120km CEIYRJ**. These are superb results for the team and the individuals. Huge congratulations to Rebecca and Capella, their crew Sarah and Sarah, and the whole team.

Immediately following Hanson's loss, we were offered a one year lease of Halal, his full brother. This led to Halal's reimportation, and the lease eventually stretched into 2011 . We also bought back Hanson's daughter Seren Canopus Hanifa to carry on his line, and to bring back our lost link to 2005 world endurance champion Hachim.

Late in 2009, we bought Binley Winged Spirit, Winged Saint's weanling colt. We hoped he would join our stud list in 2012 following a trial breeding with a home mare in 2011.

Seren Perdaius (Perdu), the last foal of our foundation horses Hanson and Blue Bandaila, confounded our plans by deciding that he, too, would like to stay. We kept him entire, to use him as a stallion once he had established himself as an endurance horse.

In May 2011 we had an utterly tragic fortnight with the horses. Perdu died of a fractured skull in the field, then Canopus died of a broken neck, falling at home on returning from a very successful endurance competitive ride, and finally Spirit stumbled and broke his neck at gallop in the field a week before his trial covering. Our only consolation is that none of them regained consciousness after their freak accidents, and both Canopus and Spirit died instantly, so none felt anything.

As a result, we have now decided to keep Winged Saint's 2010 colt Seren Winged Shadow here as a ridden and stud stallion on our long term stud list, provided that he develops as we expect. He is integrated into the stallion herd, which is a permanent feature here.

Our breeding aims

While the preservation of certain bloodlines is very high on our list of aims, the overriding concern is that we produce young horses that are suitable for top level competition, with endurance as our main focus. We don't believe that good endurance horses are simply "the ones that are not successful in other disciplines" or "are arabs therefore good at endurance". We know what we are looking for in our breeding, both in the outcomes and in the potential sires and dams.

Fortunately, among the Crabbet population in the UK and around the world are some eminently suitable horses for our purposes, which allows us to concentrate heavily but not exclusively on preserving the pure Crabbet bloodlines without compromising our performance aims.

As the economic uncertainty continues, we feel that it is very important to keep our programme of 100% Crabbet breeding going, and we would encourage everyone to try to do so, too. With a small and aging global herd, the loss of a few years as we all wait for the economy to pick up would have a disproportionate effect on the future of 100% Crabbet breeding. We aim to keep our stud and livery fees as low as we possibly can, and encourage mare owners to share transport if possible.

We especially welcome 100% Crabbet and GSB fillies or mares, for purchase or breeding lease arrangements as well as visiting mares. We hope to have a space for a 100% Crabbet mare on breeding lease (return-in-foal basis).

Having changed the main emphasis of our breeding, from Crabbet/ Polish to pure and very high percentage Crabbet, we will never achieve what many others have: a distinctive lineage over generations. Instead we are concentrating on two themes: staying as few generations from horses foaled at Crabbet Park as we can and staying true to the type of horse we so admire.

Thus Hanson, and then Halal: both of their parents, Hanif and Sherilla, were foaled and bred from at Crabbet; Shadowed Gold, daughter of St. John; Silver Ingot; Silihah; and Winter Queen, GSB and over 90% Crabbet. All of these epitomise the powerful, versatile physical horse with the temperament and intelligence that we insist on, the sort of horse we should be breeding from. We have sons of Hanson x Shadowed Gold and of Hanson x Silihah, the four year olds Seren Hanau (Au = gold) and Seren Hanag (Ag = silver), on our stud list to carry on the line, but we conceded defeat after our attempts for a colt by ET from Halal and Silver Ingot.

Once we admit to the limitations of our own age, we will reduce to a herd of stallions for public stud, each with all of the characteristics we want, and offering a wide choice of pure Crabbet bloodlines for visiting mares. We have Seren Winged Shadow maturing to take Winged Saint's lines forward, as well as Hanson's 4 year old sons. However, Shadow like Hanau is out of Shadowed Gold, so we are hoping to breed a Saint / (Other) colt to safeguard the line. At the moment, Shadow is Saint's only entire son.

Equine Ethology: towards a natural existence for our horses

Equine ethology is the study of horses' natural behaviour when free to behave naturally! We are absolute believers in the benefits of an ethologically balanced existence, to both horses and their owners. Thus we have natural herds for all of the horses, adjusting the groupings according to the situation, though that does point out the need for the horses to fit into the real world and not some ideological pipedream. Management is eased by the more mellow behaviour that results. Out of doors our stallions live with mares and youngstock, or as a bachelor herd in sight, sound and smell of the mares, separated from them by a wall topped by normal electric fencing. Indoors they all feed ad lib from shared bales and can mutually groom over the partitions. We have found that some of our own horses are happier sharing a large loosebox than occupying one on their own, so that is what they do. Visitors are often taken aback to find double-occupied looseboxes and correspondingly empty ones in the American barn. Some people are quite alarmed to be told that some of the double-occupiers are stallions. The fact that they have to be told before they realise it says a great deal ...

Training in good habits and sociability begins within minutes of every foal's birth. We like horses and foals to be happy and safe in a loosebox with people! Equally, herd behaviour is vital to their manners and wellbeing, and they live in their natural herds for the vast majority of the time rather than in the stable block:

The result is that we live with gentle, beautiful horses. Starting ridden work is an extension of their handling rather than "breaking". The youngest (lightest) child was always the first in a youngster's saddle. It's a matter of mutual trust ...

Since any foal may be chosen to stay permanently, all have the same upbringing. The results have delighted our purchasers in the past, and will in the future.

Many of our visitors from all around the world admit towards the end of their visits that they came with the half intention of proving to themselves that we are wrong. All have left knowing that we are not wrong, with many asking themselves whether they can use some of what they have seen for their own horses. We will shortly be able to offer structured courses here in herd behaviour and ethology, as well as welcoming informal visits as now. During the courses, we can give very detailed descriptions and explanations of what is happening as it happens, as well as the benefits of the situations and interactions.

Recent breedings

Our breeding emphasis in 2009, 2010 and 2011 was the Hanif / Sherilla programme, and we used Winged Saint just enough to safeguard his lines. His three 2009 coverings produced a superb colt for us, Seren Winged Shadow out of Shadowed Gold, and a filly for Rebecca Kinnarney out of Seren Capella.

Saint's two 2010 home coverings also achieved confirmed pregnancies. Sadly, Canopus twinned yet again after losing her 2009 covering twins 28 days before they were due. An attempt to reduce her to one single pregnancy failed: she lost them both and then refused to come back into season for the rest of the year. We hoped that she would at last conceive a straightforward single in 2011, but she had her fatal accident before being covered.

On the other hand, Shadowed Gold had a single pregnancy, this time a filly as you can see clearly from the ultrasound scan:

Seren Golden Wings (Winged Saint x Shadowed Gold), chestnut filly 2011, ultrasound scanned at 61 days gestation.

(Actually, we couldn't see how it shows she is a filly, either. We also have an annotated copy that makes it oh so clear when you are shown where to look and what to look at...)

One of Saint's 2010 visiting mares emerged from her transport in full season, so ready that we decided to cover her half an hour later. 52 days after her arrival, she left us with a 50 day confirmed pregnancy.

The other visiting mare, who has a long history of great difficulty in breeding, did not conceive. As part of the drive to preserve 100% Crabbet lines, we are happy to accept "difficult breeding mares", though they may distort our success rate statistics as in this case.

The yearling Binley Winged Spirit surprised us all by covering an 18 month old filly in the nursery herd on his first birthday, and they doubly surprised us by producing a pregnancy. This would not be a responsible breeding (!!!) so we stopped it. It did tick the box for both of them, and was a pairing that we had already planned for the future. His father Saint covered her in 2011, for our only expected 2012 foal.

British Equestrian Federation Futurity Gradings

The BEF is the governing body of UK equestrian sport. The BEF futurity grades youngstock for future potential in the fields of dressage, showjumping, eventing and, since 2009, endurance. In brief, the gradings take place at various venues around the country, where judges and vets experienced in the appropriate disciplines assess the youngsters in-hand, loose in the arena, and over jumps for the jumpers. The futurity is open to foals and yearlings, and to two and three year olds. The assessment may be repeated at each of those ages. The aim is to talent spot and to guide the breeding and development of British bred performance horses, to put more of them on the medal podium at Olympic and World Championship level.

Seren Procyon's owner, Kaye McIver, decided he was good enough to enter him in 2010. We were invited by Kaye to get involved and had a great time as part of the crew for the grading day. First we went to a venue to see what was involved on the day, and were pleased to see that it met all of the claims made for it. The judging was clearly focused on the actual performance and potential of the youngsters, rather than looking for comparisons between them. We gained the impression that if all of them had been worthy of elite grading then that is what they would all have been awarded. We were delighted to talk in the trialer park to one proud owner whose three year old had just completed a full set of "first premium " gradings at all four ages.

Procyon was judged on his physical condition, movement, temperament and potential. His overall grading was a "higher first premium", scoring just 0.07 points below "elite". So, the competitive instinct was also satisfied as a bonus! For endurance gradings, Procyon's score was the highest in 2010, the second highest ever since the scheme was extended to include the discipline, and the highest for any 3 year old or any purebred arab. Great fun. We were very pleased indeed... The atmosphere was very civilised and pleasant - though none of us could help being nervous in such new territory.

For a full description of the assessment, see my article written for the Crabbet Journal, Winter 2011 edition.

We intend to enter our youngstock ourselves from now on, and began in 2011 as all of the venues were fully booked for the rest of 2010. We planned initially to take the three year olds Seren Hanau, Seren Hanag, and Procyon's full sister Seren Bellatrix Malika as 2011 was the last when they were eligible, and the two year old colts if we could get the entries. The accidents in May had a devastating effect on us, in terms of the loss and in demotivating both our endurance and our BEF participation. Nevertheless we decided to take two: Hanau and Bellatrix. We moved our July entries back to August, and eventually began to prepare.

The full story of the day is told in a followup article for the Crabbet Journal, but suffice to say that getting crushed when half asleep in a loosebox while holding a dozing stallion who is woken by a wet sponge up his bottom is not the brightest thing to do nor the best final preparation for the assessment. Being unable to run or breathe properly as a result is not the best way to give a young horse confidence while leading him, either!!! The outcome was that posthumously Hanson is the current leading endurance sire in the BEF Sire Component Rankings, but we know we could have done so, so much better for him.

Show results

Seren Vega joined Seren Rigel in London, gaining experience with Rebecca Kinnarney. On 14th August, she took them to the Wessex summer C show, to let them find out what an event in an indoor arena feels like. In the Crabbet geldings inhand class (4 yo and over) they were placed first and second, both qualifying for the National Championships in 2011.

Vega took in hand reserve champion at Patchett's December show, another qualifier, and also placed well in the ridden arab class, while Rigel continued to collect rosettes as he had all year.

Breeding for endurance on our mountainside, we have never thought we could compete in the showring, so these are huge results for us! Again, we had the enthusiasm knocked out of us in the preparation for the Nationals...

Stallions at stud

At over 15:2hh Hanson was a powerful, well conformed ridden horse. Flea-bitten grey with the bloody shoulder of a classic desert bred arabian, he was as imposing as he was pleasant. He was eager to please, easy to manage, had a sweet and kind temperament and was a pleasure to be with. He rode out with our mares in or out of season without problems. At 21 years old, he had retired from endurance. Though never shown, he attracted favourable attention from those who know their ridden arabs. He had a 100% conception rate in mares covered. All of his foals have finished larger than their dams. We are pleased that his sons Hanau and Hanag appear to be maturing to have similar temperament, athletic ability and presence to their sire. They will each cover a small number of mares here in 2012, but will be concentrating mainly on beginning their ridden careers.

We welcome older mares as well as young, "easier breeders". Our equine vet has and deserves our admiration for the way she has helped us to breed some superb youngstock out of some very challenged mares. She works closely with us to achieve and support pregnancies, with 7 of our last 8 home foals all being out of aging "difficult" breeders .

			BLUE DOMINO	RISSALIX(FARIS/RISSLA)/NISEYRA(RISSAM/NERAIDA)
		LUDO
			RITHYANA	RAKTHA(NASEEM/RAZINA)/RISHYANA(RISSAM/RISHNA)
	EL SANTO
			NIZZAM	RISSAM(NASEEM/RIM)/NEZMA(RAFEEF/NASRA)
		NISHIDA
			BASHIDA	GENERAL GRANT(RAKTHA/SAMSIE)/TEHOURA(RADI/NISEYRA)

WINGED SAINT
			AZRAK	BLUE DOMINO(RISSALIX/NISREYA)/SILENT WINGS(ORAN/SILFINA)
		SILVER BLUE
			SILVER SHEEN	BRIGHT SHADOW(RADI/PALE SHADOW)/SILVER GREY(ROYAL DIAMOND/SILVER GILT)
	SILVER BLUE WINGS
			LUDO	BLUE DOMINO(RISSALIX/NISREYA)/RITHYANA(RAKTHA/NISEYRA)
		SILENT DOVE
			YEMAMA	INDIAN MAGIC(RAKTHA/INDIAN CROWN)/SILENT WINGS(ORAN/SILFINA)

Seren Hanau's Bloodlines

			SILVER VANITY	ORAN(RIFFAL/ASTRELLA)/SILVER GILT(INDIAN GOLD/SILVER FIRE)
		HANIF
			SIRELLA	DARGEE(MANASSEH/MYOLA)/SHALINA(RISSAM/SHARFINA)
	HANSON
			BRIGHT SHADOW	RADI(RISHAN/RAZINA)/PALE SHADOW(RIZZALIX/SHAMNAR)
		SHERILLA
			SIRELLA	DARGEE(MANASSEH/MYOLA)/SHALINA(RISSAM/SHARFINA)

SEREN HANAU
			BRIGHT SHADOW	RADI(RISHAN/RAZINA)/PALE SHADOW(RISSALIX/SHAMNAR)
		ST. JOHN
			SIVETTA	SILVER VANITY(ORAN/SILVER GILT)/ SIRELLA(DARGEE/SHALINA)
	SHADOWED GOLD
			SUNLIGHTS ALLEGRO	INDIAN KING(ORAN/INDIAN PRIDE)/DANCING SUNLIGHT(DARGEE/SHADES OF NIGHT)
		MAGICS MOONSHADOW
			MAGIS PEARL	INDIAN MAGIC(RAKTHA/INDIAN CROWN)/SHADOW LIGHT(INDIAN GOLD/SILVER SHADOW)

Seren Hanag's Bloodlines

			SILVER VANITY	ORAN(RIFFAL/ASTRELLA)/SILVER GILT(INDIAN GOLD/SILVER FIRE)
		HANIF
			SIRELLA	DARGEE(MANASSEH/MYOLA)/SHALINA(RISSAM/SHARFINA)
	HANSON
			BRIGHT SHADOW	RADI(RISHAN/RAZINA)/PALE SHADOW(RIZZALIX/SHAMNAR)
		SHERILLA
			SIRELLA	DARGEE(MANASSEH/MYOLA)/SHALINA(RISSAM/SHARFINA)

SEREN HANAG
			ACHIM	NORAN(ORAN/NERINA)/TEHOURA(RADI/NISEYRA)
		SILVER FAHD
			SILVER SHEEN	BRIGHT SHADOW(RADI/PALE SHADOW)/ SILVER GREY(ROYAL DIAMOND/SILVER GILT)
	SILIHAH
			HANIF	SILVER VANITY(ORAN/SILVER GILT)/ SIRELLA(DARGEE/SHALINA)
		MALIHAH
			MALEKA	INDIAN MAGIC(RAKTHA/INDIAN CROWN)/DALIKA(DARGEE/SILVER GILT)

Notes

SILVER VANITY One of the finest stallions of the Sobha line. Exported to America in 1962, he left only a few sons and daughters behind.

HANIF Out of Sirella by Silver Vanity, and bought at Crabbet's dispersal sale by Mr. Plaister for his Imperial Stud. He sired the multiple champion Haroun, the U.S.A. Scottsdale winner Shatir (full brother to Hanson), and British National Champion Zarafah, amongst many others.

SIRELLA Though shown only occasionally while at Crabbet, Sirella was supreme female champion at the Arab Shows in 1956, 1959 and 1962. She was dam to many successful Arabs. At the 1962 Arab Show, Silver Vanity and Sirella were the supreme male and female champions, and Hanif was best foal.

BRIGHT SHADOW Selected by Lady Wentworth, he was renowned for his kind nature, which he has consistently passed down the generations.

SHERILLA Out of Sirella by Bright Shadow, and also bought at Crabbet's dispersal sale by Mr. Plaister. She was dam of Hanson, Shatir, ten other colts and five fillies. She was shown only once, as a three year old with her sister, when they took first and second in their class.

HANSON Bred at the Imperial Arabian Stud in 1988, and brought to Cumbria both because of his "Bright Shadow" temperament and to fill a need in the North of England for a stallion by Hanif. Hanson bore a striking resemblance to Silver Vanity. He competed in endurance until our own injuries prevented us from taking this further.

Stud arrangements

Mares must be of good quality, in good health apart from any injuries, with up-to-date vaccinations and certificated current clear test results for CEM, EVA and strangles in accordance with the guidelines issued by the HBLB and BEVA. We require that your vet certifies that your mare has been on premises free from contagious and infectious diseases for the 60 days prior to her travelling to our premises. These are routine procedures for your vet, and also ensure that your mare is safe from infections which could otherwise be brought in by others.

We and our vets keep an eye on the situation with respect to EIA since the outbreak of 2010. We are not currently asking for EIA test results from mares who have not been outside the UK, but will do so again if there is another outbreak in the UK. Mares from outside the UK must be tested for EIA and the original certificates seen by us before they commence travel to the UK. They will also be retested for EIA on arrival here and quarantined until the results are received by us. These tests and quarantine are at the owner's expense.

We will want to know your future plans for the foal before accepting your mare. We fully endorse the BHS responsible breeding campaign, while keeping the cost of breeding affordable.

Mares are accepted for covering and livery at the owner's risk. For safety reasons, we need them to be un-shod front and rear.

SCID, CA and LFS

Winged Saint, Seren Hanau and Seren Hanag have all tested clear (N/N) of SCID and CA. Seren Winged Shadow is SCID and CA clear by heredity.

Winged Saint and Seren Hanag are tested and certificated clear (N/N) of LFS. Seren Hanau is tested and certificated a carrier (N/LFS) of LFS and only available to mares who are tested and certificated clear (N/N) of LFS or have no arabian bloodlines.

Seren Winged Shadow, Hanau's maternal brother, will be tested for LFS provided that he matures into a suitable stallion for breeding as we expect, and unless we soon breed a Winged Saint son who is not also out of Shadowed Gold. Otherwise he will be gelded, in which case his LFS status would become completely irrelevant.

SCID, CA and LFS information and advice pages will be available shortly in the public section of our advice pages.

Covering arrangements:

If the mare is violent during covering attempts, we reserve the right to change from natural covering to AI where AI is available. We reserve the right to terminate the covering agreement if the mare is violent and AI is not available.

We can do any covering style and care package, but prefer to them run together in a herd following a first covering on sand & rubber. This allows us to rescue the stallion if the mare turns out to be violent. We don’t do ”cover on sight” except with Winged Saint who is a gentlemen, as it can teach the stallion to be insistent, and because the young stallions will be ridden regularly on public roads and in the company of mares in the future. Instead we prefer a gradual introduction before she is in season, then a supervised courtship, then the first covering. We are set up to intervene at any stage to prevent either from having a nasty time.

Drive-by mares can only be covered by AI, as we have no way of assessing the risk they pose to the stallion during a natural covering.

Covering and Livery Fees, Travel-distance related discount and carbon offsetting:

We are holding our fees at 2009 levels yet again, in view of the economic situation. VAT is not payable:

Winged Saint's, Seren Hanau's and Seren Hanag's stud fee £400 NFFR 48;

NFFR 48 means: if no live foal (surviving for 48 hours) results from covering, a return visit by the same mare will be free of covering fee, but subject to livery fees. The mare must still meet our full health, safety and behavioural requirements. Loss of the foal as a result of accident or acquired infection is excluded but may still be considered at our sole discretion. A returning mare's owner may choose a different stallion standing here in preference to the original stallion.

Returns by a different mare will not be considered unless the original mare has been lost through insurable circumstances or it is agreed at the outset of the agreement.

Nomination fee £50 included in the above fees. This is not transferrable to another mare except by our prior permission and is non-refundable unless in exceptional circumstances. It is transferrable to another of our stallions, but the timing of the mare's visit must dovetail with pre-existing bookings for that stallion. It is certainly non-refundable once any covering attempt has been made.

£5 per day handling, grass keep and basic care, use of covering facilities and scanning stocks as required, plus emergency/contingency use of loosebox;

Quarantine £15 per day.

“Special arrangements” and hard feed costed individually;

Vet’s / farrier’s or trimmer’s / dentist’s fees charged directly to the mare owner;

All visiting mares must leave our premises by 31st August unless by arrangement prior to arrival.

Deduction of £1 per 10 miles of double-round-trip to transport the mare to and from our stud (put your own post code and LA8 9QX into the "quickest" driving directions section on www.multimap.com to get the mileage, multiply by 4 then divide by 10). This applies to visiting mares staying with us, not to mares arriving for AI then leaving once inseminated.

Free tree to plant here for each 50 miles of double-round-trip as above for carbon offsetting (they will fuel our central heating in a few years’ time). You may also take a free tree to plant at home.

All fees must be paid prior to the mare leaving our premises, including fees to outside professionals.

Please Contact us before sending nomination fees, as we will want to talk through your plans for the foal and your stallion choice.

Artificial Insemination (AI)

Both of us are qualified, and recognised by DEFRA, as Equine Artificial Insemination Technicians. We can make Winged Saint available by fresh and chilled semen again this year from our own collection and processing facility, both here and by next-day special delivery. For mare owners in dire need, chilled semen can be picked up from us directly. Sunday and Monday inseminations are for those who enjoy driving... We need to be contacted by 1100hr (11 a.m.) at the latest. This lets us organise the collection and processing of the semen in time to get it away for next day special delivery and insemination. The more notice we have, the more likely we are to be able to collect and dispatch semen to you. Advance warning is definitely in your interests as we may otherwise be out with your chosen stallion on a distant mountain summit while you plead desperately with the answering machine...

Seren Hanau and Seren Hanag will be trained for collection in April or May.

Our excellent vet is available for scanning and for mares who need reproductive system treatment rather than routine AI procedures. Our mare insemination facilities are long established, and our stallion collection area and semen processing setup work very well.

Fresh and chilled semen costs for collection and assessment, and for dispatch or insemination, are additional to the nomination and stud fees. We have managed to keep them the same as in 2011:
Collection, processing and insemination here £70;
Collection, processing and client collection from here £80;
Collection, processing and dispatch by Royal Mail Special Delivery by 0900hr Next Day £105;
Replacement charge per shipper if not returned in reusable condition £20.

We do not inseminate here with frozen semen, as the repeated scanning is a procedure that must be carried out by a vet and is therefore beyond our competence.

Winged Saint has been collected from by the reknowned Martin Boyle at West Kington Stud in the autumn of 2009. We now have a small amount of good quality frozen semen in store at West Kington that is of commercial quality and certified for Australia, New Zealand, USA, EC and the UK.

While Halal was with us, we took a very small collection of frozen semen from him at West Kington, too. Some of this may become available to 100% Crabbet mares from 2014, provided that we achieve the live foals we are planning to be sired from it for ourselves and subject to the agreement of his owner, Ali Cox. It is not certified for export from the UK.


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Youngstock

Hanson's offspring

1996: Seren Canopus Hanifa, grey mare out of Hamatan (who was sister to Hachim), 100% Crabbet. SOLD TO RIDDEN HOME.
While there was also the children's touch-and-feel horse at an urban farm education centre.
Returned to us as a ridden and brood mare.
Began her endurance career before a fatal road transport accident in May 2011.

1997: Seren Ibn Hamatan, grey gelding out of Hamatan, 100% Crabbet. SOLD TO ENDURANCE HOME.

1998: Seren Arcturus, grey mare out of Blue Bandaila, 87.5% Crabbet, 12.5% Polish. SOLD TO ENDURANCE HOME.
We believe her to be currently breeding following accidental injury.

2000: Seren Capella, chestnut mare out of Seren Sirius Blue Lightning, 81.25% Crabbet, 18.75% Polish. SOLD TO ENDURANCE HOME: Rebecca Kinnarney.
Joint fastest time in class (Exmoor Experience) and first ever entirely barefoot winner of a 2-day gold medal at the Golden Horseshoe, 2009.
Cromwell Endurance Group* 2009 Ultraflex Shield Winner for the Open Level Highest Points Score. (*Hertfordshire, Middlesex, London, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire)
Foaled 29/5/2010 to Winged Saint. Capella returned to Rebecca late in 2010 to resume her endurance career.
(Her filly foal Capewell Winged Firestar will join her in 2012 or 2013, and in the meantime is being raised here.)
Member of the Cromwell Endurance Group team 2011.
Rebecca and Seren Capella have been selected to join the British Endurance World Class Start and Potential Squad 2012.
Great Britain team at Mont le Soie, Belgium, 28/29 April 2012: Rebecca and Seren Capella one of only 7 finishers out of 22 starters in the CEI** 120km, qualifying for Elite CEI*** 160km races. 4 of the 7 finishers were from the GB team!

Congratulations to Seren Capella and Rebecca!

2000: Seren Vega, chestnut gelding out of Blue Bandaila, 87.5% Crabbet, 12.5% Polish. STAYING WITH US.
With Rebecca Kinnarney while Seren Capella was with us:
Winner, Crabbet geldings 4yo and over, Wessex Group C show, August 2010.
Reserve Champion, Patchetts Winter Show, December 2010.
Began his endurance career in 2011 before we broke off in May to re-evaluate our transport arrangements.

2006: Seren Rigel, grey gelding out of Blue Bandaila, 87.5% Crabbet, 12.5% Polish. SOLD TO ENDURANCE HOME: Rebecca Kinnarney.
Now in preparation for an endurance career.
Inhand class winner at Patchetts.
Second in class, Crabbet geldings 4yo and over, Wessex Group C show, August 2010.

2007: Seren Procyon, grey gelding out of Winter Queen, 96.88% Crabbet, GSB. SOLD TO ENDURANCE HOME.
BEF futurity grading, August 2010 : Seren Procyon graded with the highest score for a 3 year old in the endurance section since the scheme began, with a "higher first" premium, just 0.07 points below the score for "elite".

Congratulations to Procyon and Kaye McIver!

2008: Seren Hanau, chestnut colt out of Shadowed Gold, 100% Crabbet. STAYING WITH US.
2011 BEF futurity grading: First Premium in endurance dicipline.

2008: Seren Hanag, grey colt out of Silihah, 100% Crabbet. STAYING WITH US.

2008: Filly out of Bibi Maizoon, GSB. (visiting mare)

2008: Filly out of Templars Magic Pearl, 100% Crabbet. (visiting mare)

2008: Seren Hanita, filly out of Dominita, 100% Crabbet. STAYING WITH US.

2008: Seren Bellatrix Malika, filly out of Winter Queen, 96.88% Crabbet, GSB. STAYING WITH US.
Full sister to Seren Procyon.
2011 BEF futurity grading: First Premium in endurance dicipline.

2009: Seren Hanos, grey colt out of Silihah, 100% Crabbet. SOLD TO ENDURANCE HOME in the USA: Chris and Kara Yost, Bar Lazy Y ranch, Pocatello, Idaho
Intended for the Tevis Cup and to stand at stud in Idaho.

2009 Seren Perdaius, grey colt out of Blue Bandaila, 87.5% Crabbet, 12.5% Polish. STAYED WITH US.
Died following a freak accident May 2011.

Winged Saint's recent offspring

2006 Silver Serendipity, 100% Crabbet grey filly out of Silver Ingot. BOUGHT BY US as a 2 year old.

2007 Royal Marque, grey gelding out of Royal Mantle (visiting mare).

2009 Binley Winged Spirit, 100% Crabbet chestnut colt out of Binley Silvern Grace. BOUGHT BY US as a weanling.
Died in a freak accident, May 2011.

2010 (x Seren Canopus Hanifa) Sadly, the first 100% Crabbet foal of the year due turned out to be twins that had evaded the scanner - we all saw the scan and everyone is perplexed - and Canopus lost them both as a result of the filly twisting her cord. The colt was born alive 28 days before term after a fortnight of us trying to help her to hold on to the pregnancy. 28 days early is just not survivable.

2010 Seren Winged Shadow, 100% Crabbet chestnut colt out of Shadowed Gold. STAYING WITH US while he matures.
Potential successor to Winged Saint.

2010 Capewell Winged Firestar, 90.625% Crabbet, 9.375% Polish chestnut filly out of Seren Capella. CURRENTLY WITH US.
Will join Seren Capella, Seren Rigel and Rebecca Kinnarney in 2012 or 2013.

2010 Rose D'Or, 100% Crabbet filly out of Dominita (visiting mare). Foaled in France.

2011 Seren Golden Wings, 100% Crabbet chestnut filly out of Shadowed Gold. STAYING WITH US.

Look out also for ...

Bandaius. (Altius / Blue Bandaila). Chestnut gelding. SUCCESSFUL ENDURANCE HORSE

1996: Seren Sirius Blue Lightning. (Al Hashmood / Blue Bandaila). Strawberry roan mare 14:1hh. SOLD TO RIDDEN HOME.

1995: Silver Flurry. (Silver Satyr / Sheer Bliss). Grey mare 14:3hh. SOLD TO RIDDEN HOME.

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Mares

100% Crabbet Mares

Autumn 2011 brought the last sadnesses of a sad year, as we took the decisions that two of our prized old mares would not be able to cope with the coming winter. Painful though it was for us, it meant that they would not have to endure the misery of stuggling to keep warm and comfortable.

Silver Ingot came to us as a 25 year old, and was a super example of the type of horse we are trying to preserve, in terms of bloodlines and of physique and character. She did not come well out of the winter of 2010/2011, and it was obvious from her excessively long coat and gradual loss of condition that she had lost pituitary gland function - cushings disease. She had already struggled a year earlier with completely worn out teeth, and we had fed her through the winter on multiple buckets, with her haylage chopped each day by chaff cutter so that she could eat without any effective chewing.
When she failed to change her coat yet again in the spring, we took the decison that when the weather broke at the end of the summer she would be put to sleep at home. She enjoyed her last summer quietly, first with Halal and then on the fringe of the mare herd. We never had the foal we would have so valued from her, but at 28 she owed the world nothing. Even when she needed to be sent to her rest, she was utterly breathtaking in her stature, her conformation and her loveliness.

Shadowed Gold! We are so pleased that she stayed with us having arrived here on loan. She had the most wonderful sabino spots on her chestnut coat, set off by her long, flowing flaxen mane and tail.
Sadly, at just 20 years old Goldie's teeth caught up with her. She developed gaps between the roots and her gums, into which her feed was constantly impacted, even on soft grass. She stopped enjoying grazing, and failed to thrive after foaling her 2011 filly. We had to keep her going until we could safely wean the foal early, but then she, too, deserved to have the awful decision taken. She, too, was put to sleep at home.
Not only did she give us three superb foals, but also she played a major part in the balance and dynamics of the herd. Always sweet to us, she did not approve of the nonsense of the youngstock - and explained to them in clear and unequivocal terms! However, she had a wicked sense of heirarchy. Since losing her, we miss the fun of watching all of our first-time human visitors making the same movements around the place - without them realising that Goldie was the choreographer.

Silihah. It looks from the scans as if her breeding career is over, but since arriving here she has given us two 100% colts by Hanson, both of whom are destined to stand at stud. Seren Hanag is staying with us. The younger, Seren Hanos, adds a safety backup in the preservation programme as he is in Idaho, USA, with the Yosts, so would not be involved in any UK disasters.

Seren Canopus Hanifa. Hanson's first foal. Having been sold as a foal, she became both a ridden mare and the horse used to give city children close up non-ridden contact at an urban farm. We bought her back after Hanson's death, and she conceived two sets of twins by Winged Saint with never a live foal. We hoped for a simple single pregnancy for this year, but in the meantime she started an endurance career in preparation for leading out the 4 year olds in 2012. In May 2011 this was abruptly cut short by a fatal accident, as explained earlier.

Silver Serendipity (2006). Silver Ingot's daughter by Winged Saint. This lovely girl arrived with her dam, to help in our preservation breeding programme. We fell in love with her at first sight, and only realised later that with her name her place here was predestined.

Seren Hanita (2008). Now turned a 4yo, she has been dubbed the "Miracle Filly" by Merri Melde in her articles about us. She took over the 2010 foals Seren Winged Shadow and Capewell Winged Starfire in order to ensure that they continued to learn good herd manners after weaning. She is carrying our only expected foal of 2012, by Winged Saint.

Seren Golden Wings (2011). Goldie's last foal, by Winged Saint, and her only 100% Crabbet daughter.

High % Crabbet and GSB mares

Winter Queen (Sylvern Idyll x Queen of Diamonds) 93.76% Crabbet, GSB.

Seren Bellatrix Malika (2008) (Hanson x Winter Queen) 96.88% Crabbet, GSB.

Serinah (2007) (Lufti Pasha x Imperial Nefinah) 99.2% Crabbet, Old English.

Silver Angel (2007) (Lufti Pasha x Sefinah) 99.6% Crabbet, Old English.

(All calculations of % Crabbet are ours, and are approximate)

More information will follow.

Youngstock for sale loan

(See also Merri Melde's piece on that subject: http://www.endurance.net/international/GreatBritain/2010SerenArabians/notes05.html !!! (Opens in a new window))

Royal Marque (Winged Saint / Royal Mantle), 28 July 2008.

Grey gelding to make over 15:1hh. Approximately 94% Crabbet, 6% Russian lines.

Excellent endurance potential: Royal Mantle is retired from endurance having competed up to 80km in the past.

Advertising on behalf of the owner, who intends to loan him to the right home.

Further details and up to date photos are on their way to us, and will be published here as soon as we have them.

Please understand that we will be as careful about where he goes as we are with our own youngsters! Legally binding loan agreement terms.

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Seren Rigel (Hanson / Blue Bandaila). May, 2006.

Grey gelding to make 15:2hh. 87.5% Crabbet. Superb ridden potential.

now sold to rebecca kinnarney

SILVER VANITY ORAN(RIFFAL/ASTRELLA)/SILVER GILT(INDIAN GOLD/SILVER FIRE)

HANIF

SIRELLA DARGEE(MANASSEH/MYOLA)/SHALINA(RISSAM/SHARFINA)

HANSON

BRIGHT SHADOW RADI(RISHAN/RAZINA)/PALE SHADOW(RIZZALIX/SHAMNAR)

SHERILLA

SIRELLA DARGEE(MANASSEH/MYOLA)/SHALINA(RISSAM/SHARFINA)

SEREN RIGEL

BANAT RISHAN(NADIR/RISH)/RAZINA(RASIM/RYALA)

BANNER OF BLUE

BLUE SPRING BLUE GROTTO(BLUE DOMINO/SAMNAR)/ SARANTHE(BRIGHT.SHADOW/RASANA)

BLUE BANDAILA

HAROUN HANIF(SILVER VANITY/SIRELLA)/INDIAN SNOWFLAKE(LUDO/INDIAN STARLIGHT)

DAILA

DYALA DARGEEL(DARGEE/RAJJELA)/DANCING DIAMOND(ROYAL DIAMOND/DANCING STAR)

Video of Seren Rigel as a foal

More details of Seren Rigel

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Dom and Jan Atkinson,

Seren Arabians

Upper High House, Over Staveley, Kendal, Cumbria. LA8 9QX, U.K.

Telephone (U.K.) 01 539 821 019

(International) +44 1 539 821 019

e-mail: mail@arabianhorse.co.uk

www.arabianhorse.co.uk

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Equine Ethology: towards a natural existence for our horses

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Youngstock

Mares

Youngstock for sale loan

Royal Marque (Winged Saint / Royal Mantle), 28 July 2008.

Seren Rigel (Hanson / Blue Bandaila). May, 2006.

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