List of Central Asian horse breeds

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This is a list of the horse breeds considered to originate wholly or partly in six Central Asian countries: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.

English nameOther namesNotesImage
Akhal-Teke [1]
  • Ахалтекинская
  • Akhaltekinskaya [2]
  • Kazakhstan
  • Turkmenistan
Khair12.jpg
Adaev [1] [3] Adaevskaya [2]
  • Kazakhstan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
Betpakdalin [4] :479 Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan; variant of Jabe
Borta [4] :432Afghanistan
Buzkashi [5] Afghanistan
Dawand [5] Afghanistan
Don [6] Donskaya [1] [2] Kyrgyzstan Donchak 2.jpg
Habash [4] :432Afghanistan
Herati [5] Afghanistan
Iomud [2] Yomood, IomudskayaTurkmenistan
Jabe [1] Kazakhstan
Karabair [1] [3] Karabairskaya [7]
  • Kazakhstan
  • Tajikistan
  • Uzbekistan
Kazakh [1] KazakhskayaKazakhstan
Kohband [5] Afghanistan
Kushum [1] KushumskayaKazakhstan
Kustanai [1] Kustanaiskaya [2] Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz [6] KirgizKyrgyzstan Mare milking Suusamyr.jpg
Lokai Lokaiskaya [7] Tajikistan
Mazari [5] Afghanistan
Mugalzhar [1] Kazakhstan
Novokirghiz [6] NovokirgizskayaKyrgyzstan
Oryol
  • Orlov Saddle Horse
  • Orlovskaya
Kyrgyzstan
Qatgani [5] QataghaniAfghanistan
Qazal [5] Afghanistan
Russian Trotter [6] Kyrgyzstan Julia And Saturn 2.jpg
Samand [5] Afghanistan
Tadzhikskaya Verkhovaya [7] Tajikistan
Tatar [4] :432Afghanistan
Tooraq [5] Afghanistan
Waziri [5] Afghanistan
Yabu [5] Afghanistan
Yargha [5] Afghanistan

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  2. 1 2 3 Breeds reported by Turkmenistan: Horse Rome: Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2017.
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