Expert Tibetan riders amaze spectators at annual horse festival

Thundering across the vast Himalayan plateau in traditional finery, Tibetan horsemen gather for an annual riding festival that is a feast for the eyes.

Multicolored prayer flags inscribed with religious texts flutter in the breeze, and tents line the green hills surrounding the racing ground in Yushu, in the northwestern Chinese province of Qinghai.

The area is home to many of China's Tibetans.