Mongolian Horse Racing

Mongolian sports and recreation convention is called Naadam, which is one of the most favorite activities of the people as the participants of horse racing voluntarily sign up for it without any limitation of age and gender, as few as dozens of people and as many as hundreds of people. Horse racing distance varies from the past 20, 30, 40 kilometers gradually shortened to 3000 meters, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters and other short races, the race in order to reduce the horse's load, most of the unsaddled, participants do not wear boots and socks, only with gorgeous colorful clothes, the head bundled with ribbons, the road horse whips, striving to be the first, it is very windy, spectacular.

Participating horses are not divided into varieties, group draws lots, divided into race, according to the time how many admissions rankings. In the race, participants are allowed only one person a horse, no special circumstances are not allowed to change the horse, the race is divided into straight runway and round field runway, not allowed to use the horse whip Palmer hit other people's horses; if the athlete fell out of the horse, allowed to get on the horse to continue to race. The rules require that after the start of 100 meters are not allowed to run in the circle, over 100 meters after the pressure of 10 meters before the time in the circle. Otherwise, it is a foul. The winner, the ranking of the horses, in the Naadam conference centralized in front of the podium in order to line up, by the excellent national singers recite "horse racing poetry".

The content of the poem is colorful, such as describing the horse's majestic steed, introducing the rider's deeds, describing the characteristics of the race, announcing the ranking of the race, and so on, and winning the first place is very eye-catching, and in the head of the horse, on the horse, sprinkle milk wine or fresh milk to celebrate.