In keeping with our recent look at “the versatile Arabian” has any horse done more to promote the Arabian breed outside of the breed than Cass Ole, the star of the movie based on Walter Farley’s book “The Black Stallion”? In January of 1981, we presented a series of articles based on the iconic book, including Lucille Shuler’s interviews with Walter Farley, Cass Ole’s breeder/owner Francesca Cuello and trainer Margo Smith, and the young star of the movie Kelly Reno; and an article on Cass Ole’s bloodlines by Gladys Brown Edwards.
