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
4,035.60
2
Astounding Alfadans
3,544.40
3
Ice Trekkers
3,295.00
4
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
2,853.00
5
West Coast Tolting Girls
2,523.00
6
Hestafolk Central
2,512.84
7
AIHA
2,473.40
8
Tolt-A-Holics
1,998.00
9
Alaska Mountain Riders
1,469.40
10
Solfaxi
1,464.00
11
Awesome Alfadans
1,456.08
12
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
1,338.72
13
Hestafolk North
1,331.00
14
Montaire Trailblazers
1,059.96
15
Team 49ers
1,049.24
16
Toppur Tolters
859.88
17
Four Beat Fun
690.00
18
Hestafolk South
485.00
19
The Cunninghams
40.00
20
Síglaðir Tölters
2.00

Individual Leaderboard

1
Laura Shalhoub (West Coast Tolting Girls)
1,645.80
2
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
1,416.00
3
Daniel Coverdell (Alaska Mountain Riders)
1,033.40
4
Shauna Flanigan (Astounding Alfadans)
972.80
5
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
928.00
6
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
916.00
7
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
863.00
8
Julie Ferreira (Northcountry Tolters)
832.80
9
Madie Richenstein (Astounding Alfadans)
803.80
10
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
756.00
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11
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
744.00
12
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
740.00
13
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
740.00
14
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
737.00
15
Susan Matheke
725.72
16
Laura Risk
723.20
17
Craig Risk
719.20
18
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
694.00
19
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
688.00
20
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
684.00
21
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
668.40
22
Latifia Rodriguez
648.80
23
Teresa Harp (Toppur Tolters)
646.88
24
RJ West (Hestafolk Central)
598.00
25
Susan Gibbons
582.36
26
Amy Keeler
575.28
27
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
574.84
28
Sarah Wood
571.96
29
Kanoe Huffman (Astounding Alfadans)
570.20
30
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
560.00
31
Alexandra Venable (Awesome Alfadans)
548.00
32
Misty Bohnert (Team 49ers)
544.00
33
Nancy Radebaugh
544.00
34
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
536.00
35
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
524.00
36
Rob Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
520.00
37
Lori Birge (Astounding Alfadans)
501.00
38
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
491.80
39
Anna Bella Covert (West Coast Tolting Girls)
475.20
40
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
455.00
41
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
455.00
42
Renny Christopher (Awesome Alfadans)
440.88
43
Ellen Halverson (Alaska Mountain Riders)
436.00
44
Lindsay Gunzburger (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
433.52
45
Lisa Blumhagen
430.56
46
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk Central)
424.00
47
Mary Sackinger (Team 49ers)
424.00
48
Amy Clifton (Astounding Alfadans)
418.00
49
Julia A. Koritko (Montaire Trailblazers)
411.48
50
"Nilla" Anna Pernilla Ekström-Rypka (Four Beat Fun)
408.00
51
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
404.00
52
Evelyn Kaufman (West Coast Tolting Girls)
402.00
53
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
392.00
54
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
377.00
55
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
356.00
56
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
354.00
57
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
349.00
58
Sue Roska
335.00
59
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
331.60
60
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
316.00
61
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
308.00
62
Linda Eddy (Awesome Alfadans)
303.20
63
Mary Oleskow (Four Beat Fun)
282.00
64
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
280.40
65
Carol Colleen (Astounding Alfadans)
278.60
66
Donald Alsted (Montaire Trailblazers)
247.28
67
Kathleen Curran (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
222.00
68
Liz Appel (Toppur Tolters)
213.00
69
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
176.00
70
Deborah Gregory (Tolt-A-Holics)
176.00
71
Marjorie Lewis (Montaire Trailblazers)
168.60
72
Caeli Cavanagh (Awesome Alfadans)
164.00
73
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
146.00
74
Ruben Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
132.00
75
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
123.00
76
Kirsten Peterson (Hestafolk South)
114.00
77
Lisa Davis (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
96.00
78
Ulrike Sophia Koch (Montaire Trailblazers)
88.60
79
Shelley Shearer
84.00
80
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
84.00
81
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
79.20
82
Rebecca Pelletier (Hestafolk South)
48.00
83
Mackenzie Durbin
40.00
84
Karen Gardner (Team 49ers)
40.00
85
Ariel Cunningham (The Cunninghams)
40.00
86
Alana Wright (AIHA)
24.00
87
Bonnie Bilger
22.00
88
Stormi Nugen (Team 49ers)
21.24
89
Colleen McCafferty (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
20.00
90
Cathy King (Team 49ers)
20.00
91
Karen Caldwell (Hestafolk South)
15.00
92
Anna Caballero (Montaire Trailblazers)
12.00
93
Jackie Thurston
11.40
94
Amelia Carney (AIHA)
8.00
95
Susan Whitakerhill (Hestafolk North)
8.00
96
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
2.00
97
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