Latest news about Akhal Teke Will a stunted horse grow? | anonAnd Akhal Teke keeps growing until he's 5. And most breeds wont reach their full size until 3 or 4. So ya just never know… till he's at least 4 or so. I thought my Akhal Teke was going to be around 15 hands till he grew A LOT as a four ... Continue reading
Desert Prophet ~ Akhal-Teke Colt: A Few Photos of the Little DarlingThe Desert Prophet (aka "The DP") is our GORGEOUS 2010 purebred Akhal-Teke colt out of Pallas Athena and by our stallion Pan Tau. He has grown considerably and at only four months old he is already taller than our ... Continue reading
Photo Friday – Akhal-Teke | FL Model Horse NewsThis week's theme for Photo Friday is Akhal-Teke. To see a larger version of each photo just click on the photo and you will be taken to their page on Flickr. Continue reading
Katarina ~ Purebred Akhal-Teke Mare For Sale"Katarina" is a 2002 purebred Akhal-Teke mare for sale at Sweet Water Farm Akhal-Teke. Katarina ( Kopeli x Krosna) is a dark buckskin mare with lots of chrome and an extremely sweet personality. Katarina is light on her toes and has a ... Continue reading
Maruk is coming to Lone Larch!Akhal-Teke stallion Maruk. Maruk 1995 (Munir-Ataka). Maruk is just finishing up his quarantine in Akhal-Texas and will be moving in September to Lone Larch Akhal-Tekes, his new home in Lumby, BC. Maruk was bred by Tito Pontecorvo and is ... Continue reading
Tekes Tally-Ho! Barefoot Eventing, Natural Horsemanship, and the ...Sweet Water Farm Akhal-Teke is located on San Juan Island, WA and home to America's very-own barefoot Akhal-Teke three-day event horses! We specialize in natural horsemanship, barefoot hoof care, three-day eventing, and developing sane, ... Continue reading
The Akhal-Teke Horse: An Ancient TreasureThe Akhal-Teke is an ancient breed of desert horse. They have been prized for centuries for their beautiful coats, which have a metallic sheen. Continue reading
Terra Incógnita » Turkmenistan: What to SeeOn Sundays, beginning on the last Sunday in April through the end of May, and from last Sunday in August through the end of October, you can observe horse riding at the akhal-teke at the Hippodrome, where tourists can also ride horses ... Continue reading
Akhal Teke HorsesAkhal Teke horses are an ancient pure breed from Central Asia. They are exceptionally fast, tough, and large, averaging 14.3 and 16.3 hands. [A hand is about four inches. A horse is measured, on a flat surface, from the ground to the ... Continue reading
Bold Vantage Farm's "Atacama" Akhal-Teke Mare Show-Jumping @ St ..."Atacama," a purebred Akhal-Teke mare of Bold Vantage Farm wins a special post all her own for coming home with some spectacular glam-shots from her recent performance at St George's Stables Derby Day in Calgary, Alberta last weekend. ... Continue reading
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Akhal Teke basic information
The Akhal-Teke's appearance is unique; no other breed of horse shares its distinctive features, which are embodied in words like dry, thin, straight, high-set and lean. The head is long and chiseled, often with a broad brow. The eyes are large and expressive and sometimes almond-shaped. The ears are narrow, high-set and readily swivel on their axis, alert to sound and movement. The long neck is set high and straight relative to the shoulders, the withers are quite prominent. The chest is narrow, the body is long and lean, the muscling well defined, but smoothly hugging the bone. The legs are slender, with strongly sculpted tendons and long and flexible pasterns. The skin is thin, the hair is silky and the mane and tail are spars. Several colors are possible, but the most common include, bay, black, dun, chestnut, gray and palomino. A distinctive feature is a pronounced metallic sheen, a glossy golden polish overlaying the basic coat color.
Within the breed, three types can be distinguished. Type 1, the most typical type and closely fitting the descriptions above, is well represented by the following lines: Gelishikili, Peren and Kaplan. Type 2, somewhat smaller and well regarded for its speed, is represented by the Karlavach and El lines. Type 3, a more massive body type and noted for its stamina, is best represented by the Arab and Dor-Bairam lines. At the present time, the breed is represented by 17 separate lines, 12 of which trace back to Boinou (1885-1908).
The 1981 studbook (Vol. VI) records the following average measurements in centimeters for an Akhal-Teke breeding stallion is 157.6 (height at withers), 160.1 (body length/barrel, measured on the diagonal), 176.4 (chest circumference), 18.8 (cannon bone circumference) and for a mare are 157-159-175-18.7. Twelve years later, in 1993, statistics for stallions, based on an evaluation of 190 horses from 13 countries (including 88 from Turkmenistan, 51 from Russia and 21 from Kazakhstan), showed an increase in all measurements except body length: 159.2-160.0-177.5-19.18. Figures broken down by country indicate that horses in Western Europe are larger than the average, while those from America, often bred for endurance riding, tend to be smaller.
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