The Arabian Horse

  • About the breed

    The Arabian HorseArabians are one of the oldest human-developed horse breeds in the world. Three arabians, Darley Arabian, Byerly Turk, and Godolphin Arabian, are the three foundation stallions of the modern Thoroughbred. The arabian horse are the topic of many myths and legends, one of the more famous quotes of its creations follows

    "I create thee, Oh Arabian. To thy forelock, I bind Victory in battle. On thy back, I set a rich spoil and a Treasure in thy loins. I establish thee as one of the Glories of the Earth. I give thee flight without wings".

    Approved colors are chestnut, black, bay, grey and rabicano. Sabino is not uncommon in the breed. It is quite common in the Russian Arabian. Pure Arabians never carry dilution genes and can not be dun, cremello, palomino or buckskin. Further they do not carry genes for pinto or Leopard ("Appaloosa") spotting patterns, except for sabino.

    Naming Guidelines: Maximum of 21 characters including spaces, no more than 4 separate words. No numerical prefixes or suffixes or suffixes of Jr./ Sr.. Punctuation, apostrophes or diacritical markings are not allowed in the name. The only valid characters are letters A to Z, space and dash. The Crabbets tend to follow family names, but not required.

  • The different Arabian types

    There are several types, Egyptian, Crabbet (english), Polish, Domestic, Babson, Spanish and Russian.

    Egyptian - The Egyptian Arabian is the 'original' Arabian horse, originated from the Arabian penisula. It is considered to be the world's oldest equine breed, with horses that resemble modern Egyptian Arabians dating back more than 4000 years. It is said to be the purest, and to be the 'mother' or substance behind all the different strains.

    Crabbet (english) - A 'Crabbet' is a special type of Arabian horse that is descended from those bred at the world famous Crabbet Arabian Stud set up by Lady Anne and Wilfrid Blunt. It is noted for its height, as they generally stand taller than any other strain within the Arabian horse breed. A pure Crabbet has 75% or over Crabbet Stud bloodlines, a straight Crabbet has 100%.

    Polish - Arabian horses were introduced to Poland in the 16th century via prizes of war. It was not until the 19th century that organized pure-bred breeding was established. It was decimated during the two world wars, leading to the loss of breed registry and the vast majority of the livestock. In 1926, a studbook was created and a dedicated breeding society. Breeding resumed in the 1940-1950s, based on a small group of surviving breeding stock.

    Domestic (American) - Heavily based on Crabbet, the Domestic Arabian is not too different from that of most Americans - lots of English, with strains from other nations thrown in. Even though the colonists brought "oriental" stallions from England to upgrade their Thoroughbred stock, these owners did not breed purebred Arabians.

    Babson - The horses that would provide the basis for what is known today as the “Straight Babson”was mainy of egyptian and Crabbet background.

    Spanish - Based on mostly egyptian blood but also some polish and in the begining the Spanish warhorse (Arabian/Barb horses on the Iberian stock). Spanish Arabians whose lineage can be traced to entries in the Registro Matricula before 1970 are referred to as Classical Spanish. Due to heavy line breeding and a closed gene pool, the Classical Spanish have remained distinctive in type, and breed true.

    Russian - This strain originates from Northern Caucasus, where Count S.A. Stroganov introduced the first stock of purebred Arabians. They imported horses from all over the world. The first horses at the stud were French, Crabbet, Polish and later Egyptian Arabians. From those, the Russians bred their own strain. Pure 'Straight Russian Arabians' must trace all their lines to horses purchased and/or bred by the Tersk Stud in Russia.

  • The Arabians at Décors

    Here at Decor we mostly have Egyptian arabians and just a few of the other types. While there are some arabians here, it is not a breed that is activly bred. I do hope that I will be able to get models for the arabians I have. Arabians born here do not carry any pre- or suffix.