Mustafa Timur, another rider, disagrees. "It is more difficult to play on the snowy ground. It takes more to guide the horses and stop them. You have to act like acrobats to halt them," Timur says. Still, he and others are just as eager as they were before. "We bought new horses this year just to train for the games. We also have new players. The youth are especially enthusiastic," he says.
