This week, mail enthusiasts, horseback riders and onlookers will celebrate the Pony Express’ 163rd anniversary with a nearly 2,000-mile trek from Old Sacramento to St. Joseph, Missouri. The National ...

On Oct. 26, 1861, the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinental telegraph. The ...

Riders are returning to the Pony Express Trail, carrying commemorative letters from the Sacramento River to the Missouri River. The re-ride is a 10 day event that honors the Pike's Peak Express ...

"The pony rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance…ready to leap into the saddle and be off like the wind!" Mark Twain ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Leaping astride a bay mare, ...

The Pony Express only lasted 18 months, but the mail delivery service remains one of the most enduring icons of the American West — its story told in dime novels and in Westerns like the 1990s TV show ...

A mochila containing about 1,000 commemorative letters of the Pony Express re-ride will have changed hands more than 500 times when riders complete the 28th annual event from Sacramento to St. Joseph, ...

HANCOCK COUNTY — After flying past the flags while sitting atop a horse named June Bug, Hannah Grah jumped off the horse, pulled the helmet off her head and then wiped the sweat off her face following ...

Pony Express riders heading across the state picked up letters in Grand Island Friday morning — just like the old days. The riders saddled up on motorcycles rather than horses. Seven motorcycles ...

The 10th Anniversary of the National Dressage Pony Cup Championship Show drew ponies representing 26 states to the Kentucky Horse Park, July 7 to 9, in conjunction with the Kentucky Dressage ...

The Longines Masters of Paris will feature a new pony class this year. Some of the top riders in the sport got their start on the little horses. By Lisa Cowan Ponies may be small, but they deliver big ...