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===Horse racing=== {{See also|Mongol horse}} [[File:Young Mongolian Naadam Horse Racer - 2010.jpg|thumb|230px|One of the young winners of a Naadam horse race in Mandalgovi, Mongolia.]] Unlike Western horse racing, which consists of short sprints generally not much longer than 2 km, Mongolian horse racing as featured in Naadam is a cross-country event, with races 15β30 km long. The length of each race is determined by age class. For example, two-year-old horses race for {{convert|10|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} and seven-year-olds for {{convert|17|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}}. Up to 1000 horses from any part of Mongolia can be chosen to participate. Race horses are fed a special diet. Children from 5 to 13 are chosen as jockeys and train in the months preceding the races. While jockeys are an important component, the main purpose of the races is to test the skill of the horses.<ref name="csen.org">"Naadam Festival." The Center for the Study . 16 April 2008 http://www.csen.org/Mongol.Nadaam/Mongol.text.html</ref> Before the races begin, the audience sings traditional songs and the jockeys sing a song called ''Gingo''. Prizes are awarded to horses and jockeys. The top five horses in each class earn the title of {{Transliteration|mn|airgiyn tav}} and the top three are given gold, silver, and bronze medals. The winning jockey is praised with the title of {{Transliteration|mn|tumny ekh}} or leader of ten thousand. The horse that finishes last in the Daaga race (two-year-old horses race) is called {{Transliteration|mn|bayan khodood}} (meaning "full stomach"). A song is sung to the {{Transliteration|mn|bayan khodood}} wishing him luck to be next year's winner.<ref name="csen.org"/> <gallery class="center" widths="145px"> Naadam.jpg|Riders in Mongolia during the Naadam festival Naadam rider Mongolia.jpg|Rider during Naadam festival Nadaam Racers.jpg|Two young riders across the finish line. Naadam 2023 - Horse racing 09.jpg|Rider during Naadam festival in [[Ulaanbaatar]] </gallery>
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