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  • The Great American Horse Race: Riding 1,966 Miles With No Crew, No Experience, and a $15 Saddle

    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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    January 10, 2026
  • Tom Sites: Finding Peace in the Great American Horse Race | Travel Grit Podcast

    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.

    Transcript
    January 5, 2026

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