showing in the Onadarka Medal, I won
T
more seconds than I could count, and
that was enough for me, so I decided
to do the three weeks of rain by add-
ing 1 tented hunter ring and 3 tented
he apple doesn’t
warm up areas to the already exist-
fall far from the tree when it comes to
ing 2 permanent indoor rings. When
Northern Winter Classic Horse Show
inclement weather made showing
Manager, Tim Postel. Tim’s family
challenging one Sunday, Tim offered
has been involved in horses as long as
the jumpers which I really enjoyed."
he can remember. His mother JoAnn
In 1991 Tim was given the opportuni-
Postel, and her identical twin sister
ty of running the Pebble Beach Horse
Nancy Turrill, learned to ride by find-
Show, as the current manager, Derek
ing bailing wire and putting it around
de Grazia, was focusing on qualifying
the neck of the family donkey. The
for the 1992 Olympics. In addition, de
two rode through the orchards owned
Grazia was giving up the lease to the
by their parents, Tim’s Grandparents.
Pebble Beach Equestrian Center, and
The idea for the world famous Fox-
Tim jumped at the chance to manage
field Drill Team, which they founded,
the facility he used to compete at as a
sprang from these afternoons of “rid-
child, and he’s been at Pebble Beach
ing”, and what once was a childhood
ever since. His responsibilities include
pastime became a lifelong passion.
running horse shows, overseeing up
Tim is “told” that he began riding at
to 3,000 trail rides a year, as well as
age 2. He was recruited to join the drill
the lesson program that mirrors Fox-
team at an early age, and by 10, traveled
field’ s, the care and maintenance of
to New York for a riding demonstration
25 trail horses, 25 lesson horses and
at the prestigious National Horse Show
horses that are boarded at the facility.
at Madison Square Garden, followed by
You get the picture, Tim is a horse-
a memorable demonstration at the Min-
man born and bred. He gets it. Two
nesota State Fair with an attendance of
years ago when he and Peggy Fackrell
200,000 per day. “Because the mare I
were sitting at dinner, the conversation
was standing up on jumping, kept sour-
turned to a mutual belief that North-
ing up and pitching me on the ground,
ern California needed more quality 'A'
the announcer made me a bet that if I
rated horse shows. They decided to do
fell off, I owed him a quarter. Well, after
something about it, and the concept
about six days, I was getting pretty far
of the Northern Winter Classic came
into debt, so finally I had to step back
to fruition. Held at the Rancho Mu-
to vault onto this pony’s back, and this
rietta Equestrian Center just outside
thing would take off. The crowd would
of Sacramento, California, the 2008
just go crazy, like it was all planned!”
show received rave reviews, as well as
Recalling his junior years show-
providing a much needed option to
Top to Bottom: Peggy Fackrell & Tim
ing competitively on the West Coast,
Postel: Tim at Madison Square Gardens;
traveling south. Tim and Peggy’s “old
Nancy Turrill; JoAnn Postel.
Postel says with a laugh, “My last year
school” mentality that horse shows
Photos © Alden Corrigan & Tim Postel Personal Collection
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