Rider in "Mother of All Horses Races" Raises Money for Thousands Needing Cataract Surgery

Craig Springate , Sam Wyborn and Simon Pearse

"For nine days the CEO of Marriott, The Income Specialists, Simon Pearse rode semi-wild horses across the steppes of Mongolia to join a select group of adventurers from across the globe to take on - and finish - the world's toughest horse race," goes the ITI News post. "From the 34 men and women of 14 different nationalities who set off on 10 August this year, just 18 people crossed the finish line of the Mongol Derby, dubbed 'the mother of all horse races.'...His participation in the race marked the start of an on-going partnership, with Marriott providing fundraising and administrative support for this worthy organisation that is changing the lives of some of the 400,000 needlessly blind South Africans by restoring their sight with a 20-minute cataract operation." Read more.