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The Arab Horse was first published in 1989 to acclaim from press and pundits. Since that date, the author has done much to revise, refine and update the contents - particularly that section devoted to the lines of descent. This new edition has been redesigned with lavish additional use of colour. It has many newly sourced illustrations of historic equestrian fine art and the author's own sketches and water-colours. The first Arab stallion brought to Britain (in the 1830s) from the Desert of Arabia was Padischah, whose pure-bred line still exists. This book provides a complete record of all the desert-bred horses imported after Padischah, from whom present day pure-bred Arab horses descend.

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Author:   Peter Upton
Publisher:   Barzan Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Barzan Publishing Limited
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 23.40cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 30.30cm
Weight:   2.000kg
ISBN:  

9780954970192

ISBN 10:   0954970195
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   04 May 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Leather / fine binding
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introductory chapter, providing a narrative history of the desert journeys of early British enthusiasts in search of horses suitable for shipping to Britain, notably Major Roger Upton, the Blunts (founders of the famous Crabbet Stud in 1878), and the Hon. Miss Dillon. Detailed descriptions of the 86 horses who have lines existing to this day. Detailed tables of descent of mares & stallions, sections on Bedouin breeders, origins of the Arab horse, and the development of strains. 60 full-page portraits of horses by the author, and reproductions of famous paintings of Arab horses by Wootton, Herring, Stubbs, Landseer and others. 160 black-and-white and sepia photographs, sketches and etchings.

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Peter Upton is a past President of the Arab Horse Society of Great Britain, an internationally renowned horse judge, and an expert on the history of the Arab horse. He writes regularly for the Arab Horse News (Great Britain), and other equestrian journals and magazines. His other books include Desert Heritage: An Artist's Collection of Blunt's Original Arab Horses (1980), The Classic Arab Horse (1986) and The Arabian Horse - History, Mystery and Magic (1998). He is also an artist who specializes in equestrian paintings, especially of the Arab horse and depictions of the desert scene. He has held one-man exhibitions of his paintings in the UK and abroad, and his work, including many private commissions, are in collections around the world.

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