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
1,528.60
2
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
1,407.60
3
Astounding Alfadans
1,406.40
4
Hestafolk Central
1,240.44
5
Ice Trekkers
1,169.00
6
West Coast Tolting Girls
1,089.80
7
AIHA
1,042.40
8
Solfaxi
800.00
9
Hestafolk North
663.00
10
Montaire Trailblazers
657.36
11
Awesome Alfadans
557.80
12
Tolt-A-Holics
456.00
13
Alaska Mountain Riders
431.60
14
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
384.52
15
Four Beat Fun
384.00
16
Toppur Tolters
234.60
17
Team 49ers
158.00
18
Hestafolk South
157.00
19
Síglaðir Tölters
2.00

Individual Leaderboard

1
Laura Shalhoub (West Coast Tolting Girls)
613.80
2
Shauna Flanigan (Astounding Alfadans)
497.80
3
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
476.00
4
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
448.00
5
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
432.00
6
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
409.00
7
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
385.00
8
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
380.00
9
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
364.00
10
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
364.00
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11
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
357.00
12
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
352.00
13
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
342.84
14
Daniel Coverdell (Alaska Mountain Riders)
342.40
15
Julie Ferreira (Northcountry Tolters)
336.60
16
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
336.40
17
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
332.00
18
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
300.00
19
Madie Richenstein (Astounding Alfadans)
276.00
20
"Nilla" Anna Pernilla Ekström-Rypka (Four Beat Fun)
256.00
21
Kanoe Huffman (Astounding Alfadans)
251.00
22
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
250.00
23
Evelyn Kaufman (West Coast Tolting Girls)
244.00
24
Julia A. Koritko (Montaire Trailblazers)
243.48
25
Anna Bella Covert (West Coast Tolting Girls)
232.00
26
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk Central)
229.60
27
Lori Birge (Astounding Alfadans)
228.00
28
Latifia Rodriguez
226.80
29
Sarah Wood
225.96
30
Susan Gibbons
221.44
31
Susan Matheke
215.68
32
Rob Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
208.00
33
RJ West (Hestafolk Central)
204.00
34
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
196.00
35
Laura Risk
190.60
36
Craig Risk
186.60
37
Amy Keeler
184.88
38
Alexandra Venable (Awesome Alfadans)
184.00
39
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
178.00
40
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
175.00
41
Caeli Cavanagh (Awesome Alfadans)
164.00
42
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
163.20
43
Sue Roska
162.00
44
Nancy Radebaugh
161.00
45
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
156.00
46
Samantha Tuttlebee
144.00
47
Lindsay Gunzburger (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
143.52
48
Teresa Harp (Toppur Tolters)
140.60
49
Lisa Blumhagen
135.96
50
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
134.00
51
Mary Oleskow (Four Beat Fun)
128.00
52
Donald Alsted (Montaire Trailblazers)
125.28
53
Kathleen Curran (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
116.00
54
Linda Eddy (Awesome Alfadans)
110.00
55
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
110.00
56
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
105.00
57
Deborah Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
104.00
58
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
100.00
59
Renny Christopher (Awesome Alfadans)
99.80
60
Mary Sackinger (Team 49ers)
96.00
61
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
94.00
62
Liz Appel (Toppur Tolters)
94.00
63
Carol Colleen (Astounding Alfadans)
93.60
64
Ellen Halverson (Alaska Mountain Riders)
89.20
65
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
88.00
66
Shelley Shearer (Montaire Trailblazers)
84.00
67
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
84.00
68
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
84.00
69
Marjorie Lewis (Montaire Trailblazers)
76.60
70
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
73.00
71
Ruben Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
68.00
72
Amy Clifton (Astounding Alfadans)
60.00
73
Ulrike Sophia Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
60.00
74
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
48.40
75
Rebecca Pelletier (Hestafolk South)
48.00
76
Mackenzie Durbin
40.00
77
Karen Gardner (Team 49ers)
40.00
78
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
37.00
79
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
36.00
80
Alana Wright (AIHA)
24.00
81
Cathy King (Team 49ers)
20.00
82
Karen Caldwell (Hestafolk South)
15.00
83
Colleen McCafferty (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
12.00
84
Amelia Carney (AIHA)
8.00
85
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
5.00
86
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
5.00
87
Jackie Thurston
3.80
88
Stormi Nugen (Team 49ers)
2.00
89
Kirsten Peterson
2.00
90
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
2.00
91
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