A horse race at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, May 2004

A man in front of the spectators’ stand watches a horse race at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, April 2004

A horse race at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, May 2004



   

A horse race at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, April 2004

People watching a horse race at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, May 2004

A horse races past the spectators’ stand at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, May 2004
     
At the finish line of a horse race at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, April 2004 At the finish line of a horse race at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, April 2004 At the finish line in a horse race at the Hippodrome, Bamako, Mali, May 2004

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