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The Arabian or Arab horse (Arabic: الحصان العربي [alħisˤaːn alʕarabijj], DMG al-ḥiṣān al-ʿarabī) is a breed of horse with historic roots on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world.
In 1880, the Anglo-Arabian breed criteria formally established that a horse only needed 25% Arabian blood to be considered an Anglo-Arabian. [13] As long as they have the minimum ratio, they can be registered with the Anglo-Arabian Horse Registry of the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) and are eligible to participate in AHA shows. [ 3 ]
It has been proposed that a horse with Arabian origins ranging from 25% to 75% should be considered a true Arabian-Barb and eligible for initial registration in the Arabian-Barb studbook in countries that are the breed's place of origin. The number of "pure" Arabian-Barb horses registered in the Algerian studbook born between 1993 and 2004 is ...
The Morab originated in the late nineteenth century as a result of cross-breeding of Arabian and Morgan stock; it retains some characteristics of each breed. [2]: 450 The first Morab registry was created in 1973. Prior to this, Morabs were primarily undocumented horses bred for type.
The Shagya Arabian is a horse breed which was developed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 19th century at the Bábolna, Mezőhegyes, Radautz, Piber, and Topolcianky studs. Today it is most often seen in the Czech Republic , Austria , Romania , the former Yugoslavian countries, Poland , Germany , and Hungary , but has been exported to ...
Anecdotal evidence claims a statistical correlation between the location, number, or type of whorls and behaviour or temperament in horses and other species. [a] There is some research suggesting that the direction of hair whorls may correlate to a horse's preference for the right or left lead and other directionality.
"Oriental" horse, was a tall, slim, refined and agile animal arising in western Asia, adapted to hot, dry climates, and thought to be the progenitor of the modern oriental breeds. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Original classification of ancient horse phenotypes was originally based on body types and conformation, prior to the availability of DNA for research ...
The Arabo-Friesian (Dutch: Arabo Friese Paard) is a recent breed of horse, selected over several generations since the 1960s to obtain the morphology of the modern Friesian combined with the endurance qualities of the Arabian. The creation of this breed was strongly contested by some Dutch Friesian breeders, who went so far as to set fire to ...