• Spectators cheering at camel racing carnival.
    Spectators cheering at camel racing carnival.
  • Cameleers compete in the race in Sydney, Australia on July 26, 2016.
    Cameleers compete in the race in Sydney, Australia on July 26, 2016.
  • The annual three-day event features one-humped Dromedary camels.
    The annual three-day event features one-humped Dromedary camels.
  • From left, cameleers Chontelle Jannese, Bryan Passmore, Claire Sansom, Larissa Smith, Emily Parrot and Alexis Adams, pose for a group photograph before a race.
    From left, cameleers Chontelle Jannese, Bryan Passmore, Claire Sansom, Larissa Smith, Emily Parrot and Alexis Adams, pose for a group photograph before a race.
  • The competition begins.
    The competition begins.
  • Claire Sansom showing off her camel Dolly to spectators during the Sydney Camel Racing Carnival.
    Claire Sansom showing off her camel Dolly to spectators during the Sydney Camel Racing Carnival.

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Camel racing in Sydney, Australia - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

July 27, 2016

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The Sydney Camel Racing Carnival is an annual three-day event featuring one-humped Dromedary camels who are competitively ridden by camel jockeys, known as ‘cameleers’. Photos by Dan Himbrechts/EPA

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