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The camel race track is approximately 20 km from Tabuk along the Medina Road. It is very basic with only a rudimentary stand for spectators. When we visited the track camels were being exercised. Some groups were as small as two or three camels and others of half a dozen or more and led or ridden by youths or young boys. To our untrained eye the camels did not appear to be different to the feral camels that can be found roaming the open spaces in Saudi Arabia. The exercises did not seem particularly energetic, only occasionally breaking into the equivalent of a canter. The children seemed perfectly at ease when riding not being strapped or tied on but the conditions would probably have been very different when racing. Everybody was friendly and they acknowledged us and appeared to be quite happy to be photographed.

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The plight of children used as jockeys in camel racing is highlighted by this wikipedia article