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2000
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(Kaan)
Chestnut Akhal-Teke stallion
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It
is with great sadness that we have to announce that we
have lost Atamekan.
Frozen
semen is still available to selected mares.
Please enquire.
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This tremendously
resilient horse was imported
from Central Asia, after surviving conditions of famine
there which killed hundreds of horses.
Atamekan raced
at the Ashkhabad Hippodrome, Turkmenistan, for five seasons,
and at two and three years was classed as "Grade I"
under the Soviet grading system. He subsequently carried out
a long-distance ride on the Silk Road route from Nisa to Merv,
covering between five and six hundred kilometres unshod, and
with little food other than grass. After arriving in the UK
he covered over 400 miles in the 2001
Odyssey for M.E. (a marathon Sponsored Ride for medical
research).
Atamekan
won show-jumping, and jumped Open XC after only three outings. His
breed’s exceptional
affinity with people and his bombproof temperament are outstanding in
all his foals.
His progeny show great promise and some have won and been placed in
the show ring.
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| Ledbury
Hunter Trials photo by Event DigiPix |
2004
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| On the road to Merv |
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