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
2,689.80
2
Astounding Alfadans
2,462.20
3
Ice Trekkers
2,419.00
4
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
2,277.60
5
AIHA
1,990.40
6
West Coast Tolting Girls
1,947.00
7
Hestafolk Central
1,930.84
8
Tolt-A-Holics
1,342.00
9
Solfaxi
1,244.00
10
Hestafolk North
1,038.00
11
Montaire Trailblazers
977.16
12
Alaska Mountain Riders
941.60
13
Awesome Alfadans
858.20
14
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
840.72
15
Four Beat Fun
690.00
16
Team 49ers
611.64
17
Toppur Tolters
608.08
18
Hestafolk South
351.00
19
The Cunninghams
40.00
20
Síglaðir Tölters
2.00

Individual Leaderboard

1
Laura Shalhoub (West Coast Tolting Girls)
1,101.80
2
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
972.00
3
Shauna Flanigan (Astounding Alfadans)
752.80
4
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
728.00
5
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
724.00
6
Daniel Coverdell (Alaska Mountain Riders)
708.40
7
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
666.00
8
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
615.00
9
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
614.00
10
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
595.00
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11
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
589.00
12
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
588.00
13
Julie Ferreira (Northcountry Tolters)
567.80
14
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
564.40
15
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
564.00
16
Madie Richenstein (Astounding Alfadans)
540.00
17
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
534.84
18
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
520.00
19
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
512.00
20
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
484.00
21
Susan Gibbons
467.96
22
Teresa Harp (Toppur Tolters)
463.08
23
Latifia Rodriguez
458.80
24
Laura Risk
448.80
25
Craig Risk
444.80
26
Anna Bella Covert (West Coast Tolting Girls)
443.20
27
Kanoe Huffman (Astounding Alfadans)
428.60
28
Rob Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
416.00
29
"Nilla" Anna Pernilla Ekström-Rypka (Four Beat Fun)
408.00
30
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
406.00
31
Evelyn Kaufman (West Coast Tolting Girls)
402.00
32
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk Central)
386.00
33
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
384.00
34
Sarah Wood
381.96
35
RJ West (Hestafolk Central)
362.00
36
Julia A. Koritko (Montaire Trailblazers)
355.48
37
Lori Birge (Astounding Alfadans)
336.00
38
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
335.00
39
Lisa Blumhagen
334.80
40
Nancy Radebaugh
324.00
41
Susan Matheke
322.72
42
Mary Sackinger (Team 49ers)
320.00
43
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
304.00
44
Alexandra Venable (Awesome Alfadans)
300.00
45
Lindsay Gunzburger (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
294.52
46
Mary Oleskow (Four Beat Fun)
282.00
47
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
282.00
48
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
260.00
49
Sue Roska
260.00
50
Amy Keeler
249.08
51
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
248.00
52
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
244.00
53
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
240.00
54
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
234.00
55
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
234.00
56
Ellen Halverson (Alaska Mountain Riders)
233.20
57
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
233.20
58
Misty Bohnert (Team 49ers)
228.00
59
Renny Christopher (Awesome Alfadans)
225.00
60
Carol Colleen (Astounding Alfadans)
220.80
61
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
207.00
62
Amy Clifton (Astounding Alfadans)
184.00
63
Donald Alsted (Montaire Trailblazers)
179.28
64
Deborah Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
176.00
65
Linda Eddy (Awesome Alfadans)
169.20
66
Caeli Cavanagh (Awesome Alfadans)
164.00
67
Kathleen Curran (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
156.00
68
Marjorie Lewis (Montaire Trailblazers)
149.80
69
Liz Appel (Toppur Tolters)
145.00
70
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
144.00
71
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
136.00
72
Ruben Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
120.00
73
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
118.00
74
Ulrike Sophia Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
88.60
75
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
88.40
76
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
87.00
77
Shelley Shearer (Montaire Trailblazers)
84.00
78
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
84.00
79
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
59.20
80
Rebecca Pelletier (Hestafolk South)
48.00
81
Kirsten Peterson (Hestafolk South)
44.00
82
Ariel Cunningham (The Cunninghams)
40.00
83
Mackenzie Durbin
40.00
84
Karen Gardner (Team 49ers)
40.00
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
Bonnie Bilger
6.00
93
Stormi Nugen (Team 49ers)
3.64
94
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
2.00
95
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