Re: Re:Akhal-Tekes

["Jessica Spoone" <lady_selene@hotmail.com>]

The only akal-teke I have met in person was the exact opposite. She was a
mare that was at the rare breeds exhibit at the NC horse Expo. She was
extremely calm and very very sweet. Loved having people come up and pat and
scratch her. I also saw the woman ride her in the breed parade and she
seemed very calm and intelligent, listening very well to her rider even in
all the comotion. I also questioned the weight carrying ability as I am a
heavy weight rider. The woman who owns her (my guess about 160lbs ish) said
her 200lb husband rode her on extended trail rides with no problems. I am
very interested in the breed myself so was asking a lot of questions about
her being so lightly built and built like a greyhound. From the answers I
got I think they would do quite well in endurance. Jess
----- Original Message -----
From: Tara Wheeler <harpy@io.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 3:14 PM
Subject: RC: Re:Akhal-Tekes


> At a recent equine expo in Belton I saw about a half dozen Akhal-tekes,
all
> owned by the same stables down near San Antonio somewhere.
>
> They were all hyper, nervous and wiggy (they were pacing their stalls and
> showing a lot of other odd behaviors).  Their feet were chipped and
> splitting.
>
> They were *very* tall (on average about 16 hands), and built like
greyhounds
> (thin, but not underfed--wirey).  Their bone structure didn't look like it
> could take a lot of weight (long in the back, long and thin in the cannons
> and pasterns).  They looked *fast*.
>
> They made Arabs look like quarter-horses (i.e. calm, plodding and chunky).
> :)
>
> I don't know any more about them.  I certainly didn't ride them, and the
guy
> who owned/was showing them was too busy to stop and chat.
>
> They did have that metallic gleam though.  Very eye-catching.
>
> Wonder what a Akhal-teke/quarter horse cross would do. . .
>
>
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