Workers will be forced to visit racecourses in Turkmenistan in anticipation of the nation's forthcoming Horse Racing Day, celebrated every last Sunday in April, Chronicles of Turkmenistan newspaper reported on Monday.
The mandatory race-going started from early April. Public institutions sent their employees to the turf on Sundays to watch races, and can face punishments including dismissal from work for failing to attend.
Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov takes a personal interest in horse breeding.
