DES MOINES – TF Clydesdales, located in rural Gladbrook, competed in the Percheron, Clydesdale & Draft Pony Horse Show Aug. 14-17 at the 2025 Iowa State Fair, carting up a bevy of awards including National Champions in Clydesdale Mare Unicorn and Mens Mare Cart.
Owned by Becky and Steve Fevold along with their daughter and son-in-law Katie and Jake Bauer, TF Clydesdales is a fifth-generation family operation. The youngest generation includes Katie and Jake’s daughter, rising North Tama fifth-grader Emma Bauer. On Saturday, Aug. 16, Emma took home National Jr Driver 14 & Under in Cart and in Team, while also winning the top award in Youth Cart Driver for the Clydesdale/Percheron division. Additionally, Katie, a Gladbrook-Reinbeck graduate, was the National Top Female Driver in the Clydesdale Division.
The newspaper had the privilege of photographing the family Thursday evening on the fairgrounds in Des Moines while they prepped and later competed with their black Clydesdale mares Tessa, Sally, Uri, and Mary in the Mare Four Horse Hitch class in the Jacobson Exhibition Center…