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 ...

Forget F1. Rapper Swizz Beatz is the proud owner of a camel-racing team—and a successful one at that. The Grammy winner, whose birth name is Kasseem Daoud Dean, is currently the first American to own ...

The 9th Annual Al Bashayer Camel Racing Festival is set to begin on February 2, 2026, bringing six days of thrilling camel racing and cultural celebration to the Al Bashayer Camel Racetrack in the ...

(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.

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 ...

Grammy-winning rapper and producer Swizz Beatz has spent millions of dollars on camels since setting out in 2020 to become the first American to own a racing team in Saudi Arabia. Now, he’s hoping the ...

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, ...

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 ...

ADAM: The 9th Al Bashayer Camel Racing Festival, which kicked off recently, will include events that reflect the Sultanate of Oman’s ...

Camel racing is now gaining huge attention, and plans to move forward and create the first professional camel racing league. The sport has a long history in the Middle East, but it is now seeing fresh ...