Why do you hate Arabs

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After seeing all the threads about horses people don't like i wanted to know why arabs came top of the list. what it is it particularyly that you don't like about them and is it arabs in general or just the show horses?

PS the grey jumping in my sig is a purebred so please don't say its because they can't jump lol!!
 
I loooove arabs! but i dont think id have one. id rather have something that can fend for itself in its field without many rugs etc, maybe they can though feel free to correct me!
 
I think, like all horses, there are good ones and bad ones so can't really understand what there is to hate about them.
They're not what I'd choose but they're very beautiful and I've ridden a couple of lovely ones.
 
I don't hate Arabs....just don't particularly like them. It's purely cosmetic with me....just not too keen on the way they look....and even that's a generalisation
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I don't hate them, but I don't think I would pick one if I was looking for a new horse...

I used to ride at a riding school which was almost entirely arabs - it used to surprise me that while some of them were stereotypical loonies, lots of them were calm and some of them were amazing to ride... Not sure if the riding school still has mainly arabs...

They are stunning to look at though, aren't they
 
It's a bit like looking at a beautiful peice of china in a gift shop, you can admire it but once you buy it and take it home you'd break it, just too fragile.. My second pony was 3/4 bred Arab and loved her to bits but she was an accident magnet!
 
I look on Arabs as rather like red setters and Afghans---Lovely to paint and look at but I wouldn't like to live with one!
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HOWEVER I do have a partbred Arab that is the apple of my eye!

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(The other parts' donkey so that's what gives her the brains and calms her down
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id rather have something that can fend for itself in its field without many rugs etc

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he he that made me laugh, if mine had the choice between a stable and a blizzard they'd choose the blizzard!!
 
I'm not keen on their looks and tempraments - however, I do think that they are a wonderful influence on breeding - and wouldn't hesitate to look at a part bred.
 
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It's a bit like looking at a beautiful peice of china in a gift shop, you can admire it but once you buy it and take it home you'd break it, just too fragile.. My second pony was 3/4 bred Arab and loved her to bits but she was an accident magnet!

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You can't tell me that a horse that can do 100 mile endurance rides in desert conditions is too fragile!
 
I do not hate them. They are not my cup of tea. I do not like the look of them and their temperament, cross breds I can deal with. To me they have lots of stamina but not a true competition horse as a oure bred. They are a bit like the little dogs you get that you can carry around in your hand bag. May look good but what purpose to they have?
 
i used to think arabs were not my cup of tea-too flighty and light boned

but i had the chance to ride a rather nice chestnut arab gelding and i must admit, i felt like i was on top of the world

they're amazing creatures and i've totally changed my mind about them
 
I love arabs. I have a purebred who lives out and will not wear a rug, she holds her weight fine and is certainly not fragile, bit scatty maybe !. I also have a part bred arab. I did have an arab years ago who was prone to injuries but I think its like all horses you get bad ones .
 
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To me they have lots of stamina but not a true competition horse as a pure bred. They are a bit like the little dogs you get that you can carry around in your hand bag. May look good but what purpose to they have?

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I'm sure lots of arab owners will disagree! mine has represented my riding club in dressage Sj and hunter trials, coming 4th individually at the area champs in Sj, hunts, did his first elementary two months ago and scored 67%, and won his ridden class at dorset county show, ok so we may not be going to the olympics but I couldn't ask for a better allrounder.
 
I think that some arabs in this country tend to be very, very inbred. I used to show an arab when I was younger. We did quite well - went to Windsor and HOYS – he was quite a chunky arab and was what I would call medium weight. I hated them before him but he did make me realise that they are difficult to ride because of the way they move and the way their brains are programmed.

I do think that because of this inbreeding they can be quite fine and have scatty temperaments that doesn’t make them that trainable or easy. The ones that I have come across have all been a bit personality less or hard to train because they have got their heads in the air, so to speak

I wouldn’t say that I hated them, but what I would say is that because of this inbreeding/over breeding they are not my first choice.
 
I dont hate them I never said that, I am just not fond of them. As I said before I am of the understanding that they are difficult to fit saddles for. They look like they can be flighty and I feel they look delicate.

The one arab I know of had major back problems - maybe the way it was ridden - maybe a conformation fault. The other arab has a screw loose in its bonnet.

I would love to see some pictures posted of peoples arabs, they are very pretty intelligent animals but not my personal preferance for breed thats all.

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yes quite agree there with the inbreeding thing. there is alot of controversy in arab circles about breeding for a typey head and neck for showing to the detriment of other characteristics such as short cannons and straight hocks but than this is true of many breeds just look at the over exaggerated movement of some strains of warmbloods or the way clydsedale's hocks have been bred inwards.
 
I love the look of arabs, think they are gorgeous animals I just wouldn't buy one as I prefere something a little more substantial. I used to ride an arab and it was rather scatty! However I don't agree with them being too fragile, I went on a riding holiday to Hungary and we rode arabs. We were riding fast and hard for 3-6 hrs every day and their amount of energy and zest for life was amazing. Plus they were all incredibly sure footed, fast and comfortable. Endurance-wise they are incredible animals.
 
I dont like the look of them sorry!! I think they are ugly.

And also all the ones i have known have had such a stubborn streak and would one day jump 4ft and then then next 10 times you tried they didn't want to know. Would only ever do anything if the felt like it.
 
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Actually, it's hardly surprising that the first impression of them isn't too inspiring when all most people see is them boinging around the ring on the end of a bit of string and posed in photos like this.

When, in fact, they are quite capable of doing this:
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Given the correct training, an arab, and indeed any horse or pony, can do so many things within its' physical limitations.
 
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