Year

Name of Rider

Details

Miles

1950

Ana Beker

Buenos Aires, Argentina to Ottawa, Canada on “a Peruvian Salteno named Chiquito Luchador.”

10,540

1950

Countess Helen Hoehman

Ettal, Bavaria to The Vatican on an “Arab mare named Guesella.”

1,100

1950

George Patterson

Tibet to India on a “Tibetan Nanfan pony named Loshay.”

500

1953

D.C. Brown & Gorm Skifter

The Arctic Circle, Finland to Haugesund, Norway, during winter, on “Norwegian Doles named Pilkis & Musti”.

600

1954

Messanie Wilkins

Minot, Maine to Los Angeles, California, USA on a “summer camp horse named Tarzan.”

7,000

1956

Mabel Wain Smith

Through Mongolia with native horse traders.

?

1959

1959

Marshal Ralph Hooker & Merrill Hooker, Jr.

Following the old Chisholm Trail, USA, on “Appaloosa geldings named War Cloud and Turk.”

1,048

1962

Thora Gauthier, Naomi Scully & Mary Jo Alfieri

Erie, Pennsylvania to Calimesa, California, USA on “Tango, Tiny Tim and Compadre.”

3,000

1963

James Bodero

Castillo de Melgarejo, Andalusia to Granada, Spain, on “good travelling horses with a lot of blood in them.”

350

1963

George Winder

Through Sussex and southern England on “Sally, a strawberry roan Connemara mare.”

250

1964

Jules Quebedeaux

Texas to New York, USA, round trip on a “palomino named Pal.”

6,000

1965

William Holt

Through England and Western Europe on a “gypsy carthorse named Trigger.”

9,000

1966

Verne Albright

Casa Grande, Peru to Managua, Nicaragua on “Peruvian Paso mares named Ima Sumac & Hamaca.”

5,000

1966

Marshal Ralph Hooker

Following the old Ozark Trail, USA on a “Tennessee Walker mare named Penny.”

2,558

1966

James Meline

Through the USA

2,000

1966

Alistair Boyd

Alcala del Valle, Ronda to Osuna, Spain on “Chico, a small bay gelding.”

400

1967

Polly Johnson

Anchorage, Alaska to Oroville, Washington on an “Arab stallion named Majuba.”

2,250

1967

Tom Powell

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island to Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA on a “Pinto mare named Sioux.”

1,600

1967

Wynford Vaughan Thomas

Through remote Wales.

?

1968

Jeff Spivey

Santa Barbara, California to Rehoboth, Delaware, USA, on an “Arab gelding named Mr. Sol.”

4,900

1969

The Murray family

(Barry, Bernice, and kids Barry Jr. 12, Bernadette 10 and Colette 8) From the Mexican border to Canada, via the Pacific Crest Trail, with “six riding and six pack horses.”

2,500