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Akhal-Teke Society of GB
Bodare Cottage
Daymer Lane
Trebetherick, Nr Wadebridge
Cornwall PL27 6SA
Tel: 01208 862964
Akhal-Teke of America Association
Website:
www.akhal-teke.org
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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: between 15.1 and 15.2hh. |
| 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. |
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