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By Campbell Costello
April 4 2026
The snow line had crept down overnight and as I reached out of my sleeping bag to find my headtorch - you could tell it was frigid with Patagonian cool.
I was manning the fourth veterinary checkpoint for a horse race across Patagonia; the inaugural "Pass of Tears".
A 400km multi horse endurance race that salutes the mighty Argentine "Criollo" horse and Gaucho horsemanship that allows one to navigate the unforgiving Patagonian terrain.
I was stationed at an Estancia called "La Josefina" - a 17,000 hectare ranch nestled along the northern shores of Lagos San Martin against the border with Chile...
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