The twenty-eighth episode of Radio Chaharnal discusses the horse racing competitions in Khuzestan and the memories of the late Master Colonel Masoud Shaki.

پادکست چهار نعل: The twenty-eighth episode of Radio Chaharnal discusses the horse racing competitions in Khuzestan and the memories of the late Master Colonel Masoud Shaki.

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In the twenty-eighth episode of Radio Chaharnal, Professor Babak Shaki recounts the memories of the late Colonel Masoud Shaki from the horse racing competitions in Khuzestan during the years 1327 to 1329. This interview examines the impact of the nationalization of the oil industry on these competitions and the social and political challenges of that era. Additionally, the characteristics of Turkmen and Arab horses and the impact of breeding improvements on their performance are discussed. Professor Shaki refers to his personal experiences in horseback riding, techniques for managing breath and horse power in competitions, and his father's successful strategies. He emphasizes that victories have not only affected the local community but that preserving the history of horseback riding and utilizing specialists to improve the current situation is also essential. In the end, he wishes for a better future in this field.

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اسپانسر اپیزود ۲۸ چه فروشگاهی است؟

فروشگاه لوازم سوارکاری نیک هورس واقع در باشگاه سوارکاری شهرک غزالی.

موضوع اپیزود ۲۸ چیست؟

روایتی از مسابقات اسب‌دوانی در سال‌های ۱۳۲۷ تا ۱۳۲۹.

چه کسی روایتگر این اپیزود است؟

استاد بابک شکی.

چرا اسب‌های ترکمن در مسافت‌های طولانی مشکل دارند؟

از ۲۰۰۰ متر به بعد، اسب‌های ترکمن به دلیل نفس‌گیری مشکل دارند.

چگونه اسب‌های ترکمن اصلاح نژاد شده‌اند؟

ترکمن‌ها سعی کردند اسب‌های خود را با اسب‌های عرب اصلاح کنند تا خون آن‌ها قوی‌تر شود.

چرا اهمیت قدم در سوارکاری زیاد است؟

قدرت و نمره‌گیری سوارکار در قدم بسیار مهم است و هیچ حرکتی به اندازه قدم تأثیرگذار نیست.

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Greetings and respect to all you dear listeners of Radio Heidari. You are listening to episode 28 of the first season of "The Four Gallops."

The sponsor of this episode is the Nik Horse equestrian equipment store located at the Ghazali Equestrian Club, which prides itself on offering mostly domestically produced and economically priced equestrian products to its customers.

The store is managed by Ali Nikbakht, who is one of the veterans in the equestrian equipment industry. Now, let me explain the story of the twenty-eighth episode for you. The twenty-eighth episode of the radio was recorded with Master Babak Shaki and is a narrative of horse racing competitions from the years 1327 to 1329, which are memories that the late Colonel Masoud Shaki recounted to Babak Khan, and these memories have been passed down through generations and have reached us, who were lucky to receive them.

They are very fascinating memories, with a lot of technical discussions, and I recommend that you listen to the end of this episode because it is very pleasant, and well, you all know that Babak Khan Shaki is a very skilled narrator, and I personally enjoyed his narration a lot. I hope you enjoyed it too. I wish you all a Happy New Year in advance and wish you health, success, and happiness, and I hope that in the new year we will witness the growth and progress of the horse and equestrian community and take more care...

I won't talk more than this. I invite you to listen to the twenty-eighth episode of the conversation with Master Babak Shaki. In the name of the one God, today I have the chance to sit again in the presence of Babak Khan Shaki and talk about one of the most important events in the history of Iran and especially the history of horses that many of us do not know, practically, and it is a very fascinating memory, and all this memory is related to March 29, 1329, and the nationalization of the oil industry.

Thank you for accepting me again and allowing us to sit together and have a detailed conversation about this issue. I am at your service, and I also greet all horse and equestrian enthusiasts in all different disciplines and across the country and wish the ancient Nowruz to the entire equestrian community and dear compatriots. Let's go to the year 1329, a year before or earlier, I don't have a question to ask here and...

You are the narrator personally, and I am waiting to enjoy listening to these words immensely. We are at your service. Yes, at your service, the narrative I am telling has side stories. I will explain sometimes in its place; each one has educational points or, in any case, a historical point alongside it. Certainly, yes, you see, in the late 20s, 1320, when the Abadan refinery was built there by the British and before that, this was...

It becomes nationalized around 1329. Until then, it was the largest industry that England had built outside of England. No such industrial complex existed outside of England. This was the largest industrial complex that England had built outside its country. There were others, but none were as grand. Therefore, it was very important and very sensitive. It was one of the places that, in any case, supplied England's energy fuel to Europe. It was no joke; many were sensitive about it.

Now, with relentless efforts, in any case, the officials of the time, and especially Mossadegh, it becomes nationalized here and eventually gets approved by the parliament. On the 24th and 26th, 26 Esfand 99, and on 29 Esfand 1299, the oil industry becomes nationalized. 1299, sorry, 1329, which later the British impose sanctions, they don't buy oil from Iran, and Mossadegh is forced to...

Manage the country with difficulty because they weren't buying oil and didn't want it to fall at all. My father remembers saying that Mossadegh himself would export walnut shells, pomegranate peels, and anything he could to keep the country running to that extent and was under very severe pressure. After that, well, that's a discussion that now in the framework of the story, I narrate the main issue, but in that frenzy of nationalization...

It is obvious in the 20s solar and the horse racing field that was established in Abadan by the British oil company. In the middle of the field was polo, around the field, the soil there wanted Italian soil manipulation. They had the best soil, not a single stone in it, and they made this field. Near the late 20s, they started giving very good prizes. They started increasing the prizes and tried to keep people busy because the tensions...

In any case, the regional tensions had started. There were tribes there, nomads with the tribes themselves, oil company workers, oil company employees, and the ruling British. Here, tensions had started. For several years, this intensity increased. The British, to entertain people and reduce this tension, started in this horse racing field in the winter season...

In spring, they started horse racing for three weeks, four weeks, sometimes five weeks, and gave very good prizes. These are all narratives that my father told me. Yes, my father had his horses in two or three races from 1327. At that time, he had two. He told me that we would load the horses onto railway wagons. In late autumn, early winter, we would lay them down on the wagon floors. The wagons were...

And they were protected. The roof was metal, and we would take them there for horse racing. After the Tehran race was over, they were ready. It would end here, yes, Jalaliyeh, yes, it would end, and they would load their ready horses onto railway wagons, put people in them, and take them where? To Abadan. The weather was good, it was hot in the metal wagon, it was cold, in short...

In short, they would load the train, it would rise, its head would hit the iron ceiling, it would make a cube sound. This was no longer possible, it was over, it became a pursuit of tin, now it wasn't thick, it wasn't, for example, it made a lot of noise.

I think it's interesting that they would take them there until they went.

My father had a stomach ulcer for many years, and his stomach bothered him, which he later operated on twice, and the second time he underwent surgery by Professor Yahya Adl, yes, he was the head of the hospital, a very famous personality. He was one of those who brought modern surgery to Iran. Let me tell you that they would take them to Abadan.

They bought very well, they also had riders. Sometimes the British cavalry officers themselves would ride in the race. The weight wasn't low either, the weight started at 60, like the horse racing field before the revolution before the TRC in the field, the weight started at 60. Bravo, yes, now this is a story that I...

It has to be repeated so that they listen again to how we bear this weight. In any case, my father from that year, approximately 27, went to Abadan himself, what he said until then was good in the region. There he starts Nasser, very long and large, very fast.

He had two Turkmen horses, my father, other officers would also take them, sometimes others would take them, but mostly they would go, he would get transferred to the Khuzestan region and was stationed there for a period. There when the year starts, 270 meters from 2000 that they pass.

Arab horses are slowly approaching and catching them is very difficult. You understand the breaths of Arab horses there, what it means. Up to 2000 meters, the Turkmen could easily advance, but after 2000 meters, it became very difficult. This is related to their breath, and this issue is very important. This is why over several centuries, our horses have always been bred with Arab horses.

The Turkmen couldn't produce well in any case, so they tried to breed these horses with Arab horses to bring their blood to a level that would be very strong in the form of Turkmen with great skill. These horses later became stronger, and Nader Shah went to India with them and returned. This story took 500 years for these horses to reach this ideal form. 50 years ago, we were riding these horses. Yes, in 52, I went to the current Shah's farm in the north of Abgala. There, Habib, an old man about 80 years old, tall and slender, was standing. At that time, their number was about 150, and there were no more. Most of them were Nile and looked very strong. Today, there are no weak Turkmen, and if you looked, you would think they were European, they were very strong. That day, he told me.

Our horses, we English, have a 400-year history. We had 1500 mares. Before that, there was a farm that the army plowed and was organized. In the 40s solar, I think early on, this farm was destroyed, and they had to leave it by the border in the salt marshes. They started working there, and what I saw was their remnants, but they still had quality.

From 1500 to 1050, I reached. You could still see. I went, and those who were born in the 30s, 38 and 37, were very strong. The land was very rich, and the natural feed they did, the land was very rich, which made them grow so much. Now, the breeding was also correct, and they knew how to do it.

We have seven clans in Yamut, and if a horse falls into this and comes out of it, it is not pure. These seven clans make them well. Today there is no opportunity. One was generally by the sea, and they say horses by the sea usually become larger and stronger. Lands that were previously sea have all the minerals. Interestingly, I was talking to the horse association in Germany with horses in the central plateau. They become lighter and smaller, and those who go by the sea become larger. By the North Sea, the warmest air is produced, and these are very correct for us that they are looking to make smaller, and we want to make larger. The story is completely opposite.

Yes, it is clear. Now I take it separately and say that I have not forgotten. He told me when I bought it, its name was Ashuri.

Ah, Ashuri Yamani. This was Ashuri Yamani. Well, this was my ear. I was in Shahrzad in the Tehran field. This was also one of my very good horses that we had. We go to the year 1327, Abadan, Khuzestan.

Late Azar, late autumn, early winter, this was the best weather there. This autumn shark was behind Tehran. When Tehran was over, in Aban, late Aban, then there they started with 15. Before it was hot, it was very hot there. When my father rode, he gained this power. The Arab nomads were very strong, and the English bought very well. He said up to 20 meters we were their match. They knew two races, then his stomach bothered him. Meanwhile, my uncle.

Amber Shaki was a surgeon. He was the surgeon of Khuzestan province and had a mission there. He had the chance to work with a famous English surgeon that the English had brought for themselves, named Pinkerton. That is, while he was the province's surgeon, he also saw the world's latest surgical techniques there through the great master. They had brought a very capable surgeon there to work.

He was not riding, and let me say that my father accepted very few. There were very few riders. A very tall, light-footed rider, and my father's rider was accepted as a rider. He was also Isfahani and said the same Haji Aydea.

The horses he trained were once in Mashhad. He would ride them from Mashhad and come to Tehran. He would participate in the field and the horses would win. He would ride again and after four weeks walk to Mashhad. Of course, let me say that the Turkmen also at one time, at the end of Dushan-Tappeh and the beginning of Jalaliyeh, they did not take them by car. There was no good car, there was no car and truck. They would ride and come on foot to Amol. From Amol, they would ride to Tehran.

Yes, I am here. They would participate and return. Then when the roads were built and trucks were found, they started moving them by trucks with wooden cabins. Yes, one point I learned in your talks is that you said the king's movement is step by step, and I want to look. That generation that had those horses, maybe one of the reasons was that their facilities were really low and they spent a lot of time on horses and were constantly close.

It's a very golden point. We should be patient and go a little more with the horses. See, today we don't understand the importance of the step at all. Our riders don't know how important it is. They don't know. My father always said this. He said no movement makes a rider right and no horse right as much as the step. This is a natural point. This was the king's movement to it. Because you look at the step, we have the hardest score we can get. He told me if you got a score in the step, you have something to say for riding. It's over.

Even Olympic riders have a hard time scoring in the step. They score more easily in other places and their score may decrease. Therefore, the basis of the horse's movement is this. This was known by riders who had these traditions passed down to them. They did this. When winter came, the Turkmen themselves would rest for a while. Because they had become thin, they tried to accumulate fat in their bodies and store it. This liver storage and fat storage should be enough.

Before they came, they asked them for two months. From Isa, the old man who would go, they would go for two months and come back. They would only go step by step. They would go for two months and come back. Villages, yes, let me say that they would go to their villages and come back, and when they came, they would start after two months. In this interval after two weeks.

My father gets pain and is bothered, he can't ride. A job also comes up and he goes to Tehran and comes back. He entrusts the horses to his brother who is a rider there. Then the one who was there, they reach the big race. In the last week of this race, the distance was written a little lower, on 1800 meters and they ride the same horse. Yes, this rider knows his job.

In short, he can and becomes first. In the last round, the last day, it becomes 2200 meters and goes to the scale. He had become first and was sweating and was 200 grams short. The rider asks a question who runs the race? The English themselves. Yes, what does 200 grams mean? It means they take his horse.

My uncle gets angry and says what does 200 grams mean that it doesn't make sense. A person may lose 100 meters. In short, he talks to Haji about what to do. He said let them run. Now there is a half-hour gap until the next round, a half-hour or 40-minute gap. In short, he pays in the round.

An 1800 meter is run. They write his name there again and the gap was less. He was under the serum, he was out of breath, they cooled him down, poured water on him, cooled him down. Haji knew, they cooled him down a little. What do they do, because they do and now in this situation all the inflammation that had started from the same year 27, the workers and employees of the oil company and the Arab nomads all angry that this mockery means what.

Who is the second person? An English rider with an Arab horse that he rides. In the same round that now we reach the last round where the championship has become more. I don't want to hurt your head, the inflammation had started there that what does this game mean. They write again, Haji cools the horse, rides it, brings it to the field again and starts and under 40 minutes the round starts. In the manege, he turns the hand.

He breathes, his breath and heartbeat have not yet reached the lowest point. I try to get closer but his heartbeat has not yet reached that point. In short, they prepare the horse, he comes to the field again. The start of this because he had run and there what was there, those riders keep Haji's speed behind. Now he may be tired. He is behind the first three or four, he does not go forward at all, the speed is low.

The Turkmen horse had more speed, his breath was enough, he keeps it behind them and comes the last 200 meters when they come into the straight, he pulls forward with the whip and comes a half-length of a horse. The stirrup opens again and becomes first. It was the last round, then he was no longer angry. It was also the championship prize. At your service, the English riders were riding, the nomads were also riding, all of these.

They pour into the field, the Arab nomads and these. This horse was so noble, they had a few champions go under the chest, the rest also grab it, lift it with the rider and take it to the field. It's a very strange story.

In short, Haji comes down and goes to the scale. Now he had 300 kilos too much which now they ate in the championship too.

This critical situation arose. These people's inflammations wanted to vent themselves somehow. All of them, whether the company's workers, its employees, their engineers there, or at your service the Arab nomads, all opposed the British. It wasn't just in Tehran, there was very heavy inflammation there. This Haji wins, becomes first, the race ends in that year in 2727 and.

He comes back to Tehran. At that time, the officer's horse was in the officer's college today, the officer's college of Imam Ali, opposite the old industries there is a roof there, a green roof.

He was an equestrian obstacle, next to the valley, above it also has a glass skylight. Yes, I had said this. It's there. I go there. They had good stables there, very good riding, they had a bucket and many different things. They are well maintained. The officer's horse was accepted there for maintenance. It is maintained from Yazd. At your service, Sergeant Shetari was also there, at that time he himself was the guardian of some of the stables which he was also a good rider. He also participated in jumping. You have passed away. Yes, he was a good rider there, he was in charge of one of the stables that had very...

The supervision of many who now God bless them, there in the period when French officers come from 1312 to 18, a group of capable officers of the college to this training. After that, they looked at those who worked there, they looked at them like Captain Sheibani, others like at your service

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