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long distance riding
Skimikin Lake
We had a great time at Skimikin Lake! We went there for the endurance ride and we came second with a CRI of 48/48 and all As except for a B on gut sounds. Congratulations to Sandra and Sumgait (another Akhal-Teke!) who are already top tenning in their third ride! But the real fun of [...]
Bandit Springs!
What a great ride in a beautiful site! The Bandit Springs ride is located in central Oregon in the Ochoco National Forest. They had a variety of rides, 30, 50, 80 and 100 miles with the 30 and 50 mile rides offered both days. There was even a Ride and Tie as well as 10, [...]
Horseshoe Lake CEI Challenge ride
What a wild ride that one was!! The Endurance Riders of Alberta held the Horseshoe Lake ride as a FEI/CEI 3* 160 km ride, as well as other distances. Darginka and I did the 25 mile (40 km) ride both days and Steven was our driver and groom extraordinaire! I didn’t take any photos, although [...]
Akpai, spring 2010
(function($){$(document).ready(function(){$(“#px44 a”).lightBox({});});})(jQuery); Akpai has been leased to Katrin who is using her for endurance this year. Akpai turned out to be such a nice riding horse that her daughter rode her in her first 30 mile ride. Akpai is now down in Idaho with Katrin and set to do her first 50 miler this weekend.
HOTR endurance ride
That’s Darginka watching the 50 milers leave for their ride. It was good timing at sunrise and I managed to get a few photos of them. In my very last shot the sun rose and shone on the riders, oh man the light was perfect, but we had to get ready for our start in [...]
Akpai & Isha
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 of [...]
Pio Olascoaga Amaya presenting Dutar!
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 [...]
Amazon of Peace
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. [...]
countdown to the Amazon of Peace
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 [...]
Amazone of Peace
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 [...]
Akhal-Tekes & Endurance in Croatia
Ana & her family have started a beautiful Akhal-Teke Stud (and they also have amazing Arabians from Borike)
Akhal-Teke conformation
My interest is in the “old style” Akhal-Tekes with the solid conformation for performing raids by the old Turkmen tribes.
“20,000 Miles on a Horse”
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…
Equine Videos on the WWW
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…
Historical Records II
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:
Historical Records I
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:
my favourite types
Just going by these exterior photos, here are some of my favourites:
the Great Divide Ride 2010
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.
Akhal-Tekes as racing and endurance athletes
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.
long distance riding
These pictures are from a 2,700 km trek by horses put on by Alexandra Tolstoy…
