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Brief introduction of Mongolian horse racing

Mongolian horse and Arabian horse were once two famous horses in the world, and Mongolian horse is an excellent horse breed carefully cultivated by Mongolians for a long time. Mongolian people love horses, and horse racing is also the favorite activity of men, women and children.

Whenever horses are maned, castrated and stamped in late spring and early summer, many young people come to help. Besides work, horse racing has become a habit. Even if several people graze together, or meet on the road, they have to run thousands of meters to see who rides better and whose horse is faster. Whenever the Nadam Convention is held on the grassland 50 kilometers near Fiona Fang. Herdsmen from hundreds of kilometers away, driving cars and riding horses, came to the party one after another to participate in the long-distance horse racing with red and colorful colors. Mongolian horse racing is one of the traditional Mongolian sports and entertainment activities. Horse racing, archery and wrestling used to be called men's triathlon. Mongolian horse racing is mostly held in Nadam today. By then, on the Inner Mongolia prairie, herders from hundreds or even hundreds of miles away will come to the party by car to participate in horse racing. The racecourse is full of colorful flags, gongs and drums, and it is very lively.