Hello, I hope you all take the time to read
about the Mongol Derby on the front page of RC, being run this summer with a
distance of 1000 miles using 800 Mongol Ponies at staging areas every 25
miles.
This race has hit a raw nerve for me and i see it
as a disaster waiting to happen. CuChullaine O'Reilly of the Long Riders
Guild, has put a lot of research into the article on his website and i hope you
all take the time to study the quotes of the organizer of the race. It
reminds me of the Ride Manager at Catoosa when asked what about dead horses and
he said..."I got a back hoe". 8 horses suffered that fate during the 25
mile race and no one will ever know how many others died on their way
home. The world does not need another day of Endurance Infamy or another
Catoosa.
If you find it within yourself sign the petition to
stop this race for the benefit of these 800 horses please do.
