What "build" of Arabian do you like? *pictures are welcome of your Arabs too!!*

OKAY now before I start this thread I mean NO offense to anyone with there Arabs I swear.


I enjoy the Arabs that are more bulky the ones with a little bit more muscle and thicker body all over. The ones with not so thin "Arab" necks or really dished heads. Point blank, I just like the more thick bulky built type of Arabians.

Much like this Arabian who is actually in my horses lines.

Or like my Arabian.

Which ones do you prefer? Also what do judges and shows see bulkier built Arabians as?

Maybe I'm a terrible person (probably ) but I love the Arabs with relatively typey heads, the kind where you see their head and you're like "That's has to be an Arab!" not the "OMG, is that an ALIEN" heads, then if that head were mixed with a super solid body on sturdy but not thick legs. I also love an Arab with a nice neck.

Basically, I want an Arabian that is gorgeous and could go all day while looking gorgeous. The "could be wearing a paper bag and still be stunning" type of horse.

I really like the Polish bred Arabians.

I love that first guy you posted, as well as "Comet" (a great-great-great grandfather of my mare):





And then, I'm just in love with my mare's body type. I wish her neck was a little nicer and that her loin/hip attachments was classier but overall, she's there.

Here she is, "wearing" what I like to call "Winter Survival - My Pretty Pony Style".

OMG Your mare <3 may I have her!? She is beautiful! I LOVE LOVE her build! Wish my Arab was a bit more stocky, but she is how she is and I love her! Mines got Polish, Crabbit and Eygption(SP sorry </3.) all bred in her lines. Then back in the 17 hundreds she has TB and a breed called "East Prussian" over on her mothers side. She is a pure A from then on, well I guess not "pure" as no Arabian is. If you go back far enough in each Arabs line you'll find that they we're crossed with Crabbit Polish ect.

I like both the stronger built type and the slender type, but I do not like the sea-horse heads or table-top backs.

I've sold the one my daughter is riding in this picture because she had a severe and mutual hatred with my Appy gelding, and we kept the gelding. She now lives about 1.5 miles from here and is much ridden and loved, so it is working out fine. The mare I kept is from CMK lines, mostly K if I remember right.

I like both of them. The one we sold was smaller, but had plenty of spunk and had good strength for her size (maybe 770-800 lbs).

I rode an Arab on Thurs and she was stocky

I prefer a Polish to an Egyptian. Then again, depends on the Egyptian...

I prefer stockier my boy is a stocky 14.2 I can't post pictures now but he is outlaw in my albums
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Cool! I went to your album and seen him I also see that you barrel race him too! The pictures I posted above are of the mare that I barrel race as well she's 14.3hh. Just loping right now we'll be showing next month or so in just exhibition races then we'll move up when she gets better at it. Your boy is very handsome and I love his build!

I actually prefer the very slender looking Arabians. I like a very dished head, and just overall the type you can look at be for sure that it's an Arabian. I REALLY enjoy the look of Egyptian Arabians. I'm not a huge fan of the stocky type, I guess I'm weird :P.

When I think of an Arabian, this is what I think of.
I'm not sure what body type this would be.

(Naseem)