Whispers from the Tent — Thoughts on Buying Horses

“The sweetness, the good manners, and the intelligence found in Arabians.”

"...if you find during the course of your life a horse of noble origin, whose eyes are large, sparkling, and wide-set, whose nostrils are black, dilated, and close to each other, whose neck, shoulders haunches, and thighs are long, while his forehead, loins, legs are broad; with his back cannons, flanks and legs are broad; with his back cannons, pasterns, and dock short; the whole accompanied by a soft skin, silky mane and tail hair, powerful respiratory system and good feet with the heels far from the ground; make haste to buy him if you can persuade his master to sell him to you and thank God, morning and evening for he shall have sent you a blessing."

— The Emir Abd el Kader