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Height: 15h
AHR #651
81.25% Crabbet. Bred by W.R. Brown, Berlin, New Hampshire. Sire of sixty-six registered purebred Arabian foals (thirty-four colts and thirty-two fillies). Double Registered with The Thoroughbred Jockey Club in their American Stud Book. Offspring included Rabiyas, Rahmoun, Roabrah, Tahas, and Wadi-Sirhan (see her son Zarouf), all of whom are of major significance in the pedigrees of Arieanas Arabians.
From our Arieana Notebook: Rahas has become for us the word synonymous with the sire line for our breeding program here at Arieana Arabians. Linebreeding on this stallion through his sons Roabrah, Tahas, Rahmoun, and Rabiyas, along with his daughter Wadi-Sirhan (see her son Zarouf), the Rahas influence permeates throughout our pedigrees, and it is with great pride and joy that we present his page on our website.
Purchased by William Randolph Hearst in 1935 from William Robinson Brown during the dispersal of Browns celebrated Maynesboro Stud, Rahas became one of the leading sires of the Hearst Family breeding program at their ranch in San Simeon, California. Rahas was admired both for his gentle disposition and for his ability to sire foals with exceptionally high action. Gladys Brown Edwards in her book The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse mentions that Rahas was described by W.R. Brown in the Maynesboro dispersal catalogue thusly: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\A proven sire of big, able, well-built foals. Ride and drive. I kept this stallion as superior to Champion Bazleyd.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Gladys Brown Edwards goes on to describe Rahas \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\...as standing 15 hands and weighing 1,000 pounds. He was a good saddle horse, and a characteristic of his get is a fast flat-footed walk with lots of impulse.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (p. 232)
Also in our Notebook is mention that Rahas was of a very calm nature, not flighty or nervous, and naturally gaited. We quote Richard Skinner, Manager of the Hearst Ranch, as saying (in quite a disgusted tone of voice): \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\We could be sure that every time Rahas entered the show ring, he was sure to gait and get the gate.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ What a pity that such a soft and easy riding gait is not recognized in the Arabian Show Ring.
~Suzi Morris (Revised and updated 01/20/06)
Bibliography:
Edwards, Gladys Brown, The Arabian War Horse to Show Horse, Arabian Horse Trust, Denver, Colorado. 1980. p. 231-233.
Hearst, Jr., Mrs. William Randolph, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Chapter 11/The Arabians,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ The Horses of San Simeon, San Simeon Press, San Simeon, California. 1985. pp. 180-201.
Personal communication with Richard Skinner, San Simeon, California. November, 1983.
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H, ARABIAN, 1928
