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Arabian and Half-Arabian Horse Show at the P.N.E.

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Beauty, brains and breeding

By MARILYN JOHNSON

It all started with a
half-Arabian named
Dancer which her
parents bought for her

when she was thirtéen,

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of the horse herself,

possibly assuming that
that was the sure way of
curing her of a passing
craze, or perhaps they
recognized the unusual
discipline and sense of
purpose their daughter
possessed.

Dancer was two and half
when Nadine Johnston got
him. She broke him and
trained him and = won
competitions with him,
including a Show Hack
Championship at the P.N.E.
And she looked after him.

She cleaned his stall
every day and fed him every
morning. and every night.
Weekends and Wednesday
evenings during the school
term she worked at Capilano
Pet Hospital, working there

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Probably there are North
Shores residents who will
remember seeing red-haired
Nadine riding a big chestnut
horse with three white socks
and a blaze as the two
travelled between Capilano
River and Deep Cove.

BECOMING
KNOWN

Now at the age of 20,
Nadine is becoming known
in the horse world in the
training and breeding
horses, as well as for
showing horses. She is co-
owner with her fiance of a

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12-acre farm in Aldergrove
where she has eight Arabians
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“The Arabian is the most
beautiful of all breeds. For
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anything, they have been
bred for animation.

“An Arabian horse kind of
glows. It carries itself; it has
presence.”

The main colors’ for
Arabians are bay, grey and
chestnut. They also come in
liver chestnut, a roaning of
the chestnut, black, seal
bay, and brown. They may
have white socks, a star, ora
blaze.

OLDEST BREED

The Arabian is the oldest
breed of horse, having

originated in the deserts of
Egypt and Arabia, and
records of their breeding
have been meticulously kept
over the centuries.

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Canadian papers will show
its pedigree going back four
generations. For a pedigree
extension, “going right back
to the desert-bred horses”,
you can write to the
Canadian registry of
National Livestock Records
in Ottawa.

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BASIC TYPES

There are three basic
types of Arabian: the Polish,
bred for endurance and
speed; the Egyptian, very
antique, beautiful, and kind
of “desert-y"; and the

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