The crimson Arabian racehorses from northwestern Bursa’s Agriculture and Forestry Ministry facility have attracted plenty of curiosity and have been auctioned off for as a lot as TL 1 million ($37,644).
The stud farm in Bursa’s Karacabey district, which Ottoman ruler Orhan Gazi gave as a dowry to his spouse Nilüfer Hatun, had met the nationwide military’s want for struggle horses, meat and meals since its institution.
Between 1932 and 1936, stallions and mares have been dropped at the farm from Arab nations to breed racehorses on the directions of republic founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Racehorse breeding continues within the 90,000 decares of land now working beneath the ministry’s General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TİGEM), the place 600 purebred Arabian racehorses are taken care of.
The horses are specifically cared for by veterinarians and 60 ministry personnel and fed with a high-protein food regimen consisting of oats, barley, corn and soy.
One horse eats roughly 1 kilogram (2.2 kilos) of feed for each 100 kilograms in weight twice a day, morning and night, and the personnel takes particular precautions to make sure that the horses are mating naturally with different horses unrelated to them to advertise wholesome genes.
Speaking to native media, Ali Yağlıca, the farm’s veterinarian, said that auctions are held thrice a yr, two of their services and one within the Istanbul Veli Efendi Hippodrome, the place 100 to 110 foals are auctioned off. That final yr, the foal named “Exiled King” discovered a purchaser for a whopping TL 1 million.
“Between 1932 and 1936, an expert delegation was sent to Arab countries to buy racehorses to raise them here. After their inspection, this delegation brought two horses named Baba Kuruş and Baba Sha’d and some mares to the stud farm. After Baba Kuruş and Baba Sha’d, the ancestors of all these Arabian horses died, their mausoleums were built so they would not be forgotten as they laid the foundation of Arabian racehorse breeding.”
“We have 600 horses, including stallions, mares and foals, in our agricultural enterprise. During the summer, these horses stay inside during the day and outside in the evening to cool off. They rest and sleep in a cool environment until morning. Our horses are friendly, yet they do not like loud noises, mistreatment, scolding and someone sneaking up on them from behind. We always need to be in the field of vision of the horses,” mentioned Yağlıca.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
