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requested this to be posted; It's an image from an 1983 Arabian stud book.Wind Fortune
Fire Wind x Mac's Fancy
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My god! When this said Arabian stud, I was expecting something a bit more proportional. This horse's head and neck . . . they seem too narrow to be healthy. Can he breathe properly? I guess as long as he was never much a saddle horse, he would manage alright . . .
Oh, I think I get the extremes. Is he one of those "exotic show" varieties of Arabian?
I'm sorry, I know most of you think this is beautiful, but I've seen Arabians with real breathing issues because of this look, and this horse looks like one of those poor Arabians: the ones bred to be living art, not usable, comfortable animals.
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First of all, arabians are not like dogs.. they do not have breathing issues because of the way they are built... This is a typical arabian head and neck.. most would call it typey. Arabian blood is in all horses so if you dont like em' dont have em....
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I've met horses with breathing problems before because of the shape of their heads. Most were Arabian, though the problem is no means confined to them. The ones I'm referring have limited wind; they have no problem breathing if not made to do strenuous activity. One, I know, even served as a kid's hack and dressage horse, and they only found out about his obstructed breathing when the kid finally decided to try 3-day eventing.
This typey is also only a typey in some countries. The U.S. is the first to come to mind. In other countries, including countries of the Arabian's origin, it may be considered too refined.
For the record, I like Arabians. I don't know a horse breed I don't like. Please don't ever get the impression that I dislike a horse breed. (The moment I come accross such an undesirable breed, I'll let you know.) Pointing out an issue with some breeding practices in a breed doesn't mean you don't like the breed. If anything, correcting wrong breeding practices works to save a breed. You point them out to protect a breed you like to keep it healthy.
And there are plenty of Arabians who are "less refined" and look more substantial. Besides, this Arabian does not strike me as typical; I've met a number of U.S. Arabians (some with breathing issues, most without, nearly all very intelligent), and few I knew matched this horse. This guy looks like a blue-ribbon halter shower, not a typical run-of-the-mill American Arabian.
This extremely refined look occurs naturally in perfectly healthy, great wind-carrying Arabians, but it is not the most common look among them. If you look at asil Arabian (original Arabian) heads, they vary from dished to straight, and the most common face is a dish that is less extreme than what is often desired in the U.S. When Arabians are bred only for refined looks and not for performance, the results are not always desirable. That being said, the comments here have assured me that this isn't the case with this Arabian, thankfully. With good wind and this look, he was probably bred to look this way from horses who actually had good wind copacity and correct skull anatomy.
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Trust me, This is natural and he was a perfectly healthy individual at the time of this photo. 
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No; this is an image from an old arabian studbook my mother got back in the 80's XD There are some beautiful animals in that book
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Aww, I see
Unfortunately you probably should take it down. He is gorgeous, but it's not your intellectual property to post
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I'd actually already thought of it
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I think you should ignore that person and leave it - it's beautiful.
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So do I. I havn't claimed it as my own in any case, so it really shouldn't matter anyhow
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wow this was surprisingly refreshing to see! you can only tell he's related to Mr. Mac, lookit that NECK!
definately gonna draw this guy
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wow - there's been a LOT of breeding preferences put into effect since then. You rarely see them with the windpipe area that extended anymore; the mitbah, it's called...though supposedly it is longer in the best of the breeds to allow for greater bridle flexibility and easier breathing. I haven't seen them quite like that though. Very cool!
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yeah it's very rare to see ones that awesome nowadays. we still breed for that, i actually show a mare that's fairly closely related to this particular stud. i miss how stallions used to look back then, they actually LOOKED like studs, not mares with nuts 
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I thought it was pretty interesing to see a horse bend that way....XD
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Thank you! ^^ I wish he was mine, but sadly he is not.
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yeah, itd be amazing to own such a beautiful horse
i just found out i may have my first horse so im really excited. a black arabian, wich is why i was in the mood to search arabian pictures n.n
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Awesome
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Gelding 
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So do I. Unfortunately, I don't get to ride very often. 
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i dont either but now that ive got this horse i will be riding MUCH more often, i just have an hours drive to do so.
i wish i had asked more questions about him but my trainer had just woken up so yeah lol
i dont know his age, i dont know how tall he is, i really hope she gets a hold of his papers/pedigree. im so excited to see him and i know nothing about him!
normally when getting a horse i would ask MANY more questions but under the circumstances it wasnt nesacary. (ill explain if you like but i dont want to murder you with a long comment 
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Murder away! 
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lol now that i think about it its not all that long o.o xD pretty much its just that i can trust Shawnas judgment and she wouldnt let me have a horse that wasnt good for me. Plus he is free, She ended up with this horse after a lady passed away and she asked me if i wanted him. So tomorow im going to meet him
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Coolio! I'm all for free stuff XD
Do you ride Western or English? I fear the English saddle!
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i ride both but my preference no, passion! is English. I learned on western but even before i started riding i read everything i could on english equitation so as i learned i applied the knowledge to my western riding until i bought my dressage saddle/english bridle.
you should give an english saddle a try sometime
i only ride western when i dont take my saddle to my trainers or when im barrel racing with her. Actually we are going team panning mthis weekend i think so thatll be fun! ive never done it before so im excited to try something new on horseback.
i am assuming you ride? do you do any sports or shows?
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Unfortunately, I don't ride.
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ah i did the same thing
i got the pro-in-one-week award 
Trail rides are fun, i havent gone on one since that camp.
Well i certainly hope you get a chance to ride again
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We did have a boarding pasture just down the road until they developed it a couple years ago. You know they filled it in with those houses that are too expensive tobuy, so they end up renting them out to low-lifes and destructive people. 
I miss visiting those horses. There was one huge horse called Mickey who was brown with a black mane and tail and white on his legs up to his belly and his entire face was white, too ^^ There was also a pony that looked like his twin XD
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ugh developement x.x that sucks
aw he sounds pretty
lol thats cute
we used to have a little pony named thunder and he would walk right under our big thoroughbred
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OMFriggin'G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hes so HOTTTTTTTTTTTT!!! (Im into stallions...
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There are, but none are as sexy as this boy right here!
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He sure is!
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Yay!!!!!!!!! (smexy stallions...
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If I had a problem with inter-species relationships, some of my characters wouldnt have a friend/relationship at all...
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...why do I need to know about them...
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Its sok! (I guess I didnt get it...
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