On January 29, the Mongolian government lifted the springtime horse racing ban prohibiting the holding of races between November 1 and May 1. The ban has been in place since 2019. Between 2017 and ...

(Mass Appeal) – The Mongol Derby is the longest and toughest horse race on Earth. It replicates a messenger system set up in the year 1224 in Mongolia that was designed to relay news and information ...

A retired firefighter from Athens-Clarke County celebrated his newfound freedom, and lifelong love of horses, by competing in the toughest horse race in the world. At 57-years-old, Bishop resident ...

Next month, Humboldt County’s Jenn Laidlaw is slated to be the first Lost Coast local ever to compete in the Mongol Derby. A 1,000-kilometer (more-than-600-mile) journey across the Mongolian steppe, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - It’s the longest horse race in the world and for the first time ever an Iowan is competing in it. The Mongol Derby is a 621 mile horse race that tests people’s mental and ...

WESTON, Connecticutt — Ross Colbert has been around horses for his whole life. Now, at age 69, rather than winding down, he's gearing up for one of the toughest challenges in the equestrian world.

His older brother Zolboo is 14 and is already too old to race at the annual Naadam festival, where only competitors between the ages of eight and 12 are eligible to be child jockeys. "In training, the ...