Horse racing

A Turkish entrepreneur has established an official betting system particularly for camel and horse races and sporting competitions in Ghana, with his company reaching 100,000 people on a monthly basis and creating 2,000 jobs. 

Horseracing rules written on a 2,000-year-old tablet were uncovered in the Bey?ehir district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya on May 2.   

The tablet, which is part of the Lukuyanus Monument, was apparently built to honor a jockey named Lukuyanus, who died at an early age in the Pisidia era. 

Beirut's Hippodrome has survived wars and relentless upheaval but the iconic racetrack, where rival fighters once gathered to bet on their days off, is approaching its centenary facing an uncertain future.

The Hippodrome was built in 1916 by the Ottoman Turks. During the civil war it was used as a neutral site where enemy combatants could meet.

It's difficult to understand for people outside this region, but without any discrimination, Turks, Iranians, Arabs, Kurds or other peoples of this huge region consider great people of the past as their cultural forefathers.

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Jockey Ahmet Çelik rode thoroughbred Renk to victory on June 28 at the Gazi Derby, Turkey's most prestigious horse race.

Twenty-one Turkish three-year-old thoroughbreds competed in the derby for the 1.35 million Turkish Lira prize on the 2,400-meter grass track.

Turkey's horse breeding sector, which has made over $26 billion in revenue over the last decade, plans to build 23 new horse racing tracks across the country, according to sector representatives. 

Turkey?s most prestigious horse race, the Gazi Derby, will run for its 89th time on June 28 at the Veliefendi Hippodrome in Istanbul.

Twenty-two Turkish three-year-old thoroughbreds will be competing for the 1.35 million Turkish Lira prize at 5:15 p.m. at the 2,400-meter grass track. The pride of owning a Gazi winning horse is invaluable.