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#81

They do sweep us off our feet, don’t they? I happened to find out that my horse’s daughter is for sale… I look at the pictures of the daughter (born before I bought her mother; I don’t know the daughter) and want to cry; she is the image of her mother in body and expression. I don’t want more than one horse and can’t afford two anyway, but my girl [a Bask great-granddaughter, on both sides. Damn, that stallion got around!] is truly a dream horse, and I imagine her daughter would be much the same. Hopefully she will find a wonderful new owner.

I remember the look of horror and fear on the face of a rider at a previous barn one crisp Fall morning when Fanny, having espied the trailer parked in “we’re going somewhere” position, was galloping around her paddock with her Arab on. This is what she does when she knows we’re going on a trail ride somewhere off-property. It’s her way of saying, “Hurry up, mom! I want to go show a bunch of other horses how it’s done!” When this woman saw Fanny, snorting and with her tail flagged, the woman clutched her horse’s bridle with a death grip and stopped in her tracks. “That horse is —running!” she said, in a tone of incredible disgust and disbelief. Whatever. :slight_smile:

#82

[QUOTE=acoustic;7394383]
Thank you :slight_smile:

He is Polish? Sshameless is his sire, his dam is a Bask granddaughter. That’s about all I know. Here is his allbreedpedigree thing: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/ssharakit+wh

Your Vee is Egyptian?[/QUOTE]

With your boy’s pedigree, I’m surprised that they gelded him. Lots of very good old bloodlines, too. Sshameless even has his own Breyer. :slight_smile:

Assuming the DNA results come back as expected -if I ever manage to get the test kit sent in- we will hopefully be able to confirm that Sterling, my beloved grey grade Arabian gelding, is who we think he is, with Al Khamsa, mostly-Egyptian lineage, and be able to reunite him with his papers.

My boy Vee is standard-issue MR (Main Ring) Boggs/MTC halter breeding. He’s my Craigslist diamond-in-the-rough.

#83

[QUOTE=SharonA;7394446]
They do sweep us off our feet, don’t they? I happened to find out that my horse’s daughter is for sale… I look at the pictures of the daughter (born before I bought her mother; I don’t know the daughter) and want to cry; she is the image of her mother in body and expression. I don’t want more than one horse and can’t afford two anyway, but my girl [a Bask great-granddaughter, on both sides. Damn, that stallion got around!] is truly a dream horse, and I imagine her daughter would be much the same. Hopefully she will find a wonderful new owner.

I remember the look of horror and fear on the face of a rider at a previous barn one crisp Fall morning when Fanny, having espied the trailer parked in “we’re going somewhere” position, was galloping around her paddock with her Arab on. This is what she does when she knows we’re going on a trail ride somewhere off-property. It’s her way of saying, “Hurry up, mom! I want to go show a bunch of other horses how it’s done!” When this woman saw Fanny, snorting and with her tail flagged, the woman clutched her horse’s bridle with a death grip and stopped in her tracks. “That horse is —running!” she said, in a tone of incredible disgust and disbelief. Whatever. :-)[/QUOTE] Whatever did you say to her? I would have had a very hard time refraining from saying something snarky to her. Her poor horse!

I hope the daughter lands safely. You might want to post something about the daughter on the ABN forum. Lots of Arabians in need have found good safe homes via ABN.

#84

[QUOTE=californianinkansas;7394473]
With your boy’s pedigree, I’m surprised that they gelded him. Lots of very good old bloodlines, too. Sshameless even has his own Breyer. :slight_smile:

Assuming the DNA results come back as expected -if I ever manage to get the test kit sent in- we will hopefully be able to confirm that Sterling, my beloved grey grade Arabian gelding, is who we think he is, with Al Khamsa, mostly-Egyptian lineage, and be able to reunite him with his papers.

My boy Vee is standard-issue MR (Main Ring) Boggs/MTC halter breeding. He’s my Craigslist diamond-in-the-rough.[/QUOTE]

Sshameless has his own Breyer?! Oh boy, useless purchase ahoy!

They gelded him because he had Cryptorchidism. I guess they were going to keep him a stud originally. As I was told, he had the undesirable stallion qualities (more so than usual) as well. Probably why he muscles up so easily (and is such a jerk to most people).

You found him on craigslist? That’s great! You have to wade through a lot of scary ads to find a good one for the most part.

I hope you get your info on Sterling. I know its not of much use if you don’t do the breed shows, but its fun to know their lineage and see their great grandparents.

#85

Heehee, I was lunging my HA mare one day (in a halter, nothing fancy) and someone went by with a bag whip to try and convince their horse to get going. My mare is a former saddleseat horse, and as soon as she saw that bag, she turned it ON. Head straight up, tail straight up, massive four-corner trot, level in front… The poor non-Arab person standing nearby was HORRIFIED and thought my mare was going to kill me, despite the large amount of slack in the line :stuck_out_tongue:

#86

Hey, C in K…ok, here is the ‘collection’ of the half arab/half dutch warmblood filly pix…the ‘slideshow’ is of my daughter’s visit to meet her in Texas a week or so before Christmas!
can’t wait, can’t wait to see, meet, love her IN PERSON!!! not sure if shipping will be March or not…

http://www.warmblood-sales.com/SoldHorseDetail.asp?HorseID=37329&UserID=13402
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VSMvnQsGGqo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p0Rmw5oBumw

http://s594.photobucket.com/user/ayrabz/library/Meet%20Dallas%20%20%20%20%20La%20Vie%20Dansante

#87

[QUOTE=SharonA;7394446]
Fanny, having espied the trailer parked in “we’re going somewhere” position, was galloping around her paddock with her Arab on. This is what she does when she knows we’re going on a trail ride somewhere off-property. It’s her way of saying, “Hurry up, mom! I want to go show a bunch of other horses how it’s done!” When this woman saw Fanny, snorting and with her tail flagged, the woman clutched her horse’s bridle with a death grip and stopped in her tracks. “That horse is —running!” she said, in a tone of incredible disgust and disbelief. Whatever. :-)[/QUOTE]

A horse, running??? The horror of it all!!! Haha.

Don’t you want to just stand there all day and watch them when they “get their arab on” like that? Barn chores just come to a halt – all that can wait.

Last spring, just after we turned them out into the larger summer pasture, I came home from feeding, and told DH that I’d been in the barn mucking and getting feed ready, and heard what I thought was thunder. Looked outside it and was the two of them, galloping in from the back pasture (“with their full arab on”) because they’d figured out that I was in the barn. The next day, he called me from work and told me to wait to go to the barn until he got home from lunch, because he wanted to watch them come in. When we got to the barn, he said, “can I go call them” – I told him he didn’t need to, they’d have heard the car and should be coming in soon anyway. He said, “yeah, but CAN I go call them?” Yeah, sure. :smiley:

#88

[QUOTE=NorthwoodsRider;7395111]
A horse, running??? The horror of it all!!! Haha.

Don’t you want to just stand there all day and watch them when they “get their arab on” like that? Barn chores just come to a halt – all that can wait.

Last spring, just after we turned them out into the larger summer pasture, I came home from feeding, and told DH that I’d been in the barn mucking and getting feed ready, and heard what I thought was thunder. Looked outside it and was the two of them, galloping in from the back pasture (“with their full arab on”) because they’d figured out that I was in the barn. The next day, he called me from work and told me to wait to go to the barn until he got home from lunch, because he wanted to watch them come in. When we got to the barn, he said, “can I go call them” – I told him he didn’t need to, they’d have heard the car and should be coming in soon anyway. He said, “yeah, but CAN I go call them?” Yeah, sure. :D[/QUOTE]

I’m the exact same way.:yes: What non-Arabian people don’t understand is that our Arabians can turn off their arab-y-ness in a snap, as needed. Non-Arabian people watching our Arabians tend to confuse exuberance with out-of-control-ness -thus the terror.

#89

[QUOTE=MyssMyst;7394651]
Heehee, I was lunging my HA mare one day (in a halter, nothing fancy) and someone went by with a bag whip to try and convince their horse to get going. My mare is a former saddleseat horse, and as soon as she saw that bag, she turned it ON. Head straight up, tail straight up, massive four-corner trot, level in front… The poor non-Arab person standing nearby was HORRIFIED and thought my mare was going to kill me, despite the large amount of slack in the line :p[/QUOTE]

That must have been a beautiful sight to see. :love-struck:

#90

[QUOTE=ayrabz;7395016]
Hey, C in K…ok, here is the ‘collection’ of the half arab/half dutch warmblood filly pix…the ‘slideshow’ is of my daughter’s visit to meet her in Texas a week or so before Christmas!
can’t wait, can’t wait to see, meet, love her IN PERSON!!! not sure if shipping will be March or not…

http://www.warmblood-sales.com/SoldHorseDetail.asp?HorseID=37329&UserID=13402
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VSMvnQsGGqo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p0Rmw5oBumw

http://s594.photobucket.com/user/ayrabz/library/Meet%20Dallas%20%20%20%20%20La%20Vie%20Dansante[/QUOTE]

I loved both of the YouTube videos of your girl. She is going to be a star. Tons of presence. I was impressed with how glowingly, glossily healthy her dam looked so soon after foaling.

Her sire has good classic bloodlines; I’m glad that he’s still breeding.

How big is your filly? She looks like she’ll end up at least 17 hands.

You can post more photos of your horses if you want…:smiley:

#91

Y’all,
Hello!
So for our clique, should we name ourselves MyssMyst’s idea: “My Arabian is Smarter than Your Honor Student Clique”? What do y’all think?

#92

HAHAHA…That’ll work!
Thanks for the compliments on our new girl! yes, hopeful for some good size added by her dam. But ya never know I guess…Im hoping breeder will update me with new wither/butt heights in next email! I was just updated with photos and a video of her in the ‘show barn’ where she was moved to over the past weekend…to have more ‘grow up and rely more on her humans vs. the young friends’…showed her tieing, lifting/giving feet, and having a winter blankee put on. SHE WAS A ROCKSTAR! Seems the most secure, calm and trusting little one! we’re so excited! I’ll try to post some of our boy in a bit…
(and gawd, YES…he IS smarter than an Honor Student…) sometimes I’d like him a bit more DUHHHH. :slight_smile:

:slight_smile:

#93

[QUOTE=californianinkansas;7393527]
Star is a beautiful horse. She looks like she enjoys being with you. I like her bosal. What is her breeding?

Star’s daughter looks just lovely to me. Lots of presence. Who is her sire?[/QUOTE]

I should clarify the original post.

Star was my first Arab…and the grey in the first two pictures. She was put down about a year and a half ago, but that’s still kind of raw.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/star+runner3
Her breeding was kind of all over the place. She was never bred, just my buddy. I started her myself back under saddle as a 12 year old (The horse, not me) and she had never been bitted hence the bosal. However, we did transition into the bit quite well.

My family just liked the bosal type of thing. My family used to live in Chino, which I think you are too? I had my mare on Pipeline before moving her to Oregon.

The second grey mare is the current one…Donni.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/dancing+gdynia
She is the dam of a really nice western pleasure horse with a bunch of national titles. I use her for…well…not much. We are playing around with dressage. She is Cognac/Gdansk with some other CMK which I like.

Her daughter that I own is Chili.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?query_type=horse&h=NO+GREATER+HONOR&g=5&cellpadding=0&small_font=1&l=

If you like reading blogs, I write about Chili & Donni on the blog. :slight_smile:

Vee is just handsome by the way. I am also on ABN so I always enjoy Vee info, even if I don’t say so much! :slight_smile:

#94

I have an Arabian mare, who is race bred:

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/by+golly+nika2

…and a 6-year old, Half-Arabian mare out of a cremello (I don’t know the breeding of the dam)

She is sired by:

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?query_type=horse&h=MAHOGANYBALACLAVA&g=5&cellpadding=0&small_font=1&l=

So, she is super performance-bred on top.

Anyway, the other day my friend and I were spreading new sand in my round pen, and the two girls were following us as we filled the wheelbarrow and dumped the sand. When we took a break and went to sit outside of the arena, those two mares spent the whole time trying to take the scoops out and move the wheelbarrow…all the while walking very slowly like panthers.

So, we went back into the ring to block off the rest of the sand pile for the day, and we secured two panels with a big panel of white vinyl lattice attached to the other panels. We then went and sat outside and those two mares spent the next 30 minutes trying to find out how we attached the thing. They stealthily looked behind it, over it, under it, and around it to continue our work for us (checking our work I’m sure…).

Arabians are so funny and so observant…and they knew that we were laughing and enjoying their activity of imitating us…so cute. I will always have Arabians (I have other breeds as well…but…there is something so special about the breed)

#95

Arab![](an fans, did you know that the 2013 PATH International Horse of the Year and 2013 Inductee into the Equus Hall of Fame in the Humanitarian Category is a 25 year old Arabian gelding?

Meet the most gifted therapy horse I have ever known: Mr Wise Guy+// He had an outstanding career in the Arab show world, including mutiple national titles before being honored with the Legion of Excellence. At the age of 20, he transition into becoming a therapy mount, and he is a beloved member of the team at www.wingsandhooves.org.

This incredible horse can safely carry a 4 year old special needs rider with the ultimate care, then put his Arab on with the talented young lady who owns and showed him, and then transition into a new career he has picked up at the age of 25, Dressage!

He has done all this with a partially paralyzed jaw and a tongue that hangs out of his mouth like a happy puppy dog, due to a training accident when he was young.

Meet Mr Wise Guy! [IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/eastmeadowfarm/0_zps88e99991.jpeg)

#96

[QUOTE=californianinkansas;7393595]
He looks a lot like my gelding. What is his breeding? What direction are you going to go with him?[/QUOTE]

Yes they do look a ‘lot’ alike (Can’t do better than a chestnut with chrome)

Breeding - Good question!. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/gucci+fea what would the cothers consider it?

I want to do endurance with him but I’m wondering if ‘I’ can find the time to condition him. Today I just flopped around bareback with him.

#97

[QUOTE=fairtheewell;7396296]
I have an Arabian mare, who is race bred:

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/by+golly+nika2

…and a 6-year old, Half-Arabian mare out of a cremello (I don’t know the breeding of the dam)

She is sired by:

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?query_type=horse&h=MAHOGANYBALACLAVA&g=5&cellpadding=0&small_font=1&l=

So, she is super performance-bred on top.

Anyway, the other day my friend and I were spreading new sand in my round pen, and the two girls were following us as we filled the wheelbarrow and dumped the sand. When we took a break and went to sit outside of the arena, those two mares spent the whole time trying to take the scoops out and move the wheelbarrow…all the while walking very slowly like panthers.

So, we went back into the ring to block off the rest of the sand pile for the day, and we secured two panels with a big panel of white vinyl lattice attached to the other panels. We then went and sat outside and those two mares spent the next 30 minutes trying to find out how we attached the thing. They stealthily looked behind it, over it, under it, and around it to continue our work for us (checking our work I’m sure…).

Arabians are so funny and so observant…and they knew that we were laughing and enjoying their activity of imitating us…so cute. I will always have Arabians (I have other breeds as well…but…there is something so special about the breed)[/QUOTE]

You certainly have very good taste in horses. The experience you had with your mares and the round pen? That, right there, is why I will always be an Arabian person. Your mares are capable of making inferences -like dolphins, parrots, and Border Collies. How cool is that?!

#98

[QUOTE=5;7396514]
Yes they do look a ‘lot’ alike (Can’t do better than a chestnut with chrome)

Breeding - Good question!. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/gucci+fea what would the cothers consider it?

I want to do endurance with him but I’m wondering if ‘I’ can find the time to condition him. Today I just flopped around bareback with him.[/QUOTE]

He’s very well-bred, I can clearly tell that much! I’m terrible with correctly figuring out which Arabian strains and/or types are which, so I’m no help there.

Maybe LD Endurance or CTRs? I’m going to do LDs, as there is no way in heck I’ll ever have the time to condition my boy for anything longer than that.

I forgot to link to Vee’s stuff:
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/pa+hi-ly+visible

#99

[QUOTE=starrunner;7396060]
I should clarify the original post.

Star was my first Arab…and the grey in the first two pictures. She was put down about a year and a half ago, but that’s still kind of raw.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/star+runner3
Her breeding was kind of all over the place. She was never bred, just my buddy. I started her myself back under saddle as a 12 year old (The horse, not me) and she had never been bitted hence the bosal. However, we did transition into the bit quite well.

My family just liked the bosal type of thing. My family used to live in Chino, which I think you are too? I had my mare on Pipeline before moving her to Oregon.

The second grey mare is the current one…Donni.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/dancing+gdynia
She is the dam of a really nice western pleasure horse with a bunch of national titles. I use her for…well…not much. We are playing around with dressage. She is Cognac/Gdansk with some other CMK which I like.

Her daughter that I own is Chili.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?query_type=horse&h=NO+GREATER+HONOR&g=5&cellpadding=0&small_font=1&l=

If you like reading blogs, I write about Chili & Donni on the blog. :slight_smile:

Vee is just handsome by the way. I am also on ABN so I always enjoy Vee info, even if I don’t say so much! :)[/QUOTE]

Hi! I’ve bookmarked your blog; I’ll start reading it after I finish this post.

I am terribly sorry for the loss of your beloved mare.

I’ve not lived in Chino for longer than I care to admit, 20+ years, sigh. I grew up at a house on the corner of Grove and Riverside Dr., which technically is Ontario, but I went to Chino High. I very much enjoy ABN and ABN’ers; it’s like an online second family to me.

#100

[QUOTE=cha![](;7396341]
Arabian fans, did you know that the 2013 PATH International Horse of the Year and 2013 Inductee into the Equus Hall of Fame in the Humanitarian Category is a 25 year old Arabian gelding?

Meet the most gifted therapy horse I have ever known: Mr Wise Guy+// He had an outstanding career in the Arab show world, including mutiple national titles before being honored with the Legion of Excellence. At the age of 20, he transition into becoming a therapy mount, and he is a beloved member of the team at www.wingsandhooves.org.

This incredible horse can safely carry a 4 year old special needs rider with the ultimate care, then put his Arab on with the talented young lady who owns and showed him, and then transition into a new career he has picked up at the age of 25, Dressage!

He has done all this with a partially paralyzed jaw and a tongue that hangs out of his mouth like a happy puppy dog, due to a training accident when he was young.

Meet Mr Wise Guy! [IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/eastmeadowfarm/0_zps88e99991.jpeg)[/QUOTE]

I did not know this. Thank you! I’m going to go check this out right now!

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