Impressive moments at the Bay Nui Bull Racing Festival 2024

This year, the Bay Nui bull racing festival has 64 pairs of bulls competing. Before that, the bulls were brought to the arena very early to prepare for the race (Photo: Trinh Nguyen).

Before the competition, the cows were carefully cared for and familiarized with the competition field. Each cow had been trained regularly in the hope of achieving good results (Photo: Trinh Nguyen).

In the 27th round, Mr. Chau Ri Chuonh's pair of oxen (Vinh Trung commune, Tinh Bien district, An Giang province) with 54 rings accelerated ahead of their opponents and won (Photo: Trinh Nguyen).

This year's bull racing festival attracted 64 pairs of bulls from localities where Khmer ethnic people live, including: Tinh Bien town (30 pairs), Tri Ton district (24 pairs), Chau Thanh district (3 pairs), Chau Phu district (3 pairs), Thoai Son district (2 pairs) and Giang Thanh district, Kien Giang province sent 2 pairs of bulls to participate (Photo: Trinh Nguyen).

The impressive performances of the talented bull riders and bulls made the atmosphere at the racetrack exciting and attractive (Photo: Trinh Nguyen).

In the dramatic moment, the "bull riders" must follow the direction of the bulls and control them so they don't lose direction (Photo: Trinh Nguyen).

Some bulls lost control of their speed and ran off the track. In this unfortunate case, the racing team was disqualified (Photo: Trinh Nguyen).

The further into the round, the more dramatic and fierce the races become. The pairs of bulls that made it to the quarter-finals are mostly “warriors” with a lot of experience and good results in many previous competitions. However, the audience was also surprised when many pairs of bulls were “dark horses” that had just appeared in this year’s season (Photo: Hai Long).

Every time there is a pair of competitors competing fiercely and beautifully, the audience rushes out to cheer and support the winning team (Photo: Hai Long).

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tien (An Phu ward), owner of pair of oxen number 12, although covered in mud, was still happy to finish first and win third place overall (Photo: Hai Long).

The fierce competition between bulls number 52 and 24 in the final match. The two bulls continuously followed each other on the racetrack, finally bulls number 52 accelerated in the last meters and won the championship of the Bay Nui bull racing festival in 2024 (Photo: Trinh Nguyen - Hai Long).

Mr. Le Van Moi (striped shirt) was carried by his teammates to celebrate after driving the number 52 bull team to win the championship (Photo: Hai Long).

Mr. Le Van Moi (An Phu ward, Tinh Bien town) won first prize in the 29th Bay Nui bull racing festival. Mr. Moi said he was very excited and did not think he could win this year.

“My oxen and I have participated in many competitions before, but our highest achievement was third place. This year, we unexpectedly won first place, which was a real surprise. I have been preparing for today’s race for a whole year,” Mr. Moi shared (Photo: Hai Long).