Arabian Horse Fan Club

[Barron]

I still bet the foal will be really cute (: My mare is a Morgan Percheron Cross!!! She is dark bay with dappled spots and big feet with a little feathering. But she is really small 14.5 hands, but really stocking. She is a great horse that I rescued from a meat sale and rides very nice. Are you going to keep the foal?

[Midnight~Imprint]

I still bet the foal will be really cute (: My mare is a Morgan Percheron Cross!!! She is dark bay with dappled spots and big feet with a little feathering. But she is really small 14.5 hands, but really stocking. She is a great horse that I rescued from a meat sale and rides very nice. Are you going to keep the foal?

Aww cute ^^
Not sure yet, her first filly, we gave to a lady that had just lost her old horse. It was really sad... I see her all the time though

[Barron]

Well, thats good!! All the horses I ever sold get lost and sold a million times I am hoping to get another horse probly a AQH or a paint,maybe an arabian. And I may breed her to one of my dad's friend's stallions:) beascue I really want to raise a foal.

[xChry.]

Username:Ryuzaki~Tamaki
do you own any horses? if so what breed: Yes, Arabian
wanted breed of horse: Peruvian Passo
What would you name your horse: Music
does arabian blood flow through all living horses today: No.
Other: The Arabian horse is the oldest breed of horse in the world.

[Lunarflower<3Arabs]

((thank you, you are semi accepted, but arabian blood does flow through all living horses today, that is because if there was not arabian there would be no other horses either, Arabians are the base of all living horses today, and somewhere in each horses ancestry there will be an arabian horse, so please put change your answer, thanks.))

Thank you for joining Ryu and Toppy, but you need to change your answer.

[xChry.]

But some horses are purebred, Which means for example if it was a quarter horse, It would only have quarter horse blood, correct? :T

[Toppyrocks]

Sorry, what answer do I need to change? I see nothing wrong with my anwers.

Ryu- While the quarter horse breed was still being created, founded and perfected, different breeds of horses were added to the mix. For example, if the average 'quarter horse' of the time had been, let's say, too slow, they maybe would've bred in a bit of Thoroughbred to make them faster. Once they had all the qualities they wanted, they would only breed those horses together, not adding other horses. Once quarter horses kept those qualities for a while, they would've become registered as a breed and a stud book would have eventually been created. This is all in theory and as an example, of course, that wasn't exactly what happened for the quarter horse, but that's sort of what happens for most breeds. I could find out for sure though if you want.

Also, breeds that become endangered for a while or end up having genetic problems can also be improved by adding a bit of other breeds to the mix until they can remain stabalized themselves. It adds genetic diversity to help maintain a healthy breed, as well. I'm not sure about horses, but for dogs it takes (I can't remember the exact number but I know it's one of these) only about 7-11 generations to create a new breed before they will continually reproduce the same dogs with the same standard characteristics. The same thing would happen to the horse, but a different number of generations.

Maybe I should get a career in genetics?

[Lunarflower<3Arabs]

Username: Toppyrocks
do you own any horses? if so what breed: Nope, but the horse that I ride the most and lease is an Arabian
wanted breed of horse: My most wanted breed would be some sort of Iberian horse, but I would love to have a half-arab, too.
What would you name your horse: It depends on the horse's personality and appearance.
does arabian blood flow through all living horses today: No
Other: While Arabians aren't my favourite breed, I do still love them. I'm around a lot of arabians very often, and 2 of my 3 favourite horses of all time are Arabians.

((thank you Toppy for that explanation, and since arabians are the oldest living horse breed as you said Ryu, that means that somewhere in EVERY horses genetics not very close but far off there will be arabian blood))

[Toppyrocks]

No problem. But Arabians aren't the oldest horse breed- I looked it up. Arabians are one of the oldest breeds, two that are older are the Caspian horse and the Przewalksi horse.

There would be no arabian DNA in the Przewalksi horse for a specific reason- the number of chromosones and. Przewalksi's horses have 66 chromosones while domestic horses have 64. In other mixes this would mean that the offspring would be infertile, but not this mix. The Przewalksi Cross horse could breed, but the offspring after that do resemble the Przewalksi very much at all. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/przewalski/index.htm

It is also hard to prove that Arabians have influenced all breeds or are the oldest breed because such things just weren't documented very much proir to several hundred years ago, and other then that only DNA testing would prove much, and Arabian blood hasn't been proven in all breeds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_horse#Influence_on_other_horse_breeds

[Midnight~Imprint]

No problem. But Arabians aren't the oldest horse breed- I looked it up. Arabians are one of the oldest breeds, two that are older are the Caspian horse and the Przewalksi horse.

There would be no arabian DNA in the Przewalksi horse for a specific reason- the number of chromosones and. Przewalksi's horses have 66 chromosones while domestic horses have 64. In other mixes this would mean that the offspring would be infertile, but not this mix. The Przewalksi Cross horse could breed, but the offspring after that do resemble the Przewalksi very much at all. http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/przewalski/index.htm

It is also hard to prove that Arabians have influenced all breeds or are the oldest breed because such things just weren't documented very much proir to several hundred years ago, and other then that only DNA testing would prove much, and Arabian blood hasn't been proven in all breeds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_horse#Influence_on_other_horse_breeds

Thats what I thought too Dx