Are FEI Endurance Officials and an Arab Sheik supporting the Mongol Derby?
What is believed to be the most potentially damaging equestrian event ever attempted, wherein twenty-five tourists will pay a collective $130,000 to race 800 small horses one thousand kilometers across Mongolia at the height of summer, may be linked to leaders of the FEI and the United Arab Emirates. The Mongol Derby has been organized by an English tour operator named Tom Morgan, who has previously specialized in enticing foreigners to pay to race junk cars to distant foreign capitals. News that Morgan’s company was staging the “biggest, baddest equine affair on the planet,” has prompted the world famous equestrian trainer, Linda Tellington-Jones, to condemn the event. “This abuse of horses must be addressed and stopped by people who love and respect horses. The Mongol Derby could have a negative impact on the endurance world where veterinary care of horses has been a priority for years,” Tellington-Jones warned. These worries are well founded, as Canadian Long Rider Bonnie Folkins ha
