gray 13.3H 1/26/1926-5/11/1953 ARABIAN STALLION


AHR 0000952 (GSB 841, PASB)

Bred by Crabbet Arabian Stud

Imported in 1932 by Roger A. Selby

Later sold in 1949 to Alice Payne after Raffles suffered a broken leg.

1933-National Three-Gaited Champion. (True 5 gaits)  *Raffles is considered one of the most important stallions ever to come to the United States.  His prepotency was due to the fact that he was inbred, a product of his sire, Skowronek, put to his own daughter, *Rifala.  Inbreeding often leads to a loss in size, but it also tends to concentrate the best features of an individual.  It can also concentrate the worst features, quite a gamble.  In *Raffles case, the concentration proved very successful.  He stood 13.3 hands while his dam *Rifala was 13.2.  His prepotency to pass on his inbred qualities made him a highly successful sire.