Akhal Teke. Neat trick :-)

Stunning horse but the vid made me sad and angry.:( It's wrong on so many levels. Horse looked seriously angry,with good reason. I can only think it doesn't properly go for the handler because it knows it'll probably get a right beating,which makes me more angry & sad. Yuk to that circus or whatever it is.
 
Not my favourite breed, but that aside.. what a pig of a handler. Just look at that poor horses face! Says it all, poor lad.
 
Poor boy , I would love Akhal Teke or i should say i would have loved one of these when I was younger ,except I could never have afforded a good one they are so expensive.
 
Those back legs must be under great strain. I do not mid walking like this but not this long. What is the point??.

Poor horse did not look like he was enjoying himself or a a close relashion ship with the handle.:(:(:(

Poor boy the choreography needs working on , less on two legs maybe some more willing movements on the horses part.
 
Leviathan said:
Those back legs must be under great strain. I do not mid walking like this but not this long. What is the point??.

Poor horse did not look like he was enjoying himself or a a close relashion ship with the handle.:(:(:(

Poor boy the choreography needs working on , less on two legs maybe some more willing movements on the horses part.
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Absolutely!
 
I hear so little mention of this breed and didn't realise so many others also fancied them. It's my dream to own one. Don't know what it is but they are just beautiful. Lots of them registered in the UK but never see them for sale.
 
Is a stud in the southwest, reguarly see them at endurance rides. Have to say though never thought any of them were attractive.
 
pip6 said:
Is a stud in the southwest, reguarly see them at endurance rides. Have to say though never thought any of them were attractive.
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I think they are magic there where a few on the yard I was on in turkey amazing stamina hard hard horses will go a hundred miles on a mouth ful of scrub and a sip of water beauifully evolved for their work and enviroment.
 
This lady (ex international GB team member) uses them for endurance. They are yet to achieve major success, I'm still waiting to be impressed. Guess like all breeds their athletic performance can vary greatly.
 
Goldenstar said:
I think they are magic there where a few on the yard I was on in turkey amazing stamina hard hard horses will go a hundred miles on a mouth ful of scrub and a sip of water beauifully evolved for their work and enviroment.
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Yes, I've heard their conformation being criticised but they seem to have evolved to suit a harsh environment and as you say manage just fine. There is just something about them I love, Ewe neck and all. :)
 
You Tube clip - horrible. Makes me wonder why I breed horses when you never know where they will finish up.

It is a great endurance horse.
 
pip6 said:
This lady (ex international GB team member) uses them for endurance. They are yet to achieve major success, I'm still waiting to be impressed. Guess like all breeds their athletic performance can vary greatly.
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The ones I knew where bred in their " home land " and even then had a price tag of hundreds of thousands of dollars they where just awesome beauiful magical colours as well.
 
Goldenstar said:
The ones I knew where bred in their " home land " and even then had a price tag of hundreds of thousands of dollars they where just awesome beauiful magical colours as well.
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Agree with this, I'm not overly keen on the horse, but the colours are stunning. They look like they have spun gold through their coats
 
Gorgeous horse but that's an uncomfy video to watch, not natural for a horse to walk on his hindlegs for so long, must be a joint strain.

When I was a horseless city child and got the Observer Book of Horses, it was my favourite breed, the greyhound of the horse world.

Now I'm adult, I've seen a few in real life in UK endurance circles but they seem to look much more rounded and muscular in the UK than the ones in the OBOH do.

A horsey friend from Moscow who's been to Akhal Teke and other studs in Russia was horrified to hear I liked them - she said in her experience, they are one-man horses, with flightily quick tempers, and not at all genuine in nature. I said that they look gorgeous and she said no they look ugly, ewenecked and herring-gutted.

So I guess we agreed to disagree on that one.

The Byerley Turk was, I reckon, an Akhal Teke. After all, if you were trying to breed the perfect racing machine wouldn't you cross the Arab (endurance and speed) with the Akhal Teke (endurance and speed)?
 
From what I've read the USSR didn't do them many favours as they considered them too scrawny for meat purposes and did a lot of cross breeding to produce a meatier duel purpose horse. Happily, as far as I'm concerned, they survived.
 
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