He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would sometimes race them:

“The Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, had a camel named Al-’Adhbaa’, and it was almost never defeated in a race. A Bedouin man came riding a camel, and he raced the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and defeated his camel. This was difficult upon the Muslims, and they exclaimed: ‘Al-’Adhbaa’ has lost!’ When the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, saw their faces, he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘It is the way of Allah that nothing from this worldly life becomes lofty  except that He brings it down.’”2