Posted on 11/12/2023 10:05:58 AM PST by Twotone
On April 16, 2021, Patrick Sullivan of Modern Day Horsemanship started his 2,500 mile journey from Sacramento, California to Georgetown, Kentucky, where he arrived on October 16, 2021.
He took two Straight Egyptian Arabian horses, the black mare Gamilah MJA, sired by Bellagio RCA, out of the Thee Desperado+ daughter, Thee Bahieh, and her maternal brother, grey gelding Haleem MJA, sired by Thee Infidel, out of Thee Bahieh.
He did this incredible trek bridleless and mostly bareback, and visited 20 non-profits, local rescues, and charities while providing liberty demonstrations along the way.
Shawn Crews sat down with Patrick to revisit this incredible journey.
Shawn: I’ll never forget the day when you told me your plan to do this, and honestly, Patrick, I know your whole family and I come from a very optimistic family, however, I considered your level of optimism to be triple of what I know. I’ve known you since before you were involved in horses. Your goal is so large and you have such a positive attitude, but still when you told me about this we were shocked. We are all very horse show goal-oriented, so I was curious as to why you chose to do something so different with your Straight Egyptian.
What was the seed that led you to this tremendous adventure? How did you come up with this plan and was was the vision you had in mind?
Patrick: You were not the only one who thought this was a bit crazy. This idea started six to seven years ago, and started when my mother told me that my great grandfather saw his first Arabian horse in the Chicago state fair in 1945 and fell in love. He ended up purchasing a few horses, however after him, they got out of Arabians...
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Straight Egyptians? Not safe to admit to being a poofter in a Muslim country. Don’t they throw them off of buildings?
I think the horses are straight. I didn’t know there were gay horses. But how would you know whether one of the horses just identifies as female?
Knew a dude that rode a horse from NC to CA. Had dogs with him. This was in the 90s.
My granddad and his brother used to ride from the Oklahoma territory to Arizona and back on summer break way back in the day. They were cowboys. He was Haudenausani..he was born in 1895, ww1 vet. Lost his first family due to the Spanish flu. Sired my dad and his brother at age 60. Never knew him, wish I had
Marshall Dillon once said on Gunsmoke that horses need grain after being rode pretty hard. That’s about the extent of my horsey knowledge. Where’d he get grain or feed? Farmers I suppose. Can a horse carry its own food?
Frontiersman Joseph Meek rode, in the winter, from Oregon to Washington D.C., to bring the results of a vote pertaining to Oregon Territory and statehood.
I’m amazed, 3000 miles starting I think in November...men were tough!
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