Arabian/Other Appearances
The Arabian makes additional appearances in the following games.
Star Stable Online
The Arabian is a horse breed available in Star Stable Online.
Timeline
| Date | Development |
|---|---|
| December 6, 2013 | A teaser image of the G1 Arabian is released on SSO's social media pages. [1] |
| December 17, 2013 | Another teaser image of the G1 Arab is released on SSO's social media pages. [2] [3] |
| December 18, 2013 | Three variations of the G1 Arab are added to the game and are sold for 910 SC. [4] |
| January 29, 2014 | Two additional variations of the G1 Arab are added to the game. [5] |
| February 19, 2014 | Two additional variations of the G1 Arab are added to the game. [6] |
| November 12, 2014 | One additional variation of the G1 Arab is added to the game. [7] |
| September 24, 2015 | A trailer of the G1 Arab was released on SSO's social media pages. [8] |
| January 27, 2016 | One additional variation of the G1 Arab is added to the game. [9] |
| June 5, 2017 | A teaser image of the G2 Arabian is released on SSO's social media pages. [10] |
| June 7, 2017 | Three variations of the G2 Arab are added to the game and sold for 969 SC. The G1 Arabian's price is reduced to 710 SC.[11] |
| July 5, 2017 | Three additional variations of the G2 Arab are added to the game. [12] |
| August 16, 2023 | SSO announces that the G1 Arabian will be permanently removed from the game on November 1, 2023. Players who own this horse will be able to keep them, but the model will not receive any more updates or bug/glitch fixes after its removal. Its price is permanently reduced to 250 Star Coins [13] |
| November 1, 2023 | The G1 Arabian is permanently removed from the game. |
| June 19, 2024 | SSO announces that the G2 Arabian will be permanently removed from the game on August 28, 2024. Players who own this horse will be able to keep them, but the model will not receive any more updates or bug/glitch fixes after its removal. Its price is permanently reduced to 390 Star Coins. |
| August 28, 2024 | The G2 Arabian is permanently removed from the game. |
Description
Gen 1
"The Arabian Thoroughbred is one of the most famous breeds in the world. They are lively, friendly, and very intelligent. The Arabian Thoroughbreds are descended from the horses used by the Bedouins that believed that their horses were a sacred gift from God. Arabian horses are muscular with small, strong hooves."
Gen 2
"The Arabian Thoroughbred is one of the most famous breeds in the world. They are lively, friendly, and very intelligent. The Arabian Thoroughbreds descend from the horses used by the Bedouin tribes who believed that their horses were a sacred gift from God. Arabian horses are muscular with small, strong hooves."
Unique Features
Tack
Gen 1
The Gen 1 Arabian can wear the following tack.
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Gen 2
The Gen 2 Arabian can wear the following tack.
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Hairstyles
Gen 1
Three hairstyles could be purchased for the Gen 1 Arabian at the Horse Stylist.
- Default
- Button Braids
- Long Wavy
Default
Button Braids
Long Wavy
Gen 2
Five hairstyles could be purchased for the Gen 2 Arabian at the Horse Stylist. These styles are identical on all Gen 2 Arabian and Pintabian models.
- Default
- Button Braids
- Short
- Medium
- Long
Default
Button Braids
Short
Medium
Long
Colors, Pricing, and Location
Gen 1
Generation 1 Model Arabians are no longer available for purchase.
The Gen 1 Arabian Thoroughbreds were sold for 250 SC. All nine variations could be found at Ferdinand's Horse Market.
- Bay
- Black
- Brown
- Brown Leopard
- Chestnut
- Dapple Grey
- Flaxen Chestnut Rabicano
- Light Flaxen Chestnut
- Light Grey
Bay (Gen 1)
Black (Gen 1)
Brown (Gen 1)
Brown Leopard (Gen 1)
Chestnut (Gen 1)
Dapple Grey (Gen 1)
Flaxen Chestnut Rabicano (Gen 1)
Light Flaxen Chestnut (Gen 1)
Light Grey (Gen 1)
Gen 2
Generation 2 Model Arabians are no longer available for purchase. The Gen 2 Arabians cost 485. The six variations could be found at Ferdinand's Horse Market.
- Black
- Cherry Bay
- Chestnut
- Dapple Gray
- Dark Bay
- Light Grey
Black (Gen 2)
Cherry Bay (Gen 2)
Chestnut (Gen 2)
Dapple Grey (Gen 2)
Dark Bay (Gen 2)
Light Grey (Gen 2)
Star Stable
Description
"The Arabian is one of the world's most well-known horse breeds. It is spirited and kind and thought to be highly intelligent. The breeding of the Arabian is attributed to Bedouin tribesman and they considered their horse friends to be a gift from god. They are muscular, with small, tough hooves. - Star Stable: The Winter Rider
Locations and Colors
The Arabian makes an appearance in Star Stable: The Winter Rider.
It can be found at Meander Stables in one color, Light Gray.
Trivia
- Around the February 21, 2018, Wednesday update, the Brown Gen 1 Arabian went missing from the game due to a bug in Ferdinand's Horse Market's programing. As of September 12, 2018, Wednesday update, this has since been fixed. [14]
- Despite the G1 and G2 models being called the Arabian Thoroughbred, there are no Arabian registries that recognize the breed by this name.[15] There are two likely explanations:
- Arabian Thoroughbred is the long name for the breed known as the Anglo-Arabian (a cross between an English Thoroughbred and an Arabian), and the two breeds may have been confused with one another when being translated from Swedish to English. [16]
- Many languages do not differentiate the term "purebred" (full blood) and "thoroughbred" despite purebred meaning "any breed of horse whose dam and sire are the same breed, and thoroughbred meaning "a specific breed of horse generally used for racing." Thus, many languages call the breed the Arabian Purebred. Swedish is one such language, and when translating the game from Swedish to English, the translation team may have mistakenly translated "Arabiskt Fullblod" (Arabian Purebred) to Arabian Thoroughbred. [17]
- The Brown Leopard Gen 1 Arabian is technically a fictional color in purebred Arabians. While there is some pictorial evidence that spotted colors may have existed in ancient times, they have long since been phased out and modern-day purebred Arabians do not carry any leopard complex (Appaloosa) or spotting modifier genes except for Sabino. [18]
- While technically a genetically possible outcome of a purebred Arabian, the Gen 2 Cherry Bay would most likely not be accepted into any registries. This is due to its "bald" face and socks "above the knee," which are undesirable traits as they can indicate a carrier of a pinto gene. [19] This would be, however, a registrable color on a Pintabian. [20]
- The model used in the Winter Rider was also originally used in SSO for Loretta's horse, Bartok.
- The Arabian is known for their ability to flag their tails due to a combination of a short dock (tail bone) and a high set of the dock itself. [21]
- The tail of the G2 Arab remains unchanged regardless of mane style.
References
- ↑ Star Stable Online, “Here's a little sneak peek of something that is coming to Jorvik just before Christmas... Can you guess what it is?!” Instagram, December 6, 2013, accessed October 23, 2022, https://www.instagram.com/p/hleXzgO-I7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.
- ↑ Star Stable Online, “We see that you have guessed what's coming already!” Instagram, December 17, 2013, accessed October 23, 2022, https://www.instagram.com/p/iBaOL8O-Ea/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.
- ↑ "Sneak peek!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, December 17, 2013. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/505.
- ↑ "Arabian Horses have arrived in Jorvik and the holidays are soon upon us!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, December 18, 2013. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/515.
- ↑ "New Arabian and a pony have found their way to Jorvik!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, January 29, 2014. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/562.
- ↑ "New beautiful horses have arrived!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, February 19, 2014. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/578.
- ↑ "It’s Clubhouse O’Clock!!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, November 12, 2014. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/1094.
- ↑ Star Stable, “Star Stable World - Arabian Thoroughbred,” September 24, 2015, Trailer, https://youtu.be/qYY-IcRrACA.
- ↑ "Horsey Greatest Hits!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, January 27, 2016. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/2351.
- ↑ Star Stable Online, “Such beauty, such grace!” Instagram, June 5, 2017, accessed October 23, 2022, https://www.instagram.com/p/BU9Cwh5gcLE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.
- ↑ "Awesome Arabians!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, June 7, 2017. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/3929.
- ↑ "Gorgeous Arabians!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, July 5, 2017. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/3982.
- ↑ "Jorvik Ranger Show Jumping!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, August 16, 2023. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/13673.
- ↑ "Bug fix log 2018" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, January 9, 2019. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/5887.
- ↑ Wikipedia, s.v. “Arabian Horse: External Links,” last modified September 27, 2022, 13:21, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_horse#External_links.
- ↑ Wikipedia, s.v. “Anglo-Arabian,” last modified September 1, 2022, 21:59, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Arabian.
- ↑ Wikipedia, s.v. “Thoroughbred,” last modified October 21, 2022, 19:40, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred.
- ↑ Gladys Brown Edwards, The Arabian: War Horse to Show Horse (Revised Collector's ed.) (Covina, California: Rich Publishing, Inc., 1973), 5.
- ↑ Brenda Wahler, “Arabian Coat Color Patterns ,” last modified September 29, 2011, https://web.archive.org/web/20110929160511/http://www.arabianhorses.org/education/genetic/docs/11Genetic_Coat_Color_Patterns.pdf.
- ↑ “Registration Divisions,” Pintabian Horse registry Inc, accessed October 23, 2022, https://www.pintabianregistry.com/registration.
- ↑ “CHAPTER AR ARABIAN, HALF-ARABIAN, AND ANGLO-ARABIAN DIVISION,” last modified March 3, 2009, https://web.archive.org/web/20090303212448/http://www.usef.org/documents/ruleBook/2008/05-AR.pdf.