A new stable for 600 heads is planned to be constructed in Gokdepe district of Akhal region.The project of a complex for the maintenance of Akhalteke horses has been presented today at the online video meeting of president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov with heads of regions of the country and participation of members of the government, the general director of the state association Türkmen atlary (Turkmen horses).
As vice-premier Esenmyrat Orazgeldiev reported, for a new stable the area more than 15 hectares will be allocated. Here conditions for breeding and scientific work will be created.
Besides, reconstruction of the Mary horse-racing complex where this year will take place the basic celebrations on the occasion of the national holiday of Turkmen racer will be held.
The Akhalteke horse is a real brand of Turkmenistan, therefore on the historical native land it is surrounded by huge attention and care, and every year in its honour and in honour of horse breeders in the country, last Sunday of April, celebratory actions are carried out.
About preparation for the holiday general director of the State Association Türkmen atlary Ahmed Berdiyev reported. In the program horse races in the Mary horse-racing complex, tournament in show jumping at the Ashkhabad hippodrome and the same traditional horse marathon, which route lies in the district of Ak bugday near the Turkmen capital.
In the Ahalteke horse complex the final stage of a beauty contest among horses will take place. Here there will pass a ceremony of awarding winners of creative competition for the best embodiment of an image of the racing horse in graphics, arts and crafts and in various kinds of publishing and visual production.