Horse Species of the World - Akhal Teke

$75
Item Code: AB57
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Water Color on Old Paper
Dimensions 8.0" x 6.0"
Handmade
Handmade
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The Akhal-Teke is one of the most distinctive and unusual horses in the world, and also one of the oldest. It is bred around the oases of the Turkmenistan Desert, north of Iran, and centered in Askabad.

There is nothing quite like this mystery horse. Its endurance and its resistance to heat are phenomenal. In 1935, Akhal-Tekes completed a ride from Ashkabad to Moscow, a distance of 2,580 miles (4,152 km), in 84 days. The ride included some 600 miles (966 km) of desert, much of it virtually without water. This extraordinary feat has never been equaled.

References:

Edwards, Elwyn Hartley. The Ultimate Horse Book: London, Greenwich Editions, 2000.

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