Buffalo Racing In Thailand

Published by djmick on August 3rd, 2009

bafflo racing thailand

You could be forgiven for thinking that a domesticated buffalo is not built for sprinting, but in Chonburi town, the gateway to resorts along the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, farmers have managed to tweak a turn of speed from these working animals that is nothing short of amazing.

The annual Buffalo races, 3 – 4 October 2009, are a hotly contested series of sprints across on an open space in front of the town’s municipal offices.

There’s also a beauty contest where the prize is the honour of being declared Miss Buffalo. Not exactly the most adhering of titles for an aspiring beauty queen, but it does not seem to deter contestants from seeking the limelight of the catwalk.

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