Since the time Mongolians tamed whild horses they
noticed some important features in them.One of these wonderful features is
horse`s speed. There are many interesting facts about horses speed. For
example: As issued in the
book The secrecy of Mongolia, a soldier of Subeedei( a famous military chef of Chingis Khaan) could
travel 150 km-s distance a day inn 1224. There found many pictures
and paintings of Kidan empire where described fast horses and their
features. This fact sertifies that Mongolians have
organized horse race since ancient time.But unfortunately the facts about
the horse race till 1812
haven`t kept for us. The facts we have refers
only after this data.
Since 1899 Mongolians had
organized race among male horses. The fastest horse can run in avarage 80
km-s in an hour. The distance of the horse race depends on the horse`s
age. The
race distance:
22-25 kms for 3-4 years old,
25-28 kms for 8 years old,
22-25 kms for 5-7 years old,
18-22 kms for 4 years old
14-18 kms for 3 years old
10-14 kms for 2 years old horses.
In avarage 100,000 horses and 25000 children annually take a part
in
horse races. There is an interesting fact from history :The fastest horse won 4 times in Naadam, which is main contest. Fast
horses costed very expensive. In 1920 a fast horse from region called Galshar costed 80 lans (of gold) which is equal to 28 million tugrics.
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