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The Camel Racing Camel Man
The Camel Man - John Richardson "Richo"
John Richardson is highly respected and renown within the Australian Camel Racing Industry and the International Camel Racing Industry for his camel breeding and camel racing. John has recently been approached to race his camels in Dubai and New Zealand.
John Richardson has been racing camels all throughout Australia over the past 25 yrs. John takes his camel racing very seriously and has achieved great success in some of Australia's greatest camel races. Out of the two camel endurance races in Australia, John Richardson's Camels have won both races, below is a list of a few feature races:
- John Richardson's Camel "Capricorn" won the - Bicentennial Sheraton's Great Australia Camel Race & Trek - 1988
- John Richardson won the - Abu Dhabi Cup at Moonee Valley racecourse in 1999 - This was the 1st camel race meeting to be staged at this prestigious venue and was a part of the developing race circuit
- John Richardson won the - The Sheikh Zayed Cup at Royal Randwick racecourse in 2000
- John Richardson won the - Sheikh Zayed International Camel Endurance Race 2008 (Hughenden QLD) Event was the part of the Australian Arid Lands Festival
Other Australian Camel Races and Camel Events John regularly races include:
Sydney Randwick - 1999 Camel Races, Mooney Valley Melbourne Camel Cup, Scone Camel Races, Leeton Camel Races, Albury Camel Races, Picton Camel Races, Geelong Camel Cup, Forbes Camel Races, Queanbeyan Camel Races, Cabarlah Camel Races, Charleville Camel Races, Boulia Camel Races, Charters Towers Camel Races, Tara Camel Races, Alice Springs Camel Cup, Mt Isa Camel Races, Mackay Camel Races, Yeppoon Camel Races, Deniliquin Camel Races and the Noosa Picnic Camel Races.
In the Media
John Richardson has been featured in the media for his camel racing and camel breeding within Australia, below are some links to these stories:
ABC Wide Bay - "Camels race on damp track at Mount Perry"
The Sunshine Coast Daily - "Camel on Coke"
ABC Australia Wide - "Equine flu side-effect: Camel racing boom"
Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry - "Sheikh Zayed International Camel Endurance Race"
FOX SPORTS - "On a hump and a prayer"
The West Australian News - "Camel racing's serious business"
ABC News - "Yeppoon camel breeder asked to race overseas"
ABC Capricornia - "The Big Camel? Must be Yeppoon!"
The Townsville Bulletin - "Riding High"
North Queensland Register - "Riders brave camels and cold"
Zimbio Online Magazines - "The Sheikh Zayed International Camel Endurance Race Day 1"
Arid Land Australia - "Sheikh Zayed International Camel Endurance Race"
Jamd - The Sheikh Zayed International Camel Endurance Race Day Photos
