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Alcock's Arabian (foaled about 1700, died about 1733), also known as Pelham Grey Arabian and less certainly as Bloody Buttocks and Ancaster Turk, among other names, is the ancestor of all grey-coloured Thoroughbred horses, [1] as well as grey sport and riding horses descended from Thoroughbred lines.
The Arabian or Arab horse (Arabic: الحصان العربي [alħisˤaːn alʕarabijj], DMG al-ḥiṣān al-ʿarabī) is a breed of horse with historic roots on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world.
The horse and groom are the subject of a similar painting by Agasse, The Wellesley Arabian, held by a Groom in a Landscape, painted the same year. [28] The painting Portrait of the Grey Wellesley Arabian with his Owner and Groom in a stable was copied by Charles Turner in a fine engraving published in London by Newman on 19 August 1810.
Gray horses appear in many breeds, though the color is most commonly seen in breeds descended from Arabian ancestors. Some breeds that have large numbers of gray-colored horses include the Thoroughbred , the Arabian , the American Quarter Horse and the Welsh pony .
Blueskin was a gray horse ridden by George Washington. He was one of Washington's two primary mounts during the American Revolutionary War . The horse was a half-Arabian , sired by the stallion "Ranger", also known as "Lindsay's Arabian ", said to have been obtained from the Sultan of Morocco .
Siglavy was born in 1810, [1] with a gray coat. [2] According to Donna Landry's academic study, he was purchased in Aleppo in 1814 by Prince Charles Philippe de Schwarzenberg, along with three other Arabian horses, as part of a military procurement mission entrusted by the Habsburgs to supply their stud farms. [1]
The Anglo-Arabian has long legs, a refined head, larger hindquarters, and are most commonly seen in gray, bay, or chestnut. [2] To be recognized as an Anglo-Arabian with the Arabian Horse Association, the horse must have at least 25% Arabian blood. [3] There are no color or height restrictions to be registered.
Raseyn (1923–1959) was an Arabian stallion foaled in 1923 and bred by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud. After being imported into the United States by W.K. Kellogg in 1926. He was part of a large shipment of horses that Carl Schmidt, later Carl Raswan , purchased from Lady Wentworth for Kellogg's new ranch in Pomona, California .