Arabians Sun. Dec 27 2009

Arabians are often considered the world's most beautiful horses. They are the most widespread breed on earth.They are not large , about 14-15.2 hands and 900-1100 pounds. Their skin is always black and the colors are bay, chestnut, roan and gray

Most horses have 18 ribs, 6 lumbar vertebrae and 18 tailbones, while Arabs have 17 ribs, 5 lumbar vertebrae, and 16 tailbones.
There are 6 Arabs at Home At Last: Breeze Bay, Braveheart, Harmony, Sunny, Chardonnay and Aurora. Each one is a lively, loving wonderful horse.

Breeze Bay was the first Arab to come to Home At Last. For years she was a guide for blind Happy. She was devoted to him. When Happy died we tried Breeze as a guide for Charles, but she said No Thanks. She became a free spirit. Her work was done.

(This is nor Breeze. This is Sweetie Pie who was feeling left out).

Breeze loves it when it's muddy. She runs full speed, then puts on the brakes and slides up to the fence. She stops with her nose almost on the fence, but never touching it. Other horses try it, but they end up falling on their side or hitting the fence. Not Breeze.

Braveheart is about 25 years old and was found at an auction awaiting the killer buyers. He was about 250 pounds underweight. He had rubbed off his mane because he was trying to get to food. We were not sure whether or not he would live.

After several months of special care Braveheart is now king of his domain. His beautiful grey coat is thick and lush, though his favorite thing to do is to roll in gooey mud. He is alert and very glad to be alive.

When he runs he carries his tail high over his back. Sometimes he gets so happy he romps all over scattering horses in all directions. He has his own mini herd of Breeze Bay, Warrior, and Leeso.

Harmony is another beautiful bay mare. She does not live up to her name as she loves to cause trouble. She likes to keep things disrupted. She's a proud girl, whose loving owner could not keep her. Harmony is well trained and intern Caitlin took riding lessons on her.

Harmony likes to run off anyone who is eating. She often goes from hay pile to hay pile just for fun. She is in a big herd, but mostly stays with Cajun, Aurora, Skittles, Breeze Summer and Pedro. During the last rain she marched right into a stall with Pedro and ate nose to nose with him without a fuss. I don't know who was more surprised-Pedro or me!!!