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Why do people think an Akhal-Teke will be better if bought in Russia rather than in Europe? I must say I simply ignore. The Akhal-Teke is a Central Asian horse, so doesn't have it's origins in Russia. People think that a Russian Akhal-Teke will be better than an European one. MAAK pro ......... The mother studbook of Akhal-Tekes is held in Ryazan, Russia. So far only the Haras nationaux in France have an agreement with the Russians. The French only register a horse that has proven Maak papers. But they do not want to register for pan-Europe.
This is so far not the case in Germany and any other european country. Therefore we register directly in Russia and this is not, as stated in Germany, against any local or EU-law. Those horses just need an additional EU-passport in which vaccinations etc are stated. The Akhal-Teke horse association asbl is also tending to get a ministerial agreement and once settled with both european and russian administrations people all over Europe will be able to get their papers all in one with the security that they have a purebred registered horse. So seen from this point of view it is an absolute necessity to work with the Russians. Why do we then state Maak contra? .........contra MAAK
Just because they have changed their grading rules which are contraproductive to produce a high endurance performer!! First of all they focus on size.Their Motto is big s beautiful. Their grading ules claim a horse above 165 is worth 10 points and gradually the gradin goes down, th smaller the horse is. Not that we wnt to breed ponies....but certainly not a horse 170 ..to go for endurance. Another point we do not agree with isrelated to the grading of the parents.... The third point is the extra long back! We wil ldo whatever we can in order not to produce a long back. For allthe respect of the lady who holds the studbook. She will not ocnvince us. A long back Is a weakness for endurance. Already in theory more than one point seems contra-productive. It happened that in practise, such as in Ising the practise confirms what we were afraid of. The device is BIG is BEAUTIFUL. 
Tatjana Ryabova , Mr Kühn and Mr Mirhodjaev in the back at Ising Exactl those points were tehcritics we were given, such as too short a back (oooh are we lucky that we achieved this) The Akhal-Teke, the oriental thoroughbred |  Koffler P. with Punktir
Michèlee at Luxhorse, in 2001 | ORIGINS: The birth of 3 Thoroughbreds The Akhal-Teke, also called the Turkoman horse is the ancestor of the Arab as well as of the English Thoroughbred, though this fact is not very well known in the horse world. From the time of Gengis Khan to Alexander the Great to the present day, the Akhal-Teke was, and is, very much appreciated. It was the fastest and could cope with the worst living conditions. Through plundering and wars which were fought on this horse and partly because of this horse, the Akhal-Teke came to the Arabian peninsula nearly 3000 years ago. Breeding with local mares gave birth to the Arab horse. A similar situation occurred in England. The Byerley Turk as well as the Darley Arabian, two of the founders of the English Thoroughbred have proven to have been Akhal-Teke. | |  | 
our herd |  Tekes driving 
| HISTORY: From the Caspian Sea to the rest of the world AKHAL-TEKE: this name describes the motherland of this horse. Akhal is one of Turkmenistans regions and Teke is a Turkmen tribe who are also famous for their hand woven carpets. The geographic origin of the Akhal-Teke lies around the Caspian Sea. Exotic countries such as Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan are also the homeland of this wonderful horse. It has long since been forgotten that this horse has contributed to ennoble the Trakehner and through the Trakehner, indirectly, many other European breeds. During the 18th Century a few Turkmen horses came to Europe. The most famous of them was Turkman Atti, who came to Neustadt Dosse in Germany. There, he sired about 200 foals to Trakehner mares. The German Olympic jumping horse, METEOR, for example, ridden by Fritz Thiedemann, is a descendant of Turkmain Atti. The most dramatic period for the oriental thoroughbred horse was definitely the 20th Century. During this time the Akhal-Teke almost face extinction, twice. The population fell to lower than 1000 head. In order to alert public interest some passionate owners in Turkmenistan undertook the enormous marathon ride from Ashkhabad, the capital of Turkemenistan, to Moscow . 4300 km separate those 2 cities. The trek went over mountains as well as through 360 km of desert. The convoy reached the capital in only 84 days. Through this exceptional ride the breed got the much needed publicity that helped preserve the breed from extinction. | VERSATILITY OF THE TEKE BREED: ENDURANCE, EVENTING, DRESSAGE, DRIVING, HUNTING WITH HOUNDS, SHOWJUMPING, TREC An Akhal-Teke what for, you might ask. The answer of this question is quite easy, name it and the Teke will satisfy your wishes.Just like it's cousin, the english thoroughbred, the Akhal-Teke is an allrounder capable to achieve any duty you'll ask him. Of course, you'll have to make your choice on the peronal abilities of the horse. But this breed is, even with it's only more or less 1500 heads worldwide, so versatile and different in type and confirmation, going from the very skinny greyhound look to an almost warmblood, that there is a Teke for all tastes. | 
Michèle with Myr presenting Teke in Luxembourg 
Michèle and Sugun competing | CHARACTER AND SKILLS: The greyhound under the horse Akhal-Tekes are extremely thin and graceful. That is why they are nick-named the "greyhounds" of the horse world. Another special characteristic of this oriental horse is its golden shining coat. All colours do exist except for coloured (paints), they all have this special golden reflection to their coat. Nature has invented this kind of sun protection as it preserves the horses with its reflection qualities against extreme temperatures. To describe the character of the horse, it is absolute honest. A very unique relationship developed between man and horse, if the owner deserves an Akhal-Teke and gets accepted by its horse. This relationship is comparable with the relationship humans have with dogs. As for the horse disciplines the Akhal-Teke is an allround sportshorse comparable to the English Thoroughbred. As he is originally a racehorse, he is capable to endure a high amount of stress and still gives good results. We have found Akhal-Tekes in nearly all kind of disciplines in the last 50 years. The most famous one is definitely ABSENT who won the gold medal in dressage at the Olympics in Rome. In the beginning of the 1990's MARKIZA carried its rider winning the title of World Best Rider in endurance competition. Others are doing well in jumping, eventing or western disciplines. There exist other famous horses, such as the stallion Prins, formerly ridden by Ludger Beerbaum or Chan, ridden by Michael Klimke, both have one of their close ancestors being an Akhal-Teke. In 2003 Sotchi, an offspring of Sugun did win the Silver medal in the young riders team championship in eventing in Switzerland. As Sotchi and his rider jacopo Buss are both quiet young, we will surely hear about more successes about this team. Enjoy our homepage and if you want more information, do not hesitate to contact us.
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