FOR RELEASE WITH FEATURE BC-TURKMENISTAN-RACES - A jockey finishes a race on his Akhal Teke horse at a hippodrome in Ashgabat. It may not match the grandeur of Britain's Royal Ascot event, with its top hats and tails, champagne and designer chic, but a day at the races in Central Asia's impoverished republic of Turkmenistan can be just as fun. Picture taken May 24.

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