Yep, I've heard all the Arabian bashing stereotypes over the years, probably three times over.

Your best bet is to smile, and then go ahead and ride your horse. They WANT you to engage them. If you don't, they have nothing to use as ammunition against you.

Better to show them what your horse can do, rather than argue with them.

 

Try having a big draft cross in a ranching community. Lol

People will have breed prejudices. It happens. You just have to deal with it because you know what your horse can do. Arabs and TBs go for dirt cheap in my state (Arizona) because QHs and stock horses rule. I've seen grade stock horses go for more than papered Arabs with great bloodlines.

When people bash your Arab, just smile and then show them just what your horse can do.
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My mother bred arabs and I owned one for her whole life (sadly only 22 yrs), I have never experienced anyone expressing dislike of them in particular. My vet has expressed concerns about my haflinger and various people have made the odd comment about my TB but nothing towards my arab.

 

I am not fond of Arabs, but I would not go around bashing them, thats for sure... Treat others how you would want to be treated. Horse community's are harsh, it's a shame, we are all at a horse event, or what ever it may be, because of our love for horses. :lol:

ETA: My TB has been bashed at Western shows, mostly all QH's there... Got a lot of rude comments but showed them what were made of and kicked some butt! Just ignore them and show them what you got :wink:

 

I don't get much Arab bashing but I do get a lot of exclamations and fervent declarations about how wild Arabs are, that my (registered straight Egyptian) Arab may be mixed because he's quiet, leads well and stands nicely and that I am brave for owning one.
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Pish, we all know how krazy dem Straight Egyptian hawrses be! Youse just in denial!

 

Pfft they're just jealous their horses don't gallop in place and do aerial maneuvers when spooking! They just *scoff* skitter.


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Casper's not SE, but he does the cantering in place thing, as well as has a 300 mph sideways spook. Why do you think I wear full seat breeches and have a suede saddle seat when I ride him? :rofl:

Casper is honestly one of the very few Arabians I've known/ridden/owned over the years who really does act like the squirrely stereotype. My heart horse was as laid back as they come.

JJ now, my 'crazy ex-racehorse' TB has a hard time staying awake. Oh, saddle? M'kay. Bridle? Whatever..... Something scary? Should I spook? Naw, too much trouble!

 

I get the "crazy Ay-rab" remark quite a bit. I then proceed to drop Estrella's bridle and lope a reining pattern for them bridleless

 

Lies, all lies! Ayrabs can't do that! They's all spooky and hyper! :wink:

 

PROOF! Proof, I tell you! :lol:

 

She's gorgeous :O

 

She really is quite the lovely mare, equiniphile. I do feel for you with her being gray, though. Got one myself. He's the piggiest horse I own!

 

Thank you, Speed! She's turning out to be a really nice "teacher pony" for the little girls. Thankfully, she doesn't roll out in the pasture. She stays pretty clean year-round.

Of course, she'll turn into a muddy pig when I show up at 6:00 am tomorrow to get her ready for our clinic ;-)

 

Of course, she'll turn into a muddy pig when I show up at 6:00 am tomorrow to get her ready for our clinic ;-)

Yes, because you said she WON'T roll. You just cursed yourself! :rofl:

Casper is the first and hopefully only gray I've ever owned. I tell people the reason he rolls in the mud so much is because he knows I prefer bays and chestnuts, so is trying to pass himself off as one! :?

I do tend to like the dirt colored horses much better. Easier to clean!

 

I shocked the UK hunting world when I took on an arabian and got a lot of flack for doing it. He was a great little horse and no more spooky or high strung than anything else
The arabian society in GB has done a lot in the past 30 years to improve the breed and turn them into a respected riding horse

 

The biggest problem with people who don't understand and have these stereotypes against the Arabian, is that it's a lot easier for them to control an animal when you're smarter then it.

 

I have been mocked by the president of the compeditive trail assosiation for riding a thoroughbred.

Honestly, breed prejudgice is common. You do endurance on a ottb, you get criticized. Chase cows on an arab, get mocked. I get laughed at all the time for riding my "tiny" arab.

Just remember, not everyone is talented enough to ride an arab:lol: Ignore them, then go out and kick their butts. No faster way to shut them up

 

My daughter's first hunter pony was a Welsh/Arab cross. Once had a trainer suggest we block his dock to make him look less Arab. Long story, short, we let the horse do the talking. Put my 10 y/o daughter in the Green Hunter open (against her trainer's chestnut thoroughbred - trainer riding). She had the only Arab and only pony. Yes...she not only beat him, she took the championship. A good horse is a good horse regardless of the breed.

 

Exactly, 66Domino. There are no 'best' breeds, and the most efficient way to silence the naysayers is just to ride your horse and show people what they can do.

 

LOL That was soooooo not PC. :lol:

 

why does it matter what people say? Look at the bright side it keeps prices down.

 

why does it matter what people say? Look at the bright side it keeps prices down.

Heh.
None of the ones I want are cheap.

 

Breed bashing is what divides the confident people (those who know they will never know it all) from the not-so-confident people (those who think they know it all and must prove it regularly even to complete strangers) and you will soon notice that only the not-so-confident people continue to play the game. Hang in there you will be fine. I owned horses for over two decades before I got my first Arab - and LOVE the breed. I am opposite than most people I know here where I am - I LOVE trying out new breeds and disciplines. You will have more friends and get one heck of an education in the process. Keep an open mind and stay friendly. Just remember ' what they don't know IS hurting them'

 

Ya' know what is so sad.....we all love horses. We all come from different backgrounds, all walks of life. The one animal that has brought so many of us together from all walks of life is....the horse. We need to put aside differences, and get back to the true meaning. Diversity can bring learning....The horse brings us together.

 

that was deep, man

 

I hear it all the time. I have some Arab friends, and to be honest I LOVE them!

I just love the dished faces and long manes and tails. I could just die looking at them.

My friend has a Arab and she did showing, etc. Well she was told once by a judge that she thought her Arab, "sucked and is disgusting," and another time when she entered the ring the judge looked at her, crossed her arms and looked the other way. I saw it too, I was amazed.

Her Arab was great, nothing wrong with it and was very calm. Some people astonish me.

 

The bashing goes both ways. I've had arab owners have a problem w/ me showing Odie hunter in hand. I've had dressage ppl tell me that an arab isn't built for dressage. Honestly the arab I owned was a few cans short of a 6 pack, but my mom's arab was a sweetheart.

Personally, I don't care for them but they aren't a bad breed.
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I knew a few arab haters until they met mine. They were expecing him to be flighty but he was quite the opposite. They realized just what kind and gentle souls arabs are.

 

The only breed that I knowingly have a prejudice against are Quarter Horses. They scare the pants off me. They are SO FAST!!!

Once I was trail riding on my Arab with a friend, who was riding his big, young, tall, red dun quarter horse gelding, when a deer came crashing out of the ticket, right at us.

My Arab jumped a bit, but that quarter horse spun in a total 180 and took off back to the barn so fast that he was out of sight before my friend hit the ground. Knocked my friend right out. I remember it like a cartoon: a horse running flat out with his legs just blurry scribble, while saddle and rider are left behind suspended in the air... In reality, the saddle stayed on the horse, but I don't know how. I never saw anything like it before. Give me a nice, quiet, slow Arab, or an OTTB!