Sid Bundy (West Palm Beach, Fla.)
I met Sid 40 years ago when I was starting. He was shoeing top race horses at Calder/Gulfstream/Hialiea. A few years later I moved to Wellington and became friends with Sid. We were the only two shoeing Jumpers when, at that time, the Winter Jumping Circuit was showing at PB fairgrounds before the Northen Farriers came down. For the next 10 years or so, we met for breakfast and shared our winter shoeing and Florida summer shoeing experiences. We have a clinic at Visby Supply and went to clinics and AFA contests. I met his mentor and teacher in Kentucky, Jackie Thompson, and worked together with Burney Chapman and many others that started or learned from Sid... Tom Curl and Drew Golden, to mention a few. Sid has shod more horses than you can imagine, flown to France shoeing race horses and loads of top Jumpers and was for years the farrier of the main show barn in Wellington. In the early beginnings of Winter Equestrian games all through the years, Sid has helped many farriers in the area, including ones that began to come here in winter in Wellingtion. He's a humble type, and is 84 and still going.
— Ron Rubin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
