On Sark, the jockeys are teddy bears and the racers are sheep

You've heard of horse racing. On the Channel Island of Sark — one of the few places on Earth where cars are banned and the roads belong to tractors and horse-drawn carts — the big annual race belongs to sheep, each carrying a teddy-bear jockey tied proudly to its back. About 1,000 people turn out every year to watch, the sheep run entirely at their own inclination (nobody forces a racer who would rather graze), and every penny raised goes to the island's medical charity. Somewhere on a grassy field this weekend, a sheep with no interest in fame is about to become a local legend.