Readers Respond: Traveling Tails

More than 1,400 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “What is the most time your horse has spent in transit?”

results of poll on distance a horse has traveled

Results were as follows:

12 hours or more: 37.60% (532)
Six to 12 hours: 21.48% (304)
Three to six hours: 18.45% (261)
One to three hours: 17.67% (250)
Less than one hour: 4.81% (68)

Readers shared their destinations in the comments below.

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New Mexico
wv
had just purchased him and bringing him home.
Washington State
When I bought her
From far NW Iowa to far SE Missouri for trail ride at Eminence.
summer house
Phoenix to Detroit
To a competition.
Ky and florida
from IN to NY, in stages
AQHYA World Show and AQHA World Show
Minneapolis to Missoula MT and back, then Minneapolis to Albuquerque
zombrota falls
trail riding/camping
Shows, stud
cross country
Horse show
To equine hospital
To a training clinic
We were moving from one duty station to another.
Mississippi to Texas (moving)
Colorado to California
endurance ride Vermont moonlight
southern utah
Moving with the family halfway across the country.
overnight trail ride
Missouri to Pa 18 hours
new home
moved from Mass to Indiana
Horse Shows and Trail Riding/Camping
Oklahoma City OK
paint world show split the travelling time instead of driving straight thru
camping
Shipping form CT to PA my gelding spent 27 hours on the trailer. Due to traffic tie ups along theway
Omaha, NE. to Pierre, SD from her old barn to my home after we purcashed her.
trails
Oklahoma City
coming home after buying her. Trip was around 3 hrs
She was on her way to a temporary home before coming to her forever home with me!
CHina
trail riding
Trail Riding/Camping
We haul our horses with us from TX to spend summers in Colorado. It takes 2 days at night we unload
moved to another state
trail riding from tn to mo
trail ride
from KY to NM
Mountains
AQHA World Youth show in Ft Worth
1 hour to a competition
camping vacation
Moving to a new home in a new state
Arizona to Alaska
Moved from Alaska ..3300 miles w/2 horses
To a horse camping trip.
horseshow
trail ride
Saskatchewan to British Columbia, and one from Colorado to Saskatchewan
washington state to Georgia
We are from Romance, Arkansas and we travelled to the Shore to Shore Ride in Oscoda, Michigan.
Shows, clinics, schooling
Horse Show
from Hamilton Mt Portland OR
He was going to a regional pony club rally
show
to a hunt fixture
Eastforl Stables, TN
from arkansas to cheyenne, wy
RHBAA World Celebration
Moved from NJ to Fl
to a clinic
We moved from PA to TX.
moving from CA to TN
equine hospital
From Auburn, Washington to Lexington, Kentucky
I’ve had several shipped ten hours or more, and I HATE it. It’s exhausting for the horse.
Two mares going to stud. Too far, and never again. They came home starved.
my mare came in from Europe
Kentucky Horse Park from Georgia
lexington, ky
training barn
Regional and national championships
To the canyon/river for a trail ride
I picked him up from the BLM facility.
home
Coming to his new home after purchase
Pa. from NY
from belguim to usa
Fort Worth, Texas World Championship Paint Horse show
NY
He was going to his new home!
camping
coming home
Idaho to Minnesota, moving
Appaloosa World Show in Fort Worth, TX
horse track to race
Moving stables
from rental barn to own farm
show
California to SC
Switching Stables
To a colt-starting clinic
California to a Horse Show
Delivered a colt to Thorton Colorado. My horse was hauled as a companion. Then he and traveled home.
Trailride
Nation Show
Veterinary clinic
North Dakota to NH
from NJ to CO
Oklahoma
coming from previous owner
Horse show at the Kentucky Horse Park
We were traveling from Mid-Minnesota out to Western Montana.
Mounted Police School
in circles
Big Horn Mountains
Regionals show
Transporting from old home to new home
CAMPING
Showing or endurance race
Moving from MN to Ohio
from arizona to montana and then from montana to arizona
Montana to Virginia. Took about 5 days with a professional hauler.
Changing boarding facilities
show
kentucky
interstate move
from NH to OK
out of state to an endurance ride
from new mexico to texas
Moving from Phoenix to Red Bluff, another from Lostine OR to Red Bluff CA
NC to ME . Trip is 20 hrs +/- broken over 2 days.
training
AHA horseshow Clemson SC
to a dressage clinic
to Cornell Equine Hosp.for treatment
to a show!
to and from a farm in ND
new barn or clinic
Colorado
barrel race
Horse Shows
Maine to Ontario
Just for a ride to get them used to the trailer
To participate in a Parelli clinic
Usually to Fants Grove for a wonderful trail ride
Alabama to North Carolina
racetrack
hurricane evacuation
Trailer ride to equine hospital for colic surgery.
moving
He was moving with me from Virginia Beach, VA to Ocala, FL
West Virginia
trail rides, horse shows
home
we moved country,over 500km away from our previous place
moving home
Imported
to the trailhead in western Montana
Mn to Rancho Murrietta, Ca. via closed roads in Nevada winter.
moving 3 times
Cornell University Vet Hospital for emergency colic surgery
14 hours with many breaks, moving to a new state!
Lexington, KY to Limington, ME
She was being shipped cross country to me when I first purchased her
move to new barn
home from purchase
where i live it takes 12 hrs or more to get to an event…longest was 48 hrs(stopping every 10 hrs)
Moving cross country twice
local show
trail riding
Germany to USA
to a new barn
Springfield, Illinois —
show
NJ to Florida
to a horse show
to horse shows
New home with me
from his original owner’s house to mine
trail cmpetition
Lake Trails
korea
NOVA
from where I bought him to homw
vacuation from hurricane
Bandit Chase out of Chico, Ca
horse show
Indiana to Texas, then on to Germany!
SLC , Ut. to Temecula, ca.
VET
I try to keep trail rides and shows to 1 hr. Gas costs too much $$$
England
black hills sd
coming from British Columbia where she was purchased to my home in Pennsylvania
new owner
Moving from VA to OR
new home
horse show
neighbors for a trail ride
to a clinic
to school
canada
to a horse show
MT to AZ
Sierra Montains
moving to TX from CA
camping at a facility close to the campground we were staying in.
show
SOUTH CAROLINA
to go trail riding out west
Home from Wyoming
To a show
to our new home
moving cities
away for training
horse shows
back and forth from Wichita Falls and OKC
Fort Worth, TX
ocale, FL
from OK to COLO
She was shipping to stud farm
south dakota
a new stable
From Arizona to northern California
show
endurance ride
horse show
vets

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