Prides Merit 272847

Bay Stallion foaled March 27, 1982.
Bred by Elizabeth H. Rily, Waddell, Arizona

This beautiful, stylish, upstanding horse, with his spectacular and totally correct natural trot, epitomized much of what many people most desire in Arabian horses.

Not only was Prides Merit an outstanding individual, but he was also very well bred; his pedigree easily explains why he was so good, as well as why he possessed his magnificent trot.

His sire, Aur Pride, was a full-brother to the race winning Aur Patriot. See reference stallion Aur Patriot for pedigree details.

From his dam’s side, Prides Merit carried 25% influence of the highly regarded old Draper breeding program in California; this program blended Crabbet/American lines, with emphasis on Skowronek/*Raseyn, with the lines of the Drapers’ own original Spanish 1934 imports. Prides Merit could boast of two of the Drapers’ most influential founding sires: Sureyn, who in his era sired a great many show champions, and the brilliant trotting Caravan, who lived to be 38 years old. Also in Prides Merit’s dam’s pedigree are seen such American Arabian stallion greats as: the Skowronek son *Raffles, who also had a spectacular trot and was one of the most influential Arabian stallions ever imported to the United States; Alla Amarward, for years one of the three leading sires in North America, who is represented in this pedigree via his son Wardamar Alla; the great progenitor Gulastra, represented via his beautiful son Katar; and the desert bred *Mirage, represented via his son Rifage, who was for many years a chief sire at the yesteryear famous Van Vleet Stud in Colorado.

Pedigree for Prides Merit

Sire line: Barq
Family: Rodania

Sire AUR PRIDE 88328 b 1972 J. Nelson California	AURAB 12488 c 1957 E. Hurlbutt California	AULANI 1801 c 1940	RIFNAS 924	*NASIK 604
				*RIFLA 601
			FOLLYAT 827	BABYAT 460
				FENZILEH 555
		RABNA 3622 c 1946	NARZIGH 1745	GHAZI 560
				NAFARA 839
			RABKHAL 1402	REHAL 504
				RABK 795
	ALYNA 21497 g 1962 J. Nelson California	NATAF 4835 g 1948	FARANA 708	*NASIK 604
				*FARASIN 615
			*INCORONATA 1200	SKOWRONEK
				NISREEN
		ALEBA 4276 g 1947	ALYF 1465	RONEK 807
				FATH 583
			BAZIKH 618	*ABU ZEYD 82
				BAZRAH 378
Dam ALMA-KNIGHT-AKA 104939 g 1974 J. Bruns Minnesota	SUR-KNIGHT 13893 g 1958 J. Draper California	SUREYN 1886 g 1940	*RASEYN 597	SKOWRONEK
				RAYYA
			*CRABBET SURA 1199	SKOWRONKEK
				SARDHANA
		CARMENCITA 2723 c 1943	CARAVAN 1558	RIBAL 397
				FASAL 330
			*MENFIS 1217	EGIPTO
				SIRIA
	BINT-AKA 17881 g 1960 L & M Ranch Colorado	AKA 9957 g 1955	INDY 4382	*RAFFLES 952
				*INDAIA 813
			TAYIBALLEH 4941	WARDAMAR ALLA 2539
				TA'YIBEH 1884
		KASALAH 9051 b 1954	KAHAR 1159	KATAR 724
				NIHT 578
			SALULAH 4643	RIFAGE 1286
				SELTA 1630