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12 Mr. Versatility: Nusabre 16 Stakes Racing in the U.S. 18 Racing in the UAE

Editor’s Notes Notes from the Ovals Leading Earners List of Runners

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Just Talkin’ by Michael Economopoulos Making Claims by Joe Nevills Equi Tech by Dr. Deb Powell The Backside by Steve Heath

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Al Shamoos (No Risk Al Maury x Hamiya by Al Hasim) wins the world's richest Arabian race, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown (Gr.1). Photo credit Nils Rosenkjaer. Design by Corliss Hazard.

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By Stephanie Ruff I came into the Arabian horse racing industry in 1993. Much of the talk focused on questioning the validity of Burning Sand's, Victorias Secrett's and Unchained Melody's parentage. Fred's Revenge and Tinkerbell had their certificates of registrations cancelled because the horses were not who their papers represented them to be.

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I am equal parts angry and sad about this situation. I wish people did not feel the need to cheat in anything, not just horse racing. In addition, the timing of these horses really doesn't help our industry, which has not rebounded from the Great Recession. We are already a struggling, and this is a definite black mark. The after-effects are far reaching

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Foreign Influence I'm happy to have two new faces in this Arabian Finish Line - though they are not new faces in the industry.

Photographer Nils Rosenkjaer's portrait graces the issue's cover, and his photo and the writings of Deidre Hyde review the early stages of the new racing season in the UAE. Racing in the Middle East is going quite well, with full fields and exciting finishes. U.S.-bred horses, or those from U.S.-bred heritage, hold their own against stiff competition. The U.S. continues to breed some outstanding horses of which we can be very proud.

End of the Year I am writing this, quite literally, on Christmas Eve. For those who think owning a magazine is glamorous, it is, in fact, not. It is hard work (no, not physically hard, but it does require a lot of focus and concentration) and long hours. It requires me to take time whenever I can to get the job done. I am working concurrently on the Stallion Guide, which will be coming out right on the heels of this magazine. Some of the best stallions in the world are advertised there so I encourage you to take a look.

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Certificate of Registration Cancelled on Two Horses From the Arabian Jockey Club Following an investigation, the Arabian Horse Association has cancelled the Certificate of Registration for the following two horses on the grounds that neither of the horses were the subject of the Certificate of Registration issued.

- So Big Boy 669936, owned by Mark Powell, raced under Powell Boys Stable and trained by Scott Powell.

- Bigg Girl 676161, owned by Mark Powell, raced under Powell Boys Stable and trained by Scott Powell.

The Arabian Jockey Club can state that the horses presented as So Big Boy and Bigg Girl did not qualify via DNA test as offspring of the dam identified on their Certificates of Registration. Both horses qualified via DNA test as offspring of the sire identified on their Certificates of Registration.

The Arabian Jockey Club has no information to suggest that the purebred status of the reported sire and either reported dam is in question; however, DNA testing confirmed that the reported dams are not the actual dams of the two horses in question.

The Arabian Jockey Club recognizes that further proceedings and actions may result from the cancellation of these Certificates of Registration, but cannot and will not speculate about those outcomes. The Arabian Jockey Club will endeavor to report those outcomes as they become known.

This unfortunate incident is limited to these two horses. It is very sad that our entire racing community has been under a cloud as a result.

The Arabian Jockey Club and the Arabian Horse Association is dedicated to the integrity of racing and the Arabian horse. The new requirements for obtaining a Certificate of Racing to include a second DNA test and microchipping, as well as continued random DNA testing, will help to ensure this never happens again.

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MR.NUSABRE, VERSATILITY: 1995 HALL OF

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In the late 1950s, newlyweds Austin and Hazel Lucas embarked on what proved to be an extraordinarily successful venture: breeding and training winning Arabian racehorses. It all began on their ranch in Potter Valley, Calif. Among their earliest purchases was the bay mare Nevada Star, bred by George Burke. Her sire was the famous *Lotnik (Opal x Mokka), one of the pure Polish “prizes of war” liberated from the German forces at the end of World War II. Although *Lotnik—whose name means “flyer” in Polish—did not race, he and his descendants did sire some talented racehorses. *Lotnik’s only Polish-bred son, Laur, won the Polish Derby and Criterium Stakes, and his only filly born in Poland, Lanca, won four races. In the U.S., *Lotnik’s race winners included Daraffey and the Lucases’ Nevada Star. *Lotnik’s son Laur sired Semen, twotime winner of the Criterium Stakes as well as the Polish Derby.

Laur was also the sire of the excellent broodmare Worskla, the dam of *Wosk, winner of the Polish Derby and five other stakes.

Worskla also produced the race winner Wilma, dam of the Arabian Racing Hall of Fame inductee *Wiking.

Nevada Star’s dam was Tunis (Dakar x Arabel), who was of primarily Crabbet breeding. Tunis produced race winner Nusikin and was the granddam of five race winners: LAS Feraante (out of Tunis’s daughter Numaana), and Nusabre, LA Cozmo, LAS Star Trek, and LAS Czebelle (out of Nevada Star).

Around the same time they acquired Nevada Star, the Lucases also purchased their first herd sire, Nusik (Sikin x Nusara), a bay stallion of Crabbet bloodlines, bred by the Kellogg Ranch.

According to writer and breeder Herbert Reese, “Nusik was leader of the Liberty Drill [in Kellogg’s well-attended Sunday Shows]. At the time it was composed of bay stallions.” Nusik’s sire, Sikin, was considered by Reese to be an English Pleasure-type horse, while his dam, Nusara, had been used as a polo pony and a trail horse.

Nusik sired 33 foals, including four race winners: the full siblings Beau Nusik and Beau Reshan, Nusikin (out of Tunis), and Nusabre (out of Nevada Star). The 1999 Darley Horse of the Year, Royal Atheena, was a descendant of Nusik through his son Beau Nusik.

Nevada Star was bred to Nusik four times, producing two chestnut fillies (Nugalaxy in 1959 and Nusonika in 1960) and two bay colts (Nusabre in 1961 and Nucalibre in 1963). Nusik evidently died sometime in 1962, because his last foals were born in 1963; a June 6, 1963 article in the Ukiah Daily Journal referred to him as “the Lucas’ late, great stallion.” Nucalibre, Nusabre’s full brother, also may have died young, as the registry records do not list any foals by him, nor do they indicate that he was gelded or sold.

Also in 1963, the Lucases “trailered their considerable equine stock from Potter Valley to Fernley [in Nevada] … for relief from the bitter chills and soaring costs of Potter ranching [and] plunged into Arabian horse racing,” according to a December 21, 1982 Ukiah Daily Journal article.

At their new home in Nevada, Hazel Lucas began conditioning her horses for the track. She outlined her training philosophy in a June 1972 Arabian Horse World article: “For owners who believe they may have racing prospects but are wary of the cost of sending them ‘green’ on the pari-mutuel circuit until their ability can be appraised, racing under International’s Show Racing Regulations is an excellent starting ground in that owners may train, condition, and — if they wish — ride their own horses in the races. The advantages become three-fold, for you as well as your horse become conditioned, healthy individuals and the cost is minimal. When you send your horse on to race pari-mutuelly, her or she needs only the fine finishing.”

Also in the article, Hazel compared the careers of two of her homebreds, Nusabre and his paternal half-brother, Beau Reshan: “While Sabre has been on the pari-mutuel track for five consecutive seasons, Beau Reshan…has traveled with me over a period of eight years attending show races wherever we could ‘find’ them—from border to border and into Canada, and as far east as Springfield, Illinois.” On one of these cross-country treks, Nusabre’s dam Nevada Star (then an 11-year-old broodmare) made her racing debut in a half-mile race in Boise, Idaho—and won!

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A year after his mother broke her maiden, Nusabre’s racing career got underway. In 1964, prior to the introduction of pari-mutuel races in the U.S., he ran five times—at Boise, Idaho and two racetracks in California (Santa Rosa and Del Mar). He broke his maiden on his third attempt (his only win of the year) and finished on the board in two other starts.

In 1966, five-year-old Nusabre competed in the 100-mile Tevis Cup, but did not finish; several hours into the race, his rider, Pat Fitzgerald, voluntarily “pulled” Nusabre near Devil’s Thumb, a portion of the course that is known to be particularly “precipitous,” according to posted signs.

In 1967, Nusabre was shipped to Evangeline Downs, in Lafayette, La., where the nation’s first Arabian pari-mutuel races were held.

Nusabre ran twice during the meet. On September 2, he finished second to El Gohari and, a week later, he finished out of the money behind *Orzel.

In 1968, Nusabre was shipped to Phoenix, where he ran at Turf Paradise four times, winning once and finishing third twice. (One of those third-place finishes was behind *Orzel and Kontiki.) He also competed in four show races in Idaho and California, winning them all.

won one race over *Sambor while giving the latter a pound, and finished third once.

In 1969, Nusabre raced seven times, racking up three wins and a third at Turf Paradise. Among those wins was a victory over El Gohari, who’d defeated him at Evangeline Downs.

Nusabre’s last year of racing, 1971, was also spent at Turf Paradise.

In five starts, the 10-year-old stallion finished second once and third three times.

In 1970, Nusabre spent the season at Turf Paradise, where he

The Lucases’ homebred stallion compiled a record of 6/33(10-3-8)

Photo courtesy of Arabian Horse Yearbook 1964.

Nusabre ad from 1972.

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between 1964 and 1971. He ran on a variety of tracks, faced off against the best horses of his era, and won at distances ranging from a half-mile to 1 ½ miles. During his racing years, he also served as a trail horse (both competitive and for pleasure) and as a breeding stallion. Hazel Lucas noted that he was “ridden on trail rides, trotting all out for miles, mannerly and tractable.” A good disposition and aptitude for both trail riding and flat racing would appear in his offspring as well.

Interestingly, the bay stallion *Wosk—a relative of Nusabre’s via *Lotnik, also was born in 1961, also ran for six years (in Poland) and compiled a very similar race record: 6/31(10-7-6).

Furthermore, after *Wosk was imported to the U.S., he—like Nusabre—sired race winners as well as endurance horses.

Nusabre’s first foal, the chestnut filly Nusabrena, arrived in 1965, and his last foal, LAS Enchante (later exported to Qatar), was born in 1981, when he was 20. In 1982, Nusabre was found to have a testicular tumor; to save his life, this valuable sire was castrated.

He lived for another 12 years, dying in 1994 at 33, the same age attained by his dam Nevada Star.

Nusabre was the sire of one stakes winner, LAS Enchante, and at least 15 race winners, including: Saqqara, LAS Nutron, LAS Magi, Sporting Sabre, Qaafra, LAS Star Trek, Avant Sabre, Sabre Jet, LAS Triton, FA Sorceress, JMR Nurife, JMR Ahmose, Venus Starlette, LAS Hilare, and Sabre Chant, four-time California Horse of the Year. In addition, Nusabre’s son LAS Talasman was a hardy endurance horse, racking up 4,850 competition miles.

From their earliest days as breeders, the Lucases experimented with linebreeding and inbreeding. Race winner LAS Star Trek, for example, was by Nusabre out of his own dam, Nevada Star. And when bred to Nusabre, the mare Sher Venus—out of Nusabre’s full sister, Nugalaxy—produced race winners LAS Nutron, Sporting Sabre, LAS Triton, and Venus Starlette.

Over the years, it has become clear that Nusabre excelled as a broodmare sire. Two of his daughters, LAS Hilare and LAS Tigre Lil, were named to the Hall of Fame in 1996 and 1997, respectively. LAS Hilare produced three stakes winners, Sayhi MC, Iam No Fool, and Hilarius, and two race winners, Flaming Gal and Proof Positive. LAS Tigre Lil was the dam of stakes winners Ticket Of Leave, Tigress Lass, Jolly By Golly, and Tigres Light, and race winners MAS Hosanna, Tigre Lilleh, Fast Forward, Flaming Tigre, and Philly Buster.

Dixie Darlene, a descendant of Nusabre through his daughter Dahshur, was named Darley Horse of the Year in 1998. She went on to produce five Darley champions: the mares Dixies Delight, Ms Dixie, Dixies Valentine, and Dixie Dance, and the stallion Grilla, sire of two winners from only three foals to race so far.

In 1995, the inaugural class was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

It included Kontiki, *Orzel, *Sambor, Samtyr, *Mohacz—and Nusabre. That year, Nusabre’s breeder/owner/rider, Hazel Lucas, was posthumously inducted into the Tent of Honor. A 1995 article in this magazine that honored Hazel’s induction recalled that she worked “to give Arabian racing prestige…and also proved herself an astute breeder.” Nusabre and his many successful relatives and descendants are the proof of the Lucases’ vision.

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Stakes Racing in the U.S.

Quick Sand AA's winning connections jockey Rodolfo Guerra (far left) and trainer Jerenesto Torrez (third from left) accept the winning trophy from TABA President Ed Wilson (second from left). Photo by Dustin Orona Photography.

QUICK SAND AA DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. WINS THE GRADE 3 CRYSTAL & COMPANY ARABIAN STALLION STAKE It’s always a thrill when a homebred horse wins for his owners, but it would be hard to top having bred two horses that finished first and second in a race. That’s exactly how it played out in the eighth edition of the Grade 3, Crystal & Company Arabian Stallion Stakes at Lone Star Park on November 9.

Betty and Joseph Gillis’ QUICK SAND AA (Burning Sand x Triumphs Silkie, by Seyvilla Triumph) got the victory in the one mile contest ¾ of a length in front of the Gillis’ EASTER MAN. Fractional times were 28.24; 54.81 and 1:20.87 with a final of 1:47.17. Both are trained by Jerenesto Torrez.

It was jockey Ernesto Valdez-Jiminez on EASTER MAN who went to the front and was well-rated setting the pace. Winning rider Rodolfo Guerra aboard QUICK SAND AA raced on the inside and rated just off the leader making a bid in the far turn and putting a head in front at the quarter pole. The pair battled through the stretch, and the winner proved best under strong urging. It was seven lengths to UPTOWN SANDY GIRL in third. TIFFANYS DREAM, DBON TEMP ROULER and FLEET DE SAND completed the order of finish.

Mutuals on the winner paid $3.20 and $2.10. Second place paid $3.20. There was no show wagering on the race.

The win puts QUICK SAND AA’s perfect win streak at six straight this year. The 5-year-old stallion upped his career earnings to $272,231.

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By Deidre Hyde Racing is dear to the hearts of many in the UAE, and Emiratis are fortunate that the rulers and government give the sport considerable support. This has encouraged an annual increase in horses, owners and trainers. As I write, 238 new equine recruits have taken part in the official barrier trials, which young horses must pass before they can race; a very healthy situation for the season ahead.

The first Arabian meeting, which was in Abu Dhabi, provided exciting races and the renewal of the battle between two of the major owner/breeders: Al Asayl Stables of The President HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (and home to a considerable number of Rosebrook Farm-bred Arabians) and Al Awir Farm of Mr. Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda. They ended the night with two wins each. Ellal 3yrs (TH Richie x Lujain by Amer) and Darius Du Paon 5yrs (No Risk Al Maury x Safira Du Paon by Akbar) trained by Eric Le Martinel for Al Asayl. Whilst AF Waqas 5yrs (AF Al Buraq x AF Kalrami by Ouragan Du Cayrou) and AF Yatroq 5yrs (AF Al Buraq x Nuzhaat by Izentespeshal) trained by Ernst Ortel were winners for Al Awir. However, this was just a prologue to the next meeting with the 1.2 million euro Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown (Group 1).

The Jewel Crown meeting not only hosts the richest Arabian race in the world, but also the finals of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Apprentice Jockeys World Championship (IFHRA) and the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship (IFAHR). These races are invitational for the winners of the qualifying races held around the world by the Sheikh Mansour Global Arabian Flat Racing Festival run under the supervision of its Executive Director Lara Sawaya. The result was a clean sweep for Germany with Esther Weissmeier taking the Apprentice Championship on Harrab 4yrs (Mahabb x Habaib by Al Sakbe) trained by Jean De Roualle for Yas Horse Race Management LLC and Rebecca Danz on Asyyad 4yrs (Burning Sand x Miledy Del Ma by Kesberoy) who won the Ladies Championship for HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and trainer Eric Lemartinel who also trained the next three placed horses! These races give an exceptional chance for the jockeys to experience international racing and all the razzmatazz of a big occasion.

Fourteen runners lined up for the Jewel Crown, seven trained outside UAE and two of these International horses sparked considerable interest. They had been the winners of the two major Arabian races sponsored

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by Qatar at the Prix De L’Arc de Triomphe meeting in Longchamps in October. Al Shamoos 4yrs (No Risk Al Maury x Hamiya by Al Hasim), winner of the Qatar Arabian Prix Des Juments and Fazza Al Khalediah 4 yrs (Jalnar Al Khalidiah x Assma Al Khalediah by Amer), winner of the Qatar Arabian World Cup. The Jewel Crown race is a hard test for local horses as it comes so soon after the long hot summer, and most local horses will not have run since last March. It certainly did not help homebred ES Ajeeb 4yrs (Big Easy x Bent Al Asayl by Djebel Lotois), previously the easy winner of three of his five starts. He likes to set off in front, but this time by the home turn, he faded away leaving Al Shamoos in front. Travelling very easily, she pulled away from the field and whilst her win was never in doubt, Fazza Al Khalediah, who had been slow to start and had travelled second to last until the final bend, started gaining with every stride.

However, the winning post came too soon leaving Al Shamoos to claim the crown and the Dh3,000,000 ($815,000) purse by a length. The time for the race was 1:42:19, which is still just over two seconds short of Unchainedd Melody’s record of 1:40:12 set on this track in 1998.

Al Shamoos was bred in France by Dr. Mohammed Al Nujaifi, and her sire No Risk Al Maury (Kesberoy – Nectarine Al Maury) comes from the famous family of Nevada II. He won 17 races from 25 starts and raced until he was nine years old. He was a Champion racehorse in UK and UAE as well as Leading Racehorse in Europe and the Middle East. Nowadays he is also proving an excellent sire producing winners in UK, Europe, Middle East and USA. Al Shamoos’ dam, Hamiya, was bred in Iraq where she won 10 races before going to France for breeding. To date she has produced eight foals, and all that have raced have won. Dr. Nujaifi’s horses are managed in France by Val Bunting. She tells how it had been decided to breed Hamiya to No Risk Al Maury, but before they made the booking, Dr. Nujaifi went to the Breeders Challenge meeting in France where a draw is held for stallion nominations. Dr. Nujaifi took part and much to his surprise and delight who did he pull but No Risk Al Maury! A little bit of magic was attached to this mating from the start.

As a three-year-old, Al Shamoos was tall and immature, so wisely she was given time and only raced once for education. This season, now four, she has become

a racehorse. Not surprisingly over the summer she caught the eye of several people, amongst whom was HE Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He caught the racing bug when at University in USA, and he has always been astute. He was amongst the first Middle Eastern owners of French Arabians, and he was now back in the market. Just four days before the Qatar Arabian Prix Des Juments at Lonchamps, a deal was finalized and Sheikh Tahnoon became Al Shamoos’ new owner. It must have given Sheikh Tahnoon great pleasure to win this race, especially in The Year of Zayed, the centenary of his father’s birth.

November 15 saw the opening meeting in Al Ain and it was Eric Lemartinel’s turn for a treble with Joori 5yrs (Mahabb – Nevada Du Loup by Manganate), RB Money to Burn 3yrs (Majd Al Arab – RB Burn Baby Burn by TH Richie), and Tawazun 5yrs (Calin Du Loup – Haifa’a

by Dorwan Du Cayrou). RB Money to Burn is a beautiful filly and she ran like a potential superstar, winning very easily by 9 lengths in the colors of Sheikha Alyasia Bint Sultan Al Nahyan who plays a major role in the management of Al Asayl Stables.

As the season unfolds, several sires are standing out, not surprisingly in the lead is AF Al Buraq (Amer x Al Hanouf by Sabaan). He was widely used by Mr. Al Nabooda before he left to join Haras De Faust in France for Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Not so far behind is Mahabb (Tahar De Candelon x Joyzell by JAF Orphatyn) bred by HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and also standing in France. TH Richie (Calin Du Loup x Char Rich Louise

by ZT Ali Baba) has been key in recent success for Al Asayl along side Big Easy (Burning Sand x Refleksja

by Gwydion) who has four winners so far.

The first race of the season to be held at Meydan was the Group 2 Bani Yas, 1400m (7f). Fourteen runners went to post, and it looked like a very open race.

However, the only four-year-old, ES Ajeeb, having his second start of the season, used his speed and length of stride to track over to the rail from a bad draw. He bowled along in front and there he stayed, although Mawahib 5yrs (Abu Alemarat x Fraynce by Dormane), fourth in the Jewel Crown, almost caught him on the line. His jockey Sam Hitchcott explained that really he is a 6 furlong horse, and it was bravery that helped him keep his nose in front to the line. This was a first win at Meydan for trainer Ibrahim Aseel.

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As of this writing, RB Burn (Majd Al Arab x Burnie Gee PW by Burning Sand) is retiring to stud and will join the fabulous Al Asayl stallion roster. His race record 16(4-6-2-1) includes two wins and eight places in Group races. With his interesting pedigree based on the top class U.S. domestic Arabian damline of Kyla Tiki, this is just the mix that should help Al Asayl to continue to produce big race winners.

Full information and results can be found on the Emirates Racing Authority website, www.emiratesracing.com.

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Look who won breeder money in 2018!

Dennis & Paula Hughes (Fortaissa) BEGINNING IN 2020 Eric and Randi Moreau-Sipiere (Foxy Roxy, Omega CS) ONLY NOMINATED RUNNERS Joe & Betty Gillis (Big Ben AA-twice, Burn Em Joey- twice) Dianne Waldron (RB Texas Hold Em- twice) WILL RECEIVE INCENTIVE FUNDS Jim Schleimer and Nicki Forbes-Robinson (Madjestic) Rancho Milagro Yegua (My Conns Kougar, My Werners Equinox) BE READY TO KEEP COLLECTING Christine Byrom (RU Mystified-twice) EXTRA MONEY AFTER Rita De Leon (WMA Atlantic-twice, WMA Silver Sand) THE FREE RIDE ENDS DECEMBER 2019.

Krista and Jon Henningsgard (Uptown Sweet Caroline) Alan Kirshner and Deb Mihaloff (Royal Moonlight) NOMINATE YOUR STALLIONS & FOALS NOW! Mandolynn Hill Farm (Marsanne MHF) Jane Teutsch (Fleet De Sand, Dbon Temp Rouler) Jesse Davis (Bygollitzaphilly) It’s very easy, very inexpensive, Sam Vasquez (Burning Vaz) and every breeder large or small has a great Mohammed A El Said (Nevour Say Never, Desert Dew) chance to earn rewards.

Red Cloud Farms (Aurum Rex) Breeders of Arabian Racehorses pick up an additional $500 each time horses they bred place 1st, 2nd or 3rd in ARC races.

Nominations due December 31st each year. Runner nomination lasts lifetime. Stallion nominations due annually.

Find program details, 2018 winners, stallions list, and official nomination forms on the website.

Questions? Contact Michelle Morgan, ARC Chief Steward, mandolynn44@gmail.com

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u.n:told stories of horse life

By Steve Heath

Fun facts about sleigh bells • Sleigh bells, or jingles bells, are a type of bell that produces a distinctive jingle sound.

They are in the percussion family of instruments.

• The bells are made from sheet metal bent into a spherical shape with a small ball bearing or short metal rod placed inside to create the jingle sound.

• In Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Egypt, small bells were commonly suspended from the trappings of horses, mules, and camels.

• Centuries ago, sleigh bells were fastened to horses to signal the approach of someone important or to warn pedestrians of an approaching vehicle. Sleighs were unable to stop quickly enough so they needed a warning sound.

• William Barton opened the first U.S. sleigh bell company in East Hampton, Conn. in 1810. East Hampton eventually became known as “Belltown” because it produced so many bells.

• Sleigh bells, or jingles, are rarely used to produce specific pitches.

• The song "Jingle Bells," also known as “One Horse Open Sleigh,” is one of the most popular and most recorded songs on Earth. It was written in 1857 by James Lord Pierpont and was originally meant for Thanksgiving.

• Sleigh bells were one of the first instruments played in space. In 1965, Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra smuggled bells and a harmonica onto their spacecraft and played "Jingle Bells" for mission control as a light-hearted holiday joke.

• The affluent ornamentally wore bells as a symbol of wealth and status.

• In old Pagan beliefs, jingle bells were used to ward off bad luck, diseases, and evil spirits. Today, some motorcyclists strap small bells to their handlebars to ward off road demons.

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