The Blue Arabian Horse Catalog

The "Blue Catalog" as it was frequently called was compiled by Miss Jane Ott, and published in 1961 with updates through 1969. Miss Ott's mother, Mrs. John Ott was an outspoken proponent of her daughter's project. The Otts deserve credit for being among the mid-twentieth century American preservationists. In her catalog, Miss Ott describes it's purpose as follows:

"The Blue Arabian Horse Catalog is published to encourage the preservation and increased production of the type of Arabian Horse originally found in the possession of the Bedouin tribes of Arabia, and bred in other countries by breeders whose foundation stock was drawn entirely from those tribes. The Catalog is devoted to those bloodlines which its sponsors believe to be suitable for that purpose, and is designed to help American breeders identify those animals still living ..... the catalog contains every animal - good, bad, and indifferent - which is bred entirely from those foundation bloodlines the sponsors believe suitable for maintaining the kind of horse the Catalog is designed to preserve."

Miss Ott divided the horses she found eligible into two categories. If, in her opinion, the animals had no recorded crosses to the Muniqi strain they were called "Blue Star" , while the others were termed "Blue List". She also identified some bloodlines as "sub-lists".

There is no Blue Catalog organization. Only Miss Ott can designate whether or not she considers an individual horse to be eligible for her Blue Catalog if it were to be updated. Miss Ott has not updated the Blue Catalog after 1969, so it is not known whether she would accept the numerous bloodlines imported to the U.S.A. since then.

**It should also be noted that when referring to a horse of "Blue Star" or "Blue List" breeding, that these horses are referred to as "Blue Star Eligible" or "Blue List Eligible" as only the horses that were actually included in Miss Ott's lists can be considered "Blue Star" or "Blue List".  Since the last updates were in 1969, it is unlikely that there are any of the original individuals remaining.

This material has been provided by AL KHAMSA, Inc., a not-for-profit organization whose business office is located at:

7275 Manchester Road, Capron, IL 61012.

Phone: (815) 737-8102

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