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.
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Akhal-Teke[1]
Ахалтекинская
Akhaltekinskaya[2]
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Adaev[1][3]
Adaevskaya[2]
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Betpakdalin[4]: 479
Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan; variant of Jabe
Borta[4]: 432
Afghanistan
Buzkashi[5]
Afghanistan
Dawand[5]
Afghanistan
Don[6]
Donskaya[1][2]
Kyrgyzstan
Habash[4]: 432
Afghanistan
Herati[5]
Afghanistan
Iomud[2]
Yomood, Iomudskaya
Turkmenistan
Jabe[1]
Kazakhstan
Karabair[1][3]
Karabairskaya[7]
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Kazakh[1]
Kazakhskaya
Kazakhstan
Kohband[5]
Afghanistan
Kushum[1]
Kushumskaya
Kazakhstan
Kustanai[1]
Kustanaiskaya[2]
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz[6]
Kirgiz
Kyrgyzstan
Lokai
Lokaiskaya[7]
Tajikistan
Mazari[5]
Afghanistan
Mugalzhar[1]
Kazakhstan
Novokirghiz[6]
Novokirgizskaya
Kyrgyzstan
Oryol
Orlov Saddle Horse
Orlovskaya
Kyrgyzstan
Qatgani[5]
Qataghani
Afghanistan
Qazal[5]
Afghanistan
Russian Trotter[6]
Kyrgyzstan
Samand[5]
Afghanistan
Tadzhikskaya Verkhovaya[7]
Tajikistan
Tatar[4]: 432
Afghanistan
Tooraq[5]
Afghanistan
Waziri[5]
Afghanistan
Yabu[5]
Afghanistan
Yargha[5]
Afghanistan
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