Posted on 10/23/2024 5:05:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The camels at the start line growl and grunt before the gate goes up, then stretch out their long necks and gallop along the sandy track.
"Yah! Yah! Yah!" shouts one camel owner from a car parked alongside the racetrack, banging on the car door to urge on animal and jockey alike. Welcome to the event that has been dubbed the Grand Prix of camel racing in Taif, south-western Saudi Arabia, where camels race some 250 laps for prizes worth $13 million.
This camel festival, held in honour of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is now in its sixth year and is on par with the richest horse races worldwide. This year, some 21,000 camels are taking part.
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Isn’t this what the suffragettes fought for?
Give me an old-fashioned camel-racing woman, just like Mom!!
“You were awful hard on the camel last night, Ward.”
Breaking ground only until they behead them if they lose
It won't be long living that one down, short term memory being what it is on FR these days.
The NCRA is now being challenged by the WNCRA?
Hey, at least they let them ride astride - which is more than ‘proper society’ allowed in the West for a long time.
What is the length of a single lap???
Do they get them to go faster by digging in their camel toes?
sorry, someone had to make that joke.
I met a camel once. He was a very sweet, placid soul.
(But I know someone who was spat upon by one overseas, and wound up positive for TB...)
!!!!!
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