The master. This striking gentlemen organised events in the stadium after the races.
The jockeys are all boys between the ages of 6 and 12. This little chap has just raced a gruelling 15 km cross-country, bare backed, no hard hat, no goggles…….and won.
Back from the race, all the horses circle the Stadium three times and the leaders circle the flags in the stadium itself, three times.
All the riders looked exhausted.
Even though they had just come in ahead of the field all the boys were subdued, too tired to be elated. But oddly none of the horses seem to have broken sweat, in spite of the 30 deg heat.
It is the horses that are being tested. The races are classed by the ages of the horses and several races are run over the two days of the Nadam. These two have clearly been in the winners enclosure before.
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