5000 miles of hope

solo horse travel books, gear & bags

C.A. MacLuckie

Canadian designer, traveler, farmer, freelancer, and author.

From 2017 through 2018 Chris rode his Morgan mare Roxy on a 375-day solo expedition from Canada to Guatemala, then once again back to Central Mexico in 2019.

After several years of working as an English Second Language Teacher and freelancing online, Chris and Roxy returned to Canada to be closer to their roots.

As of 2024, Chris keeps busy designing and developing horse bags and travel gear that embodies the holy triad criteria of solo horse travel gear: comfortable, lightweight, and durable.

Roxy, of course, is the model.

FEATURED BOOKS

A pragmatic style offering easy to understand solutions for real-world problems.

WHAT READERS SAY

Concise how-to English manuals filled with flowing full features.

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Chris is a rare breed of rider, with knowledge that can only be acquired through experience. It’s fascinating to learn from someone who is traveling long distances by horse, today.
Simple, well-illustrated & oh-so-informative, Long Rider Chris MacLuckie shares big picture essentials that every rider must address to be successful. From lessons learned during his preparation, to those acquired during a year on the road, he distills hard-won experience into four big topics that matter most for solo horse travel.
This book is a must read.

Tania Millen

Reader of ‘The Essential Guide to Solo Horse Travel’.

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The GuideBook is packed full of incredibly useful information and advice without being overwhelming or pretentious. It’s very user friendly and detailed for any level of gardening experience. I really like the way in which the information on each crop is laid out. Very digestible (*haha see what I did there?!) and easy to navigate. I really enjoyed the month by month breakdown of garden work. Reading it in the winter has been such a tease as I’m itching to get back out and get some dirt under my nails!

Leah Hollingsworth

Reader of ‘The Edible Gardening Guidebook’.

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ABOUT LONG RIDER CHRIS MACLUCKIE

teacher – farmer – author – adventurer – designer

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There are some of us who live by this code- work done well, work done once.

Chris MacLuckies’ professional career began with a decade-long stint as an organic vegetable grower in Ontario Canada. His career is prolific in breadth and scope. He has farmed organics commercially, volunteered in Guatemala, ran a gardening business, raised and raced sled dogs, tended his livestock, and ridden his horse on a multi-country expedition. 

Over the last 20 years, he has worked on over a hundred gardens and farms. Chris is a certified TEFL ESL English Teacher, author of seven books, freelance content creator, and outdoor travel gear designer.

C.A. MacLuckie

Book Author, Designer, and Content Creation Freelancer

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