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
2,159.60
2
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
1,893.60
3
Astounding Alfadans
1,873.80
4
Ice Trekkers
1,839.00
5
Hestafolk Central
1,615.44
6
West Coast Tolting Girls
1,557.80
7
AIHA
1,466.40
8
Solfaxi
1,032.00
9
Hestafolk North
806.00
10
Tolt-A-Holics
800.00
11
Montaire Trailblazers
764.56
12
Awesome Alfadans
760.56
13
Alaska Mountain Riders
707.40
14
Four Beat Fun
638.00
15
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
578.52
16
Toppur Tolters
442.28
17
Hestafolk South
246.00
18
Team 49ers
235.00
19
The Cunninghams
40.00
20
Síglaðir Tölters
2.00

Individual Leaderboard

1
Laura Shalhoub (West Coast Tolting Girls)
833.80
2
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
692.00
3
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
656.00
4
Shauna Flanigan (Astounding Alfadans)
615.40
5
Daniel Coverdell (Alaska Mountain Riders)
589.40
6
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
552.00
7
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
517.00
8
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
516.00
9
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
502.00
10
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
480.00
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11
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
468.00
12
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
456.84
13
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
456.00
14
Julie Ferreira (Northcountry Tolters)
452.60
15
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
444.00
16
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
428.40
17
Latifia Rodriguez
418.80
18
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
412.00
19
Evelyn Kaufman (West Coast Tolting Girls)
402.00
20
Madie Richenstein (Astounding Alfadans)
400.00
21
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
372.00
22
"Nilla" Anna Pernilla Ekström-Rypka (Four Beat Fun)
368.00
23
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
362.00
24
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
350.00
25
Kanoe Huffman (Astounding Alfadans)
340.60
26
Susan Gibbons
330.16
27
Anna Bella Covert (West Coast Tolting Girls)
322.00
28
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk Central)
310.60
29
Rob Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
308.00
30
Teresa Harp (Toppur Tolters)
307.28
31
Laura Risk
302.00
32
Julia A. Koritko (Montaire Trailblazers)
299.48
33
Craig Risk
298.00
34
Sarah Wood
296.96
35
Lori Birge (Astounding Alfadans)
296.00
36
Susan Matheke
285.92
37
RJ West (Hestafolk Central)
284.00
38
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
272.00
39
Mary Oleskow (Four Beat Fun)
270.00
40
Alexandra Venable (Awesome Alfadans)
268.00
41
Lisa Blumhagen
264.96
42
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
262.00
43
Nancy Radebaugh
248.00
44
Amy Keeler
223.08
45
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
220.00
46
Lindsay Gunzburger (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
213.52
47
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
213.20
48
Sue Roska
206.00
49
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
204.00
50
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
184.00
51
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
180.00
52
Renny Christopher (Awesome Alfadans)
177.36
53
Deborah Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
176.00
54
Mary Sackinger (Team 49ers)
172.00
55
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
167.00
56
Caeli Cavanagh (Awesome Alfadans)
164.00
57
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
164.00
58
Carol Colleen (Astounding Alfadans)
161.80
59
Linda Eddy (Awesome Alfadans)
151.20
60
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
144.00
61
Donald Alsted (Montaire Trailblazers)
141.28
62
Liz Appel (Toppur Tolters)
135.00
63
Kathleen Curran (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
128.00
64
Ellen Halverson (Alaska Mountain Riders)
118.00
65
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
114.00
66
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
108.00
67
Marjorie Lewis (Montaire Trailblazers)
103.80
68
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
88.40
69
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
87.00
70
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
87.00
71
Shelley Shearer (Montaire Trailblazers)
84.00
72
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
84.00
73
Ruben Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
72.00
74
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
68.00
75
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
68.00
76
Ulrike Sophia Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
64.00
77
Amy Clifton (Astounding Alfadans)
60.00
78
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
54.00
79
Rebecca Pelletier (Hestafolk South)
48.00
80
Ariel Cunningham (The Cunninghams)
40.00
81
Mackenzie Durbin
40.00
82
Karen Gardner (Team 49ers)
40.00
83
Alana Wright (AIHA)
24.00
84
Colleen McCafferty (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
20.00
85
Cathy King (Team 49ers)
20.00
86
Kirsten Peterson (Hestafolk South)
16.00
87
Karen Caldwell (Hestafolk South)
15.00
88
Jackie Thurston
11.40
89
Amelia Carney (AIHA)
8.00
90
Stormi Nugen (Team 49ers)
3.00
91
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
2.00
92
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