the upcoming 1,200m race in Pardubice is the first for purebred Akhal-Tekes being held outside Russia and Turkmenistan. Turkoman horse races are also popular in Iran, hopefully they will soon be held throughout many more regions. Meet the horses:

Posted on June 11th, 2008 under Stallions, racing. Tags: achalteke, akhal-teke, czech republic, horse racing, Pardubice, race, track. Comments: None

Posted on May 14th, 2008 under other breeds, racing. Tags: Hastings, horse, racing, thoroughbred, track, Vancover. Comments: None

Big Brown wins the Kentucky Derby but our hearts go out to Eight Belles.

Posted on May 4th, 2008 under Akhal-Tekes for sale, Darginka, Habib Shael, other breeds, racing. Tags: Big Brown, Eight Belles, horse racing, Kentucky Derby. Comments: None

Omair Hussain Al Beloushi on 11-year-old Charlandre Al Sharif set a world record for a 160-km endurance race. And they did it in style with incredible recoveries. Talk about a training program!! Congratulations!

Posted on January 14th, 2008 under other breeds, racing. Comments: None

Off to the track on a nice Sunday afternoon…

Posted on January 14th, 2008 under other breeds, racing. Tags: carts, horse racing, horses, racing, standardbred races, standardbreds. Comments: None

Here are some videos that I that I would love to know more about. They show lovely Akhal-Tekes and really show off their movements. Please let me know to whom credit them to as well as any information you have!

Posted on January 11th, 2008 under racing, shows/competitions. Tags: abscent endurance videos akhalteke akhal-teke teke acha. Comments: 1

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

Races I could find results of from 2006-2007. Of note to me is that Melebajdak is consistently doing well and that Ajax does well at both shorter and longer distances, Godzar is still running at 9 years old, and it also looks like Argamak is on a winning streak:

Posted on August 15th, 2007 under racing. Comments: 3

Welcome to the July 25th 2007 Edition of the Horse Lovers Blog Carnival!

Posted on July 24th, 2007 under literature, other breeds, racing, training. Comments: None

including the 2007 Russian President’s Cup; the 2007 Luxembourg show, and the 1945 Russian WWII victory parade with Arab:

Posted on July 20th, 2007 under breed information, photo/art/video, racing. Comments: 3

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