Tom Sites earned this patch for riding 1,966 miles across America in the Great American Horse Race. He had no crew, no experience, and a horse named Jose Dante who once ran him into traffic.
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Tom Sites: Finding Peace in the Great American Horse Race | Travel Grit Podcast
Tom Sites showed up to the starting line of the Great American Horse Race with $750, a $15 saddle, and a horse he barely knew—100 days later, he was one of only 54 finishers out of 92 starters.
Click on the player to listen to Tom’s Great American Horse Race story.
Read Tom’s account of riding in the Great American Horse Race here.
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