Akhal-Teke: A SpaceForHorses network
The Akhal Teke is an ancient Turkmene horse originating from Asia where it was used by nomadic tribes and used as a war horse. Later the Turkmene horse was brought to Russia and the best breeding stock were taken to the first Akhal Teke Stud, near Ashkhabad where the breed was developed and used by the Russian Military.
The Akhal Teke has amazing stamina which was proved in an endurance ride where Akhal Teke horses were ridden 2,600 miles from Ashkhabad to Moscow over 84 days. The ride included 3 days travelling 215 miles across the Kara Kum desert without water with the purebred Akhal Tekes arriving in Moscow in significantly better condition than the other horses. The breed is nowdays used as a general riding horse as well as a competition horse including show jumping, eventing, dressage, racing and endurance.
International association www.maakcenter.org
American associations http://akhal-teke.org and http://akhaltekes.org
European associations www.akhal-teke.fr and www.akhalteke.eu
