AKHAL-TEKE

Bred for more than 3000 years in Turkmenistan (a desert region north of Iran) and raised to withstand extreme desert conditions, it is a tough, hardy horse ideal for endurance riding.

Origin: Turkmenistan.
Colour: Bay, chestnut, grey and black.
Height: 15.1 - 15.2 hands.
Conformation: Fine head with large expressive eyes and long ears, long straight neck, high withers and sloping shoulders. Long back, shallow rib cage and tends to have poor loins and narrow hindquarters, long hindlegs tending to cow hocks, small hard feet, sparse mane and tail, thin skinned.
Character: Intelligent, spirited, tough.
Uses: Riding, endurance.

The Akhal-Teke Network 
Akhal-Teke Association of America

Akhal-Teke Society of GB
Bodare Cottage
Daymer Lane
Trebetherick, Nr Wadebridge
Cornwall
PL27 6SA
Tel: 01208 862 964