Arab vs. Thoroughbred
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Woody the Egyptian Arab racing Heidi the Thoroughbred across Redcar beach.
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0:29 at least the dog tried.
+elainaisnotrad ahahah i thought the same thing XD
haha cute little Jack Russell 😀
LOL at first i thought it was a chicken. . .
elainaisnotrad 😂 lol 😂
Elaina Nagel I
Love at the start how the little dog comes running in like 'im gonna catch you!' but then decides 'NOPE, these horses are a bit too fast' :D both of those horses are absolutely beautiful! :)
that lil doggo is forever cute! got the giggles: hes like "hey i wanna run too!" complete cutie! love both horses. very good riders!
I love how the strides between the two horses are different! The long, spacious strides of the thoroughbred compared to the Arab's are magnificent!
The Arabian is just so beautiful he's so graceful just the way he picks his feet up and hold his tail he looks so proud and amazing, Arabians will forever be my favourite breed of horse I just love them
Everyone fights about how arabs and thoroughbreds are so much better than the other one! But really it depends on the horse. My horse is a Thoroughbred and I love him to death! He is amazing at jumping and running and is just an overall sweetheart! But I like this little 14.2hh arabian that I ride everyone summer and she awesome, hotblooded and super fun to run and jump! They are both amazing. The main reason I like thoroughbreds better is just because I like tall horses but I would get and Arabian in a heartbeat! So quit fighting about which is better. Because everyone has their own opinion.
+Cheyenne Vowell Your comment made me look to my horse's ashes, and suddenly miss him so very much. Oh how I miss my paint! Amazing horse, so very smart and reliant. I recall this time we were in the mountains on a trail ride, and all of us decided to wade into the water with our horses. When the other riders' jumped off their horses, and into the water, their horses joined the herd of riders' that didn't go into the lake. When I jumped off mine, he waited loyally there, then when I called out to him, he swam out to me in the lake and I rode on his back while he swam. That is an experience I'll never forget and will always smile at. All horses are valued, and loved (or should be!) without them, we wouldn't be where we are today. I am forever thankful to the quiet kindness that horses have given us.
+m16chick I'm so sorry your horse passed away. It sounds like he was an amazing and loyal horse to you💘
+Cheyenne Vowell
That's right. It depends on what you use them for. They are both awesome trail horses. I love all horses!
+Thatottbteddy True! It also depends on the rider, and on what the horse was bred for, so bloodlines and such. On average arabs are used a lot for long distance races (endurance) and thoroughbreds for shorter distance races. Doesn't mean the individual arab can't be faster than an individual thoroughbred. :) I think the purpose of this video was just to show the fun and the messing around, I really enjoyed it!
Ceri
I agree! I do Endurance and love those scrappy Arabs. But my Thoroughbred was great on the trail.
Arabs have a larger heart and lungs of any other horse. They are minus a vertebrata and they have smaller bones but they are denser than other breeds. A light breed so their recovery time at Vet checks is short. Time counts so you want a horse that comes down fast (pulse & respiration) Their tails flip up naturally and this helps cool them down. These are reasons Arabs do really well in long distance riding.
She yanks the hell out of this poor horses mouth. So sad to see.
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ThereIsProbablyNoGod Get off the internet.
ThereIsProbablyNoGod it's just the movement. My dad did racing, and he did the same thing. Didn't harm the horse
Autumn V Rainwaterbackup channel2 it is just the way the camera is... she is actully quite good
What a poffta
arab vs. thoroughbred vs. little doggie ;)
Mount the dog and see how fast he runs with horses.
@@phildavis4600 The dog was pretty not gonna lie
Arabians are the original racehorse. Though they may not have been specifically 'bred' for racing, when people got bored 3,000-5,000 years ago, what did they do besides make babies? Raced horses. The thoroughbred is HEAVILY influenced by the Arabian (see Godolphin Arabian), and thus the purest horse breed in the world helped make the fastest horse in the world. The Arabian, with its superior genetics, temperament, intelligence, grace, and stamina has aided in influencing EVERY SINGLE light horse breed in the world. They truly are God's horses!
Allie Wilde atually, theres no arabian influence in the Akhal teke horse. i prefer Akhal tekes over arabians, much prettier and are fast as hell too.
Allie Wilde The thoroughbred owes it's bloodlines to more than just Arabians. They also originated from Barbs and the extinct Turkomen, both also well known for their speed, hardiness and stamina.
Arabians are the most beautiful horses ever to walk this earth. I don't care about speed. The Arabian intelligence and gentleness is unmatched, and there's no other breed that children are allowed to show per USEF in stallion. They make the best mounts for any age, and have nothing but a desire to please. I won't own any other breed! Nothing but the original and the best for me and my family!
Allie Wilde i dont think arabians are the most beautiful at all. their noses look like someone slammed a hammer up their face, some show arabs look more like giraffes than horses(and that while i normally like long necks, some of the necks of the arabians just look weird), and they kinda look like ponies, and their are not Always ment for every age because they can have hot temper
False. Clearly you've never worked with Arabians. And if USEF allows children under 18 to show stallions (the only breed they allow to do so), that clearly speaks volumes. And some of them do have very dished faces, and I prefer less dished. But they are the smartest breed, and the oldest domesticated breed. There's no disputing that at all.
I love arabian horses! your arabian is beautiful 😊🙂☺
you're beautiful
Arabians unlike Thoroughbreds were not specifically bred to race. You can google what an Arabian was bred for. I don't need to lecture. Personally I think the dog wins it!
You are funny! dog wins it LOL
Is the dog carrying a person on its back? Let's make it at even weights and see who wins.
^ noob, grumpy noob
Kristie Kunkle ^goob, bumpy goob
Arabians are known for their ability to cover very long distances faster than other breeds although I have read that the Athel Teke (sp?) is also a great marathon runner. For shorter distances from two miles down to five or six furlongs it would be the thoroughbred and for a quarter mile or less the quarter horse. Of course, the quarter horse is freely crossed with thoroughbreds and can still be registered as a quarter horse, and thoroughbreds were distantly crossed with Arabians.
They were bred for their stamina, making them best for endurance racing.
My friend, who had an OTTB, and I, with my Polish Arab, set up a race going up a dirt road. For a while we were neck and neck, and then my friend started pulling away. I ducked my head and just whispered "Go!" and my boy took off like a bat out of Hell. We streaked by them, I heard her say, "Holy shit!" as we flew by and I did not see her again until we were waiting for them at the top. That was so much fun, we were laughing so hard. That Arab of mine had two gallops, fast and blinding fast (so fast you could not see...the wind was hitting your face so hard). He was a Naborr grandson, that side of the family tree did race. He was the fastest horse I have ever ridden.
The poster references to individual horses, but I find his implied conclusions to be exceedingly unlikely.
After having an OTTB for 7 years, I don't think I could ever own anything else. There's something about their fire and intelligence that I love. Mine is level-headed enough to be ridden tackless, and he is also road safe, but he is in no way a lazy boy. We ride in the Appalachians for a week every summer and love going XC. He certainly doesn't allow you to let your guard down, which is good for keeping people on their toes. I've found that with the right training, they can do just about anything.
If only people would stop saying which breed is better. They are both beautiful breeds.♥
The dog's like "yes lets run! Maybe not" :)
It's more than just speed and endurance. On that subject, most of the time, the TB will be faster over a short(er) distance, say, two miles or so. After that, the Arab will still be going long after most TBs run out of puff. But there are other factors as well, for instance, Arabs generally have very hard, strong feet, so in some kinds of terrain, they don't need to be shod. TBs sometimes have feet that good, but in my experience they usually don't - unless they are Anglo-Arabs - which gives you the best of both worlds in some ways. But what they are legendary for is their hardiness. When Bonaparte made his ill advised attempt to conquer Russia and found himself and his Grand Armee in retreat from the Russians (and the Russian winter) they lost nearly all their remounts - by the time the tattered remnants got home, most of the horses had died along the way - of the ones that survived, nearly all were Arabs.
I agree but the civilized world has weakened the true original Arab, the deserts still have them, and the passionate true crab Arabian breeders..
The image most people see isn't the 'real' Arabian!
You're absolutely right.
Quarter horse will beat out both in the first quarter mile, but then they quickly lose their steam and the TB will pull ahead. And I think if they *kept* going, a true Arab would eventually pull ahead of the TB and win out by their sheer endurance alone. (And the quarter horse will be taking a nice nap somewhere lol)
Arabian have been added to almost every breed at one time or another to add refinement and endurance.
The true magic brought tears to my eyes nothing compares to two magnificent creatures running so gracefully that they appear to be floating over the sand . ❤❤❤❤
Kylie Wilson No. Don't do that.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Smeeze dont do what ?
Equestrian Life whats funny ?
That looks like a lot of fun. Gotta love the little dog chasing after the horses lol.
I love the little dog, haha so cute, he's fast! ;)
The first horse I’ve ridden for a long time (4 years) was an Arab. He was amazing. He was a total school master, and he taught me how to ride correctly, and he was 32 years old the last time I rode him! He was 34 years only when he died. The only other horse who’s taught me so much was an Off the Track Thoroughbred, who taught me how to ride a horse, and not a pony. I can’t say which horse is better, even if the Thoroughbred would’ve won a race. They were both amazing, and even though I loved the Thoroughbred so much more than the Arab, I cannot say which is better, because they simply can’t be compared to one another
the origin of thoroughbred breed is Arabian stallions bred with native England horse = thoroughbred ...
Arabs breed to heavy English mares.
Aaron Kennaugh I read that some of the mares were also of North African, Arabian Peninsula origin as well.
Vernon France Three stallions originated the Thoroughbred. Darley Arabian, Godolphin Barb, and the Byerley Turk. Bred to heavier English mares. One of them was accidental, I think the Darley ? He was used to "tease" mares before breeding to regular stallions, but one mare showed such a preference for him, that they let the breeding go ahead. The result was a really fast racehorse - so it wasn't as if the Brits knew what they were doing or anything.
Bridget B You are so right Bridget. A lot of successes in animal husbandry are accidental. The Morgan horse was born small and stout but turned out to be fast and strong and even a very good harness horse which helped in the development of the standardbred.
I was not meaning to imply the Brits are brighter or better horsemen, just that they were the first to develop a superior race horse. I have watched races all my life and I often wonder why the breeders have gone toward shorter, stronger animals. I have decided it is because they are more precocious and so many of the most prestigious races are for three year olds. This is contrasted with Zenyatta, a huge mare which became an outstanding success at longer distances. Then when it came time to breed her instead of using another large stallion such as, for example, Tiznow, they go for the shorter type like Bernstein and Tapit. I want them to develop huge horses, relatively speaking, like Forgo and Rock Hard Ten. They would clean up when they enter the older handicap division where the precocious ones have already gotten injured or run out of steam.
Actually it was the godolphin and the mares name was Roxanne and not all three stallions were arabians.
Great Video,
for the people who don't know that thoroughbreds are half Arabians, they were bred to have the stamina that the Arabian has.
therefore the thoroughbreds cant last long as on the other hands arabians can go for miles as they were created for war back in the days without getting tired as easy because their short back and the history behind it to back it up.
either way im happy for both horses as they are as they both got the arabian blood and spirit in them both.
thanks for the video.
cheers.
Arabian Stallion Don't forget their nostrils are larger than other breeds for more air intake too.
Arabian Stallion Also, have heard the white Arabian from Yemen is the Mother of the breed. Ancient and true horse.
That is not correct. While thoroughbreds have been bred out of Arabians, they are not half. Thoroughbreds are closer to Standardbreds than they are Arabians.
Was referring to Arabians.
Cal Treloar
My comment was for Arabian Stallion
the little dog was the best part of that video :p
Loved this video...and the music! So nice to see riders and their horses simply playing and having fun! Couldn't help but smile throughout the entire video.
Does the TB have a lot of arab in it? I thought it was the arab at first
Without Arabian blood the Thoroughbred would not exist.
Cathy24601
Thanks Cathy, I understand that but I was meaning the actual TB in this video, its looks quite araby compared to the average TB to me.
I thought the same thing but it's probably just the particular bloodline and the rider. It has really flared nostrils and its head is kind of dished. Also they are really just playing so it looks different than if it had been at a full gallop and not just messing around.
Maybe. I don't know about how the rider could make it look Araby though? I was thinking its head like you say but also its tail and general carriage.
TB's came from Arabs.
I live in Redcar where this video was shot, the beach is fab for riding on. I also have an Arab who can fly, he's my second one and my first was pure Egyptian of the Ansata bloodline and he could keep up and overtake racehorses that were younger than him. Most horse people I know dismiss Arabs and wouldn't have one, they are missing out and usually don't have the intelligence or patience to get the best out of them. I have ridden warmbloods, Welshies you name it none of them compare and are quite dull compared with my Arab.
I do like both, but since reading and watching "the black stallion" I absolutely adore Arabian horses.
(No mention necessary that TB in their form today wouldn't exist without their arabian bloodline).
The speed of a TB is classy, but Arabians were born to race in the sand, to fulfill their riders needs under extreme high temperature conditions and for persistency. Their history is mystical, they are the proud of the proud families of the desert. Real characters, hot headed but sensible and loyal and cool goddess at the same time. "Takers of the wind" , the ones "God took a breath of the winds from the south and born was the horse". To me they are strong, humble, free, playful, proud, beautiful, intelligent and represent everything I love about horses.
The Arab is one of the toughest horses alive and was bred for endurance racing. The Arab people have raced the Arab horse across the desert for thousands of years. The Thoroughbred is an amazing creature that is likely more versatile than we give them credit for. They of course were bred for racing , but unfortunately are over bred in numbers with vast majority that can run going to the processing plants.
I laughed when I saw the dog running after them.
Good race. :)
Yes they are half arb i have a Arab she is beautiful and very samrt
Thoroughbreds have Arab in their bloodline
No longer Living most horse breeds have Arabian bloodlines :)
these horses are not to compare. thoroughbred has arabian spanish and galloway (formed one part of the base stock for english running horses). The Arabian horse is considered the fountainhead of all the world's breeds He is the most beautifull of all at once unmistakable unforgettable in appearance. The unique outline is governed by the proportions and the skeletal formation. unlike other breeds which have 18 ribs, 6 lumbar bones, and 18 tail vertebrae. the arabian has a 17-5-16 structure.
Someone who knows what they are talking about. I have owned and raised Arabians all my life. Wouldn't own any other breed.
JohnnyB8224 also has a wider throat latch, so can take in more air, and I think a wider brain pan. Not foundation for all the world's breeds though, just the hot breeds, and warmbloods of course. Arabs add benefits to any breed they're crossed with.
I have a QH that goes from 0-68mph meanwhile my thoroughbred is much slower, my Friesian cross can keep up with my QH oddly enough. These are all rescue horses... I think it truly depends on the bond these animals have with their people and how focused they are with how hard they will push themselves. I wasn't even looking for fast horses and that's what I ended up with haha!
Everyone talking about how it's because of Arabians that TBs are so fast... Modern TBs are about as related to Arabs as a chicken is to a T-rex. Thoroughbreds have been their own breed for almost 400 years.
Chickens and t rexs are kinda related apparently :)
Yeah, chickens can trace their evolution back to dinosaurs, but obviously they are completely separate creatures.
That's my point, they're related, very distantly, but are undoubtedly different species. Look up speciation.
TB with time their blood gets diluted and need to be restrengthened with pure Arabians also Arabians are a standard breed to produce new breeds there is no way around it
Exactly!! The two breeds are related VERY distantly. Hardly a reason to think they are cousins.
i completely agree!! i love the contrast of the breeds as well!!!
I had both of these breeds.....They were similar but the thoroughbred was easier to ride (bigger and broader)Thank you for this.
great video my first horse was an angloarab.both 2 beautiful horse and on redcar beach how wonderfully aswell infortunally the throughtbread gets it anyday lol 😀but great horses great rideing and fun 2 watch thank you ☺☺☺
two beautiful horses and a dog .I like this video and the serious debates are amusing.Nothing seems to get people going more than who's the best but to be fair they're both just as they should be.
frobsey Very true in both cases. They're both beautiful animals and should be admired as such for their individuality, not put against each other in some breed-superiority contest.
+frobsey I couldn't agree more some people cant watch a youtube vid without arguing which is the best people should love all kinds of horses cause all of them were created for a reason
Beautiful video ❤️🐴🐴
I just cant get enough of this video its so cool!! I should bring my horse to the beach!! LOL
beautiful horses, beautiful music, beautiful video!!!!!
LOoling (dont think that is a word :L ) at the little dog running after liek "wait for meee!!" xD
hahaha the little white dog at 0:30 is like "YEAHHHHH!!! ...nooooooo"
Excellent video, thank you for posting it! I regularly ride a Thoroughbred mare in a stable where most horses are Arabians or Anglo-Arabians. I LOVE all three breeds and I hope to start running Endurance races soon (not with the Thoroughbred, of course)!
loved the video clip u have beautiful horses and a cute little dog that was running with u guys lol,well I think its yours lol!!!:)
Beautiful day out on the beach enjoying friends and horses.. lucky you two.
Epic dog trying to race with the horses! like for the dogs trying lol
oh and gorgeous music
any horse fanatic should know. It is called a Quarter horse BECAUSE they are among the fastest sprinters in short distance, that short distance being a quarter of a mile
The dog though 😂😂👍🏼
Get am arab with the raceing frame of mind and it would make this really really interesting! I love watching them gallop and if the arab actually wanted to race it would be pretty close i think.
I love your moive! Also Gladiator was an amazing movie too. :0
what gorgeous horses, they seemed to enjoy a nice run on the beach. i wish i could ride on the beach like that, but they aren't many places my house. i guess galloping through the woods will have to do for now. but great song choice too, it's a perfect match with scenery.
My 28 year old Arabian beat my friends OTTB, my sisters 2 year old Appendix and my farrier's 5 year old off the range Mustang time and time again. She had the speed, as did the others, but she also had the heart. She got right up there with them, eyed them up and passed them with a flick of her tail. Arabs... you gotta love 'em!
Good video! I love both breeds. I used to ride an Arabian though it wasnt very floaty of a ride, it was deathly. I bought my own horse and am training her and shes a quarterhorse belgain mix and riding her is much more comfertable lol. Love the video
not watched for a while, still beautiful
excellent video,will watch again and again(oh no, sounds like i've just given feedback on ebay, haha)Will try to enjoy my riding as much as you two clearly are enjoying your's
haha that dog made me laugh bless!
I have one of each- my egyptian bred arabian gelding whom I've had 21 years and my 15 year old thoroughbred mare. My arabian is my doll baby who is a sweetheart who does anything I ask, and I trust him implicitly on the ground, but he's spooky and not always the bravest soul. My thoroughbred mare is clever, brave, funny, competitive, and FAST. I trust where she puts her feet on the trail and she loves to fly. Two different horses, two different loves.
I love how the dog chases the horses at the end...LOL
I love Thoroughbreds and Arabians. Especially the Arabs, I have one. Although the Thoroughbreds excel in speed, the Arabs EXCEL in stamina! Beautiful horses!
2:48 that dog is epic!
2:46 the dog chasing them is so cute
Oh dear. I cried so hard! What a wonderful movie!!!
@bp11herefo while the arabian was one of the founding breeds of thoroughbred you have to remember that was hundreds of years ago. The two breeds have since moved in different directions, the thoroughbred for speed, which requires fast twitch muscle, and endurance which requires slow twitch. There are still speed arabians but they are found mostly in Egypt and Arabia where they use them for races instead of thoroughbreds. One of those arabians could probably beat a thoroughbred.
I love the song and both horses are gorgeous i did smile when the arab got a head start and the girl riding the TB just grinned and let it run past :D i havent had a good gallop for years x
@rdhawke That's for sure! My friend got a TB off the track that had won lots of money, and kept bragging and bragging about how much better her TB was than my Arabian mare, who was very nicely race bred herself but never run. Well, we had to race a few times down the road and such, and the Arabian ran the legs off that TB every time. Once the Arab got going, she never slowed down, she could go for miles and miles at that pace. (She's almost 29 now and still runs the legs off the 4 year olds.)
A quarter horse can outrun an arabian in the short distance. Longer distances an arab will win because they have famously high stamina. Thouroughbreds do indeed have quite a bit of arabian blood but they are bred for racing. Some would say they have bred the brains out of them.
Now, my personal favourite ais the spanish horse. They are versatile and are obviously natural collecters making them ideal riding horses.
I rode a "Spanish" horse for five days outside of Aix-en-Provence...worst horse I ever road....stupid...poor confirmation....horrible experience.
phil davis
A horse is a reflection of the person riding it... So you're pretty much describing yourself (when riding at least) xD
horseymad22 but you see its a TB cross so it still may be very clever
phil davis Animals just like humans, are individuals, with individual personalities and level of intelligence. Stereo typing a whole breed of animal based your biased experience with one individual horse, is silly. Anyone familiar with horse breeds would know Spanish horses are the opposite of what you say.
Maybe the horse just wasn't in the mood, or didn't like you. I wouldn't blame it.
What a horrible thing to say.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT MADE ME LAUGH. it was like, i can do this, hey wait up, orrr never mind.
The Thoroughbred won. You can tell because the Arab lifts her/his tail as he walks and runs. :)
Hahaha at 0:32 the dog runs in then out! haha
I cant wait to go to the beach with my ottb next summer, not sure how he is going to react to the water but i still can not wait
@HorseHackers Your right they are very sensible! I know sometimes I like to just sit and watch my horses run around XD
I love the song and both horses are gorgeous i did smile when the arab got a head start and the girl riding the TB just grinned and let it run past :D
Why was everyone complaining about the song? I liked it 0.o' . Love the video too. I adore thoroughbreds & arabs, you did a great job.
Fun Video very nice wish I was there onmy horse
In the first "race" it was Arab vs. TB vs. little dog. hahaha... I love racing on the beach.
what fun is this.....love it
Ive had an arab and a tb, both were such wonderful horses. I could never compare them
Have a egyptian arab now but had on OTTB thoroughbred. Beach footing may be much more difficult for thoroughbred race horse type. Love both breeds, but my arab gelding is my LOVE!!
Hungarian proverb: The true rider does not praise, but he breeds beautiful and good horses!
My beautiful gingha mare is the daughter of Point Given and the great great grand daughter of Secratariat ,she rides with Cumbria Sharoos a black champion endurance arab.She matches him stride for stride and takes turns at leading.There is no war between them,they are both amazing,and they honour us by going where ordinary people do not go.
looks like a fantastic ride! Good riding!
im not saying one is more attractive then the other, or if one is more efficient, i was just pointing out the fact that two breeds, bred for similar purposes end up so incredibly different
the arab seems finer in its gait while the thoroughbred is running whole heatedly for its rider
I think its fun and interesting to see Arabians and Thoroughbreds racing each other especially since the Arabian breed and an English horse were bred together to create the Thoroughbred. And since they were bred together it isn't just the Arabians that have the endurance trait its the Thoroughbreds' as well. They would need endurance to be able to keep up the speed they are running and to get around the track.
HAHAHA THAT LITTLE DOG XD
lol the terrier he is just like: I am faster than both of you put together!!
i came here to investigate rdr2's accuracy, but I couldn't tell which horse was which
I think at the end the thoroughbred was like “screw this...I’m not going down there.”😀
Nice choice of music too. Even though he was known as the “Spaniard” and the kid asks him if they have good horses in Spain, I’m almost certain that Maximus’s horses were Arabians.
There are confirmed tests Arabians failed in short distance speed against quarter horses AND long distance to the thoroughbred , although a beautiful horse performance wise it isn't in the same league as quarter horses or thoroughbreds. Sorry to burst any bubbles .
Horses are truly beautiful animals
LOL the dog!!!!!!!!!!
The Thoroughbred was bred from Arabians anyhow! Foundation Sires- Barb- Darley and Godolphin and a whole stack of others! :)
I breed both TB racehorses and Arab show horses(a lot of which have racing blood) and Yes, TBs are faster sprinters but Arabs can keep the pace for days!
There is really no comparing them tho.. Most people are either a TB person or an Arab person. Either side of the fence is always calling the other crazy.. It's few and far between that you'll find someone that likes both.
I wanna ride on the beach like this!!!
there is a white appaloosa where i go riding called heidi, so now there are 3 horse you know about that are called heidi, ahaha xx
Sod the Arab and the TB.... the little dogs definitely gonna win!! haha
great video!
@squeenie82 you cant pass a judgement on a rider ,until you have also mounted the same horse.each horse is individual. And so is each rider
Inch per inch... pound for pound Arabians are strong competitors in ther own right and a base blood line in nearly, if not all horse breeds. Love them both.
@horseracer333 This video is far better than any track race. People who are in the racing business care nothing for their horses. It's sad how you can't appreciate the beauty of horses.
Haha the TB is built for racing with a heart much larger than that of a Arabian, as well as the long fine, yet strong tendons running along the back of their legs, which work as rubberbands, and their supercharged spleens.
horseymad22 The spleen actually is the one sending out the red blood cells which carry the oxygen to the brain, muscles, and lungs, so yeah it does a lot. And i love the OTTBs I hunt TBs all the time cx
EquestrianOfDoom Love OTTB's too! Nothing has such efficient footwork, and CV system. I used to XC on my mare in the high Eastern Sierra Nevada backcountry (8,000'-13,000' altitude) and she would get into a groove and stay there forever at a nice fast canter, mile after mile, trails or overland, up and down mountain passes and jumping whatever was in the way.
Have to watch that water is going in and coming out, but as far as her CV system, she was a machine.
Never had an Arab that could keep up, and a lot tried. Never had anything that could keep up period...
It depends on the pedigree. The TB that's bred to get a distance is far less likely to be explosive than the one that's bred to sprint. The horse that goes 6 furlongs or less has many more fast twitch fibers in his muscles and higher electrical activity in his brain. That's where the explosiveness comes from. It can also cause him to be explosive the point where he can truly hurt himself or a number of others. That's where his "fire" is out of control.