One last note: I'm blowing up your inbox not because I'm trying to be difficult but because I'm adding toyour information with what I know about this exotic breed of horse. As to your video . . . I think it's great! I have nothing bad to say about it!
The Spanish horse acquired a great disposition due to necessity, not influx of Arabian blood. Arabians had little influence on Iberian horses until the 1900s, long after Spanish and Portuguese horses had been established in the Americas. Therefore, despite myth, Arabians have little to do with Western horses or South and Central American horses (though these may be the only sport horses they do not have a wide influence on).
Because of the slopped croup that provides the greater agility, Barbs also engage their hindquarters more than Arabs, therefore having more driving power. They are master sprinters, a trait that was rediscovered in their distant descendents, the Quarter Horses. However, although they are good endurance horses, they will never match the Arabian in stamina. They are also not as predisposed toward humans; whereas Arabs are human-oriented Barbs tend to have bad tempers and are never beginner horses.
One myth I'd like to dispell about Arabians before I stop posting: Arabians had little to do in making the great Spanish horses and their descendents. The Spanish horse was mostly influence by the Sorria and Tarpan, native wild horses of Spain and Portugal, and the Barb horse, another desert horse from north Africa. The Barb has the Roman nose (considered not as pretty as an Arabs but not disposed to breathing problems) and the slopped croup for greater agility than Arabs.
The success of making better horses by adding Arab blood as helped create some of the great sport and light pony breeds will see today. However, rather than having this be proof of Arab superiority, science suggests that this just proves that genetic diversity usually results in a hardier, healthier, more talented, more well-suited animal. The fact that most Arabs have no known genetic defaults also helps, ensuring that Arabs will only enhance, not contaminate, bloodlines.
The myth of Arabian superiority stems not just from it's stability, hardness, stamina, and beauty, but mostly it's potency in crosses. Though potency is a problem within the breed due to its common genes, it's purity helps it when breeding with other horses. Due to this "pureness", it is genetically distinct from all other horses, which means it inhances genetic variation whenever it is crossed. This means that most Arab-crosses are stronger and healthier than the outcross AND the Arabian.
Certainly the Arabian's claim to fame is its beauty, which is why modern sport horses are being bred more toward those look. However, breeding for the Arab look is creating the same problems I just mentioned for the modern Arab, and lightening the frame of a large horse is putting strains on bone that can result in a higher chance of leg and foot health complications. In other words, the mythology of Arabian "superiority" is resulting in Arabization, which is harming modern breeds.
The Arabian's love of people is legendary, and they used to be quite forgiving and understanding mounts before humans started breeding out their intelligence. (As my cousin says, they're turning into mini-Thoughbreds: hyper, fast, usually dumb, and prone to health issues.) However, not all Arabian breeding is going this direction. In Egypt, you find many Arabians bred for use rather than show, and many strains are crossed that diminish inbreeding. This is the Arabian as it used to be.
More on the problem of the dished face: Also being bred for in America is more bend in the muzzle to create the dished appearance. This has the tendency to cause breathing problems for the horse, despite the large nostrils and airspace within the skull. So Americans aren't just breeding dumber inbred Arabians but also Arabians that can't breath well. This is why they seem so hyper-active nowadays; though always hyper, these used to be a great breed for children, if properly trained.
Continuing on the dished face: The large air passageways cool the air and are meant to cool the brain. It is a common feature in desert animals. However, the more these airways are enlarged, the less room there is for brain casing, which means American breeding is breeding toward dumber Arabians. (If you look in past records, not all Arabians from the Middle East had dished faces. Some had straight faces. But all have the large airways. The dished face wasn't important until quite recently.)
Continuing inbredness dicussion: In America, it is even worse. The U.S. is now the biggest breeder of the Arabians, and is now breeding them for their looks. Many of these horses are not only inbred but are being bred for "attractiveness" in head (frankly, I don't find the dished face ideal, but whatever). To understand the problem, one has to understand the dish. It is caused, not by enlarged brain case, as the myth goes, but from huge air passageways in the skull.
Most characteristics of the modern breed: The harsh desert environment has weeded out problems that otherwise would have plagued the Arabian due to the Bedouins' habit of inbreeding (for "pure" blood). However, due to the crossing over of common genes, it is hard to breed Arabians; they do not have much prepotency, and way they do, complications and stillborns are uncommon but no unheard of. Some Arabian "pure" strains are having quite a problem with this inbredness.
Some addition on what you said on characteristics: Arabians' short back provides great stability and ability to carry weights (usually the longer the back, the less weight the horse can bear relative to size). The short back, however, means that they don't have a very slopped croup but a rather flat one (hence the high tail) which means they are not as agile as breeds such as the Quarter Horse, which have heavily slopped croups and lowset tails. environment has bred out most defaults.
You might also want to add that Arabians excel like no other breed at endurance. Only mustangs can match an Arabian for endurance, but since mustangs aren't consistantly bred in captivity, grabbing a true endurance horse from among them is a 1 in 10 chance. Arabians are consistantly the best at endurance.
Your video is excellent in telling history of the Arabians, their characteristics, and their importance in the Islamic/Arab world! However, not sure I agree with that statement, "They can do anything!" I'd agree that Arabians can do most (not all) show events, but as far as usefulness, they really don't go very far beyond pleasure mounts, travel, and a now-extinct style of warfare. However, these are perfect desert horses; only the Barb can match them in desert dwelling.
Hi i started a channel for all the horse lovers like me. too be able share their interesting stories of them and their lovely horses :) and once i get 5-10 members ill make a video with a weekly topic. please sub so you can get a notice of my videos and if u like/ask ill sub back. oh an at the end of the week ill pick my fav and most like video in my next video topic :D
The Black horse at 1.47 Is a stallion Called The Black Magic. Throws some real nice foals. As i have one hes Three weeks old 2morrow. He went to a show with his mum today.He won his colt class and then went on to win the the Breed halter classes Champion of Champions and this is against some horses that have up to 4 years or more older than him when he is only 21 days old.
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porcupinewhisperer 4 months ago
One last note: I'm blowing up your inbox not because I'm trying to be difficult but because I'm adding toyour information with what I know about this exotic breed of horse. As to your video . . . I think it's great! I have nothing bad to say about it!
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
The Spanish horse acquired a great disposition due to necessity, not influx of Arabian blood. Arabians had little influence on Iberian horses until the 1900s, long after Spanish and Portuguese horses had been established in the Americas. Therefore, despite myth, Arabians have little to do with Western horses or South and Central American horses (though these may be the only sport horses they do not have a wide influence on).
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
Because of the slopped croup that provides the greater agility, Barbs also engage their hindquarters more than Arabs, therefore having more driving power. They are master sprinters, a trait that was rediscovered in their distant descendents, the Quarter Horses. However, although they are good endurance horses, they will never match the Arabian in stamina. They are also not as predisposed toward humans; whereas Arabs are human-oriented Barbs tend to have bad tempers and are never beginner horses.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
One myth I'd like to dispell about Arabians before I stop posting: Arabians had little to do in making the great Spanish horses and their descendents. The Spanish horse was mostly influence by the Sorria and Tarpan, native wild horses of Spain and Portugal, and the Barb horse, another desert horse from north Africa. The Barb has the Roman nose (considered not as pretty as an Arabs but not disposed to breathing problems) and the slopped croup for greater agility than Arabs.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
The success of making better horses by adding Arab blood as helped create some of the great sport and light pony breeds will see today. However, rather than having this be proof of Arab superiority, science suggests that this just proves that genetic diversity usually results in a hardier, healthier, more talented, more well-suited animal. The fact that most Arabs have no known genetic defaults also helps, ensuring that Arabs will only enhance, not contaminate, bloodlines.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
The myth of Arabian superiority stems not just from it's stability, hardness, stamina, and beauty, but mostly it's potency in crosses. Though potency is a problem within the breed due to its common genes, it's purity helps it when breeding with other horses. Due to this "pureness", it is genetically distinct from all other horses, which means it inhances genetic variation whenever it is crossed. This means that most Arab-crosses are stronger and healthier than the outcross AND the Arabian.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
Certainly the Arabian's claim to fame is its beauty, which is why modern sport horses are being bred more toward those look. However, breeding for the Arab look is creating the same problems I just mentioned for the modern Arab, and lightening the frame of a large horse is putting strains on bone that can result in a higher chance of leg and foot health complications. In other words, the mythology of Arabian "superiority" is resulting in Arabization, which is harming modern breeds.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
The Arabian's love of people is legendary, and they used to be quite forgiving and understanding mounts before humans started breeding out their intelligence. (As my cousin says, they're turning into mini-Thoughbreds: hyper, fast, usually dumb, and prone to health issues.) However, not all Arabian breeding is going this direction. In Egypt, you find many Arabians bred for use rather than show, and many strains are crossed that diminish inbreeding. This is the Arabian as it used to be.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
More on the problem of the dished face: Also being bred for in America is more bend in the muzzle to create the dished appearance. This has the tendency to cause breathing problems for the horse, despite the large nostrils and airspace within the skull. So Americans aren't just breeding dumber inbred Arabians but also Arabians that can't breath well. This is why they seem so hyper-active nowadays; though always hyper, these used to be a great breed for children, if properly trained.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
Continuing on the dished face: The large air passageways cool the air and are meant to cool the brain. It is a common feature in desert animals. However, the more these airways are enlarged, the less room there is for brain casing, which means American breeding is breeding toward dumber Arabians. (If you look in past records, not all Arabians from the Middle East had dished faces. Some had straight faces. But all have the large airways. The dished face wasn't important until quite recently.)
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
Continuing inbredness dicussion: In America, it is even worse. The U.S. is now the biggest breeder of the Arabians, and is now breeding them for their looks. Many of these horses are not only inbred but are being bred for "attractiveness" in head (frankly, I don't find the dished face ideal, but whatever). To understand the problem, one has to understand the dish. It is caused, not by enlarged brain case, as the myth goes, but from huge air passageways in the skull.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
Most characteristics of the modern breed: The harsh desert environment has weeded out problems that otherwise would have plagued the Arabian due to the Bedouins' habit of inbreeding (for "pure" blood). However, due to the crossing over of common genes, it is hard to breed Arabians; they do not have much prepotency, and way they do, complications and stillborns are uncommon but no unheard of. Some Arabian "pure" strains are having quite a problem with this inbredness.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
Some addition on what you said on characteristics: Arabians' short back provides great stability and ability to carry weights (usually the longer the back, the less weight the horse can bear relative to size). The short back, however, means that they don't have a very slopped croup but a rather flat one (hence the high tail) which means they are not as agile as breeds such as the Quarter Horse, which have heavily slopped croups and lowset tails. environment has bred out most defaults.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
You might also want to add that Arabians excel like no other breed at endurance. Only mustangs can match an Arabian for endurance, but since mustangs aren't consistantly bred in captivity, grabbing a true endurance horse from among them is a 1 in 10 chance. Arabians are consistantly the best at endurance.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
Your video is excellent in telling history of the Arabians, their characteristics, and their importance in the Islamic/Arab world! However, not sure I agree with that statement, "They can do anything!" I'd agree that Arabians can do most (not all) show events, but as far as usefulness, they really don't go very far beyond pleasure mounts, travel, and a now-extinct style of warfare. However, these are perfect desert horses; only the Barb can match them in desert dwelling.
WhispertheWolf 5 months ago
i think they are the best horses ever
sharjah990 1 year ago
Hi i started a channel for all the horse lovers like me. too be able share their interesting stories of them and their lovely horses :) and once i get 5-10 members ill make a video with a weekly topic. please sub so you can get a notice of my videos and if u like/ask ill sub back. oh an at the end of the week ill pick my fav and most like video in my next video topic :D
HorseStoriesLove 1 year ago
they aint one of the best. if u really loved horses, u would see them as all equal
ilovehorses2255 1 year ago
umm dude all horses will take care of their owner if the owner treats it right.
and saddlebreds can do anything to and thier legs go higher in dressage
no1animallovrSam12 2 years ago
great video...
sayin that islamic ppl almost worshipped horses is an exaggeration.. ;-)
qusays 2 years ago
i love these horses they are beautifullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.
negin4321 2 years ago
the music and horse are a paradox
hardgraftmakesmusic 2 years ago
The Black horse at 1.47 Is a stallion Called The Black Magic. Throws some real nice foals. As i have one hes Three weeks old 2morrow. He went to a show with his mum today.He won his colt class and then went on to win the the Breed halter classes Champion of Champions and this is against some horses that have up to 4 years or more older than him when he is only 21 days old.
simaahrahnee 3 years ago
woo Islam festival!
tapprincess88 3 years ago
Oh yah!! there was really good food!
girher 3 years ago
The video is good, but what's up with that music??!
ericzeiler 4 years ago
Thanks. Eh? I needed to find something that sounded Arabic. For School.
girher 4 years ago
it's a great song by a great band!
jawstone 4 years ago