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The Ancient Akhal-Teke – The Horse With The Metallic Sheen

During the long history of the breed, it established a reputation of great endurance and courage. In 1935, the amazing stamina of the Akhal-Teke was demonstrated when 15 horses were required to participate in a 2600 mile forced march ... Continue reading

Terra Incógnita » Turkmenistan: What to See

If you feel ambitious, you might want to haggle about the price. You should probably fix the price before you get in the taxi, unless you have a feel for the local prices. WHAT TO SEE. National History Museum. museum_national ... On 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 or camels. ... Continue reading

Akhal-Teke Canada » Archive » A bit of Akhal-Teke history

A bit of Akhal-Teke history. The Turkoman horse became known as the Akhal-Teke after the annexation of Turkmenia to the Russian Empire in l88l. The name combines the name of the Teke Turkmen tribe and the Akhal oasis in the foothills of ... Continue reading

The Pride and Joy of Turkmenistan

My Akhal Teke Kejebe Turkmen Carpet. Close Up of the Teke Kejebe Gul. When I was learning about the history of this carpet I learned another interesting fact that I didn't realize about modern Turkmen culture. ... Continue reading

Simply my favorite equine website

It has nothing to do with Arabians, but is instead about this famous other eastern horse, the Akhal Teke. Except that, unlike most websites on the Akhal Teke, it methodically and relentlessly deconstructs all the myths and folklore ... Continue reading

A bit of Akhal-Teke history

The Akhal-Teke's original homeland lay throughout modern Turkmenistan and northern Iran, as well as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaidzhan. The history of the Turan Flats area of Central Asia is a history of continual conquest, ... Continue reading

A bit of Akhal-Teke history

Read more about Akhal-Tekes and their history: The Turanian Horse Website The purebred Akhal-Teke horse and it's influence on other pure bred breeds, by Alexander Klimuk A Light out of the Darkness of Centuries, Dr. Tatiana Riabova ... Continue reading

Re: [RC] Re: Akhal Tekes

And I looked up his ride history; he did real well in that 3 day! Hope your filly gets that from him. I am quite impressed with the temperament on my cross too! I would definitely get another one. But I don't want to breed again. ... Continue reading

Equine Village at the Kentucky Horse Park to Host Largest ...

Akhal-Teke Breeder's Co-op. American Association of Equine Practitioners American Connemara Pony Society American Driving Society American Farriers Association American Saddlebred Horse Association American Shetland Pony and Miniature Horse ... In addition, the Kentucky Horse Park will feature A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse international blockbuster exhibition in the International Museum of the Horse. A Gift from the Desert is a ... Continue reading

TurfPublicists: Largest Gathering of Equine Clinicians and Performers

Akhal-Teke Breeder's Co-op. American Association of Equine Practitioners American Connemara Pony Society American Driving Society American Farriers Association American Saddlebred Horse Association American Shetland Pony and Miniature Horse Registry ... In addition, the Kentucky Horse Park will feature A Gift from the Desert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse international blockbuster exhibition in the International Museum of the Horse. ... Continue reading

Akhal-Teke history

According to some, the Akhal-Teke have been kept hidden by their tribesmen for years. The area where the breed first appeared, the Turkmenistan desert Kara Kum, is a rocky, flat desert surrounded by mountains. However, others claim that the horses are descendants of the mounts of Mongol raiders of the 13th and 14th century.

The breed is very similar to the Turkoman Horse, bred in neighboring Iran. Some historians believe that the two are different strains of the same breed, and that the incredibly influential Arabian was developed out of this breed.

Tribesmen of Turkmenistan first used the horses for raids, feeding the animals grains and mutton. They selectively bred the horses, keeping records of the pedigrees orally. The horses were called "Argamaks" by the Russians, and were cherished by the nomads.

In 1881, Turkomenistan became part of the Russian Empire. The tribes fought with the tzar, eventually losing. A Russian general, Kuropatkin, who grew to love the horses he had seen while fighting the tribesmen, founded a breeding farm after the war and renamed the horses "Akhal-Tekes," after the Teke Turkmen tribe that lived near the Akhal oasis. The Russians printed the first studbook in 1941, which included 287 stallions and 468 mares.

The Akhal-Teke has had influence on many breeds, including the Thoroughbred through the Byerley Turk (which is thought to be Akhal-Teke), one of the foundation stallions of the breed. The Trakehner has also been influenced by the Akhal-Teke, most notably by the stallion Turkmen-Atti, as has the Russian breeds Don, Budyonny, Karabair, and Karabakh. The Arabian is also thought to have had an influence by the Akhal-Teke, most noteworthy being the Syrian Arabian.

The breed suffered greatly when the Soviet Union required horses to be slaughtered for meat, which however the local Turkmen refused to eat. At one point only 2,000 horses remained and export from the Soviet Union was banned. The government of Turkmenistan now uses the horses as diplomatic presents as well as auctioning a few to raise money for improved horse breeding programs.

In the early 20th century, crossing between the Thoroughbred and the Akhal-Teke took place, aiming to create a faster long-distance racehorse. However, the Anglo Akhal-Tekes were not as resilient as their Akhal-Teke ancestors, and many died due to the harsh conditions of Central Asia. The crossbreeding was ended in 1935, after the 2,600 mile endurance race from Ashkabad to Moscow, when the pure-breds finished in much better condition than the part-breds. The Thoroughbred cross is believed to have been so destructive to the breed that a horse with Thoroughbred ancestors must have 15 generations pass before it can be registered in the studbook. Since 1973, all foals must be blood-typed to be accepted in the stud book in order to protect the purity. A stallion not producing the right type of horse can be removed. The stud book was closed in 1975.

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Aegidienberger	Akhal Teke	Albanian	Altai	Alter Real
American Cream Draft	American Creme and White	American Paint Horse	American Quarter Horse	American Saddlebred
American Walking Pony	Andalusian	Andravida	Anglo-Arabian	Anglo-Kabarda
Appaloosa	Appendix	Araappaloosa	Arabian	Ardennes
Argentine Criollo	Ariegeois	Asturian	Australian Brumby	Australian Stock Horse
Avelignese Pony	Azteca	Balearic	Bali Pony	Baluchi
Banker	Ban-ei	Barb	Bardigiano Pony	Bashkir
Bashkir Curly	Basotho Pony / Basuto Pony	Basque Pony	Batak Pony	Belgian
Bhotia Pony	Black Forest	Boer	Bosnian Pony	Boulonnais
Brandenburg	Breton	Brumby	Buckskin	Budyonny
Burmese Pony	Byelorussian Harness	Camargue	Campolina	Canadian
Carpathian Pony	Carthusian	Caspian horse	Cayuse	Cheju
Chilean Corralero	Chincoteague Pony	Chinese Guoxia	Cleveland Bay	Clydesdale
Colorado Ranger Horse	Connemara Pony	Criollo (Uruguay)	Crioulo	Dales Pony
Danube	Dartmoor Pony	Deliboz	Dole Trotter or Dole Gudbrandsdal	Don, Russian Don
Dongola	D�lmen Pony	Dutch Draft	Dutch Warmblood	Egyptian
Eriskay Pony	Estonian Native	Exmoor Pony	Falabella	Fell Pony
Finnhorse	Finnish	Fjord horse	Florida Cracker	Frederiksborg
French Trotter	Friesian	Galician Pony	Galiceno	Garrano
Gelderlander	Gidran	Gotland Pony	Groningen	Gypsy Vanner horse
Hackney	Hackney pony	Haflinger	Hanoverian	Highland Pony
Hokkaido	Holsteiner	Hucul pony	Iberian, encompassing the Andalusian, Alter Real, Lusitano and crosses	Icelandic
Irish Draught	Irish Horse	Java Pony	Jutland	Kabardian or Kabardin
Karabair	Karabakh	Kathiawari	Kazakh Pony	Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse
Kiger Mustang	Kiso	Kladruber	Knabstrup	Konik
Kustanair	Landais Pony	Latvian Harness Horse (Standard and Light Type)	Lithuanian Heavy Draft	Lipizzan / Lippizzaner
Lusitano	Mangalarga / Mangalarga Marchador	Manipuri Pony	Marwari	Maremmana
Misaki	Missouri Fox Trotting Horse / Missouri Foxtrotter	Miyako	Mongolian	Morab
Morgan	Moyle	Mule	Mustang	Murgese
National Show Horse	New Forest Pony	New Kirgiz	Newfoundland Pony	Noma
Noma pony	Nonius Horse	Nooitgedacht Pony	Noriker	Noric
Northlands Pony	Norwegian Fjord	Ob	Oldenburg	Orlov Trotter
Padang Pony	Paint	Paso Fino	Percheron	Peruvian Paso
Pindos Pony	Pinia	Pintabian	Pinto	Pleven
Poitevin	Polish Konik	Pony of the Americas	Pottok	Przewalski
Pyrenean Tarpan	Quarab	Quarter Horse	Quarter Pony	Racking Horse
Rocky Mountain Horse	Russian Don	Russian Heavy Draft	Russian Trotter	Sable Island Pony
Saddlebred	Salerno	Sandalwood Pony	Sanhe	Schleswiger Heavy Draft
Schwarzw�lder Fuchs	Selle Francais	Shagya / Shagya Arabian	Shetland Pony	Shire
Single-Footing Horse	Skyros Pony	Somali Pony	Sorraia	Soviet Heavy Draft
Spanish Mustang	Spanish-Barb	Spanish-Norman	Spiti Pony	Spotted Saddle horse
Standardbred	Sudan Country-Bred	Suffolk / Suffolk Punch	Sumba and Sumbawa Pony	Swedish Ardennes
Swedish Warmblood	Shagya	Taishuh	Tarpan	Tawleed
Tennessee Walking Horse	Tersky	Thoroughbred	Tiger Horse	Timor Pony
Tokara	Tori	Trakehner	Ukrainian Saddle	Vladimir Heavy Draft
Viatka	Vyatka	Waler	Walkaloosa	Welara Pony
Welsh Pony and Cob	Welsh mountain pony (Section A)	Welsh Cob (Section D)	Wielkopolski	Xilingol
Yakut	Yili	Yonaguni	Zebra	Zemaituka (Zhumd)
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