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Overview
Deceased 1921
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A Keheilan,bred in the Desert of Arabia by the Anazeh tribe. Imported into India in 1897,for racing and especially chosen by a friendly Arab Sheykh for Major Ralph Broome, Remounts Agent for the Government in Bombay. Measures 7.3/4 below the knee. Exported to England 1901. AHS.Vol.I.p.39. Dwarka, who earned himself the title of The Marvel, was registered in the General Stud Book. Sold to Mrs. Atkinson and imported to England in 1901 where he served as her sidesaddle field hunter. Later owned by Captain W.A. McDougall AVD, of the Scaurs, Jedburgh. In 1916 when Dwarka was 24 years old, Dwarka was either leased or sold to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII of England) where he stood at stud at his Tor Royal Stud, Devonshire. Destroyed at Tor Royal in 1921 at age 29, Dwarka's skeleton was donated to the British Museum. Today at Arieana Arabians the blood of Dwarka lives on in our bloodstock through his son *Aldebar. (Notes on Dwarka see Desertbreds, Writers and Errors, and Other Thingsby Gladys Brown Edwards. Arabian Horse World, March 1973.)
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Awards & Recognition
Dwarka was a winner of 12 out of 15 events on the flat, including the Hurricane Stakes, Rawal Pindi Spring Meeting 1898, where he did the mile in 1.53 4-5ths easily. He has also won numerous Gymkhanas races and other events, considered one of the best Arabs of the day in India. Won 1st prize in the Ladies Hacks.
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