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The Akhal-Teke, due to its natural athleticism, can be a sport horse, good at dressage, show jumping, eventing, racing, and endurance riding. A noted example was the Akhal-Teke stallion, Absent, who won the Grand Prix de Dressage at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, while being ridden by Sergei Filatov.
Absinthe was a tall, black-coated Akhal-Teke stallion. [16] [17] He was described as physically very harmonious. [13] His black head is as fine as a Thoroughbred's, and he has a white mark on his forehead. His neckline is arched in the shape of a swan's neck. [13] He also wears four white markings on his lower legs. [13]
The Turkoman horse, or Turkmene, is an Oriental horse breed from the steppes of Central Asia.It influenced many modern horse breeds, including the Thoroughbred horse. Modern descendants include the Akhal-Teke, [1] the Iomud, the Goklan and Nokhorli. [2]
Yanardag is an Akhal-Teke horse bred by Geldy Kyarizov, [5] and foaled in Turkmenistan in 1991, [1] the year of Turkmenistan's independence from the Soviet Union. [1] Yanardag was named world champion of the breed in 1999 in Moscow, and was subsequently acquired by Saparmurat Niyazov, who was President of Turkmenistan 1990–2006.
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The Nez Perce Horse is a spotted horse breed of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. The Nez Perce Horse Registry (NPHR) program began in 1995 in Lapwai, Idaho and is based on cross-breeding the old-line Appaloosa horses (the Wallowa herd) with an ancient Central Asian breed called Akhal-Teke.
Horses in the region of Kazakhstan date to the 5th century B.C. Early influences on what today is the Kazakh horse include the Akhal-Teke , Arabian , Karabair , and Mongolian horse . Beginning in the 20th century, the breed had additional infusions of blood from the Russian Don , Orlov Trotter and the Thoroughbred .
The term oriental horse refers to the ancient breeds of horses developed in the Middle East, such as the Arabian, Akhal-Teke, Barb, and the Turkoman horse. They tend to be thin-skinned, long-legged, slim in build and more physically refined than other types, but with great endurance. [ 1 ]