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Post by Truth on Mar 26, 2013 13:14:29 GMT -5
www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=483929294994123&set=a.342434892476898.89335.338077742912613&type=1&theater it's an akhal-teke. i thought they were heavier bodied. gorgeous horse. i also like they're bred for endurance and stamina.
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Mar 26, 2013 14:06:16 GMT -5
I can't work the link, but Jane Rusconi is using an AT stallion on her TB mares for Event horses. His name is Superstar.
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Post by Unbound on Mar 26, 2013 15:28:53 GMT -5
It's a photoshopped photo, but the body structure was kept. However, the coat was smoothed, and a lot of the muscle definition smoothed out.
Yes, they are very elegant animals with coats that gleam. I've always wanted to see one in person.
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Post by brooks on Mar 26, 2013 20:06:46 GMT -5
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Post by TeachU2Ride on Mar 27, 2013 8:15:05 GMT -5
My brother has an Arab/Akhal Teke... in training for endurance. He's an athletic, sensitive guy. Buckskin with that sheen!
IRUS Stables in Lebanon, IN, stands an AT stallion named "Goklen"... bay without sheen, but an athletic eventer.
Their eyes are interesting... hooded lids!
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Post by Smay on Mar 27, 2013 13:26:39 GMT -5
They are very cool horses, I agree. They would seem to be perfect for endurance sports with that lean build. I wonder what causes the hair coat to have that glowing appearance? I'm sure it's something like equine clearcoat! haha
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Post by Unbound on Mar 27, 2013 13:53:16 GMT -5
They are very cool horses, I agree. They would seem to be perfect for endurance sports with that lean build. I wonder what causes the hair coat to have that glowing appearance? I'm sure it's something like equine clearcoat! haha I think their hair shafts are partially transparent, perhaps? |
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Post by Truth on Mar 27, 2013 22:54:54 GMT -5
i agree smay! imagine riding a 'glowing' horse!! from the website
Hairs.
The Akhal-Teke typically has a marvelous metallic glow to his coat. This is caused by the structure of the hair; the opaque core is reduced in size and in some areas may be absent altogether. The transparent part of the hair (the medulla) takes up this space, and acts like a light-pipe, bending light through one side of the hair and refracting it out the other side, often with a golden cast.
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Post by ZenRider on Mar 28, 2013 6:54:47 GMT -5
I've always loved the Akhal-Teke.
It has become well thought that some of the 'Turk and Arabian' horses in the Thoroughbred bloodlines may have actually been Akhal-Teke's.
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Post by Bara on Mar 29, 2013 2:41:07 GMT -5
Well, Forry isn't far from that 'Mahogany Bay'. He's a Belgian Warmblood, though I accept that's a polite term for 'mongrel with TB'. We call it 'blood bay', which isn't very nice. I prefer the continental description of 'cherry bay'. His colour glows. If ONLY I could whip Photobucket into shape! Does anyone have the 'Warhorse' picture where they're all lined up? I have family and clients in Belgium and honestly, driving through the place, there are these 'red horse' Forry look-alikes in every field. That's why I named my company 'Red Horse Marketing'. Oops! Sorry, Truth.  No, I don't know the breed.  |
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Post by ZenRider on Mar 29, 2013 6:22:35 GMT -5
Bara, you have that picture!  |
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Post by niaru on Mar 30, 2013 7:15:34 GMT -5
Speaking of unusual horses, have you seen the Marwari horses and their pointed ears?  (sorry the pic is so big!). I saw them for the first time in the 2006 movie The Fall. Highly recommended, if you like strangeness and gorgeous cinematography. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUUv20XfDyc |
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Post by ZenRider on Mar 30, 2013 10:03:44 GMT -5
How did I miss the movie The Fall? Looks interesting.
Have only seen pictures of the Marwari horses. They are supposed to be a pretty hardy horse.
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No, I don't know the breed.
(sorry the pic is so big!).