In Turkmenistan, where horse-riding is an important part of culture, a gold-plated monument to Berdymukhamedov's horse-riding skills may well be an important relic in the future.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan's president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding tribesman as he effortlessly cantered on his ...

The Guardian says Berdymukhamedov is fond of horseback riding and has written a book about horses. At the unveiling of the statue on Monday, Berdymukhamedov compared Turkmenistan to a horse.

MOSCOW – Seeing the president slam face-first into the ground after falling from a speeding horse would be a shock to any nation. In authoritarian Turkmenistan, many residents didn't even get ...

Turkmenistan has marked its national Horse Day, ... Berdymukhammedov narrowly escaped serious injury in a horse riding event in Ashgabat in 2013, ...

On April 29, as Turkmenistan marked Horse Day, Turkmen state media showed segments from President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov’s win at the horse tracks on April 28. But a video that has since ...

Turkmenistan's President Falls Off Horse ... So even if his countrymen can no longer access his horse riding fumble, the rest of the world can. Screw you, Mr. President!

He is not especially known for his fondness for the animal and does not, unlike his father, pose regularly for TV images while horse-riding. It is even rumored in exile circles that he is actually ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan’s president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding tribesman as he effortlessly cantered on his ...

Turkmenistan marked Horse Day this weekend with another horse race and another win by the country’s horse-mad president. It was the first time President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has raced publicly ...

The leader of the isolated central Asian country of Turkmenistan has shot targets from a moving bicycle in his latest eccentric, self-aggrandising video. Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov, president of ...

Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan's president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding tribesman as he effortlessly cantered on his jewel-adorned stallion before ...