@museumofthehorse Sorry not to have replied before. I will miss her. Her voice her knowledge and the fact that it took me so long to find her. I so want the museum of the horse to incorporate all the really important people in the horse world. She is one of them. thanks Caro
How amazing that you grew up with Louise. She was an important pat of my life too. I think she still looks down on us. All who love the Turkoman horse. I can hear her voice. I hope you enjoyed the film. I have 3 hours of her riding and talking. What a lady. much love and thank you for writing to me. Caroline.
@kjsmithurst so glad you enjoyed this. I miss Louise so very much. She was amazing, full of energy, knowledge and so lovely to be with. She inspired me and travelling with her was a journey into another world. Thank you.
I'm the Brent from Canada mentioned in the video... Made me smile watching this video and hearing Louise again after all these years. Travelling around Iran and looking at Caspian and Turkoman horses for days on end with Louise's endless knowledge (and opinion :) was one of the highlights of my life.
@pulpan6464 I wish I understood Iranian. Sadly I don't but so glad you saw the film. Louise was a great woman a lovely friend and I felt I let her down by not being able to fly out to Iran and be with her when she broke her arm.
@bigrawG100 Thank you for your comments. Yes she was one of the few people who really understood about the different breeds and the way the Turkmen bred the horses. Her death is a great loss to the horse world.
@coeblackwell Sorry not to have replied earlier. But yes all horsepeople should have visited Louise. She was wonderful and so important I cannot begin to explain.The museum of the horse will have information about people like her. She made my life rich and I know now that is all any of us have is a chance to make a difference. Caro
@museumofthehorse The breed is officially declared extinct almost according to every respectable source that there is out there. I believe it is imperative to make a contradictory declaration, even if there is only one horse is left. My grandfather lives very close to Turkmen Port ( Bandar Torkaman and Torkaman Sahra). As a child I remember seeing Turkoman horses but it was until recently that I discovered the breed is supposedly extinct and it came to me as a big shock. I'd love to know more
What did Mrs. Firouz say about the conformation and differences of the Goklan? I'm confident I know a Yomud from a Teke, and "yabu" in Farsi just means packhorse, but I don't know what a Goklan looks like at all...
@KingKiavash Louise Firouz found some Turkoman horses. There are more in Iran because when the Turkmen fled the Russians they took their horse with them. However these are poor people and we arrived in a village where they had just sold all their horses for meat. Makes you want to cry. The one in my film is a Turkoman horse. He is shackled with a cotton rope normal for that part of the world where there are no fences. So there are some but not sure how many. Does that help? Caro
i wanted to see Louise's breeding and torkoman horses of Iran for ages , thanks for uploading,5 stars for you,video and horses.
@museumofthehorse
Sorry not to have replied before. I will miss her. Her voice her knowledge and the fact that it took me so long to find her. I so want the museum of the horse to incorporate all the really important people in the horse world. She is one of them. thanks
Caro
How amazing that you grew up with Louise. She was an important pat of my life too. I think she still looks down on us. All who love the Turkoman horse. I can hear her voice. I hope you enjoyed the film. I have 3 hours of her riding and talking. What a lady.
much love and thank you for writing to me.
Caroline.
I rode with Louise in 2002 she changed the way I see the world. What a fantastic woman .
@kjsmithurst so glad you enjoyed this. I miss Louise so very much. She was amazing, full of energy, knowledge and so lovely to be with. She inspired me and travelling with her was a journey into another world.
Thank you.
I'm the Brent from Canada mentioned in the video... Made me smile watching this video and hearing Louise again after all these years. Travelling around Iran and looking at Caspian and Turkoman horses for days on end with Louise's endless knowledge (and opinion :) was one of the highlights of my life.
I met her...she was my Mom's best friend!
awesome, thanks for posting!!
@pulpan6464
I wish I understood Iranian. Sadly I don't but so glad you saw the film. Louise was a great woman a lovely friend and I felt I let her down by not being able to fly out to Iran and be with her when she broke her arm.
@bigrawG100 Thank you for your comments. Yes she was one of the few people who really understood about the different breeds and the way the Turkmen bred the horses. Her death is a great loss to the horse world.
@coeblackwell
Sorry not to have replied earlier. But yes all horsepeople should have visited Louise. She was wonderful and so important I cannot begin to explain.The museum of the horse will have information about people like her. She made my life rich and I know now that is all any of us have is a chance to make a difference.
Caro
@coeblackwell You would have loved it. so sad she has died. I miss her. One day I will ask if I can publish all her letters.
Caro
@museumofthehorse The breed is officially declared extinct almost according to every respectable source that there is out there. I believe it is imperative to make a contradictory declaration, even if there is only one horse is left.
My grandfather lives very close to Turkmen Port ( Bandar Torkaman and Torkaman Sahra). As a child I remember seeing Turkoman horses but it was until recently that I discovered the breed is supposedly extinct and it came to me as a big shock. I'd love to know more
What did Mrs. Firouz say about the conformation and differences of the Goklan? I'm confident I know a Yomud from a Teke, and "yabu" in Farsi just means packhorse, but I don't know what a Goklan looks like at all...
@KingKiavash
Louise Firouz found some Turkoman horses. There are more in Iran because when the Turkmen fled the Russians they took their horse with them. However these are poor people and we arrived in a village where they had just sold all their horses for meat. Makes you want to cry. The one in my film is a Turkoman horse. He is shackled with a cotton rope normal for that part of the world where there are no fences. So there are some but not sure how many. Does that help?
Caro
@princemaziar what will be the price of pure tukomani horse in Iran ? and is Turkoman more expensive than Asil and Kurdish and Chinari?
@kjsmithurst
Sorry not to have responded earlier.
Is it true that the true Turkoman horse is extinct and Yamud/Akhal Teke are the modern day survivors of the breed?