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 ...

(CNN) — Straining every fiber to stay atop the 1,000 pound camel churning up sand two meters beneath her as it gallops at over 40 kilometers (24 miles) an hour, Taylor Dees is a long way from Texas.

The moment I climbed into the saddle on the camel’s back, the giant, humped ungulate took off. It caught me by surprise, because the plan had been for a handler to lead my camel on a short, gentle ...

Paul Pogba has invested in camel racing and become a shareholder for Saudi Arabian team Al Haboob. The 32-year-old former Manchester United midfielder said he became interested in the sport after ...

ALULA, Saudi Arabia — As the Arabian Peninsula’s fastest camels galloped around a track in the Saudi desert, Kasseem Dean, a Grammy Award-winning hip-hop producer from New York City, watched nervously ...

NEW KENT — Colonial Downs kicked off its summer racing season on Friday by racing zebras, ostriches and camels in between regular horse races. In between the nine thoroughbred races, groups of zebras, ...

Saeed Mubarak Al Ahbabi is also one of the leading figures in camel owning and racing in the UAE, being an eminent professional and an artist involved in the racing of camels, besides singing. However ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A previous camel race at Sam Houston Race Park. Camel races are returning this weekend along with ostrich races while zebra racing ...