Camel vs horses.

Camels and horses, to very similar animals it would appear, ion this post I will debate which animal is the best by weigh up the strong and weak points. I will briefly argue each topic round by round for both sides and at the end of all the round will decide upon a winner.

	Camels:	Horses:	Winner;
Strength	The average camel weigh about 650kg is capable of carrying approximately 400-450kg, which is about 65% of its body weight.	The average horse on the other hand weighs in at about 545kg and research has shown that they can carry on average 109kg merely 20% of their body weight.	Camel by a mile
Speed	A camel in the desert doesn’t usually have much need to run very fast but staggeringly and shown in the sport of camel racing camels run at speeds of  65km/h	The average race horse gallops at about        40-48km/h.	The Camel again victorious, leaving racehorses eating the its dust
Riding ability	The camel is a great riding animal if you have a good saddle it can not only take more weight than a horse but also if need go faster as well. They can also be relatively easily trained. Also camel feet have better grip that horses and make less sound.	The horse is a more traditional riding animal and more equipment is available to buy and more trained horses are on the market as well. However horses need to be shoed, make more noise and create more damage to the ground than camels.	This was a close one but the scales for me just tipped the way of the camel.
Better pet	Training and caring for a camel is a niche market so you should probably know what you’re doing. However if you are a bad owner and forget to say feed your pet camel or give it water it has been reported that it could survive up to seven months!!!	Horse training and equipment is far easier to come by making life as an owner undoubtedly easier.	There are pros and cons on both side for this section so a draw would be a fair result.
Intelligence	It is hard to tell which animal is more intelligent however it has been reported that camels are more capable of getting themselves out of tricky situations such as untangling knots it may be caught in.	Horses are quite clever but if confronted with a problem such as being caught in a knot it may struggle and kick giving itself rope burns.	The test of brains goes to once again the notorious camel.

 Of course I may be a little bias however the amazing camel has come out well on top in this showdown.  

The Crazy sport of Camel Racing:

Most people in the western world are very familiar with the sport of horse racing, but would look at you as if you had three heads if you mentioned camel racing. But the reality is that the popular sport of camel racing is the horse racing of the Middle East. The sport is most popular among countries such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Australia, and Mongolia.

The sport is very similar to horse racing but it does have a few differences for example camel racing usually doesn’t have any jumps, it is run on desert terrains and one of the biggest differences is that in camel racing the role of the jockey in recent times is done by a robot (a machine that has a rotating crop that hit the camel).    

One of the most interesting things about camel racing is that huge sums of money that are associated with these races. Through prize money, gambling and trading these race animals the entire business of camel racings is worth millions. To give you an idea of some of these vast figure here are a few real examples; race camel’s prices start at $50,000 and in 2010 a camel racing fan spent $6.5 million on three camels, and it has been report that winning camels can go for up to $30 million. Also $3 million is often awarded as prize money for victories.