Mongolian Kid Jockeys


  • Photographer
    Tomasz Gudzowaty
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    July 2008

Horse racing is part of Naadam, a festival organized every July in Mongolia to celebrate the People's Revolution. Using children as jockeys in such races has a centuries-long tradition. Boys and girls as young as 5 (although the law imposes a minimum age limit of 7) ride in races that can be dangerous, with hundreds of horses running across the steppe. According to some estimates, 150,000-180,000 horses compete in 500 races each year in which more than 30,000 child jockeys are engaged. The pictures were taken in Baganuur.

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