What is a CMK Arabian?
The CMK concept has developed around the effort to maintain traditional using and companion horses such as made the breed’s original reputation in this country, and these lines increasingly are prized for producing examples of the Arabian as a “beautiful generalist” riding horse. The raised awareness of preserving genetic diversity as a form of biological health insurance has reinforced the development of CMK as a preservation breeding movement. Our approach differs from that of some preservation or conservation breeding groups in the Arabian community, because we do not have a closed pedigree requirement. Working with less narrowly defined pedigrees enables us to put more emphasis on retaining a broad base of the original founder animals; watching the development of CMK breeding programs makes it clear that our definition sets off a specific and distinctive kind of horse. We also offer a rallying point for some of the specialty closed pedigree groups that fall within our founder popul
