Specification

• Warmblood.
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• Akhal Teke     .
  General information
• Origins lie in Turkmenistan.
• A rare breed.
• Renowned for its endurance in severe climatic conditions:
  • Traveled 2580 miles (600 miles of which was over desert) in 84 days with virtually no water.
• Long lived.
• Very fast:
  • Used for racing in the former Soviet Union.
• Strong and courageous.
• Smooth and elegant action.
• Temperamental and difficult to handle.

• Turkoman.

• Riding.
• Competition.

• Registered.

Biologic Data

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.

Other sources of information

• Hendricks B L (1995) International Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 8-8061-2753-8.
• Ball C (1994) Horse and Pony Breeds. Quintet Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-85076-500-6.
• Hartley Edwards E (1994) The Encyclopedia of the Horse. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 1-7513-011-59.

Organization(s)

• British Horse Society, British Equestrian Center, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LR, UK.
• V. I. Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 21 Bolshoi Kharitonievsky pereulok, Moscow 107814, Russia.
• Professor E M Pern, 391128 c/o Institute for Horses, Ribnovskii Region, Ryazanskaya Oblast, Russia.