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Fresno, California

Central California Women’s Conference

Event type: Concord Coach Display
Date: September 16, 2019 - September 17, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Fresno, California

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Fresno, California

Central California Women’s Conference

Event type: Concord Coach Display
Date: September 16, 2019 - September 17, 2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: Fresno, California

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Event highlights

2015 Hollywood Christmas Parade

2015 Hollywood Christmas Parade
Stagecoach rides Yakima, WA

Stagecoach rides Yakima, WA
Memorial Day parade Washington D.C.

Memorial Day parade Washington D.C.

Meet the drivers

It takes training, skill, care, and a very special bond between horses and humans to bring history to life.

Alan

Driver’s Name: Alan

Number of years: 19

Most interesting experience: Traveling to London in 2012 to represent Wells Fargo in the Lord Mayor’s Parade.

Fun fact: I have been a professional trick rider and hitch driver since the age of 12. I have appeared as the Winston Man and the Marlboro Man, and have served as a stunt double and technical adviser for Clint Eastwood.

Horse type: American Quarter Horses and American Paint Horses
Al

Driver’s Name: Al

Located in: Texas

Number of years: 20

Most interesting experience: Driving Dale Robertson and other stars on the stagecoach at the John Wayne Cancer Foundation Fundraiser in Abilene, Texas.

Fun facts: I restore and build stagecoaches

Horse type: Quarter Horse

Michael

Driver’s Name: Michael

Located in: Oregon

Number of years: 16

Most interesting experience: Meeting other drivers and sharing stories, knowledge, and lore.

Fun facts: I grew up on a farm in southeastern Minnesota, where we used horsepower. At the age of 9, I could hitch 5 horses to a grain binder and do a man’s work.

Horse type: American Warmbloods, in particular Georgian Grandes, a breeding blend of Saddlebred and draft horse

Paul

Driver’s Name: Paul

Located in: California

Number of years: 46

Most interesting experience: Driving cross country for the Nixon Inaugural parade and outriding in it. Hauling the California Governor Pete Wilson to open cross town freeway in Stockton, California.

Fun facts: I belong to Back Country Horsemen, Riding and Driving Society, Red Wing Collectors Club & Farm Bureau. Collect antique trucks and John Deere two-cylinders. My other job is a cattle rancher.

Horse type: Percheron/Standard Bred cross

Ty

Driver’s Name: Ty

Located in: Iowa

Number of years: 10

Most interesting experience: Participating in and witnessing behind the scenes of Wells Fargo photo shoots.

Fun facts: Horses have been a part of my life since I was 2.

Horse type: Quarter Horses

Alan

Driver’s Name: Alan

Located in: Texas

Number of years: 19

Most interesting experience: Traveling to London in 2012 to represent Wells Fargo in the Lord Mayor’s Parade.

Fun fact: I have been a professional trick rider and hitch driver since the age of 12. I have appeared as the Winston Man and the Marlboro Man, and have served as a stunt double and technical adviser for Clint Eastwood.

Horse type: American Quarter Horses and American Paint Horses

Rod

Driver’s Name: Rod

Located in: California

Number of years: 24

Most interesting experience: Participating in the Fourth of July parades are so special and rewarding for me because they bring a part of the history of the West and this great nation of ours back to life.

Fun fact: I love to see the smiles on the faces and hear the cheers for the stagecoach and horses. For some, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The kids are always amazed and awestruck seeing the horses up close and the sounds of the wheels rolling and chains clinking.

Horse type: Standard Bred/Quarter Horse crosses. Dark Bay in color, most of them rescues.

George

Driver’s Name: George

Located in: California

Number of years: 25

Most interesting experience: Pulling one of the largest floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade with 10 Belgian Horses.

Fun facts: It’s a family tradition: My wife and son also drive the stagecoach. Plus we complete in other horse events.

Horse type: Quarter Horse cross, Mustangs

Troy

Driver’s Name: Troy

Located in: Arizona

Number of years: 15

Most interesting experience: Driving chuck wagons at the Houston rodeo.

Fun facts: I love to travel with the stagecoach.

Horse type: Quarter Horses

Jimmy

Driver’s Name: Jimmy

Located in: Texas

Number of years: 4

Most interesting experience: Seeing a street sweeper coming down the street toward the horses before the parade was over.

Fun facts: I love talking to people about the stagecoaches.

Horse type: None at this time.

Gary

Driver’s Name: Gary

Located in: Colorado

Number of years: 15

Most interesting experience: Driving chuck wagons at the Houston rodeo.

Fun facts: I love to travel with the stagecoach.

Horse type: Quarter Horses

Wells Fargo Stagecoach Driver - Al Texas

Al

Driver’s Name: Al

Located in: Texas

Number of years: 20

Most interesting experience: Driving Dale Robertson and other stars on the stagecoach at the John Wayne Cancer Foundation Fundraiser in Abilene, Texas.

Fun facts: I restore and build stagecoaches

Horse type: Quarter Horse

Mike

Driver’s Name: Mike

Located in: Minnesota

Number of years: 15

Most interesting experience: No two days are the same. I’m saving the good stuff for my book.

Fun fact: I built my first carriage in high school shop class. A friend said, “Bet you’re going to drive that in the midsummer parade.” I’ve never looked back.

Horse type: Percheron/Quarter Horse cross

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