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Raffles (horse)
Raffles was an Arabian stallion foaled in 1926 and imported to the United States by Roger Selby in 1932. Raffles was bred by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud.
==Background==
Raffles was a son of the Crabbet foundation sire Skowronek, out of a Skowronek daughter, Rifala. Lady Wentworth deliberately chose an inbreeding cross in hopes of producing a suitable Arabian for crossing on Welsh ponies.〔Edwards ''The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse'' 3rd Rev. Ed. p. 82〕 She partially succeeded, as Raffles only matured to be 13.3 hands.〔Edwards ''The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse'' 3rd Rev. Ed. p. 81〕 However, Raffles never produced any offspring in England, and it is generally thought that his handlers at Crabbet believed he was sterile.〔Carpenter ''Arabian Legends'' p. 140-153〕
He came to America as a free gift included with a group of Arabians that Roger Selby purchased from Lady Wentworth,〔Conn ''The Arabian Horse in America'' p. 178〕 Selby had previously purchased Raffles' dam, Rifala in 1928.〔〔Archer ''The Arabian Horse'' p. 16〕 There is an alternative theory to why Raffles was given to Selby; in January 1932, Selby told Lady Wentworth that Rifala was infertile, thus, rather than being a sterile throwaway, a gift of a perfectly fertile Raffles was a replacement.〔〔Magid "The Selby Importations: A Re-Evaluation" ''Arabian Horse Times'' May 1991 p. 38-49〕 However, at the time Rifala was in foal to a Saddlebred, and safely delivered the foal later in 1932.〔
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