http://bilguun.disqus.com/Current events, culture and politics of MongoliaenSun, 13 Jul 2008 22:10:07 -0000http://asiangypsy.blogspot.com/2008/07/naadam-2.html#comment-883577<p>that's interesting. i don't think mongolians will ever take to the idea though. the child jockeys are usually the trainers' kids, and they're very enthusiastic about racing. i have never heard of any human rights abuse issues in mongolia's horse-racing. </p>bilgoonSun, 13 Jul 2008 22:10:07 -0000http://asiangypsy.blogspot.com/2008/07/naadam-2.html#comment-883381<p>What they've started doing in the middle east to combat the child-jockey problem is introducing robot jockeys: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_jockey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_jockey">http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...</a></p><p>This might be a while coming to Mongolia, but it's still a possibility.</p>ChristianSun, 13 Jul 2008 21:37:50 -0000