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Equestrian Travel Timeline - 1990 to 1995
Year |
Name of Rider |
Details |
Miles
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| 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 |
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1991 |
John
LaBouchere
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Bariloche, Argentina to Puno, Bolivia on an “Argentine polo pony named
Bandido.” |
5,000 |
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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 |
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1992 |
Russ
Chisholm
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Galveston Island, Texas to Abilene, Kansas, USA, via the old Chisholm
Trail, on “a palomino gelding named Beaux Dee.” |
1,900 |
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1992 |
Jean-Pierre
Ligny
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Dieppe to Bezier, France |
1,850 |
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1992 |
Dan
Robinette
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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 |
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1993 |
Hugo
Gasseolis
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From General Madariaga, Argentina to New York, USA, on “two Criollo
geldings, Nahuel and Lucero.” |
11,000 |
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1993 |
Hector
Dahur
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General Madariaga, Argentina to Laredo, Texas, on a Criollo. |
9,000 |
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1993 |
Adnan
Azzam
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Albuquerque, New Mexico to Washington DC, USA on “two Arabian geldings
named Sultan and Gazelle.” |
4,500 |
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1993 |
Lisa Wood | San Diego, California, to the Oregon border, along the Pacific Coast, on "a small Appaloosa named Cacho." |
1,500 |
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1993 |
Patrick Tyre | Bethany Beach, Delaware to Dekalb, Texas, on "an Appaloosa/Tennessee Walker cross called Rocky." |
1,440 |
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1993 |
Anne-Marie Colombaro | From Berlin, Germany to Provins, France, on "a French Trotter named Skirl." |
1,100 |
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1993 |
Douglas,
Christine & Selene Preston
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Naatsisaan Mountain, Utah to Shiprock, New Mexico, USA, via the
Moonlight Trail, on “Chaco, Blaze and Redbone.” |
400 |
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1994 |
Leonidas
Colapinto, Jorge Giorindini, Carlos Passarotti
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Through Brazil on Manga Larga horses. |
12,000 |
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1994 |
Gabrielle Schenk | Cooktown, Queensland to Healesville, Victoria, Australia on "Fonz, Minnie, Gambit and Candor". |
6,700 |
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1994 |
Ken
Downey
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Seattle, Washington, USA on “a Quarter
horse gelding named Jeremiah.” |
3,300 |
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1994 |
Geir
Petter Petterssen
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From Brooklyn, New York to Seattle, Washington, USA with three Morgan
geldings. |
3,080 |
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1994 |
Stephane
& Veronique Bigo
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya on “two Ethiopian horses.” |
2,200 |
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1994 |
Eleanor
Carton
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Cheshire, Connecticut to Denver, Colorado, USA on “a palomino
Saddlebred named Dudley.” |
2,000 |
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1994 |
Paul Rask | Viborg, Denmark, to south of Kiev, Ukraine "on an Icelandic pony called Printz." |
1,875 |
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1994 |
Stephane
& Veronique Bigo
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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 |
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1994 |
Georgia
Anne Haynes
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From Arkansas to Oregon, USA, via the Oregon Trail, on “two
Thoroughbreds named Rapture & Buckskin.” |
? |
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1995 |
Steve
Nott
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Through Australia. |
16,000 |
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1995 |
Adnan
Azzam
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Madrid, Spain to Damascus, Syria, via North Africa and Mecca, on “an
Arabian named Sakri.” |
5,500 |
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1995 |
Doc
Eckley & Robin Surrey
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From Melbourne to Cookstown, Australia, via the Bicentennial National
Trail.” |
5,000 |
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1995 |
Paul
Huggett
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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 |
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1995 |
Dominique
Barbe
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From the St. Laurence river to the Canadian Rockies on “an Appaloosa
gelding.” |
2,500 |
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