The Long Riders' Guild

Equestrian Travel Timeline - 1990 to 1995

Year

Name of Rider

Details

Miles

1990 Adnan Azzam From Damascus, Syria to Madrid, Spain, on "an Arabian gelding named Matah Farah." 4,500
1990 Sharon Watson & Ken Roberts From Cooktown, Queensland, to Melbourne, New South Wales, Australia, via the Bicentennial National Trail, on "Brumbys named Bob and Merlin." 4,250
1990 Jean-Louis Gouraud From Paris, France to Moscow, Russia, in 75 days, on "two French Trotters named Robin and Prince." 2,500
1990 Dylan Winter Along the Oregon Trail, USA, on "an Appaloosa named Rocky." 2,000
1990 Jeremy James Samokov, Bulgaria, to Knighton, Wales, on "a Gypsy horse named Sir Karo." 1,200
1991 DC Vision Through the USA on "a Shire mare named Louise." 14,000
1991 Pedro Luis de Aguiar, Jorge Dias de Aguiar, & José Reis From Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Uruguay, then to the French Guyana border, and back to Sao Paulo, on "six Mangalarga stallions named El Cid, Itajubá do Pau-Alho, Itaparica, Pega-Boi,
Pensamento, and Estrato." 
12,062
1991 Tracy Paine Through the USA on "a Saddlebred mare named Dawn." 9,000

1991

John LaBouchere

Bariloche, Argentina to Puno, Bolivia on an “Argentine polo pony named Bandido.”

5,000

1991 Staffan Skönsberg and Tommy Bäcklund Along the Outlaw Trail from the Mexican Border near El Paso to Miles City, Montana, on "3 quarter horses named Belota, Poco and Midnight, and an Appaloosa called Max."

2,000

1992

Russ Chisholm

Galveston Island, Texas to Abilene, Kansas, USA, via the old Chisholm Trail, on “a palomino gelding named Beaux Dee.”

1,900

1992

Jean-Pierre Ligny

Dieppe to Bezier, France

1,850

1992

Dan Robinette

Tyler, Texas to Newport Beach, California, USA, on “a palomino gelding named Lucky.”

1,500

1992 Greg Arthur Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Garden City, Kansas, on "Patty a big bay and Jill a small gray."

1,350

1993

Hugo Gasseolis

From General Madariaga, Argentina to New York, USA, on “two Criollo geldings, Nahuel and Lucero.”

11,000

1993

Hector Dahur

General Madariaga, Argentina to Laredo, Texas, on a Criollo.

9,000

1993

Adnan Azzam

Albuquerque, New Mexico to Washington DC, USA on “two Arabian geldings named Sultan and Gazelle.”

4,500

1993 Lisa Wood San Diego, California, to the Oregon border, along the Pacific Coast, on "a small Appaloosa named Cacho."

1,500

1993 Patrick Tyre Bethany Beach, Delaware to Dekalb, Texas, on "an Appaloosa/Tennessee Walker cross called Rocky."

1,440

1993 Anne-Marie Colombaro From Berlin, Germany to Provins, France, on "a French Trotter named Skirl."

1,100

1993

Douglas, Christine & Selene Preston

Naatsisaan Mountain, Utah to Shiprock, New Mexico, USA, via the Moonlight Trail, on “Chaco, Blaze and Redbone.”

400

1994

Leonidas Colapinto, Jorge Giorindini, Carlos Passarotti

Through Brazil on Manga Larga horses.

12,000

1994

Gabrielle Schenk Cooktown, Queensland to Healesville, Victoria, Australia on "Fonz, Minnie, Gambit and Candor".

6,700

1994

Ken Downey

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Seattle, Washington, USA on “a Quarter horse gelding named Jeremiah.”

3,300

1994

Geir Petter Petterssen

From Brooklyn, New York to Seattle, Washington, USA with three Morgan geldings.

3,080

1994

Stephane & Veronique Bigo

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya on “two Ethiopian horses.”

2,200

1994

Eleanor Carton

Cheshire, Connecticut to Denver, Colorado, USA on “a palomino Saddlebred named Dudley.”

2,000

1994 Paul Rask Viborg, Denmark, to south of Kiev, Ukraine "on an Icelandic pony called Printz." 

1,875

1994

Stephane & Veronique Bigo

Cameroun, Africa, on “three Mbororo horses.”

1,250

1994 Wendy Hofstee, Tania Krupitza & Sally Waring Around the Eastern and Western Cordillera of Ecuador, on "local horses called Alfonsito, Peperino and Columbiano,"

1,000

1994 Julian Ross From Cluj-Napoca to Isai, Romania, on two "Furioso-North-Star geldings named Pluto and Neagu."

500

1994

Georgia Anne Haynes

From Arkansas to Oregon, USA, via the Oregon Trail, on “two Thoroughbreds named Rapture & Buckskin.”

?

1995

Steve Nott

Through Australia.

16,000

1995

Adnan Azzam

Madrid, Spain to Damascus, Syria, via North Africa and Mecca, on “an Arabian named Sakri.”

5,500

1995

Doc Eckley & Robin Surrey

From Melbourne to Cookstown, Australia, via the Bicentennial National Trail.”

5,000

1995

Paul Huggett

Tybee Island, Georgia to San Diego, California, USA, on “an Appaloosa gelding named Tucker.”

3,000

1995 Susan Klimkowski &  Judson Conway Jackal Island, Georgia to San Diego, California, USA, on "a Saddlebred named Chief and a Tennessee Walker named Mack."

3,000

1995

Dominique Barbe

From the St. Laurence river to the Canadian Rockies on “an Appaloosa gelding.”

2,500

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