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Ostrich Racing Puts Horse Racing To Shame

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This list may have started with camel racing, but ostrich racing is the true star! Did you know that Ostriches can reach speeds of 43 miles per hour and cover over 16 feet in one stride? Making this sport even more extreme than its camel counterpart is that jockeys are not replaced by robots. Each ostrich is ridden by a jockey, who faces serious injury if the slightest thing goes wrong and they fall off or get trampled. The sport started in Africa and quickly spread across the globe. One of the biggest annual races in the world takes place in Arizona as part of the Annual Chandler Chamber Festival.