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International magazine coverage of The Long Riders' Guild and equestrian travel books!

Click on picture to read an excellent - and beautifully illustrated - article about Long Rider Bonnie Folkins and the Kazakh Eagle Hunters.  It was written by Geoff Young and published in Horse Connection.
In the Hoofprints of History - an article about CuChullaine and Basha's forthcoming World Ride which has broken new ground!  It was published in the April 2009 issue of the prestigious  equestrian magazine, Horse Connection, and then immediately published on the Voices for Horses website in England and the international equestrian news site in New Zealand, Horse Talk!
A Walk on the Wilder Side - click on picture to read an article about Long Rider Janine Wilder published in Trail Rider in April 2009.
From Sea to Shining Sea - an article by Tom Moates about Long Rider Allen Russell and other Long Riders who have used Quarter Horses.  Click on picture to read this article, which was published in America's Horse, the magazine of the American Quarter Horse Association.
The Trail Horse you've always wanted - an excellent article by Long Rider Janine Wilder.  Click on picture to read it.
Click on picture to read an article about the amazing Abernathy Boys, published in Horse Connection in April 2009 and written by Tom Moates.
Click on picture to read an excellent article about Long Rider Howard Wooldridge, written by Tom Moates and published in the January 2009 edition of Horse Connection.
Click on picture to read the story of how best-selling author, Douglas Preston, and famous photographer, Walter Nelson, became Long Riders when they followed in the hoofprints of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, who led the first European expedition in search of the fabled "seven cities of gold."  This article appeared in the July 2008 edition of Horse Connection magazine.
Australia's equestrian magazine, Hoofbeats, publishes a great story about Long Rider Tim Cope.  Click on picture to read the article.
Click on picture to read a feature about Long Rider Roger Pocock in Wild West magazine.
Click on picture to read a PDF article about how Long Rider Roger Pocock made the only journey down the Outlaw Trail from Canada to Mexico in 1899 - and visited all the outlaw hideouts along the way.  Or click here to read it on The Guild's website in HTM format.

This article was featured in I. M. Cowgirl magazine.

Click on picture to read an excellent article about Long Rider Tim Cope's 6,000 mile journey from Mongolia to Hungary in the hoof-prints of Genghis Khan.  After being named Australia's "Adventurer of the Year," Australian Geographic published this record-breaking article.
Click on picture to read an article about, Basha O'Reilly as she discusses her work as a publisher, author, webmaster and Founder Member of The Long Riders' Guild in the exciting new magazine, I. M. Cowgirl.
Thanks to research provided by The Long Riders' Guild Academic Foundation, Tom Moates has completed a ground-breaking article.  Why we don't eat Horses explains the forgotten religious rivalry between the Vikings and the Vatican which led to this taboo.  

Click on picture to read this astonishing article, published in Horse Connection.

No one told the Brazilian grandfather, Pedro Luiz de Aguiar, that at the age of seventy he was too old to ride into the history books.  Besides, he wouldn't have believed them.  Instead he mounted his Manga Larga stallion and rode 18,000 miles through Latin America. 

Click on picture to read an article about this incredible Long Rider.

It took more than five years of diligent research for The Long Riders' Guild to document the inspiring story of "Two-Gun" Nan Aspinwall.  Here for the very first time is the epic tale of the first woman to strap on a six-gun, mount her horse and ride Ocean to Ocean alone!

Click on picture to read this amazing story, published in I. M. Cowgirl.

Click on picture to read an excellent article about The Overland Westerners, the Long Riders who made the longest equestrian journey in the 20th century.  It was published in the Paint Horse Journal.

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