WOW!!! So Far We've Raised 
 
Gobi Gallop USD ​$51,365!!!

Steel Horse Gallop USD $26,006!!!
 

Heading out on June 3rd - 2024,  our intrepid riders and crew will be taking on one of the most epic rides in history as they tackle the wilds of Mongolia to raise money to help some of the neediest children on the planet - the children who scavenge in the garbage to survive!  The riders will be taking on the challenge of riding the longest annual charity horseback ride in the world with a  goal of 700 kilometers in 10 days of riding!  

Support a rider  by clicking on Rider Pages link below, consider attending or donating to the Gobi Gallop Gala to welcome the riders back on June 13th and follow HERE for live updates when the ride is underway!
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​Thank you for your support!
As our biggest annual fundraiser community support for the Gobi Gallop each year is pivotal in our ability to continue the programmes we operate at the Children of the Peak Project. 
 

For more information about the Gobi Gallop 2024 Please visit http://www.horsetrekmongolia.com/gobi-gallop.html​

For more information on the riders and to donate in support of this ride, please click  individual rider fundraising page links below ​

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 Introducing The Riders​ of the 2024 Gobi Gallop

Tom & Lynn Marks
USA

We are committed to the 2024 Gobi Gallop and Steel Horse Gallop. We are a husband and wife team from the Redwood Coast of Northern California participating in the dual gallop events this year.  Unlike 2023, when we both rode horses on our trek, Tom is riding the Steel Horse Gallop and Lynn is riding the Gobi Gallop.  Who knows, we may even exchange Lynn’s horse for Tom’s motorcycle for part of the gallop!  We are riding to support the Mongolian families and Mongolian culture, and continue our adventure together.

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Alisha Franklin
Australia

Horses run through my blood many generations back. My grandfather was one of the last true drovers moving livestock all through the eastern country side of Australia. I was very fortunate to spend time with him learning his ways with the horses. I've since spent many years in the saddle & around horses learning everything I can. I currently have a handful of wonderful horses that I love to compete in Showjumping with. Although this is a great love of mine, I'm now looking for the next equine adventure that'll give me the adrenaline rush I'm always seeking.

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Derek Burrows
Canada

​In September, I had the opportunity to visit the Veloo Foundation’s Children of the Peak Sanctuary kindergarten and Gandys Community Library. In a community which has so few resources available to them, I was moved by the incredible power and potential the library brings.  This vibrant gathering place is so important to children, teens and their families. Libraries have always been important to our family. And now my participation in the Gobi Gallop will allow me to raise funds to continue the exceptional work of the Veloo Foundation. Doris and I will be matching each dollar donated up to the $4500 US goal in honour of our remarkable son, Jens, who died last year at age twenty-eight of seizure-related complications.

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Julia Fisher
​USA

Once you find yourself under the spell of the eternal blue sky, it’s impossible to resist! 2024 will be my fifth trip to the other side of my planet – and it might as well be to a different planet altogether. I grew up in Chicago and have lived in or very close to a half dozen major cities in North America, never knowing what I was missing. When I moved to South Carolina about 15 years ago, I discovered horses and endurance riding and what it means to be out under a sky where you can actually see the stars. Now I find it very difficult to spend any appreciable amount of time in a city – and not on a horse.

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Betsy Cooksey
USA

My trips horse trekking through outer Mongolia in 2018, 2019, May 2021, 2022 AND the previous June 2023 were five of the most incredible experiences of my life. An opportunity to repeat it and raise money for the kindergarten absolutely floats my boat.
At 70 and for the rest of my life I will be a philanthropic athlete.
​Please donate in support of the children and  help me make a difference, one child at a time. 

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Cecilia Stone
Australia

Cecilia is committed to be participating the charity motorbike ride from Malaysia to Mongolia, the Operation Endure in April, 2024. 
After competing the Operation Endure, she will undertake the longest annual charity endurance ride on the planet again. She will be riding an average of 70 km / day for 10 days on just two horses in order to raise money  to help disadvantaged Mongolian children who are being helped by Veloo Foundation's Children of the Peak Sanctuary Project.  ​

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Julie Veloo
​Canada

Julie, as the one of the Founders of the Gobi Gallop and the Vice President of Veloo  Foundation has ridden this wonderful adventurous fundraising challenge every year for 10 years AND once alone on the Covid Edition  of the ride, the Gobi Gallop Solo Challenge.

She is honoured and humbled by the number of people from around the world who continue to come and ride and help her help the children AND by all of their wonderful supporters. 
THANK YOU ALL!

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To donate to the Gobi Gallop Gala Charity auction or
If you'd like to be considered for Gobi Gallop 2024,
please email [email protected]

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Riders' Sponsors

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