PHOTOS: Hold on tight! Ox racing takes off in Germany
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MUENSING, GERMANY - AUGUST 26: Participant Martin Breiter dressed in traditional Bavarian lederhosen competes in the 5th ox-racing championship (5. Muensinger Ochsenrennen)on August 26, 2012 in Muensing, Germany. The competition, which only takes place once every four year, is a race of jockeys riding bareback on oxen across a field and is complemented with a morning procession and "ox-ball" (featuring roasted ox) in a festivities tent after the races. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)
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