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Hello, Derby fans.
We meet again. At long last, the wait is over. It's been an agonisingly slow year since our 2025 Mongol Derby riders galloped across the finish line somewhere in the Mongolian wilds – and barely five months since the Gaucho Derby threw us another ten days of Patagonian chaos for good measure. But never fear: the Derby drought is almost over. In just under a week's time, on Wednesday 5 August 2026, the start flag will go down on the 15th official Mongol Derby and we'll all be saved from existential boredom by another 10 days of thrills, spills and highly questionable life choices aboard semi-wild horses.
Check out this years rider list here
While the crew are busy scrubbing tack, charging GPS trackers and herding up champion racehorses from across the land, riders are beginning to descend on Ulaanbaatar. Months – if not years – of careful preparation are about to be put to the test in the longest and toughest horse race on the planet. Over 1,000km of self-navigated racing across the untamed Mongolian steppe, atop just marginally more tame horses.
As these intrepid adventurers wing their way to start camp from far flung corners of the globe laden with copious quantities of anti-chafing cream, you may be asking yourself: just what kind of screw must you have loose to take on this monumental equine adventure?...
Read more here:
https://equestrianists.com/updates/mongol-derby-2026-rider-rollcall
