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The Arabian or Arab horse (Arabic: الحصان العربي [alħisˤaːn alʕarabijj], DMG al-ḥiṣān al-ʿarabī) is a breed of horse with historic roots on the Arabian Peninsula. With a distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, the Arabian is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world.
"Al Khamsa" (الخمسة) is a designation applied to specific desert-bred bloodlines of the Arabian horse considered particularly "pure" by Arabian horse breeders, who sometimes also describe such lines by use of the Arabic word asil, meaning "pure". It also refers to a mythical origin story of the breed.
The Anglo-Arabian, also known as the Anglo-Arab, is a horse breed that originated in France by cross-breeding a Thoroughbred with an Arabian. The Anglo-Arabian has origins tracing back to the Limousin Horse . [ 1 ]
Saklawi horses influenced several European horse breeds selected in Central Europe in the early 19th century. One stallion in the lineage is known to have been the sixth founder stallion of the Lipizzan breed at the Spanish Riding School. This gray Arabian horse, named "Siglavy", was born in 1810 and arrived in Lipica in 1814 [20] or 1816. [21]
The Godolphin Arabian (c. 1724 –1753), also known as the Godolphin Barb, was an Arabian horse who was one of three stallions that founded the modern Thoroughbred (the others were the Darley Arabian and the Byerley Turk). He was named after his best-known owner, Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin.
It also works with the United States Equestrian Federation to sanction horse shows and license judges for Arabian horses. [1] The AHA was formed by a merger between the International Arabian Horse Association (IAHA) and the Arabian Horse Registry of America (AHRA) in 2003. AHRA was the older of the two organizations, a breed registry founded in ...
The Arabian horse played an important role in the founding of Qatar. Arabian horses are more than animals in Qatar; they are symbols of pride, tradition, and resilience. Historically, these horses were vital to the Bedouin way of life in the desert, as they provided transportation, survival, and companionship (Schiettecatte & Zouache, 2017 ...
The Shagya Arabian is a horse breed which was developed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 19th century at the Bábolna, Mezőhegyes, Radautz, Piber, and Topolcianky studs. Today it is most often seen in the Czech Republic , Austria , Romania , the former Yugoslavian countries, Poland , Germany , and Hungary , but has been exported to ...