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The first officially organized horse racing was run on June 10, 1927 in Ankara by
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British thoroughbred three-year-old horses born in Turkey and was run over a distance of 2,400 yd (2,200 m). The prize was set to TL 5,000. In 1936, Gazi Race was held in the Ankara City Race Course (Ankara Şehir Hipodromu) constructed next to the
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Whenever Atatürk was in Ankara, he enjoyed to observe horse racing. In 1938, the race was renamed "Atatürk Race". Since its inauguration, the event is held every year without interruption. Gazi Race was transferred in 1968 from Ankara to
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850,000 (approx. US$ 530,000 as of June 2011). In addition, a bonus payment totaling to about TL 533,500 (approx. US$ 333,000 as of June 2011) is given for breeding and enrollment expenses. Since 1970, a solid silver trophy in form of an
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In 2012, Halis Karataş won the Gazi Race for the 5th time with the thoroughbred horse "Matador Yaşar" owned by Ahmet Göçmen. His former victories were in 1996, 2005, 2006 and 2011.
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Record holder of the Gazi Race is the thoroughbred horse "Bold Pilot" owned by Özdemir Atman that was run by jockey
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173:Gazi Koşusu
100:Flat racing
74:Inaugurated
53:Zeytinburnu
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