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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 10h

A quiet moment in the big barn after breakfast today.

#rare #purebred #akhalteke #endangered #horses #horserescue #breedrescue #nonprofit #conservationbreeding

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 2d

You’re invited! To a free Zoom presentation on the history & status of the endangered #AkhalTeke #horse.

Date: Wednesday, 10/15/2025 Time: 7:00pm Eastern Time

To Register: Send an email to [email protected] with 'BRINK' in the subject line, by noon on Wednesday.

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 4d

Yara & friends tonight at the Akhal-Teke Center.

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 4d

Kieran & Grace, snoozy Akhal-Teke babes this morning.

#rare #akhalteke #endangered #purebred #conservationbreeding #horserescue #breedrescue #kieranat #graceat #babyunicorn

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 9d

Sometimes things really are just black and white. 😊

Akhal-Teke girls Yara (six months) and Gracie (5 months) on a foggy morning. 💘

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#rare #purebred #akhalteke #foals #fillies #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #akhaltekes #atfyarygife

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 10d

Abby and the moon.

#rare #purebred #akhalteke #filly #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #cremello #swanakkepderi

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 15d

Rainy day foal play 💕

Featuring Endangered Akhal-Teke Heavyweights… “Yara The Black Beauty” vs. “The Kiergen Colt Contenders!” 😆❤️

#rare #purebred #akhalteke #foals #filly #colts #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #akhaltekefoals #samiat #kieranat #atfyarygife

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 17d

Akhal-Teke mares and foals heading back out to pasture after dinner tonight.

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 17d

Two endangered Akhal-Teke foals on a rainy morning after breakfast. ❤️ Sami and Andi, five months old.

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#rare #purebred #akhalteke #filly #colt #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #akhaltekefoals #samiat #andiat

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 19d

POV: When six months old makes you the big sister. 💝

Akhal-Teke kids Yara, Kieran, and Sami napping at the nonprofit #AkhalTekeCenter in #LexingtonVA.

#rare #purebred #akhalteke #filly #colts #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #akhaltekefoals #kieranat #samiat #atfyarygife

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 20d

“The winding road that leads to Sally Mann's home in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains is dotted with lush green fields, where horses graze and gallop when visitors turn a corner.”

Rare #AkhalTeke #horses. 🥰

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#sallymann #artwork #sallymannartwork

Photographer Sally Mann warns of 'new era of culture wars' after art seizure

As she reflects on her career in a second memoir, Sally Mann warns of a "new era of culture wars" after police pulled several photographs she took of her children decades ago off the walls of a museum...

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 22d

The rare #AkhalTeke #horse as seen about 3500 years ago, circa 1500 BCE…

“Based on the Rigveda, we can reconstruct the type, exterior appearance, height, nature of movements, and temperament of the horses… that we know today as Akhal-Teke #horses…”

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 23d

Sleepy little horse buddies Kieran & Sami this afternoon. 💞

Sponsor an endangered Akhal-Teke…
www.akhaltekefoundation.org/horse_sponso...

#rare #purebred #akhalteke #colts #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #akhaltekefoals #kieranat #samiat

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 25d

We moved Akhal-Teke stallion Kiergen to a new pasture this afternoon, and he’s rocking it. ❤️

Join the foundation’s email list…
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#rare #purebred #akhalteke #stallion #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #shadowfax #Kiergen #whitedragon

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · 28d

Have you noticed the days getting shorter? Imminent fall and delays along the way led to wrapping up feeding of the Akhal-Teke moms & babes in the dark tonight.

Foals Kieran, Sami, Grace, and Andi. ❤️

#rare #purebred #akhalteke #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #andiat #graceat #kieranat #samiat

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Sep 15

Akhal-Teke babies in the barn after breakfast this morning. 💕

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#rare #purebred #akhalteke #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #akhaltekefoals #andiat #graceat #kieranat #atfyarygife

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Sep 13

Little Akhal-Teke girl Andi this evening, four and a half months old. ❤️

Andi is at the nonprofit Akhal-Teke Center, (Anduma x Arima, 2025).

#purebred #akhalteke #horses #equestrian #nonprofit #conservationbreeding #akhaltekefoal #palmino #filly #andiat

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Sep 11

Golden horses, Akhal-Teke mares & foals, heading back out to pasture tonight after dinner at the barn.

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#rare #purebred #akhalteke #horses #nonprofit #AkhalTekeCenter #conservationbreeding #goldenhorses

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Sep 9

We are deeply grateful to Sally and Larry Mann for donating long term use of the horse pastures on their beautiful Three Graces farm to the #nonprofit Akhal-Teke Foundation and our #conservationbreeding program for the endangered #AkhalTeke breed.

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Sep 9

We are deeply grateful to Sally and Larry Mann for donating long term use of the horse pastures on their beautiful Three Graces farm to the #nonprofit Akhal-Teke Foundation and our #conservationbreeding program for the endangered #AkhalTeke breed.

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Sep 9

On the occasion of Sally Mann’s new book, the @nytimes.com says…

“One of America’s finest memoirists, in photos and in prose, is at the peak of her powers in “Art Work.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/a...

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...

#akhalteke #horses #sallymann #artwork #artist #photographer

Sally Mann, in Her Golden Hour, Faces Fresh Culture Wars

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Sep 3

Akhal-Tekes! 😍❤️

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Suzanne Daley @suzannedaley.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hug of the day 💚

#greenwitch #harmnone #animism #animals #vegan #horses #peace #love #bethechange

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Sep 3

Baby unicorn at 15 weeks. ❤️

Rare purebred Akhal-Teke filly Grace (Caladesi x Gavinka, 2025) at the nonprofit Akhal-Teke Center today.

#rare #purebred #akhalteke #mares & #foals #nonprofit #AkhalTekeCenter #conservationbreeding #cremello #blueeyes #graceat #babyunicorn

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Akhal-Teke Foundation @akhaltekefoundation.org · Aug 31

Twenty seconds in Sami’s world…

In which three little rare Akhal-Tekes play together — palomino colt Sami, three and a half months old, cremello filly Grace, and buckskin colt Kieran. ❤️

#rare #purebred #akhalteke #horses #stallion #nonprofit #breedrescue #conservationbreeding #palomino #samiat

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