[11] In promotion of the release, the Rocking Horse Winner toured the United States extensively between October 2001 and March 2003, accompanied by such bands as Dashboard Confessional, Coheed and Cambria, The Format, Bayside, The Blood Brothers, The Weakerthans, Further Seems Forever, Midtown, Hopesfall, Hey Mercedes, Brandtson, Sense Field, Onelinedrawing, Fairweather, Koufax, Twothirtyeight, Seville, The Lyndsay Diaries, The Cancer Conspiracy, Fairview and The Remedy Session.

The Rocking Horse Winner's second full-length album, Horizon, was released on compact disc (packaged in a digipak) and digitally by Equal Vision Records on April 30, 2002.

The Rocking Horse Winner left Florida to tour the East Coast of the United States, on their own, for a three-week stretch that spanned from April 5–27, 2002.

[24][23] The Rocking Horse Winner then met up with Ohio-based emo band Brandtson for two-week's worth of shows back up the East Coast of the United States, spanning from April 29 to May 14, 2002.

[2][25][23] After three weeks off at home, the Rocking Horse Winner took to the road again for a lengthy two-month tour of the lower 48 States, spanning from June 7 to July 30, 2002.

[30] The last leg of the tour was accompanied by Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans for East Coast dates on their way home.

[30][31][32] Back home, the Rocking Horse Winner spent from September–November 2002 writing new material for a planned five-song extended play (which was never completed).

[7][9] The music video was directed by Chris Irving and features Dashboard Confessional's then-bass guitarist Dan Bonebrake in a leading role;[34] it was released on January 28, 2003.

[35][36][37] Despite some of the member's desire to remain home to write the band's third full-length album in 2003,[38] The Rocking Horse Winner embarked on what was planned to be a two-month tour, spanning from February 2 to April 1, 2003.

[7][9][39][42] The final leg of the tour was to be shared with Missouri-based emo project The Lyndsay Diaries, across the Southern, West Coast, Northwest and Central United States a second time around.

[9][43][40] The tour included a stop to perform at the Equal Vision Records/Hopeless Records/Sub City Records Showcase at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 15, 2003.

[7][45] On March 20, 2003, Equal Vision Records released an elusive statement from the band's publicist, Earshot Media, which wrote: "Due to extenuating circumstances, The Rocking Horse Winner has had to cancel the remainder of their tour.