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Imported Foundation Stock of North American Arabian Horses Vol. 1

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This book is wonderful for researching pedigrees and tracking the early arabian imports into North America.

Carol Woodbridge Mulder is an exceptional lady who has know and ridden many of the truly great icons of the breed. A gifted equestrian, her first 28 years were spent in close association with the old W.K. Kellogg Arabian Ranch at Pomona, California. Amongst the many near-legendary horses that she personally knew were *Raseyn, *Raffles, Antez, Alla Amarward, Abu Farwa and *Witez II to name only a few.

Unlike several present day, self-proclaimed "breed authorities" who attempt to bolster their often dubious prestige by claiming some sort of intimate friendship or association with H.H. Reese and Gladys Brown Edwards¯Carol Woodbridge Mulder not only worked closely with the two foremost breed experts of that era, but owned several Arabian horses in partnership with them.

In 1959, at the age of 19, Carol wrote her first magazine article and throughout the ensuing decades published hundreds more enlightening accounts in nearly every Arabian horse magazine that one could name. Her contributions to the heritage and history of the Arabian horse have been tremendous and have greatly benefitted thousands of dedicated students of the breed.


She is the author of a splendid series of three large and exhaustively detailed books titled "Imported Foundation Stock of North American Arabian Horses," which contains an abundance of unique information, statistics and extremely rare photographs of many of the most influential stallions and mares that the breed has ever known. Her detailed and precise documentation of many of the early breeders is likewise exceptional.

Indeed, the accuracy of Carol Woodbridge Mulder's impeccably detailed genealogical data and flawless historic research is far superior to that of ANY other individual that has EVER written about the Arabian horse!