On 29 September, during the opening ceremony of the Ahal-Teke Equestrian Complex of the President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, National Leader of the Turkmen people and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, presented an Ahal-Teke racehorse as a gift to Liu Shuqing, head of the horse breeding company ‘Daqing Huiyou Breeding Co., Ltd.’ of the People’s Republic of China. This was reported by the news agency TDH.

In accordance with a decision by the President of Turkmenistan and President of the International Ahal-Teke Horse Association, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Liu Shuqing was presented with a bay Ahal-Teke racehorse named Dosthan, born in 2023, along with a certificate for the horse.

The gift was presented in recognition of the Chinese horse breeder’s contribution to the breeding of Ahal-Teke horses, the growth of their numbers, and the promotion of the art of Turkmen horse breeding around the world.

Earlier, on 28 September, Liu Shuqing was awarded the honorary title of ‘Türkmenistanyň at gazanan atşynasy’ for his contribution to the development of horse breeding, the preservation of the purity of the Ahal-Teke breed and the enhancement of its global reputation.