Question: What type of horse was the black stallion?

context: The Black Stallion/Shêtân - the black Arabian crossbred stallion who is the main character of the Black Stallion series. He is strong, fast, temperamental, and shares a strong bond with Alec. He was originally bred in Arabia, the property of Abu Ja' Kub ben Ishak, but ultimately was captured or stolen, placed on a ship to a destination unknown, where he first encounters Alec. After the two are shipwrecked and then rescued, he is taken to America by Alec, and becomes a horse to reckon with out on the racetrack.
question: What type of horse was the Black Stallion in the novel The Black Stallion?
short_answers: Arabian crossbred stallion
context: The Black Stallion is a 1979 American adventure film based on the 1941 classic children's novel of the same name by Walter Farley. The film starts in 1946, five years after the book was published. It tells the story of Alec Ramsey, who is shipwrecked on a deserted island with a wild Arabian stallion whom he befriends. After being rescued, they are set on entering a race challenging two champion horses.
question: What type of horse was the Black Stallion in the 1979 film The Black Stallion?
short_answers: wild Arabian stallion

Answer: The Black Stallion was a different type of horse in the film than in the novel. It was an Arabian crossbred stallion in the novel The Black Stallion. In the 1979 film The Black Stallion, based on the 1941 children's novel, it was a wild Arabian stallion. An Arabian or Arab horse is a breed of horse that originated on the Arabian Peninsula, while a stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded.