05/31/2026
Check out this incredible photo of a cowboy riding his two-rein Appaloosa horse in a Santa Barbara spade bit in the Tevis Cup 100 mile Endurance Ride !!
From the Cowboy Arts and Gear Museum: “The Tevis Cup is an endurance ride that covers 100 miles across the Sierras from Lake Tahoe, California (Robie Park) to Auburn, California in a maximum of 24 hours. Check out this awesome photo of rider, L.C. “Butch” Barone of Minden, Nevada on his horse named “Tom” coming up Cougar Rock on the Tevis Cup in 1966!”