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The history and current status of breeding Akhalteke horses
ŠULCOVÁ, Veronika
Akhal-Teke horse breed is one of the oldest and most valuable breed in the world. Its specific exterior has been created for centuries by inhospitable conditions of Turkmenistan. In the history, the existence of Akhal-Teke (AT) was challenged by many crisis which causes almost breed extinction. Even though, the population of AT horses is nowadays stable, the breed is still enlisted on the list of endangered animal species. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to explore and describe historical development as well as current AT horse breed situation in the Czech Republic. Furthermore the thesis will focus on AT horse exterior and its nature. The exterior and AT nature will be followed by basic description of individual AT breed lines and breeding method in Turkmenistan. Additionally, the thesis will reveal the origins of AT breed in the Czech Republic and will evaluate the Czech AT horses sport performance. The main goal of the thesis is to compare the basic body measurements and indexes of AT thoroughbred stallions operating in the Czech Republic, with AT breeding standards and AT stallions enlisted in the last AT breed book. The basic body measurements for the AT horses are described by indexes such as KVH (height measurement with stick), SDT (diagonal length of horse body), OH (heart girth) and Ohol (shank girth). Considering previously stated horse body measurement indicators, the average body measurement of the Czech AT breed stallions are as follow: 156,9, 159, 176,3, 19,2 cm. The average body indexes of breed AT thoroughbreds stallions in Czech were indexes of body format (101,3), index of compactness (110,8), index of robustness (112,37), index of boniness (12,25), and index of spine strength (10,9). 73,33% of thoroughbred AT stallions operating in the Czech Republic fulfill the AT breeding standard requirements.
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