RE: Fw: Akhal-Teke horses

["Tamara Putman" <nis75p06@mindspring.com>]

A better source for someone SERIOUS about acquiring an Akhal-Teke would be
the breed association.  They will put a prospective buyer in touch with the
correct over-seas contacts and will, for a fee of course, provide a
recommendation on a local vet for the pre-purchase inspection and translator
for the paper work.  The breed stock in America is very limited as to
strain.  More lines would be available from some of the Turkmenistan or
German breeders.  Try this site:  http://www.akhalteke.org.  As has been
repeated though, these little darlings are expensive.  And, if you are used
to looking at "American" type Arabians and especially warmbloods, their
confirmation could leave you disappointed.  They are very unique in their
build.  I'd personally love to have one and am seriously thinking of
importing a weanling when my current "child" is forced to retire.

-Tamara
"... and God sought to bestow upon man a supreme mark of his blessing, God
created the horse.  The horse could run faster than the deer, jump higher
than the goat, and endure longer than the wolf.  Man, being encompassed by
elements that sought to destroy him, would have been a slave, had the horse
not made him king."
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry & Mary Fields [mailto:fields@mesh.net]
Sent: Monday, December 28, 1998 1:10 PM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Cc: OMclarry@aol.com
Subject: Fw: Fw: Akhal-Teke horses


This is part of a message to me from my friend, Lucy Estabrook, whom I
mentioned earlier as the lady who had visited the Akhal-Teke breeder in San
Antonio. Hope it helps you guys.
Mary Fields
-----Original Message-----
From: Lucy Estabrook <lucy_estabrook@email.moore.com>
To: fields@mesh.net <fields@mesh.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Akhal-Teke horses


>The guy I visited is Tito Pontecorvo, in Nixon, 30-60 minutes SE of San
>Antonio. His number is (830) 582-1061. Please ask that my name be used,
>when contacting him. I spoke with him a few weeks ago. He splits his time
>between here and Russia. Yes, he wants big bucks. He admits he is not
>familiar with endurance, other than that they are wonderful for it. His
>goal is jumping and especially dressage, though they were under 16 hands.
>
>A friend's mare was electrocuted by her water de-icer. I've used one like
>it for years, and it's floating in my tank as I write.
>