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One of the ostriches goes after a bug before the race.
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Everardo Rodriguez rides Big Bird down the track during the first ostrich race.
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Fans prepare their phones for the camel race.
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Trey Ellis, left, and Mindy Gremes, right, go neck-in-neck to the finish line with Ellis coming out on top.
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Dion and Jack McKinley look at the race horses.
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Not Kentucky Fried Chicken breaks away from jokey Sergio Ochoa during the final race.
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Paulina Ramirez poses for a photo in the winner's circle on YeaURite.
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Camels wait in the pen before the race.
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Host Fletcher Makel asks Enjae Brady, 4, if her dad Shorty, in green, is going to win.
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Everardo Rodriguez poses for a photograph in the winner's circle with Big Bird, his ostrich. On Friday, August, 25 the Fairgrounds hosted their annual exotic animal racing, featuring races with ostriches and camels. (Zach Brien, MidCityMessenger.com)
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Jockeys abandoned by their ostriches make their way back to the winner's circle after the last race.