Let´s Ride!!!
Comfort for horse and rider
What I'm about to say is worth THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. It's the most IMPORTANT THING FROM MY TRIP: Fitting a saddle for both horse and rider is never easy. Doing it for a 5000 mile long ride with extra weight from saddle bags, IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THIS IS HOW WE DID...
https://soundcloud.com/5000milesofhope/bad-intel-and-perspective-mp3 Bad Intel and...
Mad Barn Supplements Worked For Us! We used a custom Mad Barn product for 9 of the 13 months we rode from Canada to Guatemala in 2017 and 2018. www.madbarn.com Last December Scott made us a custom product that was highly concentrated. I asked for a mix specifcally...
Thank You
I want to thank everyone I came into contact with during the 5000 miles of hope solo horse ride from Canada to Guatemala. Even the people I wish I had never met. Because it's ALL the influences -good, bad, and crazy- that helped shape the outcome of our journey. How I...
Playlist 5000
An ongoing collection of shared horse experiences, interviews, narrations, stories and songs we gather as we ride down the...
We used hoof boots by Easycare our whole trip. Here's why... The #1 horse issue I saw while travelling thru Canada, USA, Mexico and Guatemala was OVERRUN SHOD HOOVES. It was obvious wherever I went that most horse owners were not reshoeing their horses feet every 6 to...
This is when I get to brag about my horse Roxy. A purebred registered MORGAN mare. NOT a mustang... A tough as nails, easy keeping, hard hooved, forward going horse from SHOW lines. A horse whose ancestry shone thru the recent breedings. A horse that screamed: MORGAN...
Resources and Support from The Long Riders Guild www.thelongridersguild.com The Long Riders Guild is the go to resource site for support and information regarding horse travel and long distance expeditions. Dozens of pages give information and accounts of hundreds of...
It was pretty awesome... More than anything, I learned what a truly extraordinary horse will do for you, and that extraordinary horses are the stuff of legends. I prepared for 3 years before setting off. I bought 2 horses specifically for the trip but I sold one of...
About Chris MacLuckie
Chris MacLuckie is a humanitarian, environmentalist, author, farmer and animal lover. Animals have always been part of his life. Riding horses, however is relatively new for him. After deciding in 2014 that he wanted to return to Guatemala, Chris went about getting 2...
Watch “World Horse Welfare workshop with Concho Hernandez, Chimachoy, Guatemala” on YouTube
My Mexican friend Dr J Concepción Hernandez Ramirez showing how to make rope halters at a World Horse Welfare workshop in Chimachoy, Guatemala. November 16, 2018. I met Concho in México in June 2018 while riding south. He knows a lot about horse health....A 4th...
Watch “Riding Roxy thru Guatemalan town -5000 miles of hope Long Ride” on YouTube
https://youtu.be/NIJUs9O0mXE This is the kind of riding we did throughout the trip. But Guatemala was the hairiest!
Guatemalan Work Horses
Most of the horses I've seen in Guatemala have been work horses. A cargo/ riding hybrid. I have seen very fine horses at the horse parades I've attended, but these horses came from all over the country and are owned by very wealthy people. Day to day, as I rode thru...
Resources and Support from the Long Riders Guild
www.thelongridersguild.com The Long Riders Guild is the go to resource site for support and information regarding horse travel and long distance expeditions. FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppFacebook MessengerShare The Long Riders Guild is your go to resource for long...
Watch “5000 miles of hope” on YouTube
This is my YouTube Channel 5000 miles of hope I also have a video gallery page here on our site, called 5000 videos https://5000milesofhope.org/5000-videos/ I hope you enjoy the videos, I will be uploading many...
San Martin Jilotepeque Magno Desfile Hipico
I rode with the Cuadra San Martin in the Zaragoza horse parade in October. https://5000milesofhope.org/the-zaragoza-horse-parade/ And as they invited me to their horse parade 3 weeks later, I HAD to say yes. I mapped out a route, then I mapped...
We used hoof boots by Easycare our whole trip…here’s why.
The #1 horse issue I saw while travelling thru Canada, USA, Mexico and Guatemala was OVERRUN HOOVES, EITHER SHOD OR BAREFOOT. It was obvious wherever I went that most horse owners were not reshoeing their horses feet every 6 to 8 weeks. And I saw this at all kinds of...
Mad Barn Supplements Worked For Us!
We used a custom Mad Barn product for 9 of the 13 months we rode from Canada to Guatemala. www.madbarn.com Last December Scott made us a custom product that was highly concentrated. I asked for a mix specifically for hooves, joints and digestion. Something I could...
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