2019 Mongol Derby: Breakdown

This year’s line up for the Mongol Derby is here: https://www.theadventurists.co.... 

Riders submit short autobiographies and I couldn’t resist the temptation for a bit of armchair punditry so here’s some breakdown.

Is there a nationality or group which has a good chance of producing a winner? More tomorrow..!

BREAKDOWN BY HORSE EXPERIENCE:
Racing industry - 7
Stations/ ranches - 4
Endurance - 4
Dressage/ show jumping/ eventing - 8
Guiding - 6
Breeding - 2
Other 12, which you can breakdown further into:
Other “ridden all my life but no particular focus mentioned” - 7
Other plain old “no experience mentioned” - 2
Other “promoting a business venture” - 2
Other “horse nonsense” - 1

BREAKDOWN BY NATIONALITY:
Australia - 6
Dubai - 1 (originally from Australia)
Germany - 2
Hungary - 1
Italy - 1 (originally from Belgium)
Netherlands - 6 (1 originally from UK)
New Zealand - 1
South Africa - 4 (1 originally from Australia)
Spain - 1
Sweden - 1
UK - 5 (1 originally from Belgium)
USA - 15

*Photo credit: ME*