Horse and trotter race meeting in Germany

Riders race horses through a puddle during the traditional horse and trotter race meeting in Duhnen on the German North Sea coast near Cuxhaven July 13, 2008. About 35,000 spectators were on hand to watch the annual event that begins as the ebbing tide exposes the mud flats on which the races are run. [Agencies]

Jockeys race horses as a container ship and a ferry pass by during the traditional horse and trotter race meeting in Duhnen on the German North Sea coast near Cuxhaven July 13, 2008. About 35,000 spectators were on hand to watch the annual event that begins as the ebbing tide exposes the mud flats on which the races are run. [Agencies]

Jockeys race horses through a puddle during the traditional horse and trotter race meeting in Duhnen on the German North Sea coast near Cuxhaven July 13,2008. About 35,000 spectators were on hand to watch the annual event that begins as the ebbing tide exposes the mud flats on which the races are run. [Agencies]

Riders race horses through a puddle during the traditional horse and trotter race meeting in Duhnen on the German North Sea coast near Cuxhaven July 13,2008. About 35,000 spectators were on hand to watch the annual event that begins as the ebbing tide exposes the mud flats on which the races are run. [Agencies]

Riders race horses through a puddle during the traditional horse and trotter race meeting in Duhnen on the German North Sea coast near Cuxhaven July 13, 2008. About 35,000 spectators were on hand to watch the annual event that begins as the ebbing tide exposes the mud flats on which the races are run. [Agencies]