The racing hippodrome
The Tambov hippodrome was one of oldest in Russia; it followed the stables and appeared in a valley of river Studenets in 1837. In 1876 the racing hippodrome was reconstructed according to the needs of time. The construction of stables and hippodrome made active local fans of horse sport and had formed the basis for the stud farms association (1845). The competitions and races were usually organized after Tambov horse fairs. They were conducted in June and October of each year on the fairground to the north of the stables. On Tambov fair they drove the horses from herds by the special cattle roads; and the dealers bought animals here and sent them in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the middle of 19th century up to 300 horses of different breeds from trotters to draught horses were driven to the fair from the stud farms of the Tambov region. All reading Russia knew from the story by Turgenev about inveterate chanters from the district city of Tambov region with a beautiful name - Lebedyan. But only few know today, that the fans of equitation created there the first Russian association and issued first horseracing journal. Much earlier than in metropolis and Moscow, the prize- winning horserace of Oryol trotters were arranged in Lebedyan. Several years later the same association of equitation fans was also established in Tambov. In the soviet period the Tambov state stable was often visited by one of the first marshals of The Union Budenniy. The Tambov hippodrome was named after the live stock of the horses in Tambov region is decreased dramatically and this process continues. The annual reduction is 600-800 heads.
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Location: Russia
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