Thai Buffalo Racing (วิ่งควายไทย) Samnak Bok, Chonburi (สํานักบกชลบุรี)

I saw the following on facebook so ran it through Google Translate and added it to my calendar.

I have some stuff going on so was not sure I would want to go this far for only a few days but decided to make the trip.

I stayed in Pattaya and made going to the races a day trip. I found this a bet funny because when I lived in Pattaya and went to the buffalo races for the firist time I spent 3 nights in a hotel and now I do it as a day trip.

I found the event without any problems. I thought it might be hard to find with only knowing the area it was in Samnak Bok and that the races would be next to an abandoned temple. I never did notice a temple but rode right to the event site.

I thought that the info I had said the event would start at 8 AM and I was only a little late arriving around 8:30. I didn't know there would be speeches before so think it would have been better to arrive at 10 AM or after since I didn't understand any of the speeches.

This was a much smaller event than the buffalo races I have attended before and seemed to be only local people. It went a bit slower than the big event that takes place every October in the center of Chonburi City but I enjoyed the lack of a crowd. There also seemed to be a lot more running of a single buffalo with rider down the track than at the major event. I enjoyed watching these single rides that I considered practicing.

I should have stayed at the event longer but with spending about 6 hours in the heat and knowing I had an hour ride to get back to the hotel I left when racing was still ongoing. I am glad I made the trip and it was a good way to spend a day.

Following are the videos I put together of the event. The first I did when I returned home and the 2nd was the one I uploaded when I was at the event. I found the clip where the guy just jumps on a buffalo real impressive and I know I would kill myself just attempting something like that. At the start of the races they have at least 2 people trying to hold the buffalo still before the rider attempts to get on so I was very impressed with this in motion mount, that is in the firist video.