Yea I think she is.

 

I would agree. Pretty girl!

 

does she have any white markings on her nose (yes, I know she's grey) any pink skin within a white marking (or whiter in this case) means they're not purebred. Even if they have full blood arab papers, something else is in the woodpile, so to speak. That is what my friend that specialized in arabs told me. Also, it's kind of hard to tell from those pics. Winter coat likes to hide form a little.

 

any pink skin within a white marking (or whiter in this case) means they're not purebred. Even if they have full blood arab papers, something else is in the woodpile, so to speak. That is what my friend that specialized in arabs told me.

I have never ever heard that.

 

Thats interesting about the markings. Im gonna look at every arab I know next time I see them...

 

im no expert, but i dont think she 100% pure. it seems there's a little something else in there. and the breeder lied about age, so he could be lying about her pedigree.

 

Don't purebred Arabs have black skin? Or horses with quite a bit of Arab blood in them?

 

This is a black skinned horse but its also a true grey. So was probably born black and turned white as the grey gene took over. Grey is very common in arabs.

 

Looks Arab to me. She's a little long, but that could just be a conformation "fault." Not all purebred Arab's look the same.

 

looks like an arab to me?....

if anything... maybe an arab/refined qh?

 

I"m trying to remember the conformation things she told me.... I may have to ask.
She looks like she's got a little quarter in her though from her head, and the fact you said she doesn't have the full tail twist. If she was that old, and papered, it would be perfectly acceptable for her breeder to call her full arab. As I had said, there could be up to half of another breed, and still be called an arab on the papers.

 

I'm guessing the "breeder" you bought her from didn't have papers on her? Was she ever registered? She doesn't look full Arab to me. I was also thinking she had a Quarter-ish look to her.

She seems pretty stocky to me to be pure Arabian, but she has the right attitude, and intelligence for an Arabian.

I've seen Arabs (as well as any horse) all over the spectrum as far a discipline goes. Which breed's are not as intelligent as an Arab? Or have a worse attitude?

 

I've seen Arabs (as well as any horse) all over the spectrum as far a discipline goes. Which breed's are not as intelligent as an Arab? Or have a worse attitude?

I didn't mean to offend anybody with that... I've met plenty of intelligent non-Arabs and I never meant to say that they, or she, have a bad attitude.
Most of the Arabians I've come in contact with, which I must admit, aren't that many, have had a very alert, but kind way of doing their stuff. I'm not saying a different breed can't be like that, I've just met a higher percentage of Arabs that are like that.

She doesn't have papers and her previous owner (her breeder) didn't give me any information on her sire and dam.

That's interesting about the pink skin... I don't think she has any, at least on her face she doesn't. Actually her hind fetlocks are pink skinned...

 

I had to think about it, and look at her side shot a good long while to remember more, and it looks to me that she doesn't break down build wise like an arab. Not a bad thing. I had a great Arab/Quarter/Morgan cross as a kid, and she was a great horse. As far as the coloring when she was born - horses can be born any color and turn grey. I've seen chestnuts & bays turn grey by the time they were 7 or 8. That Grey gene is kinda cool - and sneaky.

 

She's a cute mare. There are such variances in all breeds as far as the confo goes, that she might very well be. To me she doesn't quite as fine boned as most purebreds I have seen and there is something about her shoulder and neck that screams something other than arabian.

I have seen some draft crosses that looked nothing like draft, and that goes with a lot of other breeds I have seen as well.

She's a gorgeous little thing either way.

 

I agree, I don't think she's 100% arab, but you can see the arab in her.

 

i have no doudt in the world that shes not!

 

She does look arab to me but she looks more like the older style arabs, not the more refined show arabs you find these days. She is a cutie.

 

she doesnt look arabian to me, arabians have black skin and distinctive head shape and high tail carriage, all arabs carry there tail high when running, they are also hot horses, very spirited.They also have short backs and very large nostils for their little faces.Look at the one in my avatar or I'll try to post one here.

 

i think she looks like an arab...more of the polish side of arabians.

 

i would say maybe just a hint of QH in her, other wise she looks like an arab. She is a cutie.

 

She looks full Arab to me.
Defiantly Polish.
My mare had one pink dot on her nose and she was polish Arab.
Solid Arab linage.

 

She really could be purebred. Especially considering her age, she looks like the old style arabs. In fact I've seen many purebreds that looked extremely similar to her (so much so that I wouldn't doubt similar breeding). If she was conditioned, cleaned up nice, those arabian features would pop out quite a bit more.
She very well could have some other breed in there, but I would guess it's a small percentage.
Did you get her from her breeders? You might ask them (if you haven't already) her parents names, and if they were registered.

 

I'm pretty sure her parents were registered since according to her breeder she could be registered, the breeder just didn't do it for an unknown reason. =S

I think I'll ask my riding instructor, who used to know this lady, whether she has any contact info for her. It would be interesting to see her pedigree and actually solve the mystery. Haha

 

I think she could be full Arab. I know Arabians that aren't real typey, but they're definitely purebred. She's pretty.

 

Well I'm pretty sure I found her dad. Ammunition Arabian

And interestingly enough I was looking back through the horses in his pedigree and she looks really similar to Comet:

IMHO they have a very similar back end among other things.

Funny thing too, if you look at my conformation picture of Lacey in the OP and if you look at this picture of Comet, they have their legs exactly the same way. Haha Randomly.

And it looks like whoever said she was probably Polish is right, about her dad's side at least.

 

I think she could be full, she's probably polish bred.

The saying about white skin under white markings is definatley not true. My horse is full blood arabian, I've got his papers and he comes from one of the leading arabian horse breeders in the nation, and he's got white skin under his socks and snip.

Also, you really can't base it off of her looks. Here's my purebred guy, who is extremely stocky and has a very straight profiled head. He also doesn't carry his tail high, and has long, sweepy movement instead of the high action that is accepted in the arabian world. He's also very, very well bred. His dam's sire is El Ghazi, his sire's sire is Cognac. He's also triple Bask, he just didn't get the typey looks.

So, honestly, you will never know for sure if she is purebred or not without papers, but I think she is =]