| Cudglebar Stud has been breeding pure Colonial | | | | prizes for hacking with her. The McDonalds had bred |
| Arabians in Australia since the stud's foundation by | | | | Kasr (foaled 1951, Sala x Esther by Shahzada) and |
| Mary and Jack Ellery and their son Les in 1930. The | | | | leased him to Les for two years in exchange for his |
| Ellerys had been the horse breakers for the McDonald | | | | saddle education. Les bred Yenbo II to him, and |
| stud since its inception in the World War 1 years and | | | | resulting foal was Darik. |
| remained so until the McDonald dispersal in 1953. The | | | | From the Darik line came Australian National |
| two studs enjoyed a close association. | | | | Heavyweight Endurance Horse, Cudglebar Drifter (exp. |
| McDonalds had founded their stud with five Arabians | | | | UAE); Golden Sabre, Line Honours, Sydney to |
| from Brown's stud upon his death, the stallions Harir | | | | Melbourne "Bite the Bullet" 500 Mile Ride, Cudglebar |
| (Berk x Hamasa by Mesaoud x Bint Helwa), Raisuli | | | | Kasr, Heavyweight Winner Stockmans Hall of Fame, |
| (Rief x Ayesha by Rafyk x Namusa), Prince Nejd | | | | and Logie Brae Hassan, National Open Endurance |
| (Shahzada x Nejdmieh) and the full sisters Rabi and | | | | Horse. |
| Sekh (Rafyk x Namusa by Ahmar x Narghileh by | | | | In 1979 and 1980 Les leased the College stallion Helicon |
| Mesaoud). Mr Brown was one of three men who had | | | | from Hyksos Stud. Helicon (Sala x the Jelbart mare |
| purchased Arabians at the dispersal sale of Australia's | | | | Mira by Kataf x Melika) was a 7/8 brother to the dam |
| original stud, Quambi, the others being A.E. Morrow and | | | | of Arcadian, well known as the sire of many |
| the Hon. S. Winter-Cooke. From the Quambi dispersal, | | | | endurance winners including the Quilty winner Robbie, |
| Mr Brown had purchased the stallion Faraoun | | | | and grandsire of BBP Electra Murdoch. Both Helicon's |
| (Mesaoud x Fulana) and the full sisters Sekh, Rabi and | | | | dam Mira and Mira's dam Melika were bred by Mr |
| Anyesa. The Quambi stud was Australia's first Arabian | | | | Jelbart himself. Jelbart's stud had been founded on the |
| stud, founded on importations from the Blunts' Crabbet | | | | lines of Quambi, Winter-Cooke, Leonard-Brown, with |
| Park Stud between 1891 and 1901. Lady Anne Blunt | | | | the addition of the stallion Kataf, imported by Mr |
| subsequently gifted the stallion Rief to Major R. Brown. | | | | Bonython of South Australia in 1935. Kataf's sire was |
| Rief (Sotamn x Ridaa by Merzuk x Rose of Sharon) | | | | bred in the desert, and his dam was of Ali Pasha |
| became an important bloodline for the Cudglebar Stud. | | | | Sherif lines. The NSW Department of Agriculture was |
| The Cudglebar Stud was founded with the purchase | | | | founded on eighteen Jelbart mares. |
| from McDonalds of the stallion Kailhan (Raisuli x Zarif | | | | Helicon was only two generations removed from the |
| by Faraoun), followed later by the stallion Mameluke | | | | desert. From Helicon, Les produced winning |
| (Raisuli x Gadara by the Berk son Harir x Zarif by | | | | Heavyweight endurance horses and 160 km |
| Faraoun) and the lease of the mares Balkis (Shahzada | | | | Endurance Ride winners. |
| x Nejdmieh) and Esther (Shahzada x Miriam by Nadir | | | | In the 1990s Les used Christine Speers' stallion Cairo* |
| x Ranya by Nasik). | | | | whose sire was 100% Australian pure Colonial lines |
| In 1953 Harold McDonald rang Les and said they were | | | | originally exported to New Zealand, and whose dam's |
| dispersing the stud. He told Les he could purchase the | | | | parents Manak and Nuhra were both desert bred. |
| pick of the mares. Les picked out three females,the | | | | Cairo's best performed son is Cudglebar Tarquin, 2006 |
| mare Midi who was in foal to Anouk (Rakib x | | | | National and NSW Lightweight Points Horse and |
| Arabette by Raisuli x Sa-id), the strongly Shahzada | | | | National and NSW Runner up Distance Horse. Les likes |
| bred yearling filly Rumma (Aladdins Lamp x Jeddah by | | | | the desert bred horses close up in a pedigree as he |
| Prince Nejd) and the aged Esther, who did not breed | | | | says that people have not had as long to interfere |
| again. Les was particularly taken with a liver chestnut | | | | with the original type. |
| mare that he had not seen before. Harold told him that | | | | In late 2006 the 83 year old Les Ellery, after decades |
| the mare was 13 y.o., had never been ridden or bred | | | | of drought, decided to move his entire stud to far north |
| from. The mare was Yenbo II, a full sister to the | | | | New Zealand. In 2008, Les returned to Australia, having |
| celebrated sire Zadaran. Les eventually won numerous | | | | left the majority of his horses behind in New Zealand. |