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Post by Claire on Jun 15, 2009 20:12:55 GMT 1
Leading on from kunuma's post and our discussion about Arabs, just out of curiosity wondering how many people love em and how many are left cold by them.
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Post by kunuma on Jun 15, 2009 22:28:52 GMT 1
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Post by trixiepony on Jun 16, 2009 6:47:16 GMT 1
Oh those horse, there lovely kunuma, you lucky thing being related to sum off them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2009 7:53:10 GMT 1
gorgeous arabs I'll have the fifth one down please.
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Post by Buster on Jun 16, 2009 8:38:09 GMT 1
I love Arabs they are gorgeous! There temperment is somewhat unstable but it makes a more exciting ride Plus when you do get them going nicely they look fantastic. Love them!!
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Post by kunuma on Jun 16, 2009 9:22:42 GMT 1
gorgeous arabs I'll have the fifth one down please. Immaculate taste Rosie - that's ' my relative' - well I am stretching it a bit really, more of an ' in law' really!! His son, ' my grandson' ;)competes very successfully in dressage, jumping and long distance riding!(Not with me lol!) Not so much unstable as incredibly sensitive and very good at 'reading' people, and heaven help you if they don't like what they read!! They are pretty hyperactive though, and hence can go wrong very quickly when misunderstood. I'm thinking there must be a gorgeous Haflinger cross Arab out there somewhere that might influence our haffy?
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Post by snowfilly on Jun 16, 2009 11:26:01 GMT 1
Lovely, lovely. My Arab boy's the most gorgeous horse I know, and I agree thery're so sensitive and intelligent. I also find x=breds lovely, long as you get the action.
Kunuma, what bloodlines are this lot? And that chestnut is so on my birthday list!
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Post by Claire on Jun 16, 2009 12:33:06 GMT 1
Kunuma is chestnut the predominant colour with Arabs? Most of those I see seem to be chestnuts. I do have a weakness for the greys tho. I see haffy is keeping her head down ;D
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Post by haffyfan on Jun 16, 2009 15:53:25 GMT 1
lol...no it's just I'm not drawing my pension just yet so still have to work for a living Can't see piccy's as they don't show up at work because of all the restrictions/firewalls etc etc And Kunuma no I'm not sure an arab/haffy would influence me as I have only liked haffy's since Harry came into my life and opened my eyes to a their charm and wonderful temperments even when life had a terrible start! By choice I would choose a QH/TB/Warmblood everytime, hence my somewhat chalk and cheese naglets. Will have to see your pics later
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Post by kunuma on Jun 16, 2009 17:52:03 GMT 1
Kunuma is chestnut the predominant colour with Arabs? Most of those I see seem to be chestnuts. I do have a weakness for the greys tho. I see haffy is keeping her head down ;D Crikey Claire -don't get me started on colour genetics, I'll give you a week long lecture!! Basically though, grey is a dominant colour - so can mask other recessive colours, hence unless a grey is homozygous (only grey genes) when it will only throw greys, two greys could produce any colour. However, say a grey carries the very recessive chestnut (so recessive that two chestnuts will have a chestnut foal, hence it is easy to keep breeding chestnuts) our grey if mated to another grey also carrying chestnut, can produce greys or chestnuts, but the chestnuts could not produce a grey. With the old English Crabbet lines, many of them were grey carrying chestnut - hence all the chestnuts and greys in the old lines and still around today of course! You can tell what the recessive colour is by looking at the colour of the foal when born. My grey boys carried chestnut and were born chestnut foals, going through that lovely rose grey stage (not roan!!) Plus the speckles on a fleabitten grey will be of the colour it is carrying! Oh dear this was meant to be a quick answer! I only came on to post this piccy for Haffy - then I have to dash to the PO in my walker to collect my pension!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2009 18:35:22 GMT 1
Sorry, just had to butt in here and say gorgeous pic I'll let you oldies and young ones carry on now....I'm middle aged ;D
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Post by Claire on Jun 16, 2009 19:33:27 GMT 1
Oh heck kunuma wish I hadn't asked now will have to have a lie down after trying to digest that little lot
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Post by sarah on Jun 16, 2009 19:48:19 GMT 1
I like them (but not the ones that seem exaggerated in all their features with almost unnaturally dished faces). We used to have a beautiful Palomino stallion where I rode and I think he was 3/4 arab. He was fun to ride!
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Post by kunuma on Jun 16, 2009 19:56:05 GMT 1
Yes, part breds rock! The last stally in those pics (and um, I don't label my photo collection from the web, I think I had better start if I'm going to post them on forums ) was Serafix, an English bred from years ago, who was imported to America. A stud there seem to have started a Morab line with his genes, how's this ( see second pic below) for a nice little part bred - good tracking up! That was another pic of Serafix, and here is the one of the Morab Forgot to say that the one for haffy was indeed a haffy cross Arab, and cos' I know she likes QH here's a Quarab for her! OK - I'll stop now - before you all twig that I am an Arab fanatic!! ;D
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Post by haffyfan on Jun 16, 2009 20:07:38 GMT 1
Whats a Morab? Is it a cross? Too araby looking for me if it's the first piccy but the Quarab and haffy cross (if it's the 2nd pic?) are much more my cup of tea...like Sarah siad it's the exaggerated features and the 'just stuck their hoof in the mains' pop eyed look/stance they have I dislike.
Infact i'm liking the one in the second pic very much indeed!
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Post by Claire on Jun 16, 2009 20:40:22 GMT 1
Ooh that quarab is gorgeous I do like QHs
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Post by zoe on Jun 17, 2009 9:49:54 GMT 1
I'm not sure how to vote - I love the way they look, they are beautiful but their temperament bothers me. I know I shouldn't assume they're all nutters (my welsh d was off his head and they're supposed to be sensible) but have to admit when I've been looking for a horse I tend to write off the arabs. I'm happy to admire them from afar but I doubt my ability to actually own one (I'm more what's-her-name with Pippin than Jinny with Shantih!!!)
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Post by trixiepony on Jun 17, 2009 11:29:41 GMT 1
I m the same, I love them but Im not shore if a Arab and I wood get a long, but I cant help but admire them there so perfect.
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Post by lily on Jun 17, 2009 18:29:33 GMT 1
Was it Sue? Me too, i'd much prefer to have had him than Shantih, any day of the week. And Bramble too. I like them, particularly the grey ones, but I'd probably prefer a Connemara pony or a Highland pony given the choice.
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Post by tinuviel on Nov 4, 2009 6:53:23 GMT 1
I'm an Arab lover . Just the sight of them makes me feel all fuzzy,temperament wise (and i know they are not all mad) i don't know that i could own one again,the older i get the more appealing old plodders become. When i think about some of the wild,spooky horses i used to ride in my younger days,in just a halter along busy roads, i can't believe i used to be so fearless and stupid .
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2009 8:27:24 GMT 1
I can relate to this. I think self preservation kicks in when you get older. Someone let me ride their horse a while a go and it spooked at every little thing, reared when it decided it had had enough and wanted to go home, wasn't too happy seeing large lorries. I came back a nervous wreck! The thought of a nice slow riding school plod suddenly became very appealing!
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Post by cally on Nov 30, 2009 5:47:43 GMT 1
A morab is a Morgan ArabianX isn't it? I love Arabians generally though they do tend to be 'one person horses' ie. they bond strongly with their human so they can come across as aloof. They are extremely beautiful but I hate the 'done up for show' look with that overdone eye make up, and that stupid pose they have to do.
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Post by snowfilly on Nov 30, 2009 20:41:55 GMT 1
Personally, I think Arabs look best under saddle and doing something. The nearest my boy's ever got to a show ring is the local show jumping, and by the time he comes out the indoor school, his socks have turned yellow. Not really so beautiful then !
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Post by shantiharabian on Aug 14, 2010 21:00:24 GMT 1
My Arab mare Shantih is mental!! Taken yesterday!
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Post by shantiharabian on Aug 14, 2010 21:03:06 GMT 1
She can play when she wants to too
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Post by kunuma on Aug 14, 2010 21:47:37 GMT 1
Those two pics totally sum up the Arab temperament for me! Thank you Shantiharabian
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2010 6:51:12 GMT 1
Beautiful!
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Post by exmoorfan on Aug 15, 2010 19:17:19 GMT 1
Lovely Mare.. Whats her breeding.? Sorry its an addiction for me to know that..
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Post by kunuma on Aug 18, 2010 10:07:10 GMT 1
Is she related to the horse on the front of the new Jinny books?? Just got sent piccies of them and the new Jill one by Amazon, and the mare is so similar.
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Post by shantiharabian on Aug 25, 2010 11:17:12 GMT 1
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