Arabian Horse Thread....picture heavy

[geebs]

I love the baby pix you can sure see the Kohelian line in them... Nice jibba and dry look... SWEET

 

[michickenwrangler]

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I personally love Crabbet lines. Approx. 50% Crabbet, 50% Polish to me is the perfect Arab. A lot of Crabbet and Davenport Arabs make great endurance horses. My horses are CMK-Polish crosses.

 

[EweSheep]

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She has double Bask on both sides......just awesome how Bask lines can be pretty strong and the "tradition" carries on.

Thank you for looking that up and giving that info pretty interesting. What did the arabs look like in the war times? If I remember right I think AHA said also some tb/qh lines way back.

From what I remember of the history, Barbs and TB was around but the Arabians were there MUCH longer. Some of the TBs had Arabian blood in them waaaaaaay back. As for QH blood, NOT! So I am certain that Arabians were around for a very long time before the breeds started popping up.

The old Arabians were more dryier in look, more refined and leaner. If you can look at the old Ansata Arabians...Ansata Ibn Halima would be a good example of the old classic Arabian. And they were smaller than today's Arabians.

I like the Crabbet lines because of their versitality...my first Arabian gelding 3/4 flea bitten grey was heavy Raffles, he taught me alot as being a green horn I was. I rode the trails all over and he loved it. Until he could not keep up, I had to sell him for a younger horse. Thanks Ranger, for the good times and teaching me to ride and learn horse!

Personally as beautiful as they are, I HATED the Russian/Egyptian crosses.....that is just one personal experience with ONE mare, which she was a complete Nutso. She should not have been used for breeding at all. All I can remember the farm color she was from, purple and gold/yellow and popular with Russian horses. I thought Jeanne was out of her mind when she bought this filly!

 

[wyndski]

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Exactly!!!

Most of the things mentioned by the OP message about the filly has more to do with being a young filly than just being arab. Babies are silly and do silly things in all breeds. Horses are herd animals and most do not like to be alone, but if they are kept alone when you interduce new animals later in life they will not know how to act around them not being socialized. Just like a kid or a dog that has not been socialized, it takes time. Arabs are smart and if you as a owner do not want to be in charge they will gladly take the job. Plus they get bored easily especially when young and will make up their own fun if there is not any horses for them to play with. If you let them get away with something once they will try it again at some point to see if you will again. Once you understand and gain the respect of a Arabian they will do anything for you and you will not want to go back to just a regular horse.

 

[WIChookchick]

There are countries who specialized in breeding arabians, and that is reflected in their unique characteristics, Polish lines with Raffles, They have state run studs, and they have rounder, larger boned type of arabs.
Egyptian, which are very refined, usually like grey hounds, thin, long and some what narrow chested.
Spanish, which are some what undistictive, but I have heard some what more like Andulusians in looks but typy like a typical arab.
Russian, which are tall, and with good legs, not so round, and not as nice of heads. BUT nice minded horses.
Crabbet lines, which are either american or english, some what stockier, and "old fashioned" looking...
There are a LOT of mixing now adays... such as the refined heads of the egyptians on the body type of the polish...

The original arab breeding goes back more than 2500 years, the TB wasn't really created until the 1700's or there abouts.
The Byerley Turk, the Goldophin arabian, and the Darley arabian are the original "eastern or oriental blood" of the TB...
http://www.diamondcrestinc.com/FoundationSires.html

 

[Bossroo]

I have bred purebred Arabs for 42 years... that filly is nicely bred. When the OP posted about her behavior, she was obviously not handled much and was allowed to get away without very much descipline. akin to a spoiled child. She needs plenty of groceries to match her growth as evidnced in her yearling photos. As for TBs... the 3 original sires were Arab stallions on Domestic English mares, with later Arab additions as well. As for QHs... prior to the QH registry being formed ... many of the original ranch mares , especially in the West, were bred to the US Remount Arab stallions to improve stamina and endurance performance. I remember a large QR ranch in Cal. in the 1950's - 60's used a bay Arab stallion as a double for one of their QH stallions on their mares. When asked about the Arab stallion, they said that he was only the teaser. I have seen quite a few of the breedings take place with my own eyes as we were neighbors. Today, the QH people deny this fact of history.

 

[perolane]

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[michickenwrangler]

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Yup, they sure do!

 

[EweSheep]

 

[Jasmine1998]

Here is my crew....I will post some updated pics of Khracker later...he is 2 1/2 now. His mother is bred back again to the same Khemosabi son.


MDK Tagars Spirit & her colt Khemos Fyre Khracker - he is a Khemosabi grandson

My girls, MDK Tagars Jade & MDK Tagars Spirit

Khracker chasing the paint colt when he was 3 months old...practicing his cutting moves.

Khracker's sire - Khemos Fyre (a Khemosabi son)

MDK Tagars Jade rolling