magic104
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http://www.bef.co.uk/Downloads/Futurity%20Guidelines%20Slideshow.pdf
Quote "Potential Event horses can be slightly long in the back"
Quote "Potential Event horses can be slightly long in the back"
Opinions on this horse?
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Bossanova
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I really like- as Megan2006 says it looks a bit like Moon.
If it's cheap then may be worth a chance
If it's cheap then may be worth a chance
madhector
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I like him, if he was standing correctly then think the shoulder wouldnt look half as bad.
seabiscuit
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Its Arab x ID X TB! Or Irish sport horse x AA/TB
Looks nice!
Looks nice!
severnmiles
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He's a pure bred arab but with racing lines which is why he doesn't look true to type. By Vert Olive.
DiablosGold
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Cool!
summertoots
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My last horse was a pure arab and looked like very much like this horse. Hardly anyone would belive he was a pure bred. He was 15.1hh could run all day and lived on air!!!
MizElz
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seeing his pic has just made me realise how 'araby' ellie actually is - we've always been dubious about this element of her breeding, as not many people believe us! but ur boy is actually not so disimilar! tho i think its amazing he's full arab! i think he's stunning.....cheap or not, i would buy him!
MagicMelon
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I think he's a nice looking type, looks quite kind. Id buy him if he were a bargain!
htobago
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That's funny - I guessed Arab, but it sure as hell doesn't look very Araby!
If it's a racing Arab it's probably French breeding - a lot of their racing lines have lost all Arab type, but they are certainly fast! If you breed for purely for speed, you inevitably end up with something that looks like a TB.
The 'show' Arabs and racing Arabs have almost become two different breeds. For comparison with the photo above, here is a 'show' Arab:
I do worry a bit about the off-type racing Arabs - these breeders are basically re-creating the TB, which seems a rather pointless exercise to me: we already have the TB; it's rather like re-inventing the wheel, IMO.
Anyway - no reason why the horse OP posted shouldn't make a nice eventing project!
If it's a racing Arab it's probably French breeding - a lot of their racing lines have lost all Arab type, but they are certainly fast! If you breed for purely for speed, you inevitably end up with something that looks like a TB.
The 'show' Arabs and racing Arabs have almost become two different breeds. For comparison with the photo above, here is a 'show' Arab:
I do worry a bit about the off-type racing Arabs - these breeders are basically re-creating the TB, which seems a rather pointless exercise to me: we already have the TB; it's rather like re-inventing the wheel, IMO.
Anyway - no reason why the horse OP posted shouldn't make a nice eventing project!
the watcher
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Agree there is little arab type to be seen there, but there is no reason why it shouldn't event
zizz
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I do worry a bit about the off-type racing Arabs - these breeders are basically re-creating the TB, which seems a rather pointless exercise to me: we already have the TB; it's rather like re-inventing the wheel, IMO.
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No I disagree I think its the show breeders who are wandering away from type. This is what the original arabs would have looked like not fine flighty things with long cannons and impossibly small muzzles, but good strong working stock!
I do worry a bit about the off-type racing Arabs - these breeders are basically re-creating the TB, which seems a rather pointless exercise to me: we already have the TB; it's rather like re-inventing the wheel, IMO.
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No I disagree I think its the show breeders who are wandering away from type. This is what the original arabs would have looked like not fine flighty things with long cannons and impossibly small muzzles, but good strong working stock!
the watcher
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I think the fine flighty things that only look good dangling on the end of a bit of string are out there for sure - but they won't do very well in the show world because no matter what you are breeding for, good conformation is paramount, and a good show arab will have the legs and back to enable it to perform in any sphere, even if it looks a little 'prettier' than one bred over generations for racing.
There does seem to be a bit of a misconception that an arab that is successful showing is not much good for anything else - that couldn't be further from the truth, the really good ones are just good horses, nothing more.
There does seem to be a bit of a misconception that an arab that is successful showing is not much good for anything else - that couldn't be further from the truth, the really good ones are just good horses, nothing more.