Satellite tracking indicates New Zealander Madonna Harris is leading the 1000-kilometre Mongol Derby.
The race on the Mongolian steppe got under way on August 7.
The 16 competitors must complete the race within 10 days, changing their native horses at specially set-up stations at intervals of no more than 40km.
Its promoters say the derby celebrates the horseback messen
Riders across the Steppe discover the meaning of 'post-haste' in the time of Genghis Khan, Minty Clinch writes
On August 22 last year, 25 riders weighed in for the inaugural Mongol Derby. The challenge was to cover nearly 1,000 kilometres from the start outside the old capital, Kharkhorin, a five-hour drive west of Ulan Bator, the present capital, to the finish in the Buryat vil
A group of SOFA-sponsored runners from Okinawa spent last week competing in the Mongolia 100K and 42K ultra-marathon running races.
Highlighting the group’s feats, Anna Boom took first in the women’s division and placed fifth overall in the 100K race. Two high school-aged students, Avery and Corinne Lennard, each took part in the 42K race;
A horse rider from Mirfield is preparing for the challenge of her life as she heads to Mongolia to take part in a 600 mile dash on horseback.
Susi Sadler is one of just a handful of British riders joining the epic race across the bleak Mongolian Steppe.
Competitors set off from the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester on a 10,000-mile journey to Mongolia.
More than 400 teams are taking part in the event, which is limited to cars with an engine size of less than one litre. The teams, racing without emergency back-up vehicles, will travel through 15 countries to the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator for charity.
They've had a crash course in car mechanics and now two Oxford University graduates are gearing up for one last adventure before they start work.
Friends Lise Honsinger and Will Mulholland reckon they have done as much as they can to prepare their nine-year-old Suzuki Swift for a gruelling 10,000 mile drive.
The Mongol Rally is 10,000 miles of mountains, deserts, and bad roads.
Yet the prospect of no such luxuries as motorways and service stations certainly appeals to the adventurers of Cornwall.
The latest explorers to take up the Mongol Rally are David Sawyer and Matt Hawkins.
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