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HOHHOT, China, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A China-Mongolia international horse racing kicked off on Tuesday in Abaga Banner (County) of Xilingol League, northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The three-day race has attracted more than 200 competitors from China and Mongolia with their 500 horses, who will compete in 11 events including horse racing, horse taming and lassoing horses, organizers said.
"It is the first time that I witnessed a series of horse racing competitions between the riders from both China and Mongolia," said local herder Temuchiletu. "I feel excited to be a participant in the next day's event in which I will show my lassoing ability."
Abaga Banner is home to a sort of black horses that are mainly fed in Inner Mongolia's Xilingol League.
