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No self-respecting Akhal-Teke enthusiast should live their life without visiting that most
notable of all Akhal-Teke breeding establishments, Stavropolsky Konnyi Zavod (The
Stavropol Studfarm). This Autumn, Darya has fulfilled this mission: she and Vera
Warmuth, a research student at Cambridge University who is involved in DNA research
into Domestication and Husbandry of Horses, visited Stavropol as well as several other
Russian studfarms where they saw and collected hair samples from a variety of Russian
breeds: Vladimir Draught, Budenny, Don, Orlov and Russian trotter, some village
working horses of unknown breeding and, of course, the Akhal-Teke. Alexander Klimuk
has taken great interest in the project and has pulled many a hair from his magnificent
horses. The “hair-pulling project” seems to have caught up with all of us, UK owners:
Mualim, Mushmula and Perimli donated their samples back in the Spring, followed by
Dominik, Oinam and Ayazgul, then, most recently, it was Aschir. We seemed to have all
been approached by different sample gatherers – Cambridge researchers have done
excellent net-working and we can’t wait to see the results of the study (in which we all
hope to get individual mention – of course! - http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.
uk/projects/genetics/)
Darya took some spectacular photos of the world-famous Stavropol horses, a real "Hall
of Fame" – enjoy! http://picasaweb.google.com/AVATstud/Stavropol#
notable of all Akhal-Teke breeding establishments, Stavropolsky Konnyi Zavod (The
Stavropol Studfarm). This Autumn, Darya has fulfilled this mission: she and Vera
Warmuth, a research student at Cambridge University who is involved in DNA research
into Domestication and Husbandry of Horses, visited Stavropol as well as several other
Russian studfarms where they saw and collected hair samples from a variety of Russian
breeds: Vladimir Draught, Budenny, Don, Orlov and Russian trotter, some village
working horses of unknown breeding and, of course, the Akhal-Teke. Alexander Klimuk
has taken great interest in the project and has pulled many a hair from his magnificent
horses. The “hair-pulling project” seems to have caught up with all of us, UK owners:
Mualim, Mushmula and Perimli donated their samples back in the Spring, followed by
Dominik, Oinam and Ayazgul, then, most recently, it was Aschir. We seemed to have all
been approached by different sample gatherers – Cambridge researchers have done
excellent net-working and we can’t wait to see the results of the study (in which we all
hope to get individual mention – of course! - http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.
uk/projects/genetics/)
Darya took some spectacular photos of the world-famous Stavropol horses, a real "Hall
of Fame" – enjoy! http://picasaweb.google.com/AVATstud/Stavropol#
| Vera and a pair of Russian hair donors |