2025 Sea 2 Shining Sea Ride

 

Sea 2 Shining Sea is a yearlong virtual ride on Icelandic Horses.  This 4,000 mile ‘ride’ takes you a tour of Icelandic Horse Farms in the USA. The ride begins on January 1, 2025 ending December 31, 2025.  Hours may be logged beginning January 7, 2025. Each checkpoint will count for 330 miles or about  82 hours of riding. 

Riders can participate as individuals or teams.  All participants must be US Icelandic Horse Congress members throughout the ride to log their hours.  Participants log their time riding which is converted to distance at 4 miles-per-hour.  This is easier for everyone to record.  If you are riding as part of a team you should log your individual time.  The website credits your rides to the team you joined.  Teams may have up to six riders.

Horses used in the ride must be Icelandic Horses, either fully registered or having obtained a participation number from USIHC after being DNA verified.  Registered horses do not have to be registered in the United States, any FEIF member country’s registry or WorldFengur is acceptable.

The Sea 2 Shining Sea ride is for leisure riders.  You participate by riding or driving your Icelandic horse however you like – if you are not being paid for the time. If a team would like to continue additional challenge they may continue logging hours beyond the 4,000 miles to see how far they can go!

Prior to participating in the ride, please review the 2025 Sea 2 Shining Sea Rules.

 

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S2SS Progress

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Teams Leaderboard

1
Northcountry Tolters
2,329.60
2
Astounding Alfadans
2,211.20
3
Ice Trekkers
2,163.00
4
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
2,049.60
5
Hestafolk Central
1,809.44
6
West Coast Tolting Girls
1,807.00
7
AIHA
1,662.40
8
Solfaxi
1,112.00
9
Tolt-A-Holics
1,062.00
10
Hestafolk North
901.00
11
Montaire Trailblazers
877.56
12
Awesome Alfadans
808.56
13
Alaska Mountain Riders
757.20
14
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
725.72
15
Four Beat Fun
690.00
16
Toppur Tolters
535.08
17
Team 49ers
427.00
18
Hestafolk South
296.00
19
The Cunninghams
40.00
20
Síglaðir Tölters
2.00

Individual Leaderboard

1
Laura Shalhoub (West Coast Tolting Girls)
981.80
2
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
836.00
3
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
696.00
4
Shauna Flanigan (Astounding Alfadans)
687.80
5
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
624.00
6
Daniel Coverdell (Alaska Mountain Riders)
589.40
7
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
558.00
8
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
544.00
9
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
533.00
10
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
512.00
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11
Madie Richenstein (Astounding Alfadans)
506.00
12
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
502.00
13
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
496.00
14
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
492.00
15
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
488.00
16
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
484.40
17
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
480.84
18
Julie Ferreira (Northcountry Tolters)
478.60
19
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
456.00
20
Susan Gibbons
438.16
21
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
436.00
22
Anna Bella Covert (West Coast Tolting Girls)
423.20
23
Latifia Rodriguez
418.80
24
"Nilla" Anna Pernilla Ekström-Rypka (Four Beat Fun)
408.00
25
Evelyn Kaufman (West Coast Tolting Girls)
402.00
26
Laura Risk
396.40
27
Craig Risk
392.40
28
Teresa Harp (Toppur Tolters)
390.08
29
Kanoe Huffman (Astounding Alfadans)
381.60
30
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
378.00
31
Rob Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
368.00
32
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk Central)
354.60
33
Sarah Wood
349.96
34
Lori Birge (Astounding Alfadans)
328.00
35
RJ West (Hestafolk Central)
326.00
36
Julia A. Koritko (Montaire Trailblazers)
311.48
37
Lisa Blumhagen
306.32
38
Susan Matheke
299.12
39
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
296.00
40
Alexandra Venable (Awesome Alfadans)
284.00
41
Mary Oleskow (Four Beat Fun)
282.00
42
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
282.00
43
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
280.00
44
Nancy Radebaugh
280.00
45
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
256.00
46
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
248.00
47
Lindsay Gunzburger (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
237.52
48
Amy Keeler
233.08
49
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
232.00
50
Sue Roska
220.00
51
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
213.20
52
Renny Christopher (Awesome Alfadans)
209.36
53
Mary Sackinger (Team 49ers)
204.00
54
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
203.00
55
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
201.00
56
Carol Colleen (Astounding Alfadans)
197.80
57
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
177.00
58
Deborah Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
176.00
59
Ellen Halverson (Alaska Mountain Riders)
167.80
60
Caeli Cavanagh (Awesome Alfadans)
164.00
61
Misty Bohnert (Team 49ers)
160.00
62
Donald Alsted (Montaire Trailblazers)
156.28
63
Linda Eddy (Awesome Alfadans)
151.20
64
Liz Appel (Toppur Tolters)
145.00
65
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
144.00
66
Kathleen Curran (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
136.00
67
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
136.00
68
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
131.00
69
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
131.00
70
Marjorie Lewis (Montaire Trailblazers)
121.80
71
Ruben Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
120.00
72
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
114.00
73
Amy Clifton (Astounding Alfadans)
110.00
74
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
88.40
75
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
87.00
76
Shelley Shearer (Montaire Trailblazers)
84.00
77
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
84.00
78
Ulrike Sophia Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
84.00
79
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
59.20
80
Rebecca Pelletier (Hestafolk South)
48.00
81
Ariel Cunningham (The Cunninghams)
40.00
82
Mackenzie Durbin
40.00
83
Karen Gardner (Team 49ers)
40.00
84
Kirsten Peterson (Hestafolk South)
32.00
85
Alana Wright (AIHA)
24.00
86
Colleen McCafferty (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
20.00
87
Cathy King (Team 49ers)
20.00
88
Karen Caldwell (Hestafolk South)
15.00
89
Jackie Thurston
11.40
90
Amelia Carney (AIHA)
8.00
91
Susan Whitakerhill (Hestafolk North)
8.00
92
Stormi Nugen (Team 49ers)
3.00
93
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
2.00
94
Emily Potts
0.00

The Route (total 4,000)

First Quarter : 0 miles complete
Leg
Route
Region
Ride
Distance
#1
OH
Beat n Branch Icelandics
0 mi
#2
OR
Five Gait Farm
330 mi
#3
NJ
Tolt Farm
660 mi
#4
VT
Lunar Hill Icelandics
990 mi
Second Quarter : 1000 miles complete
#5
WY
Gyetorp II
1320 mi
#6
NY
Sand Meadow Icelandics
1650 mi
#7
IA
Harmony Icelandics
1980 mi
Half Way : 2000 miles complete
#8
OR
Alfadans Equestrian Arts
2310 mi
#9
KY
Taktur Icelandics
2640 mi
#10
AK
AK Ice Farm
2970 mi
Three Quarters: 3000 miles complete
#11
WA
Valkyrie Icelandics
3300 mi
#12
CO
Tamangur Icelandic Horses
3630 mi
#13
CA
Flying C Ranch
4000 mi
Ride Complete! 4000 miles

Team Merrimack Valley Icelandics. Photo by Andrea Smith.
Photo by Claudia Salzer
Photo by Iris Heidberg
photo by Kerstin Lundgren
Photo by Leah Greenberger
Photo by Ellen Lichtenstein Podhajsky
Photo by Susie Porter Johnson
Photo by Jane Wood Gately