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Lexington Based Equestrian Hopes To Bring Home Mongol Glory

WUKY | By Samantha Lederman
Published August 2, 2018 at 7:00 AM EDT
Canadian native Kelsey Riley now makes her home in Lexington. The international editor at Thoroughbred Daily News will compete this month in the Mongol Derby.
Samantha Lederman
Canadian native Kelsey Riley now makes her home in Lexington. The international editor at Thoroughbred Daily News will compete this month in the Mongol Derby.

We're all familiar with the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, but there's another Derby about to take place on the other side of the world.  The Mongol Derby is the world's longest and toughest horse race, and Lexington has an entry this year.  WUKY's Samantha Lederman recently spent time with the hopeful.Listen

Track her progress here: 

Canadian native Kelsey Riley now makes her home in Lexington. The international editor at Thoroughbred Daily News will compete this month in the Mongol Derby.
Credit Samantha Lederman
Canadian native Kelsey Riley now makes her home in Lexington. The international editor at Thoroughbred Daily News will compete this month in the Mongol Derby.

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Samantha Lederman
Listeners might remember Lederman and her English accent from when she was a morning news anchor on WUKY from 1999 to 2001.
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