I just read the rest of the posts in this thread and I would just like
to say that a really good Arab is worth it's weight in gold. They are
just rarer than hen's teeth. What passes for an Arab today is a man-
made monstrosity, but not so long ago, they were beautiful, smart,
hardy, smart, easily kept, and smart. There are some good old
fashioned ones still out there, but...not many.
My first pony, and my oldest's too...(same pony) was an Arab. He kept
both of us, and a lot of other kids in between times, happy and safe,
when I was so stupid as a kid, I really ought to have been killed by
him.
He was Polish. The Egyptian ones...oh my god. They don't even look
like real horses anymore.