Brazilian-born cowboy Filipe Masetti Leite has successfully achieved his dream of becoming the third person in the world to cross the Americas on horseback.

A Brazilian-born cowboy set to become only the third person in the world to cross the Americas on horseback is the honorary Calgary Stampede parade marshal for 2020.

Leite, 31, who immigrated to Canada from Brazil when he was a teenager, began his original journey in July 2012 and spent two years riding his two horses through 10 countries in North, Central and South America.