“From the report of the Almaty Racecourse for 1957: demonstrative performances by the Higher School of Riding, Karim Asenov on the Akhal Tekinz called Absent. The same famous Absent, who in 3 years, will become the first Olympic champion in the Soviet Union, but is already under the saddle of C. Filatova”
Translated and quoted from Ипподром Алматы, shared here.
