Horse testing program for September 16th. Central Moscow Hippodrome
It is considered the oldest in Russia. In addition, it is the first hippodrome where they began to test trotters for playfulness. It was founded in 1834. It combines two functions: testing both running and trotting horses. The hippodrome in Moscow is one of the few places where tests are carried out all year round under any circumstances and in all weather conditions.
Races are held every Sunday. In addition, in the summer, spectators can enjoy the trials of Arabian and Thoroughbreds.
Now the hippodrome on Begovaya is famous for the fact that a variety of prizes are played on it - both nominal and traditional. It also hosts various well-known competitions for riding and trotting horses, which gather the "prize elite" from the best hippodromes.
When did the Moscow hippodrome begin its work
On August 1, 1834, trotter races took place for the first time on the Khodynka field. This day is considered the beginning of the history of the hippodrome in Moscow. In the opening year, only a couple of racing days were held and only twelve horses were tested. In the late 1880s, coaches and jockeys began to improve distance records. The number of heads of starting horses has been expanded. In addition, in addition to trotting and racing, show jumping ippika, as well as steeplechase, have become popular. For their holding, the hippodrome in Moscow equipped a special track that crossed the circle diagonally. The main building was completed in 1894, which became known as the Running Pavilion. It was reconstructed in the 1950s.
Hippodrome in Moscow during the Civil War and after
During the civil war, the hippodrome was mothballed. Military exercises were held on its territory, and rallies were held in the stands. At the same time, Lenin himself spoke at one of the rallies. In 1920, horse trials began again, and in September 1921, trotter races resumed. In 1929, more than a thousand horses passed trotting trials. At the same time, the sweepstakes was opened. Until 1930, the racing and trotting hippodromes in Moscow were separate enterprises, but were located next to each other. Due to the need to reconstruct the railway, the question arose of transferring the race track. Therefore, this year the merger of these two hippodromes was carried out.
The development of the hippodrome after the restructuring
Relatively recently (in 1997), an equestrian school for children appeared at the hippodrome. In 2012, the long-awaited sweepstakes resumed its work. Profits are directed to support horse breeding. In 2013 it was tested record number horses - more than eight hundred. In the same year, many records were set among the Oryol trotters, which indicates the rapid development of this breed.
Now the hippodrome in Moscow is a complex mechanism that includes many different systems. Its area is forty hectares, and the throughput is more than a thousand horses a year. Therefore, if you want to visit the races in Moscow, be sure to pay attention to this place. The hippodrome has a car park, an infirmary for horses and a quarantine.
Trotter trials
The hippodrome on Begovaya regularly tests trotters. These tests are of both selection importance for the development and formation of breeds, and simply sports. The latter direction gradually began to prevail. Now horse races in Moscow and trotting races have become professional views equestrian sport. The length of the tracks for trotting runs is 1600 meters. The coating is dense, ground or artificial. Some Russian hippodromes conduct tests not only in summer, but also in winter - on ice-covered tracks. At the same time in special horseshoes with spikes. In addition, sometimes races of trotters are held along a snowy track in a sleigh for running. Basically, trotters compete at distances of 1600 or 2400 meters.
In rare cases, the length of the distance is 3200 meters. In races, horses are divided into age groups. Horses of different breeds can run together, but there are competitions where only horses of the same breed compete. In tests for trotters, horses must certainly cover the entire distance with only one gait - a trot. If a horse is strayed, then it may be disqualified and subsequently deprived of any encouragement. In addition, horses that run at the wrong trot or amble are excluded from the competition.
How trotters are trained
For the horse to show high results She needs to be well trained. In this case, the training should be daily. The training scheme for a trotting horse looks something like this: the first day - a walk and a short trot; the second day - a step on a special walker (a device that resembles a carousel) or complete rest; third day - trot; fourth day - swing work; from the fifth to the seventh day - trot; eighth day - frisky lynx; the ninth day - a step on a walker and rest; tenth day - again swing work. In the following days, there is swing work, trot and, finally, riding for the prize. A similar scheme is used for horses that have reached the age of two. In this case, horses perform, as a rule, once every two weeks. Training for three year old horses is usually more intense. The results of the races are recorded in the cards. They are then used by breeders in breeding work. The main indicator is agility, which is shown by the horse for the entire time of testing.
Race horse trials
A very impressive spectacle - horse racing. You can buy tickets to the hippodrome just before the start of the competition. Race trials are held on tracks with sand or dirt, they take place from May to October. Riding horses for racing are divided into In addition, there are separate competitions for the Arabian, Thoroughbred riding, Akhal-Teke and Budenov breeds. In race trials, it is important that the weight of the jockey fit within the standards for each group. The hippodrome sometimes hosts steeplechase races in which horses must overcome barriers made of brushwood.
How race horses are trained
Race horses are trained according to special schemes, like trotters. As a general rule, each day a racehorse should trot for about 10 or 15 minutes, run a short canter between 1,800 and 3,600 meters and then walk away. In this case, the stepping time should be at least twenty minutes. In the evening, it is recommended for the horse to work at a pace for one hour. Very often such work is done without a saddle. This provides peace and comfort for the horse, namely his back. Along with such relatively easy work, intense training for agility is also carried out - swings and gallops. They are usually performed on Saturdays and Wednesdays.
Equestrian school for children
From time immemorial, man has worked and lived side by side with a horse. But now, in times of universal progress, the horse has faded into the background. Nevertheless, people, and especially children, love horses and love to spend their time with them. The hippodrome in Moscow is famous for its horse riding school. You can learn to ride from the age of three to five. In this case, it is advisable to consult a doctor in advance to identify hidden diseases. Parents should remember that a horse is a strong animal and care should be taken to purchase the necessary equipment for their child. This is not only comfortable clothing that will not rub, but also a durable helmet that will protect the child’s head during a fall from a horse, if it occurs. To enroll in a riding school, you need to come to the address: Begovaya street, house 22.
In the section "Where do you work" we continue to talk about iconic non-residential buildings in Moscow. In the new issue - the Central Moscow Hippodrome on Begovaya Street, where on June 11 there will be a race for the President's Prize, which Vladimir Putin is going to visit. The Village has been there before to find out how the historic site is adapting to the new times, who works there, how many people go to the races and how much the luckiest players win.
Central Moscow Hippodrome
Address
st. Running. d. 22
Foundation date
Hippodrome area
40 hectares
Number of seats in the stands
3.5 thousand
Architects
I. T. Baryutin, S. F. Kulagin, R. I. Klein (1899), reconstruction by I. V. Zholtovsky (1951–1955)
Story
The Moscow Trotting Hippodrome is the oldest in Russia and the first in the world to host trotting competitions. For the Russian elite of the 18th century, horse breeding was akin to the passion of some billionaires for expensive cars - in their factories, the nobles sought to breed ideal horses for comfortable movement on Russian roads. It was to test the Oryol trotters (a breed bred by the brother of the favorite of Catherine II, Count A. G. Orlov) that the trotting races on Khodynka began. True, earlier the lands of the Khodynka field were located far outside the city, and not on the Third Transport Ring. The first wooden "gazebo" at this place appeared in 1834, after the death of the count. By the way, the weather vane on the tower of the Moscow Hippodrome depicts not just a horse, but one of the most famous and beautiful Russian horses of the 19th century named Ashonok.
From the very beginning, the place began to attract gamblers, but then the winnings were small - no more than 10% of the bet amount. The public began to come to the hippodrome en masse when the sweepstakes appeared in the 1870s. In 1882, a new building of the Rysisty Hippodrome was built according to the project of the architect Chichagov, and in 1900 it was reconstructed according to the projects of the architects Baryutin and Kulagin with the participation of Klein.
In the 1920s, after the revolution, the races resumed, and in 1930 the neighboring Skakovo Hippodrome, on the site of which they began to build railway, attached to the Begovy - this is how the Central Moscow Hippodrome arose. In 1949, the old building almost completely burned down, and Academician Ivan Vladislavovich Zholtovsky became the architect of the new one. For him, the Moscow Hippodrome turned out to be the last in his life and one of the largest projects.
Sergey Sergeev
architectural historian
During the reconstruction of the hippodrome, Zholtovsky took into account the parameters of Leningradsky Prospekt and Begovaya Street. During the reconstruction, the stands doubled - from two tiers to four. The facade received two accents - a tower on the left and a portico with a colonnade under a triangular pediment on the right. So the architect combined the images of the two main monuments of Moscow - the Kremlin and the Bolshoi Theater. I believe that this style can be called "specific historicism" - an orientation towards best achievements history of world architecture in the mid-twentieth century, perhaps with a somewhat utopian tinge.
Interestingly, in architectural solution the hippodrome is used both as a form of the basilica and as a pentagram (the star of Solomon conjuring spirits and demons). In my view, this is the return of Zholtovsky to the memory of his connections with the Old Believers Ryabushinskys (Elena Ryabushinsky was his first wife) and, to some extent, the theme of secret knowledge.
Since 1955, all international competitions on trotting races, the tote was constantly working. It was so profitable that one of the restorations of the Bolshoi Theater, the repair of the Botkin Hospital and the construction of tower houses that still surround the hippodrome were financed with the proceeds.
After the collapse of the USSR in 1992, the races stopped, they were resumed only in 2000. Today, the complex on Begovaya is part of the Rosippodromy state company, which unites all state hippodromes of the country. The horses involved in races and races are mostly owned by private owners. In total, the hippodrome, together with the summer stables, can accommodate up to 1,000 horses, and not everyone lives here permanently: only trotters remain for the winter, the rest of the horses are taken to stud farms.
About work
In 1958 I graduated from the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy as a livestock specialist and had to go to work at the 1st Moscow Stud Farm. But there were no regular places there, and I went to work as an assistant to my teacher - the legendary rider and coach Alexander Fedorovich Sheltsin - at the Moscow Hippodrome. To do this, I had to ask the director of the stud farm to write an official letter to the director of the hippodrome - then people with higher education could not work as riders' assistants. But my desire was very strong - as a child, I decided to deal only with horses.
Since then, I have been working at the hippodrome. As a rider, I competed until 1996. At the same time, she was engaged in science, defended a dissertation on the training of trotters different types higher nervous activity. To understand what they are, these types of GNI, my colleagues and I went to stud farms for seven years and examined 3 thousand horses! I have also been a teacher since 1974 and still train at a riding school. The school itself is located in Voronezh region, and a branch was opened at our hippodrome.
About the riders of the old age
When the old hippodrome burned down, of course, the authorities began to look for pests. At the same time they wanted to get rid of "unreliable" workers. So, my teacher Alexander Fedorovich Sheltsin was exiled to the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In 1953, after Stalin's death, he returned to Moscow and became head of the training department in Timiryazevka, where I met him. Like all old horse breeders, he was a man of high culture - everyone remembers his gentle disposition, his art of treating horses. He even called young students and grooms by their first names and patronymics; they never cursed at the stable in his presence. He worked with Oryol trotters - the breed for which the Moscow hippodrome is famous.
As for female riders, even at the beginning of the century there were so few of them that the only female rider of our hippodrome, Vera Vladimirovna Kostenskaya, wore men's trousers and spoke of herself only in the masculine gender. More women entered the racetrack in the 1930s. When I came here, I became one of the five riders, in total there were 120 riders on the hippodrome. Women competed on an equal footing with men, as now - in equestrian business, gender does not matter, it's all about communication between a person and a horse. Learning to communicate with a horse is a real art, and very human, because the main thing here is the soul.
About past and present
In the Soviet years, the stands were full of people on every running day - not only spectators, but also players! After the ban on gambling in 2006, the sweepstakes was closed, and we lost visitors. Now we are fighting to return the public: our equestrian school continues to operate, in which we work with children, and in general we try to be closer to the people - for example, on March 8, horses were taken to the podium, they were allowed to be photographed, communicate with them.
In Soviet times, horse business was supported at the state level - the hippodrome, the Institute of Horse Breeding, stud farms in the regions were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture. And with the collapse of the Union, we lost state support. Therefore, in 1991, on the basis of and with the help of the Moscow hippodrome, we opened the Commonwealth of Trotting Horse Breeding. It publishes the Begovye Vedomosti magazine, holds competitions - for example, the European Championship of Young Riders. We are also trying to preserve our famous breed of horses - the Oryol trotter.
About work
The history of the Central Moscow Hippodrome is a continuation of my previous work. I am a native Muscovite, but most of my life - 36 years - I worked at the All-Union Research Institute of Horse Breeding in the Rybnovsky district near Ryazan. I am a livestock specialist by profession, for the last 16 years at the research institute I was the head of the scientific archive, where I created the museum of the institute.
In 1996 I returned to Moscow and in 2002 at the invitation of Alla Mikhailovna Polzunova, whom I had known for a long time - who does not know her in our field! - I came to work at the Moscow Hippodrome in the museum as a guide, because I already had museum experience.
About the museum
The first director of the hippodrome museum was Alexander Valentinovich Levin, who created it, a master equestrian and chairman of the trade union committee.
After Levin retired, I worked as the head of the museum until 2014, and then became a guide, we are constantly working to expand the scope of our excursions. Alexander Valentinovich collected many unique exhibits and photographic documents. And you can talk about the place for hours.
About the secrets and symbols of the building
The very premises of the museum are very interesting, in which an unusual overlap has been preserved - these are the Monier vaults, they were built only until the 1920s. Previously, the hippodrome built in 1900 was considered completely lost. Now it is clear that it is built into the building of the architect Zholtovsky. From the previous building, the figured fence of the running track at the edge of the field has also been preserved.
under construction running hippodrome Academician of architecture Roman Klein participated in 1900, and in our museum there is furniture created according to his sketches - this is a cabinet and a table from the office of Nicholas II at the racetrack, which burned down in 1918.
One of the main accents of the façade from the Begovaya side is a majestic multi-tiered tower, which uses motifs of medieval Italian and ancient Russian architecture. There is a very interesting "quote" here: on its middle tier, on the front, the silhouettes of two horsemen are visible. Such riders - Dmitry Solunsky and George the Victorious - were installed in the 15th century on the Frolovskaya tower of the Kremlin (now Spasskaya).
Anton Valuev
Head of the Totalizator Development Department, has been working since 2014
About work
I came to the hippodrome two years ago as a specialist in the betting development department, responding to a vacancy. I have a suitable education - institutional management. I immediately wanted to work in this team - I was inspired by the ambitiousness of the tasks set: we started from scratch to build what had been forgotten long years. OJSC Rosippodromy received a license to conduct sweepstakes in 2014. We are opening betting shops - for example, this season they started working at the Novosibirsk and Omsk hippodromes. This is unusual for the public there, so we teach employees how to attract people, explain the rules of the game at the races.
Finding out where I work, my friends were genuinely surprised: many have not heard that there is a hippodrome in Moscow, where horses are tested every week. First, people come to admire the horses, then they make a bet or two - and many are drawn in, become frequent visitors.
How to bet and win at the races?
Tote differs from bookmakers and lotteries. In the bookmaker's office, the player makes a bet and plays against the bookmakers according to the casino principle: either receives money or gives it in full to the organizer of the game. In the totalizator, the principle of mutual betting operates: players make bets among themselves, thereby creating a common pool of bets. Those who correctly guessed the outcome of the event divide the winnings among themselves, and the totalizator acts as an arbitrator, taking the "intermediary" percentage - up to 30% of the pool.
The main feature of the totalizator is dynamic odds that change up to the start of the race. The simplest bet is "Single". The player must guess the winner of the race or race. There are also more complex bets, such as "Quadruple Express" - you need to guess four horses in the exact sequence of coming to the finish line. On such bets, the winnings are larger. The amounts differ depending on the horses: if the outsider horse wins, those who bet on it get more than if they bet on the favorite, whose victory is more expected. Well, the most difficult game is “6 wins”. You need to guess the first horses in six races. Players do not fully know how much they will win in complex types of bets, since it is not known in advance how many more people have bet on the winning combination.
It was at this game at the beginning of 2017 that one of the visitors took the biggest win - 1 million 18 thousand rubles. By the way, you can bet not only on Russian horse races - you can also participate in the French PMU sweepstakes (Paris Mutuel Urbain, "Mutual City Bet"). There are winnings, and the level of players is higher.
Now we are gradually reviving the equestrian tote and we want to open it at all existing hippodromes in Russia. I note that this is not just gambling, but intellectual game. Of course, there is luck, but the player must study the history of the horse's performances, its pedigree, the experience of the rider, weigh all the factors and only after that make a bet.
2016 MOSCOW HIPpodROME.
TRADITIONAL PRIZE CALENDAR
03.01. New Year's Prize
03.01. VNIIK Prize
24.01. Memorial of V.I.Shishkin- Orlovtsy 3 years old - 1600 m - 3600 ball.
24.01. Memorial to P.N.Kuleshov- Orlovtsy 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 5000 points.
24.01. Russian Winter Prize
07.02. Prize named after Prilep stud farm
07.02. Prize in memory of V.O. Witt- horses 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 5000 points.
07.02. Prize named after the magazine "Horse breeding and equestrian sport"
14.02. Prize named after the Perm Stud Farm- Orlovtsy 4 years old - 2400 m - 4800 ball.
21.02. Rigging Prize- horses 4 years old - 2400 m - 4800 ball.
28.02. Mazurka Prize- mares 4 years old - 1600 m - 4000 ball.
28.02. Gondola Prize- Oryol mares 4 years old - 1600 m - 4000 points.
28.02. Prize to them. Novotomnikovsky stud farm
01.05. May Day prize- older horses - 1600 m - 4000 points.
01.05.spring prize- older orlovtsy - 1600 m - 4000 ball.
08.05.Prize in honor of Victory Day- horses 4 years old - 1600 m - 4000 points.
08.05.Memorial of Marshal G.K. Zhukov- older horses - 1600 m - 4400 points.
08.05. Prize named after the Chesme stud farm- Oryol mares 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 5000 points.
15.05. Response Prize- Orlovtsy 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 4800 points.
05.06. Memorial Prize of the Unknown Soldier- horses 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 4800 points.
05.06. Memorial to S.A.Kasimenko- horses 3 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 4800 m
05.06. Prize in honor of the Day of Russia- older horses - 2400 m - 4800 points.
19.06. Cowboy Prize- Orlovtsy 3 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 6000 points.
19.06. Bars Prize- Orlovtsy 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 9000 points.
19.06. Peony Prize- older Orlovtsy - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 8000 points.
03.07. Prize to them. Altai stud farm- Oryol mares 3 years old - 1600 m - 3600 points.
03.07. Memorial of A.V. Sokolov- older orlovtsy - 2400 m - 4800 ball.
03.07. Memorial to V.S. Grits- Oryol mares 4 years old - 2400 m - 5000 points.
09.07. Entrance Open Prize- horses 2 years old - 1600 m - 3000 points.
09.07. Guildman's Prize- horses 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 4800 m
09.07. Peacock Prize- older horses - 2400 m - 4800 m
10.07. Hybrid Prize- horses 3 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 6000 points.
10.07. Grand All-Russian Prize (Derby)- horses 4 years old - 1600 m (3 rounds) - 10000 points.
10.07. Elite Prize- older horses - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 7000 points.
17.07. Entrance Oryol Prize- Orlovtsy 2 years - 1600 m - 3000 ball.
17.07. Sea Surf Prize- Orlovtsy 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 4000 points.
24.07. Smooth Prize- mares 3 years old - 1600 m - 4000 ball.
24.07. Sorrento Prize- horses 4 years and older - 2400 m - 5600 ball
24.07. Prize named after the Moscow Stud Farm- Oryol mares 3 years old - 2400 m - 3600 ball.
31.07.Roxana Prize- mares 4 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 5000 points.
31.07. Memorial of Count A.G. Orlov- Orlovtsy 4 years and older - 3200 m - 6600 ball.
14.08.Future Prize- horses 3 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 5000 points.
14.08. Prize of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation- horses 4 years old - 3200 m - 5000 points.
21.08. Breeders Prize- Orlovtsy 4 years old - 2400 m - 5000 ball.
21.08. Memorial of Marshal S.M. Budyonny- older horses - 2400 m - 5600 points.
28.08.Protalinka Prize- mares 2 years old - 1600 m - 3000 ball.
28.08. Cyprus Prize- Orlovtsy 3 years old - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 4000 points.
28.08.Prize named after Zlynsky stud farm- mares 4 years old - 2400 m - 5000 ball.
18.09. Catch Prize- Orlovtsy 2 years old - 1600 m - 3600 ball.
18.09. Talented Prize- horses 2 years old - 1600 m - 3600 ball.
18.09.Prize named after Lokot stud farm- horses 3 years old - 2400 m - 5000 points.
25.09. Memorial of Ya.I.Butovich- older orlovtsy - 3200 m - 8000 ball.
25.09. Distance Prize of Moscow- Orlovtsy 4 years old - 2400 m - 6000 ball.
25.09.Russian Federation Prize- older horses - 3200 m - 5600 points.
02.10. Golden Autumn Prize- horses 4 years old - 2400 m - 5000 ball.
02.10. sports prize(trot under saddle)
09.10. Past Dream Prize- Oryol mares 2 years old - 1600 m - 3000 points.
09.10. CMI Prize- horses 4 years and older - 1600 m (2 rounds) - 5000 points.
09.10. Prize named after Khrenovsky stud farm- Orlovtsy 4 years and older - 3200 m - 6000 ball.
16.10. Prize in honor of Agricultural Workers- horses 3 years old - 1600 m - 4000 points.
23.10.Ippik Prize- Orlovtsy 3 years old - 2400 m - 4800 ball.
23.10. Memorial of outstanding riders of Russia- horses 4 years old - 2400 and - 5000 points.
06.11.Square Prize- Orlovtsy 4 years and older - 2400 m - 4000 ball.
20.11.Krepysh Prize- Orlovtsy 4 years and older - 2400 m - 5000 points.
11.12.Prize in honor of the Russian Constitution Day- horses 4 years and older - 2400 m - 4800 ball.
11.12. Memorial of Marshal K.K. Rokossovsky- orlovtsy 4 years and older - 1600 m - 4000 ball
We visited the hippodrome together! Most of this text is her handiwork. Happy reading and viewing!
On Begovaya Street, surrounded by simple Moscow houses, there is a completely unusual building that has attracted and continues to attract horsemen from all over the world. The Central Moscow hippodrome is a favorite place for fans of horses, horse races, races and everything related to these beautiful creatures. A place that is very special in spirit, where excitement, passion, a thirst for victory reign and at the same time the enormous work of athletes, all employees of the hippodrome to justify the hopes of the audience and maintain their high status.
1. The building of the hippodrome is very remarkable and cannot but please those who like to look at horses in any of their forms - live or stone. 
2. The hippodrome itself officially opened on September 12, 1834 and this event is associated with the holding by Count Alexei Orlov (not to be confused with Catherine's favorite) of the first trotting races on the Khodynka field (yes, exactly where at the end of the 19th century people suppressed each other because for free gingerbread). 
3. The main building of the hippodrome was built in 1896-1899. architects Baryutin and Kulagin, but in 1949 almost all of it was destroyed by fire and the building was rebuilt. Now he has one carved turret with numerous horses, but most importantly, to the joy of the horsemen, Klodt's equestrian sculptures survived in the fire, which were transferred to a new building. 
4. In front of the hippodrome building, among the dug up asphalt, there is a sculpture “Bathing the Horses”. At first, a fountain was supposed to be there, but it didn’t happen ... 
5. Hippodrome inside and outside are completely different things. If outwardly you see just a beautiful building, then life is already in full swing inside, even when it is already cold and the visitors' teeth do not fall on the tooth. 
6. Presidential races are also held here. 
7. In mid-September, the racing season closes, but trotting races are held even in winter. The race track closest to the audience is getting empty, the trotters are training and performing on the second track, even in winter. 
8. They fill it with ice, put spikes on the horses' hooves - and forward to victory. The reception is absolutely correct, since loose but frozen ground is the first step to injury for both the animal and the athlete. 
9. Near the hippodrome is the hotel "Bega". 
10. On the other hand, ordinary typical buildings. 
11. Time to move inward. 
12. The Orlovsky trotter is our national heritage, the pride of Russian horse breeding. In the depths of the hippodrome, climbing strange stairs, you can wander into a museum dedicated to this breed. 
13. The very existence of the equestrian museum struck me, but here it is quite decent. 
14. The Orlovsky trotter was bred by Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov in the 70s. 18th century. The ancestor of the breed is the Arabian stallion Smetanka, who was dragged across the land from Arabia for two years. The breed was bred thanks to the hard creative work of Orlov in crossing Arabian stallions with Neapolitan, Danish and English mares, special training and selection of horses. The result is a harmoniously built, light-duty horse with great agility at the trot. For equestrians, the Oryol trotter is one of the most beautiful breeds, they are tall, stately, have very smooth lines. 
15. By the way, the famous Russian troika, which is shoved into all the pictures, and which is always associated with native Russian, is also Oryol trotters. In such a harness, the rooter (which is in the middle) ran at a trot, and the harnesses galloped over the gods. This helped to avoid shaking on epic Russian roads, which always amazed foreigners who saw the Russian troika. 
16. There are a huge number of photographs of horses on the walls of the museum. There are paintings under the ceiling, and cups and other interior items on a horse theme on the stand and cabinet. 
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19. Here you can see a picture depicting the hippodrome in the year of opening. 
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21. Soviet images. 
22. Lots of black and white photos that could take hours to look at. 
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24. In the corner is a collage about women. 
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26. These are such unusual watches. 
27. And images of the main thing - running. 
28. The photographs indicate the names of the riders. 
29. Painting Big prize. 
30. Special thanks to the museum curator for the detailed story! 
31. Let's dwell on the names of horses. Catch is another normal name. 
32. Kamaz, Othello, Search, Handicap. 
33. I wonder how they come up with names? Where did the Amplifier come from? Why Gibraltar? And Brys? 
34. And there are many more. 
35. A special atmosphere reigns in the stands of the hippodrome. If horses are horses here for equestrians, and there is another horse, then for many “elite groups” the hippodrome is a place where you can meet, eat, gossip and at the same time die at the races or races. Equestrian sport in Russia is becoming more and more fashionable, so the wealthy elite often gather here, especially during special events (including the opening and closing of the racing season). 
36. On ordinary days, a diverse audience can be observed in the stands, bets are made and gambling frenzy begins. 
37. The horse in the coat is also here. 
38. Entrance design elements. 
39. And local fireplaces were originally decorations into which batteries were shoved. 
40. Some premises are now closed. 
41. Someone is rooting for his horse on the street, and someone can watch all the processes in the indoor hall from the TV screen. 
42. The totalizator system works well, there is an electronic panel with horse names, numbers and place above each betting window. Progress does not stand still. 
43. In general, the tote was introduced in the 70s of the 19th century, first at the races, then at the races. But met with a lot of criticism. The tote was closed several times, in 2012 it was solemnly revived and now you can safely place bets, provided that all other gambling is prohibited. 
44. On a typical day, a completely different audience gathered here. 
45. Particularly heated discussions are held among older people. 
47. While Ira is watching the preparation of the horses, we will look at the ceiling. 
48. And to the neighborhood. 
49. The scoreboard is not working today. 
50. Once upon a time there was a show jumping area in the middle. 
51. And now let's look at the usual ordinary competition. First, the horses participating in the race pass in front of the stands. It is not always all participants. some especially worried are in the distance. Hippodrome - a place for testing. not every horse is a master here and is not afraid of anything. 
52. While all the participants are gathering, before the start, the car is being prepared, along which the alignment is going on. 
53. Participants line up. Judges are driving in the car on the inner circle. 
54. Start! And already immediately someone is lagging behind. and someone is rushing forward! 
55. A circle has passed and the three has formed. Congratulations to the best! 
56. Only two prizes were awarded that day. Here is one of the winning horses. 
57. And now he is going to the holy place of the hippodrome - to the stables! 
58. If the hippodrome is something that everyone can see, then the stables of the Moscow hippodrome are a kind of backstage. Horses do not just live here, ammunition stores are located here, equipment is stored, athletes are preparing for competitions, or vice versa, horses are walking after hard work. Harnessed rocking chairs often dart between the stables, heading for the hippodrome arena. It may not be noticeable to everyone, but sometimes you can see how the animals are worried before performances. 
59. As each athlete has his own uniform, so each horse has its own equipment, which is selected individually for the character. 
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61. While there are no horses, cats and dogs are resting. 
62. Particularly shy people are wrapped up in full, “ears” on the ears and blinkers on the eyes (plates that are put on the muzzle and close the view on the sides), so that no sounds are distracting on the way to the cup. 
63. If the horse is afraid of the sight of his own shadow, his eyes are completely tied with a dense cloth. But the observations of the equestrian: animals that are so fearful rarely come to the finish line first. 
64. During races and races, not only the mastery of a person is very important, but also the desire of the horse itself to win. If she does not even see where to go, what can we say about the treadmill where it is desirable to see not only rivals, but also where to run. 
65. In general, one cannot fail to understand that victory in competitions largely depends on the nature of the horse and its abilities. In the 20th century, they came up with a curious way to check horses "for lice." They put out two buckets, one empty, the other with oats. And they let out a horse that was looking for a bucket of food. The experiment was repeated several times, the horse got used to where to go. And then the buckets were swapped. Some animals rebuilt quickly, such were considered the most promising athletes. And some stubbornly went to the empty bucket each time freaking out because it was without food. It is not difficult to guess that such stubborn people rarely got the point. 
66. Running (unlike horse racing, where the jockey sits on horseback) is a competition of trotters harnessed to a rocking chair, a single two-wheeled carriage. Do not confuse, because it irritates the hippodrome workers. It cannot be said that this is spectacular view sports, such as horse racing or show jumping, but it captivates the viewer and allows you to clearly demonstrate the capabilities of the four-legged favorites of the hippodrome, the Oryol trotters. 
67. As for the conditions for keeping the horses, here my opinion is contradictory. 
68. On the one hand, horses run freely around the corral, easily approach strangers and are not afraid of them. This is a good sign that animals are treated well here. I would like to believe that all the disgusting things that often happen in equestrian sports are not here, up to the impact on horses for the sake of improving results. 
69. On the other hand, the very condition of the stables leaves much to be desired. I compare with the same private traders. The stables are obviously very old, plus made of stone and concrete. In terms of fire safety, this is good, but a large amount of stone in the structure has a bad effect on the health of horses, since this material does not warm up well. Well, dirt. The cleanliness is far from ideal, in many stalls there is little sawdust and they are old in places, cobwebs hang. Naturally, this is unacceptable. 
70. For the convenience of walking horses in the stables, you can see a curious device - a kind of swing, to which animals are tied and they walk in a circle. As a result, you can walk several at once and it is not necessary to constantly watch them. Stepping is a walk before or after training and performances, a kind of warm-up or rest.
Upd .: in the comments they say that they "step back" correctly. 
71. That's it! 
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What is the first thing that comes to mind when we hear the word hippodrome? Surely for many it is running, betting, excitement, big wins and crushing losses. So I was thinking in the same direction, but after visiting the Central Moscow Hippodrome with a tour, such concepts as equestrian sports, testing and development of horse breeds pushed all gambling topics away in my perception.
Under the cut is my story about a trip to the Moscow hippodrome.
2. First, some information. This year, the Central Moscow Hippodrome (hereinafter referred to as CMI) is holding the 180th anniversary season, August 1, 1834 is considered the birthday.
Unfortunately, the first building of the hippodrome has not survived to this day, it was completely destroyed by fire in 1949. The current building of the hippodrome was built in 1955 according to the project of the academician of architecture Zholtovsky. It is noteworthy that next to the CMS there is a building of a racing society, built even before the revolution, also according to the project of Zholtovsky.
3. Before the reconstruction, the facade of the building was decorated with two quadrigas,
4. ... but one of them was damaged during the reconstruction and now we see one quadriga above the portico and four horses left from the second, standing alone - two above each entrance.
5. Spectator stands of the hippodrome.
The hippodrome building is an architectural monument and is preserved in its original form.
6. View of the stands from the opposite side. In the foreground is the glazed veranda of the restaurant.
7. A beautiful staircase and a royal box, it is glazed.
8. Above the royal box there is a room where the chief judge is located.
The bell gives a signal for the preparation of the race, it is beaten at the start and finish. This is the same bell that was beaten at the Moscow hippodrome in the 19th century, perhaps he is the same age as him, well, maybe he is a little less than 180 years old.
By the way, the chief referee has assistants directly on the track, I will show them to you below.
9. And above the judges' room there is such a beautiful stained-glass window.
10. Tribunes of sector C, a ticket here costs 150 rubles, when you buy a ticket you get a test program.
11. But such places with tables are located in sectors A and B, a ticket here costs 300 rubles,
12. ... but there is an option to buy a family ticket for 400 rubles for two adults and, let's say, for an unlimited number of children under 14 years old. Very convenient for a family trip to the hippodrome. At tables, waiters serve food and drinks from the restaurant. Yes, and children's ears will not hear the intensity of passions seething in sector C.
13. I got to the hippodrome thanks to the community mosblog
, I arrived a little earlier than the scheduled time and was able to walk around the still empty premises of the hippodrome.
Here is the hall where bets are accepted.
14. Please note that there are urns all around in the hall, but at the end of the races, checks with unwinnable bets will be littered directly on the floor.
15. Also the betting hall, but on the floor above, I liked it more than the previous one, here time seemed to stop and if it weren’t for the monitors on the columns, one would think that it was the 80s of the last century, or the 60s. e, but I can’t say anything about them, because then I didn’t exist yet, but in the 80s my childhood just passed.
If you decide to bet on a sweepstakes, but have never done so before, then I advise you to explore the site CMI , there is a section "tote" where everything is explained in detail.
I am not a gambler and have not plunged into this area, even the postulate "beginners are lucky" did not inspire me to play))
16. Now let's look at the hippodrome itself where the tests are being carried out.
The Central Moscow hippodrome is the first trotting hippodrome in the world, and I will tell you what it is now.
Do you think jumping and running are the same thing or are they different things?
Horse racing is when competitions are held on horseback, jockeys manage them, and races take place between horses harnessed to carts, and riders sit in them.
In the foreground we see a race track, it has the softest surface, race horses are very sensitive to this, then there are two tracks with a harder surface, and it is on them that the races take place.
Because of the sensitivity racehorses to cover the racing season, we only run from May to September, but the trotters can run both in the rain and in the snow, in winter they generally fill the track with ice, so it’s easier to maintain in the cold season flat surface tracks. In winter, horses are shod with spiked horseshoes.
18. And here we are at the hippodrome museum, Elena Evgenievna Peterson shows us in the picture the very first Oryol trotter.
Elena Evgenievna used to work at the Research Institute of Horse Breeding, she did not leave her favorite business when she retired and now conducts very interesting excursions in the hippodrome museum. It is one thing when you are told a memorized excursion and another when the narrator is an expert in this matter. Both Elena Evgenievna and Yulia Gareeva, a livestock specialist by education, are experts in the field of horses, they are very good storytellers and not a single question on the topic (well, of course, except for stupid ones) leads them to a dead end.
18. The museum keeps a lot of stories, for example, I only learned about the features of the Russian troika here: it turns out that the root horse, the horse in the center of the troika, always trots, but the harness horses run at a gallop. The rootstock sets the direction for the troika, and the tie-downs carry it. Troika is our invention and there is nothing like it in other countries.
19. An interesting table and wardrobe, they stood at the first hippodrome, were saved in a fire and for a long time were the interior of the director's office. Now they adorn the museum.
20. After the museum, we went up to the stands to watch one of the races.
Passing in the room under the stands, we met him - probably the most famous horse in folklore.
Alexander Sergeevich Kon, in person.
21. The start of the race takes place behind a special start car, this technique was introduced at the CMI in 1965, it facilitated the start procedure and equalized the capabilities of all participants in the race.
The fact is that with other methods of starting that were used earlier, it was possible to make false starts, thereby unscrupulous riders on calm horses, as it were, put out of action the more emotional horses of rivals: a couple of false starts, and some horses simply dropped out of the fight.
Pay attention to the car moving parallel to the race, it is in it that the assistants of the chief judge, whom I mentioned above, are located, they monitor compliance with the rules during the race, for example, the rider cannot use the whip in the race more than 7 times.
23. On the day when we were at the hippodrome, two traditional prizes were played. The photo shows the awarding of the prize to the Talented, included in the prizes of the first group. The prize bears the name of the Talented stallion, and it is awarded to horses of two years of age.
It turned out funny - the prize is awarded to horses, but a person receives it))), I recalled an excerpt from an old humorous story - "... he was so proud of the medal his dog received at the exhibition that he himself wore her on the lapel of his jacket.
We went to the stables.
25. On the territory of the hippodrome there are about 30 stables, which contain approximately 1000 horses.The horse's diet consists of oats and hay. A horse eats 7 kg of oats and 9 kg of hay per day.
26. Wandering around this big town, and the area of the hippodrome is more than 30 hectares, the thought did not leave me - how this whole large territory survived our time "it" without loss, there were probably many who wanted to chop off a piece of land located not far from the center of Moscow, and to build an elite residential complex on it.
27. Notice the horse earmuffs in the previous photo? At first I thought that this was a kind of horse fashion, but it turned out that this was not so and had nothing to do with embellishment.The fact is that horses are by nature very shy creatures, which is why, so that they are not distracted by external stimuli during the race, various devices are put on them. Special silicone plugs are inserted into the ears, and so that they do not fall out, earphone cases are put on. For restriction peripheral vision blenders are put on the eyes of the horse, their second name is blinders, we know him by the expression "blinded man", one who does not see at all what is happening around him. A cute plush brace on the horse's muzzle covers everything that happens under his feet, it's called a muff.
But it all depends on the temperament of the horses, some do without such devices.
30. But horses are not the only inhabitants of the stables, cats always live on each of them, they are the main fighters against rodents that encroach on free oats.
Also, a lot of dogs live on the hippodrome, all the ones I saw were completely indifferent to the cats and they were not driven in vain.
31. In general, a very friendly atmosphere reigns in the hippodrome town, not a single dog barked at our group, and we were strangers to them, apparently, the love for animals reigning here affects the peacefulness of four-legged animals.
32. Cats not only sing in March, this hippodrome singer apparently wanted to earn extra money from me.
33. The cat on the roof, respectively, the mice in the house are moved to the "quiet" position.
34. Stable patrol.
35. These carts are called rocking chairs. Previously, trotters ran harnessed to droshky, but later came to us american model trolleys, and they are used to this day.
36. I have already shown the stable from the outside, this is how it looks from the inside.
37. Each horse has its own separate room, it is called a stall.
