solo horse travel books, gear & bags
Order your custom made horse travel bag today! Tank Bags are handmade in Ontario Canada, born from more than 5000 miles of solo horse adventure. Handcrafted crossover bags for horse travel, human adventures and back-country work. Message us or check out tankbags.ca for more info… Chris […]
In our community we are blessed with short steep hills and kilometers of quiet forest trails intersecting the various rural properties.
Unique horse saddles are equipment that embody features that cause them to stand out from the regular.
At 5000 Miles of Hope, we focus on horse travel and expedition saddles, bags, and gear. We needed tack that would allow us to travel vast distances in comfort.
Have you ever used horse saddlebags? These specialty bags are added to the horse saddle when trekking or traveling far distances. These journeys could be a simple day trip, a weekend getaway, or a multi-month expedition. Travelers by horse navigate in two main ways. Either they travel in groups with riding horses and a string […]
Trialing the new to us work harness in preparation for logging season. Chris MacLuckieChris 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 […]
The two breeds, Morgan horse, and Canadienne cow, are closely related due to proximity of origin – Quebec and northern USA. As many know, the Morgan is most similar to the Canadian horse.And what may surprise you, is that these cow and horse breeds are multi purpose, no-nonsense work animals.Surprise appearance by Inu, my farm […]
Let’s enter the world of custom-fitted flex panel saddles pads, updated for 2022. We all want the best for our horses, yet we know that finding the right fitting saddle isn’t as easy as snapping our fingers. And, often we have a saddle that used to fit right or fit another horse, or we just […]
The seasons have passed and life has continued under COVID. I live in a small mountain village, so most of this goes unnoticed by us out-of-the-way folk.
Ongoing COVID has been the theme – and it’s been a drag for most of us. Was 2020 the worst year ever for you, or did amazing things happen? I hope that whatever inconveniences may have occurred, you still walk and live with your spirits high. It’s important that we don’t get worn down […]
“Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” Lyndon B. Johnson.
Let’s dream big, even in these tough times. Together, we got this.
