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Akhal-Teke Dressage Stallion Absent Performing Piaffe

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The famous dressage horse, Akhal-Teké 668 Absent, seen here in training. His greatest achievement was in 1960 when he won gold for the USSR at the Rome Olympics under Sergey Filatow and received the highest points of any dressage horse at the Olympics to date. Subsequently, he won bronze in 1964 at the Mexico Olympics and then team gold under Ivan Kalita in Tokyo, 1968. Apart from dressage, Absent also had an aptitude for jumping and is said he could jump 1m 70!

Though his breeding career was relatively short, he represents most of line Arab, the other sub branch being through Alam.

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Akhal-Teke Dressage Stallion Absent Performing Piaffe

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  • There's a video on ...

    There's a video on my channel of 26 Arab in Moscow & video of the Aschabad-Moscow race as Akhal-Teke 2 on kjsmithurst channel

    By ilah2001 [Affiliate User] 1225965939 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
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    My description doesn't mention that he is an Arab is says he represents line Arab. Absent is the son of 26 Arab, the most famous Teké that the Turkmens bred. Arab took part in the 4300km Aschabad-Moscow race in 1935, was the lead horse in the 1945 WW2 victory parade in Moscow & he jumped 2.12m breaking the USSR record for many years.

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    Thanks for posting! Just one thing about your description...He doesn't represent Arab anything, he's TURKMEN. Thousands of miles away, and a completely different breed.

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  • inspiring.... ...

    inspiring....
    someday my teke will piaffe like that

    By HighPriestSatanis [Affiliate User] 1217648167 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Woah! What a great ...

    Woah! What a great horse x

    By TheHahaBoomBoomShark [Affiliate User] 1217446720 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • This piaffe is ...

    This piaffe is probably the best performance I've ever seen. Very inspiring.

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  • it's perfect!

    it's perfect!

    By matrixmare [Affiliate User] 1213622298 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Think it converts ...

    Think it converts to 82.4% in the modern day points system.

    By ilah2001 [Affiliate User] 1213610731 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • What was the score? ...

    What was the score???

    By matrixmare [Affiliate User] 1213571474 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • absolutely perfect!

    absolutely perfect!

    By KyaSunrise [Affiliate User] 1211562983 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • this is the most ...

    this is the most beautiful and clever horse I have ever seen like that.

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  • This horse still ...

    This horse still holds the record for highest score for an Olympic Dressage Test. The record has held for 40+Years.

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  • haw do you teach a ...

    haw do you teach a horse to piaffe ?

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  • Awesome!!!

    Awesome!!!

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  • That horse is like ...

    That horse is like WOW. I've never seen a horse that does piaffe so relaxed.

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