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Turkmenistan: Celebrating 20 years of Independence
Check out my photo journal from my trip to Turkmenistan in October: Turkmenistan Celebrating 20 Years of Independence by Kerri-Jo Stewart
Opening Day at the Ahal Velayat Hippodrome
We were lucky to be invited to the opening day races of the Ahal Velayat Hippodrome. It was another cold and wet day but we had amazing seats inside the beautiful complex directly over the track. The building itself is beautiful and the design well thought out. I took some photos through the plexiglass but [...]
Day of the Horse: racing!
And the main event for the Day of the Horse, the races: Race 1: 2000m race, winner #1: Gokhan (Goar-Tamaly); #8: Yeldes (Pelle-2 x Yorka); #7: Garadag (Garadil x Arzuw) ______________________________________________ race 2: 1400m, winner #2: Gysyksakar (Goar x Dursecen); #5: Tejebe (Ahal 2 x Tuly); #7: Gullden 2 (Arkadag 2 x Ganga); #12: Bereket [...]
Day of the Horse II
At the track they had jumping, Roman Riding and a circus horse for entertainment on the holiday in honour of the Turkmen horse: Dr. Alexander Zaitchev (Vice Director of VNIIK) & Dr. Michael Atrochenko (Russia, VNIIK) Rosemary Swift (Australia) & Dr. Marius Dolis (Romania)
Hippodrome – backstretch
There wasn’t much going on at the track as it was the middle of the day. Again, as seems typical for the Turkmen people, there were lots of smiles and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves with the horses. Also, the horses were all very well behaved and calm. Most of the riders were exercise [...]
Dreaming in Gold
Until the end of December, use these codes to get 20% off: £ GBP: NEWBLURB1 $ USD: NEWBLURB Check out my new book! It’s a coffee table book filled with photographs of some beautiful and interesting horses. It’s not specifically about Akhal-Tekes but most of the photography is of the many Akhal-Tekes I’ve seen over [...]
Naib Idrise Horse Farm
These photos of Akhal-Tekes from Naib Idrise horse farm are by White Bear, Artem Makeev: Saburbey (Garayusup – Siringa) 2005 Stallion, line Posman Medonbey, stallion / Ghisarg (Gyaurs – Hiss) 2006 stallion, line Posman Gyaurs (Gaigysyz-Garuda) 2000 stallion, line Posman / Garaovlak Amuzghi (Polot – Aria) 2001 stallion, line [...]
the World Akhal-Teke Association
this year’s the Akhal-Teke World Cup – SHAEL is going to be very interesting with the formation of the International Akhal-Teke Jockey Club and the World Akhal-Teke Organisation! Be there if you can!!
Akhal-Teke videos vii
Akhal Teke Race in Pardubice, Czech Republic; Galop en Arrière par Jérôme TEXIER et ARABESK; Ahal Teke Atlary
Hastings Race Track
Standardbred racing at Fraser Downs
Off to the track on a nice Sunday afternoon…
Akhal-Teke conformation
Here are some of my favourite horses (for different reasons) from photos I can find. I want to learn more about conformation and think about what draws me to these photos. In general what is good conformation? Which is the fastest, the best for endurance, the best jumper, the best for dressage? And also, how much are body types affected by training (type/or lack of)?
long distance riding
These pictures are from a 2,700 km trek by horses put on by Alexandra Tolstoy…
