#Arabian foal

[horsesarecreatures]

Babson Arabian Vlacq Amurrah and her filly Halypa Azeema

[schleichoftheday]

Today's Schleich is:

97020 Arab Foal [2014]

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Life amongst the buttercups by Regina Via Flickr: This is a photo I take every year when I visit the foals at our state stud at Marbach because I love to see them relaxing amongst the buttercups. The foal in this photo is an Arabian colt.

[sketch-shepherd-art]

A project I MAY have been a little over-ambitious on, I wanted to do a big-ass study of how different horse breeds and other equines would look in the Spirit style. I feel very mixed about the results lol

Also before anyone reminds me about some of these breeds being present in Spirit Riding Free yes I'm aware and I don't care because I HATE Riding Free

[geffenrecords]

1982 Sears Christmas Book, Page 517 - Catalogs & Wishbooks

[idontliketomatoesleavemealone]

rewatching the animal documentaries I always saw at ten

[rivalstarsracinggirl]

Blueberry blush grew up and had a baby of his own! Very happy as it’s a solid black no dilution filly 🥳

[horsefriends]

Little Arabo-Friesian Foal Sees the Outside World for the First Time by Yvon Hoogers (x x x x)

[rotarywires]

sometimes people say things about horses and it makes me want to tear my hair out

[lokirulzart]

WILD WEST AU!!!!

You ever notice that when fools do a western AU, they cheap out on the horses or ignore them entirely??? WELL NOT HERE, FOLKS. ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY HORSE CONTENT. BECAUSE I LOVE Y’ALL AND ALSO HORSES.

Frank has a snooty Appaloosa because he’s fancy, but also appaloosas are reliable trail horses, so that means he can go bug collecting without worrying much. His insect collection is the envy of all the rich collectors in the whole county.

Wally ended up with a chestnut Arabian mare, because Wally is too small for a bigger horse and I just think it’s funny. HANG ON THERE, PARDNER!! SHE’S A WILD ONE!!! Luckily, Wally is usually unaware of his own horse acting up, and the mare ends up tiring herself out just because Wally simply doesn’t even notice her… he’s too busy spacing out. But he’s one of the best Bronco Busters around thanks to her!

Hunter/trapper/fur trader Barnaby has himself a lovely Shire mare with a sweet and patient disposition. She has no trouble carrying whatever Barnaby has hunted as well as big ol’ Barnaby himself… but he still feels bad about making her work, so he only ever hunts what he needs to in order to get by.

Julie and her mustang are BOTH wild. Julie had the chance to tame her, but instead she just fed off of her spirited energy and now the two of them just tear around being crazy together, getting into trouble, rolling in the dust… Julie wouldn’t have it any other way.

What better steed for a Pony Express postal worker than a sure footed mule?! Seriously, mules are the mountain goats of the equine world. Eddie’s mule might not be as fast of a sprinter as some horses, but this animal can trek over ANY terrain, ensuring that all of the mail gets delivered on time. They have yet to miss a single delivery.

(Snake oil) Salesman Howdy Pillar has a general store in town as WELL as a covered wagon to travel around, ensuring that everyone gets the best deals on their pork ‘n’ beans, biscuits, tobacco, and tonics. You want it? Howdy’s GOT it… and his team of 3 dapple gray Connemara ponies, and one brown one, will make sure that you can get it… also the tallest character having the smallest horses makes me giggle.

Poppy doesn’t have a rideable horse yet, which is perhaps for the best. She spends a lot of time at Howdy’s general store or riding in his wagon. She is his best customer. But she has recently come by a thoroughbred foal that she is now raising from a bottle. So perhaps one day very soon Poppy will have her own tall and elegant steed to carry her around… let’s just hope he’s not too fast for her.

Sally is a performer at the local saloon by night and helps out with cleaning during the day… she knows NOTHING about horses… but one night, after all the local drunks went home, a poor American Paint got left behind. Nobody came back to claim the animal, so Sally boards him at the local ranch and visits often. She hopes one day to learn how to ride him, but it’s slow going. She is, after all, a singer and actress first.

AND THEN HOME THE SALOON!! YOU DIDN’T THINK I’D FORGET HOME, DID YOU?? He has a small stable in the back and a second floor, where Wally lives! Wally gets to spend all his free time hanging out, meeting up with his friends, and drinking all the apple juice he wants! (Just don’t tell him it’s apple juice, he’ll get confused. He thinks he’s just drinking whiskey like everyone else. It’s easier this way.) Also Home is the only saloon that can kick out belligerent drunk people itself!

Also Bonus OCs, Luna O’Hare the bilingual cartographer (created by @m0stlygh0st) and Simon, my boy, the ranch hand! Luna has an Andalusian that she likes to dress up, braid it’s mane, and stick flowers in it-… as snacks for later. They’re also grazing buddies and Luna can often be found eating the horse feed because it’s so similar to rabbit food. Simon has a gelding Quarter Horse with golden retriever energy and not a single braincell to his name. Poor Simon… but at least his horse loves him.

YEEHAW!!!! 🤠

[hydrasluncheon]

FINALLY got around to making some horses for Echo's herd! Starting off with just five girlies, each one joined Echo during her journey.

While I have no concrete story yet, and not sure if I ever will (I like to change things a lot), these were some of the concepts I've had in mind for awhile.

Hopefully you're all familiar with Fox and Echo already! While Fox is the man of the herd, Echo is the real leader here. And these are her ladies.

Mink was the first horse to join the herd, a young yearling whose a little too naive for her own good. She needed a more experienced horse to look after her, and Echo was happy to have her company.

Paloma was the next to join, a gorgeous mare but a very lonely one. She had lost her herd and was captured by wranglers. With Echo's help, she escaped and was eager to join her. Her father was a tamed Arabian, and she never got to meet him.

Charlotte sticks out like a sore thumb amongst the herd, being a Belgian Draft that was owned by settlers. She had a hard life, and was lucky to be given the chance to run away thanks to Echo's antics. She is the oldest, but she keeps up with the others pretty well.

Mesa was a horse wrangler's steed, though she really detested her job. She was happy to abandon that life when Echo gave her the chance. A very stereotypical chestnut mare, Mesa gets on Echo's nerves but she doesn't have the experience to challenge her rank.

Shikoba was raised by the Choctaw, but found herself far from home and alone. She was captured by wranglers, but managed to escape when the Lakota appeared to steal the horses the wranglers had. She would meet Ghost before she'd meet Echo.

Since they're all basically background characters, I don't foresee myself fleshing them out much. Any more mares I add will probably just have names and that's it. However, I will have a lot of fun making foals for them. I love designing foals with my very not good knowledge of genetics. I make things up, it's fun!

[schleichoftheday]

Today's Schleich is:

13762 Arab Faol [2014 - 2019]

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Untitled by Jennifer MacNeill Via Flickr: Roze Arabians

[sketch-shepherd-art]

So I decided to take my sketches from my Spirit-style horse breed study and turn them into free to use bases

No strict rules on these really apart from 1) PLEASE give credit as sketch-shepherd if you use them anywhere 2) do NOT use them for any kind monetary purpose 3) do NOT claim you drew these bases yourself

Link to the higher-resolution files on my Google Drive

[caesarsaladinn]

will hybrid vigor cancel out terrible breeding if the parents have different enough problems? if I cross one of those noodle-necked arabian horses with one of those horrible roided-out quarter horses, will I get a perfectly functional foal?

[theprissythumbelina]

Legend of the Bloody Shoulder

She picks her way through the dark smoke and fallen

Her precious cargo laying heavy on her back

He is wounded but still breathing, blood trickling 

Down her grey speckled shoulder into the sand

There are many versions of this legend,

This is the one I know.

A brave Prince of the wandering desert people

Prepared for war with his warriors behind him

He mounts his finest steed, a bold grey mare

With dark eyes and nose, but white silk body.

Her swift legs carry him racing into battle

Her kicks and bites defend him from harm

He stabs, he slices, foes fall dead around him

But through his body a spear is thrust.

The battle is over, all are wounded or soon dead

The horses have all fled from sound of battle

Only the grey mare remains, with her burden

Her master dying on her back, stains her red.

She knows her duty, she bears him home safely

Through night and day of desert travel

On her back, with failing breath he prays

“Lord, bless this mare and her descendants.”

She reaches home as second day dawns

His people cry out with her quiet arrival

They take him down, he is cold and stiff

Her prince she brought home to be buried.

His wife brings water, she tries her best to clean

The mare’s now dark-red bloody shoulder

But as she rubs, the mare falls heavy to the ground 

Her sides heaving with exhaustion, and what’s more,

As the prince is buried, is birthed a blood-red colt

Who grows to take his mother’s pale grey coat

The mother who saved her son and master both

On her colt the mark of her courage and loyalty

In his bloody shoulder marking 

And all her children after.

The bloody shoulder is a marking that appears on grey horses of Arabian descent. It's name is said to come from the legend of a gray mare that carried her injured rider back from a deadly battle, his blood staining her shoulder red. She then gave birth to a foal who bore the same marking as his dam, and her descendants ever since have carried this mark in honor of their ancestor