In Kabardino-Balkaria held competitions in horse races in memory of Valery Kokov
In Kabardino-Balkaria, horse race competitions were held, timed to the birthday of the first President of the Republic Valery Kokov

In Kabardino-Balkaria, horse race competitions were held, timed to the birthday of the first President of the Republic Valery Kokov. The tournament was held on the basis of the equestrian sports complex in Baksan.
At the start came 127 sports couples from Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea, Dagestan, Stavropol Territory, Penza, Leningrad, Tambov, Kherson, Rostov, Moscow regions, Moscow, St. Petersburg and Tatarstan. Russia set a record for the number of participants in horse racing competitions.
The 40 km run was attended by the Minister of Resorts and Tourism of the CBD Asker Bifov, who was the first to come to the finish line. All prizes at this distance were taken by representatives of Kabardino-Balkaria: the first place was taken by Asker Bifov, Oli Kanametov finished second, Beslan Afashagov took third place.
Winners and prize-winners were awarded cups, medals, certificates and cash prizes. The total prize fund of the tournament amounted to 1 million rubles.
The tournament was organized by the Equestrian Federation of Russia and the administration of the city district of Baksan.
Earlier it was reported that at the hippodrome of the agricultural enterprise “Free Labor” of the Novoselitsky district, races took place for the prizes of the Governor of the Stavropol Territory.



