07/06/2026
THE RIGHT TO BE HAPPY
Does a horse—in our case, a purebred Arabian—have the right to be happy?
To answer this question, we would first have to define "being happy."
Humans usually translate "being happy" as "being in accordance with the species' needs."
But how is "being in accordance with the species' needs" defined?
In freedom in the wild?
Very few, probably none, of our horses would survive even a week in the wild.
Leisure horse, competition horse, breeding horse, show horse?
Is that the happy and species-appropriate life for our horses?
Your horse will show you whether it is happy or not.
Observe it and translate your horse's language into your own, then you will recognize happiness.
The pic by Claudia Rahlmeier - Fotografie shows happy 3y young Histrion Qahira (Madrigal Qahira x Ultramar Qahira)
By the way, do you know that Al-Qahira stud is the last actively breeding farm for pure Spanish arabians in the Middle of Europe?