Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
Asia, Central Europe

look / qualities Hochedles accomplishment-horse with straight head, slim neck and middle-long, sometimes steep shoulder. Distinctive withers and falling croup. Long, resistant legs with hard hooves. Sometimes little depth, narrow breast, wrong (stag -) neck, easy positional-mistakes; elastic, area-grasping movements with especially good Galoppiervermögen, also installation to passport and Tölt. Fur and long-hair are fine and silken, frequently foxes and brown with shiny copper-sound, also fallow, mold and centime. Size between about. 150 and 160 cm.

History A direct descendant of the Turkpferdes, since bred human-commemorations in the South-Russian steppe and a typical representative of the prehistoric horse of the type 3. Already in before-Christian time, these so-called "blood-sweating" horses were known and sought-after as far as after China. Through wars and robbery decimated, the race got a Blutauffrischung under Timur Lenk (1336-1405) through Arabic mares. its blood streams the 17 deck-stallions in many European races, above all over Turkmain Atti, in the East-Prussian warmly-blood-breeding left. Over Byerley's Turk, presumably a Turmene or Muniqui-Araber, also line-founders of the modern thoroughbred-breeding.

Breeding Main-breeding-areas: turkmenische, kasachische, kirgisische and usbekische areas. Stud farms mach-courage pen and Komsomol in the Achal Tekkiner oasis as well as Alma Ata and Tersk. After-breedings of Nordpersion and Central Europe (Germany, Austria).