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distrustful of humans, and difficult to ride. With the assistance of Dean's wife, Thelma, a skilled horsewoman in her own right, they spent many months gentling
Raffles and gaining his trust. Thelma in particular spent many months simply taking him on low-stress, relaxing rides around the farm and surrounding land. After this retraining, he was put to a couple of pony mares in 1936, settled both mares, and thus, proven to be fertile, was bred to purebred mares in the 1937 breeding season.
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He came to
America as a free gift included with a group of Arabians that Roger Selby purchased from Lady Wentworth, Selby had previously purchased Raffles' dam, Rifala in 1928. There is an alternative theory to why Raffles was given to Selby; in January 1932, Selby told Lady Wentworth that Rifala was
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regimen, did he turn out to be fertile. However, there are other theories. According to Selby's trainer, Jimmie Dean, after
Raffles tested sterile at Ohio State University, Dean wondered if anxiety and tension was the source of the trouble. According to Dean, Raffles had endured poor handling, was
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Yet another version claimed that
Raffles was such an outstanding riding horse that he could not be spared for stud duties. And indeed, he did well in the show ring. Awards and honors Raffles earned included the 1933 three-gaited championship at
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233:'s Nashville National horse show. 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
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200:(55 inches, 140 cm). However, Raffles never produced any offspring in England, and it is generally thought that his handlers at Crabbet believed he was
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infertile, thus, rather than being a sterile throwaway, a gift of a perfectly fertile
Raffles was a replacement. However, at the time Rifala was in foal to a
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Upon his arrival in
America, Raffles did not sire any purebred foals until 1938. The popular explanation is that only after he was placed under a proper
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He broke a hind leg in 1950, when kicking his stall. He recovered and shortly thereafter was purchased by Alice Payne for her Asil Ranch in
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as number 952. His registration lists him as a "white" horse, even though he was actually a
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Raffles was registered with the
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in the United States, siring 122 foals. In addition to horses he produced by
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cross in hopes of producing a suitable Arabian for crossing on
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Magid, Arlene "The Selby Importations: A Re-Evaluation"
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1301:Magid "The Selby Importations: A Re-Evaluation"
1410:All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Raffles
1372:Nov-Dec 1966. Accessed online October 17, 2007
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168:by Roger Selby in 1932. Raffles was bred by
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1383:"Arabian Foundation Horse - Raffles"
1330:The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse
1238:The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse
1225:The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse
1444:The Arabian Stud Book Volume V 1944
164:foaled in 1926 and imported to the
1368:Payne, Alice. "Carl Raswan Dies,"
148:Last updated on: January 13, 2008.
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1446:Chicago: Arabian Horse Club 1944
1400:accessed online October 17, 2007
1442:Arabian Horse Club of America
1423:The Arabian Stud Book Volume V
1394:Mulder, Carol W. "Raseyn 957"
1:
1508:20th-century Arabian stallion
1479:The Arabian Horse in America
1412:accessed on October 16, 2007
1343:The Arabian Horse in America
1274:The Arabian Horse in America
30:Raffles as an older stallion
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1370:The Arabian Horse News,
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1502:May 1991 p. 38-49
1484:Edwards, Gladys Brown
237:urged Selby to do so.
1463:Carpenter, Marian K.
1396:The Crabbet Influence
1477:Conn, Dr. George H.
1193:Crabbet Arabian Stud
231:Nashville, Tennessee
174:Crabbet Arabian Stud
1500:Arabian Horse Times
1421:Arabian Horse Club
1303:Arabian Horse Times
1240:3rd Rev. Ed. p. 81
1227:3rd Rev. Ed. p. 82
696:1926 gray stallion
72:Maternal grandsire
1449:Archer, Rosemary
1305:May 1991 p. 38-49
1287:The Arabian Horse
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1315:Progeny list
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1034:Rissla (GSB)
270:
258:W.K. Kellogg
250:linebreeding
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194:Welsh ponies
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787:desert bred
735:desert bred
412:desert bred
304:desert bred
246:outcrossing
235:Carl Raswan
133:Alice Payne
131:Roger Selby
1432:References
1332:p. 222-223
1260:p. 140-153
1256:Carpenter
472:, England)
222:management
210:Saddlebred
190:inbreeding
180:Background
1203:Skowronek
868:Jaskoulka
811:Skowronek
464:Skowronek
277:Skowronek
186:Skowronek
76:Skowronek
56:Grandsire
50:Skowronek
1515:Category
1354:Edwards
1328:Edwards
1236:Edwards
1223:Edwards
1187:See also
162:stallion
86:Stallion
1285:Archer
1068:Mesaoud
920:Rifala
897:Epopeja
758:Ibrahim
694:Raffles
642:Epopeja
619:Derwisz
262:Indraff
202:sterile
172:of the
159:Arabian
157:was an
155:Raffles
118:Breeder
100:Country
40:Arabian
19:Raffles
1492:
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1345:p. 203
1276:p. 178
1092:Risala
845:Rymnik
532:Rymnik
509:Kortez
281:Raseyn
266:Azraff
254:Raseyn
138:Honors
92:Foaled
67:Rifala
1425:p. 82
1358:p. 83
1341:Conn
1289:p. 16
1272:Conn
1209:Notes
1121:Ridaa
1011:Burka
959:Seyal
466:(GSB)
279:son,
198:hands
128:Owner
110:Color
36:Breed
1490:ISBN
1469:ISBN
1455:ISBN
1181:gray
982:Berk
671:Lira
561:Hama
113:Gray
95:1926
46:Sire
82:Sex
64:Dam
1517::
1321:^
1294:^
1265:^
1245:^
1216:^
1183:.
268:.
204:.
176:.
468:(
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