As stated in the chapter on the Arabian´s head and the chapter on Bedouin tribes, Arabian horses could be found in a variety of types with the many different breeders of the Arabian peninsula and even within one breeding group. Therefore it is necessary to understand that the western concept of an ideal Arabian is wrong. The ideal Arabian of the Bedouin existed in a different form. Function predominated morphological aspects. But as function and morphology cannot be strictly separated, some morphologic features cristalized in Arabia, most prominent the overall balance and beauty of the horse. But we should never forget that function, i.e. performance ability and character prevailed. Beauty automatically followed, but a different beauty concept than that of the western world. The narrow selection done today towards beauty alone will do detrimental harm to the breed on the long run. Performance and beauty should not be played off against each other, as both can exist together in perfect harmony. Different likes and dislikes of the different breeders come as no surprise, and therefore also different breeding concepts. But the Arabian horse has been famous for both performance and beauty. It is only during the last four decades that they were separated by establishing a specialization of show- and performance lines. Let those of us breeding for beauty and a westernized standard of "the ideal Arabian" return to the breeding principles of the Bedouin and take performance into serious consideration in our breeding descisions. And let us preserve the manifold picture of the historic Arabian horse. It is worth all our efforts!