Rough magic lara prior palmer6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Battling spells of illness, dehydration and exhaustion, she found she had nothing to lose. Most of the 35-odd racers don’t make it across the finish line.ĭriven by her own restlessness, stubbornness and a lifelong love of horses, Prior-Palmer raced for seven days through extreme heat and life-threatening storms, catching a few hours of sleep here and there at the homes of nomadic families across the plains. An annual competition of endurance and skill, the derby is a 1,000km race across the Mongolian grasslands which sees competitors from around the world ride 25 wild ponies each – a new horse for each of the 40k stages so the endurance falls on the humans, not horses. ![]() ![]() Described by Prior-Palmer as “a perfect hotchpotch of Snakes and Ladders and the Tour de France on unknown bicycles”, the race is usually defined as “the world’s longest and toughest horse race”. In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer decided to enter the Mongol Derby on a whim. ![]()
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