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A postcard from 2013's World Championship Blacksmith Competition held at Calgary Stampede
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Mustad Magazine
Postmark: Calgary
MUSTAD MAGAZINE is a publication of Delta Mustad Hoofcare Center on behalf of the Mustad Group. Publication, photos and contents© 2013 by DMHC. Photos by Marguerite Therrien-Paige and Sandra Mesrine. Text, layout and design by Fran Jurga.
No use or duplication by any method without express written permission.Delta Mustad Hoofcare Center 5195 Scandia Trail Forest Lake, Minnesota 55025 USA www.mustad.com
“Wish you were here…”“Having a great time!”“The weather’s terrible!”“I won!”
There’s a place called Calgary. For a week every July, it is the world
capital of the farrier world. This is the pin on the map, the point on
the compass. It’s the World Championship Blacksmith Competition:
the ultimate farrier proving ground. on the giant stage of the
Calgary Stampede, “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth”.
Being at Calgary is a state of mind. It’s a dream come true. It’s a
lifelong goal, a world stage and the only place you want to be.
Whether it’s once in a lifetime, or year after year, farriers come to
Calgary the way that tennis players to go Wimbledon, golfers go
to Augusta and race drivers go to Indianapolis.
Farriers have been going to Calgary during the first week in July
for more than 30 years. Mustad has been there to support the
farriers and the profession.
The Calgary Stampede has always been a legendary event. And in
2013, it became known for something more than rodeos and
championships and cowboy hats. Those who were there will
remember mud, rain, cramped quarters, a leaky tent and shoeing
shoulder-to-shoulder with no room to breathe. And no one who
was there will ever forget it, or wish they’d stayed home.
Calgary had just survived the worst floods in decades. The waters
rose two weeks before the Stampede was slated to open, and the
showgrounds were a lake. The show almost didn’t go on, until the
show adopted the slogan “Hell or High Water”...and plans were
back on.
Win or lose, team or individual, sweep or hold horses, keep score
or run errands, farriers from all nations, speaking all languages,
and working on all levels are suddenly eyeball-to-eyeball with the
world’s most accomplished competition farriers, esteemed
judges, rodeo officials, sponsors, families...and a lot of cowboys
and cowgirls. In any language, with any accent, it’s a professional
game changer, inspiration and revelation, all in one.
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Will they ever meet across an anvil again? Farriers who came
from South Africa, New Zealand, or Sweden were a long, long
way from home. For Americans and Canadians, this is more
familiar turf, but it’s hallowed ground, whether your feet are
ankle-deep in mud or striding across the huge rodeo stage.
By mixing with this tribe, you join it. Friendships and business
cards and email addresses on napkins turn into Facebook
friends, visitors camped on the couch, invitations to travel, and a
career boost that suddenly has less to do with the intricacies of
world-class shoemaking and more to do with where a career goes
from here.
Calgary, in the end, is not about who wins and loses, but what
each and every participant makes of being there. This is their
story, their postcard to you.
Delta Mustad invites you to find a way to stick a pin in Calgary on
your career map and make it -- and all of us -- part of your future
plans. This could be your story, too.
They practiced.
They flew. Or drove.
They got wet.
They forged anyway.
They nailed.
They won...or lost.
And then they spoke.
This is their story.
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CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
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CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
Maarten AbbinkNetherlandsTeam Libero
Christian AlbergneScotland
Thomas BarnettCanada
Steven Beane - formerWorld ChampionEnglandTeam Mustad
Henrik BergerDenmark
Sarah Mary BrownScotland
Joseph BryanEngland
Jim BryantNew Zealand
Travis BuckCanada
Andrew CasserlyEngland
Jack CasserlyEngland
Chad ChanceUSA
Devin CrerarScotland
Mathieu DelcroixFrance
Douue DoktenNetherlandsTeam Libero
David Duckett - formerWorld ChampionUSA
Yesper ErikssonSwedenTeam Heller
Daniel EvensenNorway
Nigel FennelUKTeam Mustad
Stevie FisherEngland
Gavin GolbyEngland
Chris GregoryUSA
Cody GregoryUSATeam St. Croix Forge
Joey HiteUSA
Magnus JannsinDenmark
Rodney KingNew Zealand
Travis KoonsUSATeam St. Croix Forge
Michael KukkonenDenmark
Vincent LamailleBelgium
Billy LewisUSA
Chris MadridUSATeam St. Croix Forge
Ben ManganUSATeam St. Croix Forge
Bob Marshall - formerWorld ChampionCanada
Michael MillerUSA
Robbie MillerSouth Africa
Grant Moon - formerWorld ChampionWalesTeam Heller
Jonathan NunnEnglandTeam Heller
Grant NyhanNew Zealand
Ed O'ShaughnessyIrelandTeam Mustad
William O'ShaughnessyIrelandTeam Mustad
Martin PayneNorth Ireland
Maos PiepenbrinkDenmark
Yoann PolicardFrance
Jim QuickUSA
Matthew RandlesEngland
Iain RitchieCanada
Rune RoeyrasNorway
Pat SchimanskiNew Zealand
David SmithEngland
Aaron SteevesCanada
Jay ToveyEngland
Bodie TrnkaUSA
Craig Trnka - formerWorld ChampionUSA
Arien vanDeelenNetherlandsTeam Libero
David Varini2013 World ChampionScotland
Aksel VibeNorwayTeam Heller
Marcell WillemsNetherlandsTeam Libero
Tom WilliamsDenmark
David WilsonScotland
Josh WilsonScotland
Judges:James Blurton, WalesNathan Powell, Canada
WCBC Committee:Erik Swanby (Chair) Rob Hitchner (Vice Chair)Doug Neal (Vice Chair)
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2013 World Champion Contenders
CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
Be There: Day OneClick on the screen to play the video
Day 1 dawned clear and hot. Some of the competitors who wereunaccustomed to heat and altitude found themselves with ahandicap to overcome. Before you could unpack your suitcase,the farrier competitions were underway at the city’s Heritage Park,and Delta Mustad Hoofcare Center hosted a spirited welcomedinner. A video tribute created by Darren Bazin honored lateWorld Champion Blacksmith Richard Ellis of Wales. StephenFisher and Steven Beane were the first day’s winners.
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The Inside StoryIt was the Calgary Stampede thatmight not have been. But neither “hellor high water” would stop it.Less than 10 days before the farrier competition began, the
Calgary Stampede was underwater. Floods ravaged southern
Alberta. The opening day parade wound through streets that had
been underwater a few days before. The 101st Stampede adopted
the slogan “Hell or High Water” as the volunteer-run event set out
to do the impossible and rebuild the showgrounds in a feat of
engineering and raw energy.
“We're Calgarians, we're going to make it work. It may look
different, but the show will go on,” Calgary’s mayor said in June.
That was all the farriers needed to hear. They started packing
their suitcases, wrapping their tools, checking their plane tickets,
and then they headed for Calgary from all corners of the globe.
The veterans could hardly recognize the place. The newcomers
wondered what it was like before. They all thought the rains were
over. They were wrong.
The farrier competition moved to a temporary home in the city’s
Heritage Park, Canada’s largest living history museum. It would
have been nice if Mother Nature had cooperated, but the rains
and cramped space tested the patience and personalities of
farriers and horses alike before the Finals at Stampede Park.
It’s enough tension to believe that you are on the path to
becoming a world champion. Adding a challenge like mud under
your feet and rain in your face literally put a damper on some of
the contestants’ concentration. This would be an event that
everyone would remember, for the rest of their lives.
On the last day, the farrier events moved back to the Stampede
showgrounds, and things picked up. Bands played. Hundreds of
competitors filled the bleachers. The rodeo stage was waiting for
the new world champion, but the most demanding day of David
Varini’s career lay between him and that stage.
Farriers come to Calgary for a host of reasons. Some come to
enhance their skill level. Some are part of a team; others are
individuals. Some come to defend their reputations, others come
to establish one. Some come to signal that a new generation of a
Calgary veteran family is coming on. Some come to prove that
they still can forge with the best of them. Still others come to
watch, volunteer, or support competitor friends and families.
Farriers face tests every day. You arrive at a stable and a horse is
loose. Or a rider is down. Hot-fitting sets off a smoke alarm in the
stable office. A dogfight breaks out or a pet lizard escapes into6 Postcard from Calgary
the arena. Farriers are known to drop their tools and get involved
in the action. You never know what might be waiting for you
when you drive up a farm lane. So why wouldn’t the world
championship have an element of unpredictability? And why
wouldn’t farriers just roll up their sleeves and get on with it?
As soon as they arrived, the veterans knew that this was an
unusual year. The newcomers wondered: Was this why they’d
come halfway around the world, to huddle under a dripping tent
flap as the rain pelted down? By week’s end, camaraderie and a
communal sense of humor triumphed as farriers moved forward
or packed their tools to watch those who did.
The wet and muddy Calgary is not the one that the spectators
saw. True to form, the show went on and the Big Top echoed with
the sound of hammers and the surging roar of forge blowers on
the last day. Making the top ten gave competitors the chance to
forge and shoe amidst all the trappings of a world stage.
One thing about mud: it dries and brushes off. You can always
buy a clean shirt at a rodeo, and when the sun finally comes out,
it’s as if you’re feeling it for the first time. Along the way, you have
been part of something that shouldn’t even have been possible.
You’ve seen people doing impossible things, and the mud on
your tool bag is your badge of honor, a souvenir of the World
Championships that might not have been. But what a one it was.Postcard from Calgary 7
CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
“The Stampede easily could have cancelled.They did the best with what they had.” (StevenBeane)
“Next year will be right.” (Grant Moon)
“This year was exciting because of the floodsand the tremendous effort to make it happen.”(David Duckett)
“We thought the Stampede was in jeopardy. Ican’t fault it, it was superb. Everybody just didtheir bit. It was beyond my expectations.”(Jonathan Nunn)
“In that tent at Heritage Park, we could havebeen anywhere in the world. But when you’rein the Big Top, it’s electric. It’s something toexperience, I can tell you.” (David Varini)
“Of course, I’ll be back next year. Anotheropportunity opens for me there each year.”(Cody Gregory)
“We just put our heads down and went.”(WCBC Chairman Erik Swanby)
Forging Ahead: Day TwoClick on the screen to play video ! ! !
What jet lag? There was no time to think about what the hourmight be at home. Jesper Eriksson of Sweden won the Shoe toFoot class and Matthew Randles from England won the approvalof judges James Blurton of Wales and Nathan Powell of Canada.Things were crowded under the tent, and the heat seemed tohover. But there was no place in the world that any of thecompetitors would rather be. No one blinked.
CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
Competitionis what you do every day, anyway.
You compete against the traffic. You’re at war with the flies. You meet the challenge of rain and cold and sweat and mud.
And then you come back a month later to do it again. Yes, all farriers are competitors.
To the horses in your care, to the owners you serve, and to your friends at Mustad, you are all world champions.
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Every farrier is a champion.
CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
“I was lucky that one of my teammates was a medical doctor. I needed him. I don’tknow why I cramped up so badly—perhapsdehydration or the altitude change. It got sobad I couldn’t hold my hammer, and one timemy hand clamped around my wire brush andI couldn’t let go.” (David Duckett)
“Every farrier in Great Britain wants to go to Calgary. It’s the world title, and knowingyou’ll be beside the very best in the world.”(Jonathan Nunn)
“I remember when Alice Johnson became thefirst woman to make the top ten. That was anoccasion.” (Grant Moon)
Rasping in the Rain: Day 3click on the screen to play the video
CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
Huge Belgians and Percherons huddled so close under the tentthat there was hardly room left for the farriers. Hammerspounded, thunder crashed. Lightning flashed. Water streameddown. Grant Moon won the Shoe to Foot (Draft) class. Those bighorses were shod the way it was done in the old days: rain orshine, in the open air. By some of the best farriers in the world,including Team Heller, who won the draft class.
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Mud washes off. Shoes dry overnight. There’s still a dry shirt in
your suitcase but your mind is elsewhere. You’re more worried
how the new scoring system might work in your favor — or against
you — when and if you make the Top Ten.
Calgary initiated a new scoring system in 2013. “Out with the old,
in with the new” meant that your goal for three days was not
winning the title of world champion, but just making the top ten.
Once you made the top ten, you’d compete in the Big Top, but all
ten farriers started with an equal chance to build points.
Scores added up, and the top ten had a few hours of glory before
the scoreboard went back to zero again. If you made the top five,
you didn’t know how close you were to winning the
championship, because once again, the score went back to zero
and all five contenders had an equal chance to win.
Exciting for the spectators and the pit crews on the sidelines? Yes.
Nerve-wracking for the ten, and then the five, who moved
forward? Totally. Momentum didn’t exist. You could be Superman
and leap a tall building with a single bound...and then turn back
into Clark Kent when the bell rang for the next round.
The judges paid attention to every detail and worked late into the
nights. On the days at Heritage Park, they knew that their marks
would determine the farriers who would go forward in the top
ten. Only on the last hour of the last day would they be judging
who’d hold the title.
Under the old system, points accumulated throughout the event,
and a mistake in what you did on the first day that dropped you
from third to fifth in a class might cost you the title. That was no
longer the case: the event still allowed little opportunity for error,
but the tiered scoring meant that you could have won all the
classes at Heritage Park, earn the highest score in the top ten, but
still lose the title.
Judge Jim Blurton of Wales knows the Calgary ropes. He was
world champion himself in 2005. He knew how important it was
to follow the new system to the letter, and give it a chance to
prove itself. He stood beside Alberta’s own Nathan Powell, a
veteran of Team Canada, who started out at Calgary as a
volunteer with a broom and shovel under the Big Top, and
worked his way to the top.
Blurton and Powell insisted that both judges evaluate foot
preparation during the team shoeing, and that they both judge
the finish,too. This resulted in a detailed scoring system, but long
delays for the contestants, who grumbled that they had no choice
but to wait to get their horses back in order to continue.
Momentum and concentration were shattered, but this was the
world championship. Everyone deserved — and had — the
chance to be scored by both judges.
There were two serious men in the judges’ tent. Methodical,
detailed, and determined, Blurton and Powell split hairs to
choose class winners. But that meant that they also eliminated
losers whose work would probably be able to win almost any
other event in the world. They did everything but examine the
shoes under a microscope. That was their job.
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Know the Score
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2013 World Championship ResultsClass 20 - Forging Class 20 - Lateral Extension Front
1st Fisher, Stephen 2nd Beane, Steven P.3rd Fennell, Nigel D. 4th Casserly, Andrew W. 5th Varini, David J. 6th Randles, Matthew J. 7th Madrid, Chris B. 8th Trnka, Craig 9th Eriksson, Jesper
10th Lamaille, Vincent
Class 30 - Forging Class 30 - Lateral Heel Extension1st Beane, Steven P. 2nd Gregory, Cody4th Crerar, Devin 5th Eriksson, Jesper 6th Varini, David J. 7th Randles, Matthew J. 8th Schimanski, Patrick D. 9th Casserly, Andrew W.
10th King, Rodney J.
Class 40 - Forging Class 40 - Shoe to Foot1st Eriksson, Jesper 2nd Nunn, Jonathan 3rd Fennell, Nigel D. 4th Randles, Matthew J. 5th Lamaille, Vincent 7th Beane, Steven P.8th Madrid, Chris B. 9th O'Shaughnessy, William W.
10th Casserly, Andrew W.
Class 50 - Forging Class 50 - Specimen1st Randles, Matthew J. 2nd Nunn, Jonathan 3rd Delcroix, Mathieu D. 4th Casserly, Andrew W. 5th Berger, Henrik H. 6th Eriksson, Jesper 7th Quick, Jim P.8th Bryan, Joseph L. 9th Moon, Grant D.
10th Beane, Steven P.
Class 60 - Forging Class 60 - Shoe to Foot Draft1st Moon. Grant D. 2nd Randles, Matthew J. 3rd Beane, Steven P. 4th Williams, Tom 5th Eriksson, Jesper 6th Policard, Yoann P.7th Crerar, Devin 8th Mangan, Benjamin I. 9th Varini, David J.
10th O'Shaughnessy, Edward F.
Class 70 - Forging Class 70 - Tool & Fullered CW Shoe1st Beane, Steven P.2nd Randles, Matthew J. 3rd Fennell, Nigel D. 4th Bryan, Joseph L. 5th Golby, Gavin J. 6th Ritchie, Iain B. 7th Quick, Jim P.8th Brown, Sarah-Mary 9th Moon, Grant D.
10th Eriksson, Jesper
Class 100 - Artistic Forging Champion1st Keith, James (Jim) E.
Class 101 - Artistic Forging - Pot Luck1st Keith, James (Jim) E.
Class 104 - Metal Art Judges Choice1st Keith, James (Jim) E.
Class 110 - Four-Man Team Draft Horse1st Eriksson, Jesper
Moon, Grant D. Vibe, Aksel A. Nunn, Jonathan
2nd Fennell, Nigel D. O'Shaughnessy, William W. O'Shaughnessy, Edward F. Beane, Steven P.
3rd Casserly, Andrew W. Casserly, Jack T. Golby, Gavin J. Randles, Matthew J.
4th Albergne, Christian Policard, Yoann P.Delcroix, Mathieu D. Lamaille, Vincent
5th Crerar, Devin Ritchie, Iain B. Quick, Jim P.Varini, David J.
Class 115 - Rookie Award1st Crerar, Devin
Class 120 - Forging Champion1st Randles, Matthew J.
Class 125 - Shoeing Champion1st Randles, Matthew J.
Class 140 - World Championship BlacksmithCompetition
1st Varini, David J. 2nd Randles, Matthew J. 3rd Moon, Grant D. 4th Beane, Steven P.5th Nunn, Jonathan
CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
Climax: Day Four’s Final FiveClick on the screen to play video
Calgary’s new scoring system was put to the test: make the TopTen, then compete again to make the Top Five. The adrenalinwould have been pumping no matter where this event was held,but this was the Calgary Stampede, the Greatest Outdoor Showon Earth. And only one farrier would stand on that stage at theend of the day.
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David Varini can tell you where and when his passion for
winning the Calgary Stampede World Championship
Blacksmiths Competition began.
“I was doing my apprenticeship and, believe it or not, I used to
housesit for Allan Ferrie while he’d go to Calgary to compete. Paul
Robinson and I would sit at his house and watch videos of
Calgary. I’ve wanted to win it since then.”
That was back in the 1990s. David Varini started an
apprenticeship with Jim and Allan Ferrie’s practice in Ayrshire,
Scotland while still in his teens. He witnessed, and benefited
from, the exposure of the Ferrie brothers on the world stage at
Calgary. “They came back and raised the standard of shoeing in
Scotland, that’s for sure,” David commented.
But it wouldn’t be until 2004 that David could get himself across
the Atlantic to try to win the title. He’s been there seven times in
all now. Until this year, his big memory was winning the reserve
title in 2008, while his Irish apprentice pal--and now his business
partner--Paul Robinson won the title.
“Being second to Paul was a catalyst for me, really,” David said
after Calgary this year. He would go on to be European champion
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David Varini, 2013 World Champion
and make the trip to Calgary for six consecutive years in search of
the title. He was third in 2012 and was on the winning Four-Man
Team in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
David dedicated himself to preparing for Calgary for a quarter of
each year. “I don’t do lots of competitions every year,” he said.
“The ones I do mean a lot to me so I put in quite a lot of prep
time. For three months prior to Stampede, I pretty much spend
my life between my anvil and my forge. I finish my day work and
then it’s practice, practice, practice.”
Why did he practice so hard, why did he compete with such
focus? “It’s become a bit of an obsession with me – to take it one
step further and win it. I feel more relief than joy at the moment,”
he quipped.
“Anybody in the top ten or fifteen could have won this year,”
Varini noted. Varini puts Calgary in a totally different category
from any other competition. “In that tent at Heritage Park, we
could have been anywhere in the world,” he recalled. “But when
you’re in the Big Top, it’s electric. It’s something to experience, I
can tell you.”
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CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
What Makes Calgary Different? Click on the screens to play videos
CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
You don’t see Wales and Norway on the same team everyday. Or Englandand Ireland. But at Calgary, the teams for the four-man draft class crossage, gender and geo-political boundaries. Every man for himself turns intoall-for-one as the teams tackle giant Percheron and Belgian draft horses.Team Heller was 2013’s big winner.
algary Different? ens to play videos
The very first World Champion at Calgary, Canada’s Bob Marshall, starteda tradition when he brought his father to strike for him. The next year,Vern Hornquist from New York did the same. Now Calgary boasts brilliantyoung stars like Bodie Trnka and Cody Gregory who grew up playing in thearena sand. Generations are a tradition at Calgary.
Winning and Losing, Calgary Style
“It takes a while to get over it. You have to be on your top form for
Calgary. I wasn’t. David Varini really did do the best job in that last
round.” (Steven Beane)
“Few people know this, but stop and think about it: Only 15 people
in the world have won Calgary. There’s only one world
championship and this is it.” (David Duckett)
“You’ve got to be very well prepared for Calgary. Fitness is key.
The higher sea level there matters. And when it gets hot in
Calgary? I can tell you, it gets very hot.” (Andrew Casserly)
“Here’s something you might not notice. But six out of the top ten
are men over 40. Even though I have been shoeing since I was 18, I
didn’t even start competing until I was 39.” (Jonathan Nunn)
“I have a different outlook from the others, about competition. I
just try to please myself. And I knew I wasn’t doing the work I
needed to win. When you’re at the top, it’s hard.” (Steven Beane)
“I thought it was going well. It’s an amazing feeling. I can’t believe
it. It’s a pleasure to compete against these guys. There are some top
guys here – serious guys.” (Matthew Randles)
“You can go away beaten or you can push on.” (David Varini)
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The World Championship began with 62 fresh faces from 15 countries. Four days and ten classes later, it was narrowed to aTop Ten: one from Sweden and nine from Great Britain.
It’s not just the World Champion title that is up for grabs. Scotland’s Devin Crerar was named Rookie of the Year and NewMexico’s Jim Keith swept a trio of artistic forging awards.Team Heller won the Four Man Team Draft championship presentedby Anderson Ranch; the quartet was an international group made up of Jonathan Nunn of England, Grant Moon of Wales,Jesper Eriksson and Askel Vibe, both of Norway.
“There were never, ever better semi-finals than this year. There was
a band playing, even pyrotechnics. The social part was better this
year than it has been in years.” (Grant Moon)
“David Varini had less than four minutes to nail on and finish, at
the end. And he won.” (David Duckett)
“Anybody in the top ten or fifteen could have won this year. It’s
quite a humbling experience to get to the top. I’m sure, when
things settle down a little bit, I’ll be able to look at it and enjoy it
more.” (David Varini)
“It was really close quarters. The draft horses were packed in under
that tent on Saturday. The heart bar class ended at 9 p.m. You know I’d
do it all again tomorrow; what a great experience!” (Jonathan Nunn)
“It wasn’t the mud.” (Steven Beane)
The trend in the future will be for farrier competitors to have
coaches, the same as professional or Olympic athletes. You need
it, at that level. It’s hard for independent farriers to reach out and
ask for help, and psychology is a big part of it. That will be the
coach’s job.” (David Duckett)
“The old Big Top is gone.What happened in it is gone, too. I’m an
old timer and I’ve seen it all. Seeing those bleachers packed with
people this year tells me that there is a bright future for farriery at
the Calgary Stampede.” (David Duckett)
“My parents were there to watch me. I bought cowboy boots for
my girlfriend. I feel better about myself because I made the Top
Five. I practiced for two and a half months, preparing for it. I’ll
still be hungry for it next time.” (Matthew Randles)
“I’ve seen the evolution, especially with the new countries. I’d like
to see it get bigger — and better!” (Grant Moon)
“Sarah Brown will be the first woman to win the world
championship. You can quote me on that.” (David Duckett)
“Make a bar shoe in 15 minutes? You don’t hang around.” (David
Duckett)
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CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
World Champion: David Varini Click on the screen to play video ! ! !
CALGARYP O S T C A R D F R O M
And then there was one. Scotland’s David Varini covered his facewith his hands as he stepped forward from the line of finalists onthe stage as he heard his name. He’d been consistent and focusedthroughout the competition, but on that last day, in that lastround, he had the chance to win it all. And win he did; Davidaccepted his check for $10,000 from Hans Mustad and Peter Bindeand went home a very happy man
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