Light and agile, children have long held the reins in Mongolian horse racing. But the hazards of the sport make it anything but child's play From auspicious horse-themed phrases and couplets to ...

MONGOLIAN courts banned them, human rights groups slammed them and the labor ministry demands they cease, but none of that has stopped Mongolia’s politicians from letting child jockeys saddle up.

DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates said today it would crack down on the trafficking of Asian child camel jockeys, a practice internationally condemned as a form of slavery. Rights groups say several ...

ULAN BATOR — Just before little Baasanjav Lkhagvadorj was lifted onto a horse for a race across Mongolia’s open steppe last week, he asked his father to bless him with a kiss. Minutes later the ...

On January 29, the Mongolian government lifted the springtime horse racing ban prohibiting the holding of races between November 1 and May 1. The ban has been in place since 2019. Between 2017 and ...