Kyrgyz horse riders compete during a kok boru, also called ulak tartysh, a traditional game in which players on horseback manoeuvre with a goat s carcass and score by putting it into the opponents goal outside Bosteri village, 202 km, (126 miles) southeast of Bishkek, in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, June 1, 2024. AP

Horse riders play the traditional Central Asian sport of Kok-Boru (Gray Wolf) or Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing) during the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Bosteri Baatyr, a medieval Kyrgyz warrior, in Cholpon-Ata on June 1, 2024. AFP

This aerial picture shows horse riders playing the traditional Central Asian sport of Kok-Boru (Gray Wolf) or Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing) during the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Bosteri Baatyr, a medieval Kyrgyz warrior, in Cholpon-Ata on June 1, 2024. AFP

Kyrgyz horse riders compete during a kok boru, also called ulak tartysh, a traditional game in which players on horseback manoeuvre with a goat s carcass and score by putting it into the opponents goal outside Bosteri village, 202 km, (126 miles) southeast of Bishkek, in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, June 1, 2024. AP

Horse riders play the traditional Central Asian sport of Kok-Boru (Gray Wolf) or Buzkashi (Goat Grabbing) during the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Bosteri Baatyr, a medieval Kyrgyz warrior, in Cholpon-Ata on June 1, 2024. AFP