Mongol Racing Project

For all the racing fanatics out there this is the post for you…. Jockeys and trainers Jockeys can officially race at 7 years old and as...

Today was another big day; we were off to send the samples. Carole and I spent the morning sealing all the little gaps in the envelopes....

During our sample collection we would cut the hair pulled from the horses’ tail to about 20cm so that it would fit in to the envelope and...

When we first set off for Mongolia we were hoping to sample 100 horses but expecting to only sample 40 or 50 since the horses may be...

The Mongolian people are some of the most kind, generous and hospitable people I have ever come across. Just before lunch the team of...

I woke up at 6am on Friday morning, the sun streaming through the top of the ger, with a fresh perspective on the day. Little did we know...

In England you get a sense of impatient anticipation when you get off the motor way and start driving along narrow/ twisty village roads...

The jet lag didn't feel too bad when I woke up on Thursday morning. I was slightly disappointed, as well as relieved, to see a...

The afternoon was spent making arrangements to drive out to the ranch in Khentii and learning about Mongolian culture. Horses are central...

We drove through Ulaanbaatar as dawn broke on Wednesday morning. The road twisted around the edge of a natural basin; the city in the...

When we were discussing items we would need to bring it occurred to me that I had all of the items on the list only..... they were in...

So .... the count down is on! I'm off to Mongolia in four days.  I am beyond excited to be working on this project. In less than a week I...