Child jockeys race for money
By Agence France-Presse in Khui Doloon Khudag, Mongolia | China Daily | Updated: 2015-07-18 08:07
Attendees hope to be covered in dust, saying it brings good luck
Battling summer heat and dust, child jockey Purevsurengiin Togtokhsuren rides his stallion across the vast Mongolian steppe.
Despite being only 13, Togtokhsuren is riding for the fifth time in the national races at Mongolia's summer festival, known as Naadam, lining up against some 170 other child jockeys.
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