Child jockeys are forbidden from appearing in winter and spring races, according to regulations issued by the country's ministry of labour in February 2016. Mongolian courts banned them, human rights ...

Mongolian horses are sturdy creatures bred for endurance, but the demands are so tough that child jockeys are preferred for their light weight, and around 30,000 ride in competitive races every year.

Mongolian horses are sturdy creatures bred for endurance, but the demands are so tough that child jockeys are preferred for their light weight, and around 30,000 ride in competitive races every year.

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

Babu is one of an estimated 30,000 Mongolian child jockeys. He is so small that he needs his father to hoist him into the saddle. But after months of training, he’s about to compete in his first ...

Last year, about 600 child jockeys were thrown from their horses and 169 were injured and two were killed in 2017, according to Mongolia's National Traumatology and Orthopaedics Research Centre.

Battling summer heat and dust, child jockey Purevsurengiin Togtokhsuren rides his stallion across the vast Mongolian steppe. Despite being only 13 years old, Togtokhsuren is riding for the fifth time ...

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

KHUI DOLOON KHUDAG , Mongolia, July 16, 2015 (AFP) - Battling summer heat and dust, child jockey Purevsurengiin Togtokhsuren rides his stallion across the vast Mongolian steppe. Despite being only ...