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THE PARTIAL HERD DISPERSAL IS NOW COMPLETE.
There are still several horses for sale to a good home.
Please contact Pat Sims at (434) 535 - 8785 or Vivian Mack (757) 647 - 7826 for more information, or email OakLawnArab@aol.com.
Oak Lawn Farm has been in my family for over 120 years. We acquired our first half Arabian in 1978 and her foal was born the following spring. Most of our early exposure to the Arabian breed was from working and spending time with retired trainer and breeder Lee Purcell. My first two purebred Arabians came from Lee in 1985, Deerfield Tilly and Zur El Gandhy. From these two horses, our herd grew to the current 49 Arabians and part-bred Arabians.
The focus of the Oak Lawn Farm breeding program has been temperament, conformation, movement and type. We feel that a willing and friendly temperament is the key to Arabian type. An Arabian with a willing mind and giving heart is key to producing horses that can be used, and ridden by adults and children alike. While athletic ability is important, and we look for a free ground-covering stride, we do not find that size is an issue. Arabians come in all sizes and our herd is a reflection of this.
Attention is given to overall conformation and not just a few select parts of the horse. This gives us consistency in the type of horses that we would like to provide to the public. When choosing a stud to be used in our program, when there is a choice within one bloodline, we pick the one with a better temperament and those that are better movers over ones that have a pretty head or particular color. Our senior stallion Zur El Gandhy is such a good example of this type horse. He has been used for a show horse, breeding sire, school horse, family pleasure horse and trail horse. Gandhy is the type of horse we wish to produce. Gandhy was bred by the late Lee Purcell and his wife Faith who crossed Spanish Arabians with those that were line-bred Skowronek. Gandhy's foals excel when it comes to being all around good using horses. They are being used for show, fox hunting, endurance, trail, pony club, dressage and much more important is that they love people and are good with children. Many years after selling one of Gandhy's half-Arab geldings, we received an e-mail from the owner stating that she wanted to know where he came from and she stated that he was the best first horse anyone could ask for. This is what we want to hear from those that buy our horses.
We feel fortunate to have been able to have access to several good stallions that were able to forward our goals. The most important of these is Lewisfield Sunraf. In his last two years of life he gave us five daughters out of four different mare lines that are producing very well. Later we were able to use *Farodar , Amyr Count Raffne, and Great Gainey leased to us by Dr Richard Stoneback and Randy Stoneback. Others we have used and retained daughters by *Kabull, Perrier PHP, Untouchable, and IWA Rafkahn Zefyr. These stallions have strengthened our herd and helped diversify the gene pool. Their offspring are now crossing well together. We are currently using three sire lines and six mare lines. We have tried using other lines, but at this time are using Spanish, GSB and CMK Arabian lines.
Continued - Why These Bloodlines
 The Eastern Crabbet Arabian Horse Society was established in 1994 to provide information about, and promote, Crabbet bloodlines. To find out more information about ECAHS, such as becoming a member, upcoming events, and certifying your Crabbet horses visit their website at www.ecahs.org.
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