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katefox1812
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 Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 10:01:49 AM
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Thank you Mike! For the explanation and the illustration! I love the way you always have pics to illustrate your points. Do you have any more examples of changing heads?
V interesting point about the 'cute baby mammal' factor and our innate response to it. I have always thought that one of the reasons Arabs are so appealing is that they retain many of these 'baby' charateristics into adulthood (neoteny is the technical term, I think?) - the big forehead, big eyes, short face, small muzzle and so on - whereas most other breeds lose these as they mature. (The only other breeds that keep these 'baby' traits in adulthood to the same extent are Welsh ponies - especially section A - and miniatures.)
In other words, even grown-up Arabs still have a lot of the 'AWWWW factor'!
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Mike
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Eire
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Posted - 06 Jul 2006 : 12:39:31 AM
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Kate,
You may well regret asking! Here are a few more to be going on with .....
Mike
Foal
Yearling
Two yearold
Foal
Yearling
Two year old
Three year old
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Foal
Yearling
Foal
Yearling
PS You must have had enough by now!!!!
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Tahir
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Posted - 06 Jul 2006 : 01:05:16 AM
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| Mike, those pics are brilliant examples, they make us realise why we have to wait for a result, and and be PATIENT. Has anyone else had a non horsey/arab person see a recently born, pure-bred foal and actually cried at their beauty. I've had to carry a box of Kleenex around with me recently!!! They were described as deer-like (Bambi) and had grown-ups in tears. But unfortunately at the moment, they look like pig eyed, moth eaten, bucket heads. I think I might invite the teary people back for a 2nd opinion!!! |
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georgiauk
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Posted - 06 Jul 2006 : 07:19:55 AM
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I wish I'd had someone with me for reassurance when my 1st pure bred was born
Brand New
I mean, if I wanted a Harley or a bottle opener..............! Luckily things did get better (JMO  )
10 months old
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katefox1812
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Posted - 06 Jul 2006 : 08:12:45 AM
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Wow! This is fascinating. No, Mike, I haven't had enough. Some of your 'transformations' are amazing! You have certainly answered my original question - yes, heads can improve! And how! I asked because I thought it might be my barn-blind imagination telling me Tobago had got even prettier, but clearly it wasn't. And some of yours seem to be 'pretty-getting-prettier' as well, rather than 'ugly-duckling-to-swan', although obviously the latter transformations are more dramatic.
Did your 3yo chestnut really turn grey???? |
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Mike
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Eire
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Posted - 06 Jul 2006 : 8:16:50 PM
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Hi Kate,
No the chestnut didn't go grey, I merely mislaid a couple of photo's and now can't find them!
Lynn, for a proper "wild eyed" look, this is a photo of the last grey taken a couple of months earlier complete with winter coat. You may notice a subtle differance between the two photos
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georgiauk
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Posted - 06 Jul 2006 : 11:02:35 PM
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What a difference couple of months can make I'm probably missing the subtle difference but I do notice he/she has got darker not lighter
Who is the fleabitten 14 year old? Nice.......... |
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jaj
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Posted - 06 Jul 2006 : 11:11:23 PM
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Mike, keep the pictures coming, they are great! Can I ask how many horses you have in total? I have visions of vast rolling hills covered in Arabs of all shapes, ages and sizes!
Jen
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Kuraishiya (Maleik el Kheil/Kazra el Saghira) and Sahara Bey (Kuraishiya/WSA Charismma) |
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katefox1812
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Posted - 06 Jul 2006 : 11:34:00 PM
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Yes, more pics please Mike! I am fascinated by how much youngters can change. More of Farouq especially - I love him! I've seen even prettier ones of him that you posted somewhere, I think. He has such a lovely expressive face.
Speaking of lovely faces (typical totally obsessed and besotted one-horse owner - I always bring the conversation back to MY horse ), I have just received a batch of utterly fabulous photos of Tobago-the-supercolt from Erwin Escher, so I will try to post a few on here. I tried a while back with some snaps my husband took, but couldn't figure out how to do it... |
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katefox1812
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Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 12:06:38 AM
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| Mike - I've emailed you asking for a BIG favour... |
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