Going the distance at T eRBeyAMB by KARIRUEL MV Mac Tiki (left) and LV Cambridge say hello Mdoes a business have a theme that is so intrinsically became affectionately known as Tamber and Bey. The Tamber BeyEven the moniker “Tamber Bey” is a shortened version of the firstArabian horses Barry owned and raced, Tamborina and Bayamo, whoany businesses use special icons to represent acompany’s philosophy or show its strength, but rarely woven between personal and business as Tamber Bey Vineyards. estate is now home to several world-class Arabian endurance horses. The symbol of the horse truly represents what’s at the soul for These horses regularly compete over distances of fifty and 100 miles owners Barry and Jennifer Waitte. Both are involved in the and are ridden by Barry and Jennifer, who is also the horses’ trainer. extreme sport of Endurance Horse Racing. Though the need to ride long distances has existed since the Their tasting room on Adams Street in St. Helena pays homage to domestication of the horse, endurance riding as an organized activity their ten races a year with a big screen TV rotating remarkable photos was first developed in the United States, based on European cavalry from past rides and races. Sophisticated horse stable-like partitions and breeding program tests requiring the ability to carry 300 pounds separate the offices from the copper-clad wine bar that commands over 100 miles in one day. Organized endurance riding as a formal attention as one enters the room. The scene is reminiscent of the sport began in 1955, when Wendell Robie and a group of equestrians home of their four Arabian horses back at their vineyard property, rode from the Lake Tahoe area across the Sierra Nevada Range to located along the Napa River just north of Yountville. Auburn in less than twenty-four hours. They followed the historic Barry and Jennifer Waitte, riding MV Mac Tiki (left) and M Dash Czoe (right) V A L L E Y N A P A g E X P L O R I N photo by Robin Burgess, courtesy of Jennifer Waitte 56 w w w . n A P A V A L L E Y L I F E m A G A z I n E . c o m
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