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Gaigisiz
Dark buckskin stallion Gaigisiz was born in 1988 in the “Komsomol” stud (currently
Niyazov) to Karaman and Siyagul – daughter of Angar. He belongs to the almost extinct line
Bek Nazar Ala – Posman.
, the first ruler of Turkmenistan Republic during the Soviet regime was also named
Gaigisiz Atabaev. The fate of stallions on the male side of Gaigisiz pedigree is full of
accidents mixed with tragedy. Great grand father of Gaigisiz – 742 Kermek 7 arrived to
Turkmenistan from Kazakhstan and in 1965 he fathered 882 Kalkan in the Lenin’s collective
farm in Geok-Telinski district (currently d/b Turkmenistan). Then all traces of this line were
lost.
In the early days of my work with the breed in 1973 while checking the population in this
collective farm we found a young stallion Kermek-2, that was born in 1971 to old parents
Kalkan and Tovshan, both born in 1950. It was a slight (merely 150 cm at the shoulder), but
a very well proportioned colt with in perfect form. We brought him to the race track. He
raced 22 times in 5 years and won 7 times. We were offering him as a sire to the Akhal teke
studs, but every one refused. Finally he was bought by Ashkhabad race course. His “wives”
– Fialka and Pahta were bought from Mariyska government stables. From this union Pahta
gave birth to a wonderful mare Peiker, and Fialka gave birth to a colt – Karaman.
After that “40 years TSSR” collective farm was talked into taking Kermek-2 as a sire. But
even though they took him they did not use him and in 1979 they returned him. The horse
made his own way from the collective farm back to the race course (at unknown pace) – the
distance of about 20km. The next day the stallion dropped dead.
Peiker proved to be very difficult in mating and spent most of her life alone. She traveled
through various studs and now have settled in the “Akhal –Urt” stud. In 1999 she gave birth
to a foal Akpat to Akbelek (line Everdi Teleke). This of course is a future sire.
The fate of Karaman is even more tragic. He was hurt in an un-skillful training session – his
back leg was cut through to the bone. Hardly any hope remained, but he survived and didn’t
even limp. However, he retired from racing.
We had to make a truly heroic effort to install him as a sire in the “Komsomol” stud. His
offspring turned out to be well bred, hard working, but slight in size and therefore Karaman
was not used much in the stud.
Now let’s get back to Gaigisiz. When he was born his proportions and form received a high
regard. But he raced only once and did not win. He would have disappeared in to the
unknown if it was not for an accident. A private owner from Russia – Valeryi Potokin came
to Turkmenia to by Akhal-tekes. He bargained in “Komsomol” for a stallion Sak and a few
mares, paid for them but was not given his horses. So when he came next time and was
offered a group of stallions to choose from he picked two that he liked and put them into his
trailer. These turned out to be Gaigisiz and Djaihun, which was known for being wild and
mean, was stabled practically in a hole that he dug in his stable during the year of isolation.
Neither of the stallions appeared well fed or well cared for and on their arrival to Russia it
took some time to bring them in good shape.
Since Potokin did not have enough mares to use the stallions to their full potential he agreed
to stable them in the “Stavropolsky” stud. And the seed of Gaigisiz fell on the fertile soil –
“Champion of the Exhibition” became a familiar title: Galabek, Mangit, Myrgab, Calir,
Nyker, and two out of these have already moved to Kazakhstan – the land of their great
grand father, but now it is obvious that our efforts were not in vain and that the old line of
Bek Nazar Ala – Posman was given a new life.
Niyazov) to Karaman and Siyagul – daughter of Angar. He belongs to the almost extinct line
Bek Nazar Ala – Posman.
, the first ruler of Turkmenistan Republic during the Soviet regime was also named
Gaigisiz Atabaev. The fate of stallions on the male side of Gaigisiz pedigree is full of
accidents mixed with tragedy. Great grand father of Gaigisiz – 742 Kermek 7 arrived to
Turkmenistan from Kazakhstan and in 1965 he fathered 882 Kalkan in the Lenin’s collective
farm in Geok-Telinski district (currently d/b Turkmenistan). Then all traces of this line were
lost.
In the early days of my work with the breed in 1973 while checking the population in this
collective farm we found a young stallion Kermek-2, that was born in 1971 to old parents
Kalkan and Tovshan, both born in 1950. It was a slight (merely 150 cm at the shoulder), but
a very well proportioned colt with in perfect form. We brought him to the race track. He
raced 22 times in 5 years and won 7 times. We were offering him as a sire to the Akhal teke
studs, but every one refused. Finally he was bought by Ashkhabad race course. His “wives”
– Fialka and Pahta were bought from Mariyska government stables. From this union Pahta
gave birth to a wonderful mare Peiker, and Fialka gave birth to a colt – Karaman.
After that “40 years TSSR” collective farm was talked into taking Kermek-2 as a sire. But
even though they took him they did not use him and in 1979 they returned him. The horse
made his own way from the collective farm back to the race course (at unknown pace) – the
distance of about 20km. The next day the stallion dropped dead.
Peiker proved to be very difficult in mating and spent most of her life alone. She traveled
through various studs and now have settled in the “Akhal –Urt” stud. In 1999 she gave birth
to a foal Akpat to Akbelek (line Everdi Teleke). This of course is a future sire.
The fate of Karaman is even more tragic. He was hurt in an un-skillful training session – his
back leg was cut through to the bone. Hardly any hope remained, but he survived and didn’t
even limp. However, he retired from racing.
We had to make a truly heroic effort to install him as a sire in the “Komsomol” stud. His
offspring turned out to be well bred, hard working, but slight in size and therefore Karaman
was not used much in the stud.
Now let’s get back to Gaigisiz. When he was born his proportions and form received a high
regard. But he raced only once and did not win. He would have disappeared in to the
unknown if it was not for an accident. A private owner from Russia – Valeryi Potokin came
to Turkmenia to by Akhal-tekes. He bargained in “Komsomol” for a stallion Sak and a few
mares, paid for them but was not given his horses. So when he came next time and was
offered a group of stallions to choose from he picked two that he liked and put them into his
trailer. These turned out to be Gaigisiz and Djaihun, which was known for being wild and
mean, was stabled practically in a hole that he dug in his stable during the year of isolation.
Neither of the stallions appeared well fed or well cared for and on their arrival to Russia it
took some time to bring them in good shape.
Since Potokin did not have enough mares to use the stallions to their full potential he agreed
to stable them in the “Stavropolsky” stud. And the seed of Gaigisiz fell on the fertile soil –
“Champion of the Exhibition” became a familiar title: Galabek, Mangit, Myrgab, Calir,
Nyker, and two out of these have already moved to Kazakhstan – the land of their great
grand father, but now it is obvious that our efforts were not in vain and that the old line of
Bek Nazar Ala – Posman was given a new life.
