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These horses are very difficult to photograph that their attributes are identifiable. In the published photo the background is makes the head shape difficult to recognise. Azd0815 ( talk) 03:23, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Article should be updated based on new research adding to the strong evidence that the Akhal/Teke/Turkoman, not the Arabian, is the breed of foundation stallions of the modern Thoroughbred.
More specifically, while role of Arabians is indeed suggested by stud books, it should be noted that modern DNA research suggests differently.
“Contrary to popular belief, we could detect no significant genomic contribution of the Arabian breed to the Thoroughbred racehorse, including Y chromosome ancestry.”
“Recently... an analysis of horse Y chromosome haplotypes has indicated that the Y haplotype of the “Darley Arabian” actually originated from the Turkoman[/Akhal-Teke] horse, an ancient breed from the Middle East and Central Asia that is... also an “Oriental” type breed.”
“Five of the race-use [Arabian] horses carried the Tb-oB1* haplogroup attributed to the “Byerley Turk” foundation sire of the Thoroughbred breed. Tb-oB1* is found within a variety of breeds and lineages, including the Turkomen[/Akhal-Teke]. Therefore, these five horses may carry Y chromosomes derived from ancestors common to both racing Arabians and the Thoroughbred breed.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66232-1 Greenineugene ( talk) 16:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
I never thought thoroughbreds descended from the Arabian horse we see today. I never doubted the linage of the Arabian until I read this article. I am no expert on Arabians but this is some food for thought. https://www.paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/study-did-thoroughbreds-really-descend-from-arabians/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackal10782 ( talk • contribs) 20:54, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Phrases such as "According to Jérémie Schiettecatte, Earliest osteological evidence for the horses in Arabia were found in Bahrain in a middle of the 1000 BC." are gibberish. They are not understandable or grammatical English. Nor is "Furthermore Elwyn Hartley Edwards also added it is possible that the Arabs also had influence in the breeding breeding of legendary Nisean horse, since geographically the breed theoritically was bred in western Iran of Medes." or "Edwards further remarked the possibility that the Nisean were also infused with Arabian horse breed." This is a Good Article - it's prose is supposed to be not just understandable, but easily understood and clear. These three sentences are not even understandable, much less clear. And the sourcing is substandard - the Schiettecatte source is talking about horse bones in general - not specifically Arabian horse bones. But (as near as I can make out the sentence inserted in the article) "for the horses" is suppossed to refer to Arabian horses? Or is it? It's hard to tell. Anyway - this is such that the editor who inserted it (in good faith, I'm sure) needs to have a much better grasp of English before attempting it again. Ealdgyth ( talk) 23:43, 5 March 2022 (UTC)