From our Arieana Notebook: Rustem, foaled at Newbuildings and the property of Wilfrid S. Blunt, was one of Blunt's favorite stallions. A bay with a few white hairs on his forehead and no other white markings, Rustem was favorably compared to *Haleb in style and quality by Charles Hayden, agent for W.R. Brown, at a time in 1918 when Rustem was under consideration for purchase by Brown. Although that sale to Brown did not come to fruition, Mr. Blunt did eventually sell Rustem to Egypt in 1920, and we know Rustem was still alive in 1932 when E.S. Humphrey, then manager of W.R. Brown's Maynesboro Stud and visiting Egypt on behalf of Brown, saw him there, reporting to Brown that Rustem at age 24 had gotten very low in the back and that his Egyptian foals were tied-in at the knee. Here at Arieana Arabians, we are grateful that these traits did not perpetuate into the next generations as we diligently trace back for inheritable traits and qualities in our pedigrees through his lovely English-bred daughters *Ferda and Rayya and their descends.

Source:
Mulder, Carol June Woodbridge. Imported Foundation Stock of North American Arabian Horses, Volume 3. Borden Publishing Company, Los Angeles, California. 1995. p. 251-253.

Pedigree of Rustem GSB #548

For more information on Rustem or to see for yourself how his influence lives on in the prized and cherished horses of Arieana Arabians, please contact us. Visitors are always welcome; appointments are appreciated.

Suzi Morris
ARIEANA ARABIANS
30685 Calle Chueca
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-1601
Phone: 949-248-1260
e-mail: arieana@fea.net