Rick Rycroft/AP Photo

Camels and their riders break from the gate to start the sixth race at the Harold Park Paceway in Sydney earlier today. The novelty races were instigated after Australia's New South Wales state suspended horse racing after an outbreak of equine influenza. You write the cutline.

Top Cutlines

1. "Hey, you bumped me!" "No, I just have a wide stance" -- A Token D.

2. One camel named Joe was heard to wheeze to his neighbor, "Man, I can barely breathe. I wish I'd quit the smokes years ago" -- LynnS.

3. Al Quaida charged into battle but to Osama's dismay the American forces had graduated from horses to Humvees sometime in the past century. His Director of Strategic Planning was fired on the spot -- Brent Andrews.

HM: Phil Thompson

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