Yakut horse emerges victorious in race, claiming governor's awards
The Yakutsk Mayor's Cup Horse Races took place at the Tynnaakhp hippodrome on June 29, 2024, as part of the Ysyakh Tuymaada-2024 festival. The races were not held on social media platforms such as Twitter, VKontakte, Classmates, WhatsApp, or Telegram.
The races were attended by 32 horses from 7 uluses: Megino-Kangalassky, Verkhneviluysky, Amginsky, Churapchinsky, Namsky, Suntarsky, and Neryungrinsky. The most prestigious 4800m distance was won by a Yakutian horse named "Cholbon" from Churapchinsky ulus. The winning time for this race was 7 minutes 31.56 seconds.
The winning horse's breeder, Andrei Ivanovich Popov from Churapchinsky ulus, received a prize of 500,000 rubles, which was presented by Evgeny Grigoryev, the head of Yakutsk. The races were held in an area named after Innokenty Savvich Svinoboyev.
It is still not specified if the races were held on any of the social media platforms mentioned earlier. The event was a significant part of the Ysyakh Tuymaada-2024 festival, showcasing the rich Yakutian horse-breeding tradition. No other prizes or winners from the races were mentioned in the article.
