Pages from the Akhal-Teke Association of America’s “Akhal-Teke Quarterly” newsletter some years ago that reshare the research of Danielle Westfall at Ohio Wesleyan University on the metallic sheen of Akhal-Teke horse coats. Unfortunately the original study’s methods are no longer available online. I have also roughly translated the article into Russian for international accessibility.
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Special thanks to Cascade-Gold Akhal-Tekes for originally sharing Danielle’s research with the community. Additional research on the Akhal-Teke coat hair shaft was also done by Fara Shimbo.