Isha, a spiritual teacher and endurance rider, has fallen for Akhal-Tekes! You can read Isha’s book, Why Walk When You Can Fly, as well as watch her movie. Isha also appeared here on CBC with our own Steven & Chris and she blogs on the Huffington Post.

With women like Isha and the Amazon [...]

Posted on September 15th, 2009 under Akhal-Tekes for sale, Akpay, long distance riding, our horses. Tags: akhal-teke, Akpai, Akpay, argamak, horse, Isha, peace, riding, teke. Comments: None

These are photos from Guillermo Lockhart (Willy) of his stallion Dutar in the show in Uruaguay. The young guy riding him is Pio Olascoaga Amaya, one of the best endurance riders in the World. Pio postponed his Dubai trip to present Dutar, he will be working there for 7 months. Right now Dutar is going [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2009 under long distance riding, shows/competitions. Tags: akhal-teke, Dutar, endurance, horse, Lockheart, Pio Olascoaga, show, South America, Uruguay. Comments: 4

The Amazon of Peace has now completed another great ride. This time Laurence Bougault rode a Turkoman mare from Iran (Almila) for their 7,000 km journey from Isfahan, Iran to Paris, France (through Iran, Turkey, Greece, Italy and France).
I have very crudely translated some of her blog posts, they are a definite must read. I [...]

Posted on September 12th, 2009 under breed information, long distance riding. Tags: Amazon of Peace, France, horse, horseback, Iran, journey, Laurence Bougault, mare, raid, riding, travel, trip, Turkoman. Comments: 1

Dear Akhal-Tekke Friends,
To paraphrase my friend Dr. Alf-Eckbert Füssel of SANCO, in Brussels, “We will either find a way, or make one” Hannibal (247 – 183 B.C.)…
In response to our questions regarding the EU import rules for the temporary import of our mare Almila to Europe, to achieve our aim, a new WDR for the [...]

Posted on March 6th, 2009 under breed information, long distance riding. Tags: distance riding, endurance, France, horse, Iran, raid, travel, trek, Turkey, Turkoman. Comments: None

Laurence Bougault is planning her trek, the Amazone of Peace, from Ashgabat to Paris, starting in April of 2009. Her plan is to cover the 7,000 km in six months, traveling through Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Greece, Italy and through France by September.
You can buy her book, “Sous l’œil des chevaux d’Afrique“, where she chronicles her [...]

Posted on November 29th, 2008 under Breeders, breed information, literature, long distance riding. Tags: "Amazone of Peace", 2009, akhal-teke, Ashgabat, Bougault, horse, Iran, Laurence, Paris, raid, ride, trek, Turkoman. Comments: 3

Posted on September 30th, 2007 under long distance riding. Comments: None

Posted on August 25th, 2007 under breed information, literature, long distance riding, racing. Comments: 9

Here is a film I really want to see: Two men (a Russian and American) ride on horseback from from the Southern tip of Argentina (Tierra del Fuego), to the Northern edge of Alaska (the Bering Sea). The best part is that they filmed everything…

Posted on July 30th, 2007 under literature, long distance riding, other breeds. Comments: None

Videos from UTube and other web sources with cool horse content, including a Russian TV show about Akhal-Tekes, Mongolian horse racing, dressage, jumping, vaulting, and training…

Posted on June 29th, 2007 under breed information, long distance riding, other breeds, photo/art/video, racing, training. Comments: None

For my pedigree research I am trying to collate which Akhal-Tekes have done well with racing in the past.
Here is a list of some records compared to results from the Championship of Russia 2005:

Posted on June 7th, 2007 under breed information, long distance riding, racing. Comments: 1

For my pedigree research I am trying to collate which Akhal-Tekes have done well with racing in the past.
Here is a list of some noted results from longer distances:

Posted on June 5th, 2007 under breed information, long distance riding, racing. Comments: 4

Just going by these exterior photos, here are some of my favourites:

Posted on May 13th, 2007 under breed information, long distance riding. Comments: 2

This amazing ride is being put on by Wayne Delbeke! We are in on it!! I will ride my Tekes and Michael and the kids will drive for me. Hopefully Emma will be able to do a bit of riding by then as well.

Posted on February 15th, 2007 under long distance riding. Comments: None

So out of all the sire pictures, Yulduz 12 really stood out for me. He sure looks fast and very sleek. That picture got me thinking about which Akhal-Tekes are currently doing well at both short racing and endurance.

Posted on December 12th, 2006 under breed information, long distance riding. Comments: 1