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Barb Peck wrote:
> John:
>  
> Here's a picture of Kann.
> You're right! Doesn't look like the Arabs of today.
>  
> http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/kann

I must be missing something.  I looked at the picture of Kahn and I think 
he looks like a nice Quarterhorse.  I do not see one Arabian trait, as 
described by Homer Davenport 
(http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3095/HDTheArabian.html) in that 
horse, except his incredibly tiny ears.  No jibba, large muzzle, small 
jowls, not clean throat latch, large, strong neck tied in low, low set tail 
with no lift, heavy, large body on relatively (to the body) short legs. 
And worst of all, he's a downhill horse, placing all that substantial body 
weight squarely on the front end.  Remember, this guy's 15'1".

So, if this was a great performance horse, how, based on HIS conformation, 
do we pick a great performance horse today?  Every strong conformational 
point on that horse is shared by the best examples of any number of light 
breeds... nice withers, well sprung ribcage, strong gaskins, short cannons, 
nice shoulder, well angled, moderate length pasterns.  Where's the Arab?

I am not trying to flip.  Look at the picture.  Does even an itsy bit of 
that picture say, "Drinker of the Wind", or "Look of Eagles", or "The 
Breath of Allah"?


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