Photo of the day: Emir el-Arab (1883)
All you need to know about this horse is in the photo’s legend. Nice horse. Line extinct like all the horses of the Strognaov/Sherbatov importation of 1888.
Day: July 28, 2009
Bedouins did not like horses with dished profiles*
Arabian horses do not come in one type or form; rather they are of many, many types; unfortunately, in this day and age, one type has come to dominate and has spead everywhere; it is the type associated with the dished profile, so popular in show contests. According to a number of oral stories from old Bedouin … Read more
One more picture of a mare with long eyelashes
This is Atiq Ayla (Laheeb x Al Hambra B by Salaa el Dine out of 228 Ibn Galal I to Bint Azza I, from the Egyptian Dahman Shahwan line tracing to Bint El Bahreyn). Â Ayla has a very large, expressive eye of the ‘human type’ with plenty of white showing and long eyelashes. She is … Read more