The following are excerpts from a precious article, Introducing the Asil Horse Of Khuzestan, written by the late Mary Gharagozlu and published on the WAHO website. This is one of those rare informative articles that lets Arab voices speak about what features to look for in an Arabian horse. The Bedouin quoted here is a leader from the Aal Kathir, a large branch of the Bani Lam Bedouins settled in Khuzestan (ex-Arabestan) in Southwestern Iran since the 1600s. Mary Gharagozlu (photo below) is the narrator. The foreign words used are in farsi, her native language. Read on, and savor the description of a good horse according to a Bedouin authority, all the way down to what he thinks of the “dish” and the flat croup. There. Sheikh Hajat of the Al Kathir, said to be one of the most authoritative men on the dispersal and fame of the strains of Khuzestan, lived not more than forty kilometers away. It was at the risk of becoming stuck in the mud that we decided to attempt to go to him. We had a fantastic drive which was more like sailing on a sea of mud than driving, but we eventually got there,…