Nevada’s Pony Express Re-riders made good time getting out into the Silver State’s interior, arriving at Sand Springs east of Fallon at 6:07 a.m. Friday, 23 minutes ahead of schedule, nationalponyexpress.org/re-ride reported.
The next stop is Cold Springs with an estimated arrival time of around 11 a.m. at just after 10 a.m., according to the geo tracker.
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After spending most of Thursday often hours behind schedule, a swift ride along the old Pony Express Trail made up the time and the mail was on time as it headed north to Carson City.
According to the tracker, the annual Pony Express Re-ride galloped north along Foothill and Jacks Valley roads, transferring the mochila in Genoa at 4 p.m., just an hour after the anticipate time of arrival.
By 4:30 p.m., the rider was already in Jacks Valley and on the way to Carson City where the scheduled stop was 6 p.m.
The California rider arrived in Woodfords at 2:50 p.m., almost two hours behind schedule, to transfer the mochila containing the mail.
“The Pony hit a snag with a possible lost rider and the GPS has been acting up for us to see things progress on the map as we’d like,” according to the National Pony Express Association.
National Pony Express Association Corresponding Secretary Petra Keller was in Woodfords on Thursday.