A Turkmenistan man performs with an Akhal-Teke Horse at a festival in China, May 12, 2014. (AP / Jason Lee) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan's president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding tribesman as he effortlessly cantered on his jewel-adorned stallion before ...

It’s not often you can rent a beautiful, ancient and rare breed of horse for a trail ride, but at Dasha Cole’s Myakka River Trail Rides, the endangered Akhal-Teke horses are available for greenhorns.

President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is very fond of pointing. There is no counting the number of meetings at which he has been seen forcefully expanding on an argument with his favorite ...

Turkmenistan has marked its national Horse Day, an annual holiday particularly loved by authoritarian President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov. Turkmenistan continues to host crowded festivities, sports ...

Turkmenistan’s leader was given a sharp reminder of his mortality this week with the death of his 89-year-old father, Malikguly Berdymukhamedov. In spite of the cult of personality being erected ...

Horses have been companions to humans for millennia, but some breeds stand out for their exceptional traits, historical ...

Through care at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, a 19-year-old Akhal-Teke stallion named Kiergen fought off a dangerous infection. Not only is ...

Emilee Lacey, large animal internal medicine resident with Kiergen. Photo by Margie Christianson for Virginia Tech. A 19-year-old Akhal-Tekes stallion faced a potentially fatal bacterial infection, ...