“June is a busy month for Moscow horse racing, and from dawn to eight-nine o’clock in the morning, horse owners and athletes were always present at work. There were no outside spectators, first of all, because only their own people were allowed into the hippodrome, and, in addition, the jockeys rode without camisoles, in jackets and caps - so it was impossible for a non-expert to recognize the horse and look, not knowing what kind of horses they were galloping, with interest I couldn’t imagine..."