Akhal-Teke Center

06/18/2024

Arima & Anduma in the near pasture this afternoon, with Kizy, Kiergen, & Sayda in the far pasture.

06/17/2024

Abby and Zenus.

06/11/2024

Line up by the Big Barn last week.

girls Abby, Dory, Sarka, Nusha, and Zenus.

06/10/2024

Anduma, Arima, and Pallas Athena at pasture this evening.

06/07/2024

Anadana, Delguli, and Ehyr Atlaz at pasture. Breeding Akhal-Teke horses at the .

06/04/2024

Kurinka & filly this evening. ❤️

06/04/2024

Kurinka’s filly at two weeks old. ❤️

(Ehyr Atlaz x Kurinka, 2024)

06/02/2024

Looking across the valley from the Pond Pasture to see Akhal-Teke Ulduze and Nez Perce Horse Uygon grazing in the Hay Barn Pasture.

05/31/2024

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Kurinka and her sweet filly came home from the hospital today. ❤️

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05/26/2024

Abby & Zenus. Akhal-Teke girls. ❤️

05/21/2024

05/19/2024

Our new purebred Akhal-Teke foals for 2024.

Gavinka & her two week old chestnut c**t, and Kurinka with her eleven hour old chestnut filly. 💕

05/19/2024

We are so thrilled! Him & her chestnuts for 2024! 💞

Born at 10pm on Saturday, May 18, 2024, a purebred Akhal-Teke chestnut filly, out of Kurinka, by Ehyr Atlaz. 💖

Ehyr Atlaz (Pan Tau x Pallas Athena, 2013)
Kurinka (Marakhan x Kurina, 2005) a Senetir granddaughter, bred by Phil & Margot Case

This little red filly is the second foal born at the new Akhal-Teke Center in Lexington, Virgina, and to the best of our knowledge, the sixth purebred Akhal-Teke foal born in North America for 2024. She’s about ten hours old in this photo.

05/18/2024

Akhal-Teke horses around the farm today…

05/18/2024

How do a bay ( ) and a buckskin (Gavinka) produce a chestnut c**t?

Ehyr Atlaz has color genetics of Ee Ax NN. Bay.

Gavinka has color genetics of Ee Ax CrN. Buckskin, same as bay but with one cream dilution.

E = black base, dominant
e = red base, recessive
A = agouti, dominant, which suppresses black on the body, leaving black legs & tips
x = unknown
Cr = cream dilution, dosage-based
N = non-dilution

An offspring gets one gene from each parent, from each of these three groups.

And Little Red got ee xx NN. The genetic code for chestnut. 😊

(His agouti genes are undetermined, because agouti has no effect on a red base.)

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05/16/2024

Today is Kurinka’s day 340 with her pregnancy by Ehyr Atlaz. And she is glowing. 😊

Kurinka (Marakhan x Kurina, 2005)
Ehyr Atlaz (Pan Tau x Pallas Athena, 2013)



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05/16/2024

Good news! Akhal-Teke mare Gavinka and her purebred chestnut c**t are home safe from the hospital at Virgina Tech.

Gavinka had trouble passing manure after the delivery, leading to recurring colic symptoms and repeated emergency vet visits. At day three we took her to the state teaching hospital for continuous management of that, and to be prepared in case there was a deeper hidden issue. She improved steadily with 24 hour care, and once her digestive system was stable, she also got a vulvar tear repaired. Recovery from that went well too, and after about a week at Virginia Tech we brought them back home on Tuesday.

Mare and young c**t both traveled well, and here they are home safe again at the Akhal-Teke Center.

Today is also the nominal due date for Akhal-Teke mare Kurinka, so foal watch continues!

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05/12/2024

05/10/2024

Feeding a stallion and his mares at pasture together.

05/10/2024

Akhal-Teke mares at the Akhal-Teke Center’s Big Barn pasture today.

Annuschka and her granddaughter Abby, Sarka and her daughter Dory. ❤️

05/07/2024

Gavinka needs our help! 🐴❤️‍🩹🙏

05/06/2024

Also how to get along with the more-Thoroughbred-than-the-Thoroughbred, the extra-lithe, the Akhal-Teke. ❤️

How to get along with a Thoroughbred? Be this word---

What is a synonym for the word “lithe?”
What does it mean when someone is described as a Lithe?
A lithe person is able to move and bend their body easily and gracefully. ... a lithe young gymnast. His walk was lithe and graceful. Synonyms: supple, flexible, agile, limber More Synonyms of lithe.

A lithe horse like a Thoroughbred will probably not get along well with a clunky rider, do you think?

I just read a post about why warmbloods have replaced Thoroughbreds in so many ways, and one of the answers given had to do with sensitivity, that since Thoroughbreds are more sensitive, their riders need to be equally so, which got me thinking back to many of the great riders who got along so well with them “back in the day.”

Riders like Kathy Kusner, Mary Mairs, Bruce Davidson, Torrence Watkins, Carol Hoffman, Mark Todd, Bill Steinkraus, Joe Fargis, riders who were both strong and yet as lithe and flexible as Damascus sword blades, that magical combination.

Add to physical agility the ability to cooperate rather than dominate, and the magic becomes unstoppable. As true in 2024 as in 1964, if any choose to take on a blood horse.

05/06/2024

Gavinka’s little red c**t at two days old. ❤️

(Ehyr Atlaz x Gavinka, 2024), first purebred born at the new Akhal-Teke Center in Lexington, VA.

05/04/2024

04/21/2024

Looking out across the pastures at horse heaven. ❤️

04/18/2024

First confirmed pregnancy of the ATF 2024 breeding season, purebred Akhal-Teke (Ehyr Atlaz x Zenus). 🎉

Sire & Dam pics in comments. 8-Generation Coefficient of Inbreeding (COI): 3.41%

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04/18/2024

After breakfast this morning.

04/17/2024

German-born retired endurance mare Annuschka this evening.