(SPO) WOMAN OF RUSSIAN ORIGIN COMPETING WITH MEN IN HORSE BREEDING.ANKARA, Jul 3, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- A woman of Russian origin is competing with men in racehorse racehorse refers usually to thoroughbred but may also include standardbred, trotter. breeding in Turkey. A woman of Russian origin, married to a Turkish citizen, is breeding racehorses, and challenging men in this industry. Valeria Gursel, who has been living in Turkey for 12 years, owns four thoroughbred English horses named "Glukkoza, Smerc, Vendetta vendetta (vĕndĕt`ə) [Ital.,=vengeance], feud between members of two kinship groups to avenge a wrong done to a relative. Although the term originated in Corsica, the custom has also been practiced in other parts of Italy, in other , and Magadan". "I have started riding horses when I was 13, and won degrees in showjumping showjumping Noun the sport of riding horses in competitions to demonstrate skill in jumping showjumper n Noun 1. both in Russia and Turkey," Gursel told AA correspondent. Valeria Gursel said she owned her first horse with her wife Hulusi two years ago, and then she started horse breeding Noun 1. horse breeding - breeding horses breeding - the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization . "I named one of my horses as Magadan, my birthplace in Russia. I guess this name has been so lucky for my horse that it is coming the first in races and is shown among favorites in each race," Gursel said. Gursel also said that she wanted to go on horse breeding for years, and represent Turkey in the International Moscow Race with one of her horses. "What was difficult for me was being a foreign woman in an area which is mainly the area of men, not taking care of horses," she said. Gursel said that stablemen, horse owners and people who liked horse races got used to her presence in the hippodrome and stables in time. Valeria Gursel said she was taking care of her horses as if she was raising a child, and she was spending most of her time with her horses. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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