www.chnpress.com Aspahan Horse Festival was held with attendance of domestic and foreign experts and more than 300 purebred Persian horses.
On the sideline of Aspahan Horse Festival, the first summit of horse breeding and riding also took place in the presence of domestic and foreign experts. In this summit, two Australian and French experts talked about long horse riding, horse acupuncture treatment, as well as economic profit of breeding Persian horse.
The festival held in Isfahan, also included the second show of purebred Persian horses with the name of “Myths of Elegance” and the first international exhibition of Iran Equine Industry. The congress of equestrian and horse breeding sciences, Persian polo, show jumping competition, and auction of Persian horses was also on the programme.
According to Saleh Rategh, head of professional gathering of equestrian sports holding this festival provided the chance to introduce Persian purebred horses and Iran’s long history in equestrian sports.
According to Hadi Karbasi, executive director of Aspahan Horse Festival, Pakistan, Switzerland, and Germany also participated in international exhibition of Iran Equine Industry (IranEquex 2007) which was held on sideline of the festival.
The presence of 234 purebred horses from different races included Dareshuri, Turkmen, Persian Arab and Arabian horses, Caspian horses, Kurdish horses and purebred Persian Arab horses. Ten other Persian horses were aucitoned separately. Three hundred horses took part in the showjumping event.
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