Tevis Forum 2014

25 ★ TEVIS FORUM 2014 Farriers of Tevis Left to right: Jeff Pauley, Remco Van der Linden, Joby Souza, Steve Collins, Loet Van der Linden, Blake Brown, Roman Cuevas and Wayne Bair. does and hates to argue about it. He’ll notice your lost shoe before you do when youwander into the vet check, and while you’re reaching for your card, he’ll be reaching for a shoe, hammer and nails. He has been on the job at the Cache Creek Ridge Ride in Williams since we started in 2009—usually shaded up under a tree with fellow shoer, Ramon, by his side. The front runners were hitting the 37-mile Judge Davis vet check and a top ten horse had thrown both front shoes. I radioed back to the 25-mile High Bridge check that we needed Wayne and to send him up to the front. He jumped on the task, and literally drove in as shewas riding out with boots. He loves this sport and loves the competition. Although Wayne does not have a great number of Tevis riders as clients, he was the shoer for Harry when he won the 1990 Haggin Cup. Harry went on to win both the Tevis Cup & Haggin Cup in 1992 with his new owner, Marcia Smith. Saxx came from our barn and Chris Knoch bought him and At the Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn: Top: Steve Collins. Middle: Roman Cuevas Bottom: Blake Brown and Wayne Bair (photographs courtesy Beate Cuevas) (continued on page 67)