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This page is to show the vesatility of the Arabian horse, the most intelligent and trainable of all horses.

Below is a classic example of an Arabian country english pleasure horse. Appointments (that means tack): Double bridle, cut back saddle, saddleseat suit, derby, horse is high headed and breaks (highest point of the neck) at the poll (right behind the ears). Horse's front knees break horizontal or below and the back legs at the hock have slightly less action than english pleasure. This is my favorite way to ride. Shown riding is Rob Bick, the best trainer and teacher a horse and owner could have. Rob and his wife Caralyn Shroter own RBC Show Horses in Smithfield, NC. They are a formidable team.

Purebred English Pleasure Horse

Half Arabian English Pleasure

Purebred Park Horse - same appointments as country pleasure horse (same saddle, bridle, and clothes). Difference is the horses front knees break above the vertical and there is way more hock action in the rear legs. They are so rare, the price for a park horse is out of reach for most people. It is an amazing sight to witness a park horse that performs without making any mistakes. The crowd roars with excitement and comes to their feet and the applause just makes the horse trot even bigger while still listening and obeying the rider.

A park horse's last ride in the U.S. Nationals ring before being formally retired (see below).

The same horse above being formally retired at the 2008 Nationals - when a multinational champion is formally retired, they unsaddle and unbridle him in the ring, put his blanket on him and a farrier in a tux removes his show shoes. It always makes me cry! And it usually makes the owner shed a tear or two as well.