What colors do Akhal-Tekes come in?

Answer 1

Dominant Black, also called "Electric Black" and Raven Black, is quite common in the Akhal-Teke. Combined with the famous Akhal-Teke Glow, these horses literally glitter with a blue or purple sheen. This color is so special that it has its own name,voronaya, in Russian. This is the color of five time Olympic medalist (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 Bronze) ABSENT, and is found in many of his descendants.

Grey. Greys are actually fairly common in Tekes. They are often beautifully dappled and many turn completely white.

Mahogany Bay. The "sooty" factor, which gives a black tip to the hairs, produces many lovely variations in horse color.

Bay. The Akhal-Teke produces some spectacular bays, with coats which glitter with reds and golds.

Liver Chestnut. While not as common in the Teke as it is in the Morgan, this color is found quite often in the Teke. In fact, this was the color of the line founding stallion Fakirpelvan.

Chestnut. In Tekes, chestnuts tend to be more golden than red, but there are a fair share of lovely redheads.

Golden. Called "Bulanaya" in Russian, this is thehe archetypical color of the Akhal-Teke horse. These horses are sometimes purely buckskin (without a spinal stripe) or dunskin (with a spinal stripe a few shades lighter than the mane and tail but darker than the coat and plainly visible). In this breed, because of the unique structure of the hairs, these horses may be quite dark in color and may even be confused with bay; however, when bred together, they can produce perlinos and cremellos.

Dark Golden Dun. Along with Golden Bay, Golden Buckskin and Golden Dun, one of the archetypical Akhal-Teke colors. In the sunlight, the coat glitters with gold in a way that a camera simply cannot capture. This color (actually a form of olive grulla) is so dark that it is often mistaken for a non-red bay; but a stripe down the spine and zebra striping on the legs show that this is a dun.

Dunskin. In the Akhal-Teke, the dun and cream factors can combine in some striking ways. In this case, the result was a foal with a bicolored mane. The bicolor mane is not common; usually these horses have black manes and tails. This mare shows the extremely light version of this color.

Claybank or Red Dun. A rarity among Tekes.

Palomino. The Akhal-Teke produces some truly stunning palominos, usually with plenty of chrome (a term referring to horses that have lots of facial white and high leg white, with the occasional belly spot or roan patch).

Light Palomino. This color is often called "isabella" in much of the United States, although in Europe and in Russian "isabella" refers to cremello and perlino.

Cremello. Cremellos (or "isabellas" in Europe) and Perlinos are found quite commonly in the Akhal-Teke. The glow to the coat of these blue-eyed wonders is so strong that it is visible even in a darkened barn.

Perlino. Perlino differs from Cremello in that there is some reddish or brownish color to the tail and often the hocks, knees and legs. As with the cremello, the eyes are blue.

Cream Grulla. This is a combination of grulla or dark golden dun and perlino, also called 'champagne'. In this color, the eyes may be blue, grey or hazel.

Grulla. Among Tekes, most grullas are of the "olive" variety and usually called Dark Golden Dun. Grulla can be distinguished from grey in that the head is dark and the color does not change with age.

Blue Roan

Blue Roan, or Mouse grey, is an almost blue colored coat with black points.

Flaxen Liver Chestnut

A Liver chestnut color with a creme or blonde mane and tail.

Flaxen Chestnut

Chestnut color with blonde mane and tail.

Answer 2

Akhal-Tekes can come in a variety of colors, including golden, palomino, dun, bay, black, chestnut, cremello, perlino, and gray. The most famous and highly prized color is the distinctive metallic golden coat, known as "buckskin" or "golden."