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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The Great American Horse Race: Riding 1,966 Miles With No Crew, No Experience, and a $15 Saddle
By Tom Sites / #77 Great / Great American Horse Race 1976 (Curtis Lewis / Dennis Underwood photo)
“That night, I dreamed of a dancing horse. The next day, I went back and bought him. I named him Jose Dante.”
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