ridecamp@endurance.net: [endurance] Russian akhal-Tkinsy
[endurance] Russian akhal-Tkinsy
Natalie Arnold & Richard Goodwin (trailride@foothill.net)
Thu, 21 Mar 1996 21:20:43 -0800
National Public Radio's Anne Garrels did a piece the other morning on
"the rising popularity of the Russian akhal-Tkinsy [ah-KHALT-kihn-see]
horse. The breed has been around for
four-thousand years and was the first to be domesticated. The horses are
believed to be the direct ancestor of the Arabian and the English
thoroughbred." {Quoted from the program listing at www.npr.org)
Evidently, there are a few hundred here in the US. They are reputed to
be EXCELLENT endurance horses.
Does anyone @ endurance own one of these? or have you competed with
one in a ride?
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