Two more photos of Mobarak
Both taken by an unknown photographer at the old farm of Basil Jadaan. He had a lot of style, and when ridden, he would prance sideways rather than walk straight. Critics would fault his sinuous, snake-like middle of the body, but he did not transmit that.
I was struck by how straight his hind leg seems in that top photo, and while the other photos don’t make it look quite so upright through the gaskin, his hind limbs put me in mind of those seen on racehorses, where the open angles and the straightness of the limb are associated with speed, and the ability of the leg to sweep up under the body and drive the horse forward.
The snake like back is known today as “lordosis” an excessive curvature of the spine. Seen today in some modern Asil Arabians.