After more than a week spending 12 hours per day on horseback, one Idahoan finished what’s known as the world’s toughest horse race — and set a record doing it. Robert Long, of Boise, crossed the ...

Arthur Dobell is back to the day job having completed the Mongol Derby, although at the sales this week it was obvious he had not emerged from the event unscathed. The bloodstock agent, who has worked ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. General Assembly speeches address countless facets of human existence. But on Tuesday, one world leader also made a point of honoring the existence of horses. “Horses have ...

On January 29, the Mongolian government lifted the springtime horse racing ban prohibiting the holding of races between November 1 and May 1. The ban has been in place since 2019. Between 2017 and ...

Next month, Humboldt County’s Jenn Laidlaw is slated to be the first Lost Coast local ever to compete in the Mongol Derby. A 1,000-kilometer (more-than-600-mile) journey across the Mongolian steppe, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. For many, horse racing conjures images of wealthy southerners in wide-brimmed hats and the brassy ...

THERE are no banks in Mongolia; horses are the currency of the country. For instance, if I ask a man what an article is worth, — a handsome snuff bottle, a jeweled headdress, an amberstemmed pipe, or ...

Long absent from the Mongolian steppe, the population of native takhi horses is growing. With a small build, upright mane, and dark brown legs, the takhi is considered the world’s only genuine wild ...

As the sun began to sink over the grasslands of central Mongolia, a herd of stocky, dun-colored horses emerged from a rocky outcrop on a slope where they had been sheltering from the blazing heat of a ...

We have a traffic alert for Danville drivers! On Saturday morning, April 11, Bridge Street will be closed to all traffic from 7 a.m. to around noon, due to the 17th Annual Bridge2Bridge race. Danville ...