Re: RC: Re:Akhal-Tekes

["Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>]

At a recent equine expo in Belton I saw about a half dozen Akhal-tekes, all 
owned by the same stables down near San Antonio somewhere.

They were all hyper, nervous and wiggy (they were pacing their stalls and 
showing a lot of other odd behaviors).  Their feet were chipped and 
splitting.

Consider that these may have been show animals, not working animals.  Do 
that same comparison to a show Arab or Morgan to an endurance version of the 
same animal, and you might see the same kind of behavior from the show 
animal.

Akhal-Tekes are beautiful animals that definitely have the physical 
wherewithall to do endurance.

Carolyn Burgess


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