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FEGAT-Friendship Races at Moscow Hippodrome in honour of Alla Polzunova's 70-Anniversary...15.04.07 - Ms. Alla Polzunova will be 70 years old in the coming days (12.04.2007). FEGAT also celebrate this anniversary with Friendshipraces at Moscow Hippodrome. There will be a driving championship with drivers from 9 different countries... .>>> more
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FEGAT - FRIENDSHIP RACES in honour of Alla Polzunova
April - 15th 2007 - MOSCOW HIPPODROME
FRIENDSHIP RACES in honour of Alla Polzunova April - 15th 2007 - MOSCOW HIPPODROME

below is a press-release from CTA press

The Moscow International Drivers Championships always had high reputation. The form of their carrying out - two heats, with change in the second heat the winner on a horse came to finish of last, etc., - unique in trotting world.
Drivers of all countries count this kind of the championships the most sports and fair. For the first time the Moscow International Drivers Championship was held in 1975 and played 23 times.
Drivers from 21 countries from all continents where Harness races are (Europe, America, Australia, New Zealand), oustanding masters of prize-winning driving - Johannes Fromming (11 victories in Derby, more than 5000 victories, twice in the Prix d'Amerique) from Germany, champions of the Europe Jorma Kontio (Finland) and Horst Bandemer (Germany), the champion of Canada Daniel Dube, the champion of Holland the Case de Leuv, Walter Case (USA) - more than 1000 victories over year and others. The most productive driver of the Moscow International Championship became Vitaly Tanishin (USSR-Russia) won (in 1986 and 1987), in 1988 - has taken the second place.

Alla Polzunova and Mara Bourbon
last year (2006) in KAZAN

The International Drivers Championship is devoted to 70-anniversary of master-driver Alla Polzunova on April, 15 will take place in 2007 after a five years' break on Moscow Race track. In the Championship have agreed to participate the following drivers: Vladimir Mumm (Estonia, the winner of Derby and other traditional prizes, started in Finland and Sweden), Juha Keskinen (Finland, the son of outstanding driver Kyosti Keskinen, the first successful driver of Scandinaviawho started on Russian trotter Namyok), Franck Blandin (France), Boris Sapozhnikov (Germany), Graham Lewis (Great Britain), Tommi Hanne (Sweden, well known trainer and the driver who has created the system of training ), Alexander Skvortsov (Ukraine, the eightfold winner of the Ukrainian Derby, started in Vincennes, Bratislava, Rome), Corey Braden (USA, the leader of hippodromes Rosecroft and Ocean Downs (state Maryland), Vitaly Tanishin and Alexander Nesyayev (Russia, double-winner of Russian Derby and silver prize at this Championship in 2003).
The achievements will be asserted by a muscovite Vitaly Tanishin, one of the most eminent on Moscow Hippodrome.
In day of the Championship Russian troikas and Orlov trotters will be on the Moscow Race Track.

Oleg Gorlov

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