Camel Races in Doha, Qatar

So... I am a bit of a travel nut and whenever I get the opportunity to venture into distant lands, I jump at the chance.  This time it was the Middle East...  Doha, Qatar to be exact.  It was a brief visit, but I did get to Shahhaniya to experience and photograph the camel races....  The only jockeys I saw were robot jockeys, here's why...

Interesting info from http://qatarvisitor.blogspot.com/2006/12/camel-racing.html

Child jockeys Until recently, children as young as four were purchased from their parents or kidnapped and sold into use as jockeys. See Mental Mayhem for an account of child jockeys being used only last year, or the Ansar Burney Trust for some disturbing pictures and stories. While this was already illegal, Qatar has now introduced severe punishments for anyone caught using child jockeys, and is going to greater lengths to enforce these laws, in contrast to some other countries in the area. They have also established an orphanage for children whose parents cannot be found.