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March 5 2020
Kristine DeLeon
or the next 10 days, two Montana women will be thundering deep into the wilds of Patagonia astride a series of horses they've never met.
With only a steed, a pack horse and minimal supplies, they will be navigating across some of the wildest terrain on Earth attempting to finish one of the toughest and most unusual equine challenges in modern history.
They will face countless problems, possibly encountering dehydration, hypothermia, dysentery, intense sleep deprivation, and overall fatigue.
Even for experienced horse riders, they know this is no mean feat. To top it all off, there will be no prize.
But that’s what Corie Downey of Whitehall and Marie Griffis of Manhattan signed up for when they applied to race in the Gaucho Derby, a 300-mile multi-horse race in Patagonia, Argentina...
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