Help save one of the rarest horse breeds in the world:
the Kyrgyz Chaar Horse
The Chaar horse nearly disappeared. Shaped by centuries of nomadic life in Central Asia, this rare spotted breed came close to being lost forever. Today, We're working to bring them back.
Not a reconstructed breed. Not a concept. A living lineage, shaped by centuries of nomadic life in Central Asia.
The Chaar is a native spotted horse, forged by the land, the climate, and the people who rode alongside it for generations. No breeding programme created it. No registry invented it. It simply survived, until it almost didn't.
Today, more than 70 Chaar horses live at Chaar ranch, with new foals arriving each season. A lineage that nearly vanished is being rebuilt, one horse at a time.
From 4th to 14th of July 2027
Join the 2027 Chaar Expedition
Once a year, we ride into the high summer pastures to visit the herds where they roam. A rare, small-group journey into living nomadic culture. Places are limited.
Spotted Stories:
News & Updates
Foal updates from the Celestial mountains. Stories of nomadic culture. Dispatches from Kyrgyzstan. Follow the progress of the breeding programme and the people behind it.
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True Appaloosa: The film that started it all
“True Appaloosa” (aka “The Secret Horse: Quest for the True Appaloosa”), directed and produced by Conor Woodman and co-produced by Munarbek Kuldanbaev, follows Woodman, Appaloosa breeder Scott Engstrom, and Kyrgyz breeder-researcher Munarbek Kuldanbaev into the Kyrgyz mountains. The film asks whether Central Asia’s spotted Chaar horses are linked to North America’s Appaloosa—a breed tied to the Nez Perce for its strength, speed, endurance and spotted coats. The journey sparks an ongoing effort to preserve and revive the Chaar in Kyrgyzstan.
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