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I read some of the info on their site, and it looks as if they are  
serious about this being a people adventure, rather than a test of the  
horses.  Riders will have GPS with an emergency button, there will be  
support vehicles along the route, the course has been surveyed for  
adequate water, and several other points.  Based on what I read, the  
folks putting this together are putting a lot of support structure in  
place.  It isn't a "see you if you get to the other end" type of  
deal.  There is one section that says the rider is not to continue  
riding if the horse sustains 'any injury, however minor' until it is  
seen by a vet.


On Jun 30, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Lif Strand wrote:

> I got an email reply from the Mongol Derby people today with two  
> attachments (a horse welfare press release dated today, and a horse  
> welfare logistics announcement undated).   They are too long to copy  
> and paste into this email but I can forward to anyone interested.
>
> They say that "the welfare of the horses used in the Mongol Derby  
> has always been at the forefront" of their planning.
>
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