Summer is less than a month away and we want to remember one of the crazier summertime antics that used to be held in the Rochester area — ostrich racing. The races were held annually at the Monroe ...

PLYMOUTH - Sheboygan County Fair has always been a mecca for entertainment. Today's fair has multiple forms of entertainment that include tractor pulls, demolition derbies, jumping dock dogs, and pig ...

GREENE COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - The Greene County Fair has been in full swing this week but the ostrich race event on Wednesday night, Sept. 4 ended in controversy. Lena Hackworth was one of the riders ...

Despite their gawky appearance, ostriches and camels are swift, strong runners. Race fans turned out Aug. 25 to see them get a move on at the Fair Grounds race track, jockeyed by local meet riders in ...

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (WKRC) - What's faster? A camel, zebra, or ostrich? There's only one way to find out. The strange races held in Virginia City each year often attract a large audience to the ...

GRANTVILLE, Pa. — The gates at Penn National Race Course welcomed in a new breed of animals this weekend. Jockeys entered the venue on Friday to race ostriches and camels. These nontraditional animals ...

The ostrich race drew crowds to a North Carolina mountain town in 1935, officials said. Screengrab from the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center on Facebook Ostriches raced through a North ...

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (KRNV) — The 64th International Camel and Ostrich Races have returned to Virginia City September 8-10 at the Virginia City Arena and Fairgrounds, located below Historic C Street.

Horses aren’t the only animals taking the track at Penn National Race Course. The Grantville race course will feature both ostrich and camel races at a special event on July 7. The races will be with ...

Ostriches raced through a North Carolina town 88 years ago — with people riding them, historians said. During the “unusual” race on July 6, 1935, one of the flightless birds “got off track” and ...