Barat, El:  Mohamet is said to have ascended on this "fine-limbed, high-standing horse, strong in frame and with a coat glossy as marble," a description of the ideal horse as true for today as it was in ancient times.

Barb, Godolphin:  (I still say this horse was a Barb!  This seemed like a good place to set my foot down about it!  But of course my sources don't agree!)
    The Godolphin Arabian was a little stallion who sired big.  His clear bay coat was ticked with gold, and the only white marking was a spot on his off-hind heel, the emblem of swiftness.  He was a royal gift from the Sultan of Morocco to the boy king of France, but his deerlike smallness made him the laughingstock of the noblemen.  They shunted him out of sight, not caring at all when he was sold to a brutal wood carter.  Horse-whipped through the streets of Paris, he was finally bought by a Quaker who shipped him to England, and there he became the favorite stallion of the Earl of Godolphin, hence his name.  Although the fiery little Arabian never started in a race, his name is found today in the pedigree of nearly all race horses.  (Problem with this paragraph:  It was taken from a book that is partly fictional; as much as I love this story, I haven't decided how much of it to believe.)
    This stallion appeared about 20 years later than the other two.  There is quite an argument over whether this was a true Barb or an Arab from the Barbary coast.  I like to think he was a Barb, but then I'm prejudiced!  If you can tell by the painting, good luck, because, as I stated above, none of these three paintings look like pure Arabs to me!  I usually just call this the Godolphin stallion so as not to pick a fight!
    In Windsor Castle there is a painting of the Godolphin Arabian, and lettered around the frame are these words:  "Esteemed one of the best foreign horses ever brought into England.  He is allowed to have refreshed the English blood more than any foreign horse ever yet imported."  (My last two-cents worth!  If this quote is true, and this horse proves to be a Barb, then the Arabian could not be the most influential breed!  Thus, anyone arguing about this stallion has a very important bone to pick for their respective breed!)

Bars, Three:  See Three Bars.

Bucephalus:  The fiery mount of Alexander the Great.

Byerly Turk:  See Turk, Byerly.

Byerley Turk:  See Turk, Byerly.