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Re: [RC] Akhal-Tekes in Russian Endurance Ride - recklessheartranchThat ride is famous in Akhal Teke circles. It is the event that prompted the Soviet government to establish a purebred stud for Tekes and stop crossing them with the English TB. You have afew Teke (whole and part bred) riders in endurance -- including Kelsey Kampfert, who finished the Tevis last year on her Teke mare, Sabel. I breed (bred -- I'm starting to shut down my breeding operation) Tekes and cross-breds -- the Arab and the Teke cross GREAT together! I have a highly metallic cremello Akhal-Teke stallion -- Kinor -- and he's produced some lovely foals. He's not a big horse -- about 15.1hh and usually doesn't go over 975 lbs, but he still has 8.25" of bone (I measured). Gaits to die for. Being a cremello, he will always produce palomino or buckskin o/o non-grey mares (the rare smokey black as well), which is kind of nice bonus. Plus, a number of his babies have the metallic glow. Check out my Webshots Page and feel free to browse the albums. http://community.webshots.com/user/katoneal100 Tekes are super movers, with a very smooth trot -- long and reachy -- and they are very much a "grey hound" sort of horse. Also tend to be more on the sensitive side -- although there are exceptions, many of them bond tightly with one person and require a knowledgable hand. Very much like many Arabs, actually. They are a very exotic type of horse -- different than anything you will ever see. I do have one endurance type filly for sale -- she will be three this July. Her name is Kazakh Heart (free heart)-- she has her own album. Most of the photos were taken when she was 2 yrs. old. She is a 3/4 sibling to Kinor. Also check out the album "Other foals by Kinor." He's been crossed with warmbloods, Arabs, Appies and Paints, so it's been very interesting to see what sort of foals have been produced. His oldest foals are just turning 3 this year. There are several endurance riders who have bred to him, including Kerry Redente, who has 2 mares in foal to him for this year. Please feel free to email me privately if you'd like to know more about the breed. They are pretty cool. Katrina O'Neal event took place in 1935. Interesting....We have a book called Horses of the World by Daphne Goodall, published in 1965. We've had it since our daughters were young girls. It features all the breeds of all the countries, and here is what it says about the Akhal-Teke: "Bred in a number of provinces, and is a direct descendant of the very old Turkmene race." Look at the Turkmene and here is its description: "....iron hard legs; of exceptional stamina and endurance, fearless, obedient, and very fast."After our family got in to endurance riding in 1972, we used to read this description and dream, wishing there were such a horse in the USA. Now we in this country are so much closer to that dream. I don't know how many A-Ts there are here now, but there were none when that book first came out. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Merri To: considerThis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 12:04 PM Subject: [RC] [Consider This] Akhal-Tekes in Russian Endurance Ride Youtube.com An old video of an endurance ride from Ashkhabad to Moscow in 84 days over 4,300km... from many years ago. Notice the spectators handing off... not water bottles, but flowers to the riders! -- Posted By Merri to Consider This at 2/22/2008 01:01:00 PM Katrina O'Neal Reckless Heart Ranch 822 Estates Loop Priest River, ID 83856 (208)265-4837 recklessheartranch@xxxxxxxxxxx =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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