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This was the jockey's nerve-wracking view at Thailand's annual buffalo racing festival.
The young lad was among dozens of daredevil racers that mounted the beasts for an adrenaline-pumping 100km sprint to the finish line.
With no saddles, they rely on a piece of rope tied around the animal's shoulder to keep their balance as they thunder through the mud.
The rider, Samai, said: ''I first sat on a buffalo when I was a baby, so it's not scary for me. We just have to communicate with the animal and make the run as fast as they can. If we treat them well, they run well for us.''
Crowds were smaller at this year's event due to the impact of the coronavirus on travel and tourism - but organisers continued with the spectacular races on October 1.
Farmers in Chonburi province near Pattaya have kept up the region's annual water buffalo racing event. It marks the end of the Buddhist lent period and the beginning of the rice planting season.
It is also a way to show reverence to the sturdy farm animals, which are still used on farms throughout the country, particularly in the northeast Isan region.
There is also a buffalo beauty pageant in which the animals are decorated with brightly coloured costumes. They then pull wooden carts carrying, some carrying young women in traditional Thai clothes, followed by prayers, incense sticks being lit, and dancing.
Locals in the coastal region have been holding the traditional buffalo races for more than 150 years.

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