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Heber City Horse Man returns home after long journey

Dec 27, 2024, 7:00 PM

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Heber City Horse Man returns home after long journey (KSLTV)

(KSLTV)

HEBER CITY, Utah — It’s not uncommon to see people still riding horses along the side of the road in Utah. However, there is a good chance other riders don’t have the story Jake Harvath now has.

“It is my dream and we made it happen,” Harvath said with a smile.

That dream was a 6000-mile journey across the country, through twenty-five states, on horseback.

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With a police officer escort down Main Street, Harvath returned home to Heber City Thursday afternoon after finishing his dream.

He has been gone for more than a year.

“It doesn’t feel real that I am here right now after all this time. I couldn’t ask for anything better. It has been an amazing journey,” Harvath said.

Harvath called his trip “The Year of the Mustang.” The whole idea of it all was to raise awareness that mustangs and wild horses can still matter in modern America.

“I think they really did show the entire world that wild horses still got a place, at least for horsemen and that really could be incredible partners,” Harvath said about his three horses.

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Harvath took turns riding Bella, Eddy, and Denver on his trip.

They went through snow, the great plains of middle America, and even New York City, which is known more for its car traffic than horse riding.

“I have not only been kind of people’s first experience with mustangs all over the country, but I have also been able to be people’s first experiences with horses all over the country,” Harvath said.

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