Thai farmers create splash with buffalo race By Press Association July 13, 2019, 11:22 am Updated: July 13, 2019, 11:24 am Farmers steering their buffaloes across a flooded field (Sakchai Lalit/AP) Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Farmers in eastern Thailand have celebrated the start of the sowing season by racing their buffaloes, whose usual duty is to plough the fields. Farmers on Saturday coaxed and goaded the animals to make them run to the finish line in an annual event known as the Wooden Plough Buffalo Race. The race in Chonburi, about 37 miles south east of Bangkok, is held to express gratitude to the buffaloes for working for the farmers all year long. The buffaloes compete in the Wooden Plough Buffalo Race in Chonburi Province (Sakchai Lalit/AP) Around 60 buffaloes were registered for the race. Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Subscribe
