RV-ing With the Race

Don't just go RVing - become part of the Great Santa Fe Trail Horse Race Endurance Ride. Travel across country following the historic Santa Fe Trail along with the riders competing for the coveted "Spirit of Comanche Award" and the "Aubry Trophy". It is anticipated that up to 60 riders will assemble in Wagon Mound, New Mexico on August 30, 2008. These riders will spend the next two weeks in the saddle, competing with riders from all over the country, plus international riders. In 2007, twenty one states were represented as well as England, Belgium, and Canada. Choose a rider from your home state and become their "Fans on the Trail".

When you are not on the trail or in a Race Village, explore the sites along the Santa Fe Trail. We have laid out an itinerary you are sure to find interesting and fun. Travel the whole distance and end up in Council Grove, Kansas at the "World's Largest Chuck Wagon Supper" and Race Finale on September 13, 2008.

One of the greatest experiences you will have is your interaction with the riders, their teams, and the people in the rural communities the Race goes through. Beware - some of the Race Groupies became volunteers during the 2007 Ride! This can become infectious. We have some coming back to try it again in 2008.

The Great Santa Fe Trail Horse Race Endurance Ride is an equine endurance race using the historic Santa Fe Trail as the back drop. The idea for such an event was germinated after learning about the historic ride of Francis X. Aubry in 1848. He rode from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Independence, Missouri in five days and 16 hours.

The Great Santa Fe Trail Horse Race Endurance Ride is a fourteen day endurance horse race taking place in close proximity to the historic Santa Fe Trail. This event is the first two weeks of September each year. The riders will ride in ten different legs of either 50 or 55 miles, over a fourteen day period. Each evening after riding, the riders and teams will overnight in communities along the trail. These stops are known as 'Race Villages'.

You are invited to overnight in the Race Village if you choose, although the Race Villages are mostly dry camping with no hook-ups. Camping spots in each community will be identified for the RV-er's who choose.

We are working with both the Kansas and the New Mexico Department of Tourism on developing an RVing program for our Race each year.

In all your RV-ing, you have never done any venture like this before!