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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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