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LifeVac Therapeutic Riding Championships Headline Foundation Friday

LifeVac Therapeutic Riding Championships Headline Foundation Friday

Harrisburg, PA – Foundation Friday, held on Friday, October 20, at the 2023 Pennsylvania National Horse Show was headlined by the LifeVac Therapeutic Riding Championships featuring 23 riders from across Pennsylvania. Established in 1999, the PNHS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that supports equine rescue and therapeutic riding programs, with annual Foundation grants allowing for […]

McLain Ward and Kyrlanthe Capture Victory in Their U.S. Debut at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

McLain Ward and Kyrlanthe Capture Victory in Their U.S. Debut at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Harrisburg, PA – McLain Ward debuted a new mare, Kyrlanthe, at this week’s Pennsylvania National Horse Show, and on Friday, October 20, the pair made the debut week a winning one in the $30,000 1.30m Commonwealth Classic. Kyrlanthe was just recently imported to the U.S., and the PNHS in Harrisburg, PA, marks the 8-year-old mare’s […]

Laura Chapot and Christian Coyle Claim Welcome Wins at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Laura Chapot and Christian Coyle Claim Welcome Wins at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Harrisburg, PA – Laura Chapot and Christian Coyle are used to frequent trips to the winner’s circle at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, and they both returned there on Thursday evening, October 19, as they topped the $30,000 1.45m Welcome and the $15,000 1.30m Welcome, respectively.  Chapot’s victory came aboard Chandon Blue, an 18-year-old Oldenburg gelding that […]

Kelly Tropin Whitridge and Chablis Claim Their Third PNHS Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter Championship

Kelly Tropin Whitridge and Chablis Claim Their Third PNHS Grand Amateur-Owner Hunter Championship

Harrisburg, PA – October 19, 2023 – Kelly Tropin Whitridge and Chablis have been partnered for nine years, and for four of those years, they have ridden away with the Amateur-Owner Hunter 18-35 division championship at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Those odds are made even more impressive by the stiff competition each year in […]

Caitlin Boyle and Jimmy Torano Take Open Jumper Speed Wins at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Caitlin Boyle and Jimmy Torano Take Open Jumper Speed Wins at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Harrisburg, PA – Caitlin Boyle and Jimmy Torano kicked off Open Jumper competition at the 2023 Pennsylvania National Horse Show with victories in the $10,000 1.30m Speed and the $10,000 1.40m Speed, respectively, on Wednesday, October 18. For Torano, the victory at the PA Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA, came aboard Kochio Z, a […]

Keswick Hunt Club Earns Second Consecutive PNHS Hunt Night Championship

Keswick Hunt Club Earns Second Consecutive PNHS Hunt Night Championship

Harrisburg, PA – The 2022 Pennsylvania National Horse Show Hunt Night champions, the Keswick Hunt Club, returned to Harrisburg, PA, on Monday evening and successfully defended their title, earning the Hunt Night Championship and the Ralph A. Alfano Memorial Perpetual Trophy for the second year in a row. In total, 19 hunt team combinations – […]

Carlee McCutcheon Made Her Way to the Top in 2023 Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final

Carlee McCutcheon Made Her Way to the Top in 2023 Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final

Harrisburg, PA – October 15, 2023 – Following two rounds of jumping and one final test on October 15 at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, a field of 206 entries was narrowed down to one 2023 Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final winner: Carlee McCutcheon aboard Chacco Star. Second place went to Medal Final first-timer […]

The Secret to Ella Endzweig’s Success in the Small Pony Hunters  

The Secret to Ella Endzweig’s Success in the Small Pony Hunters  

Ella Endzweig’s success in the Small Pony Hunters is no secret, thanks to Secret Crush, a 10-year-old Welsh Pony Cross, owned by Jill Shulman. On Saturday, October 14, Endzweig rode Secret Crush to both the Small Pony Hunter Championship and the Grand Pony Hunter Championship, sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Gary C. Duffy and Little […]

Sofia Cady Captures USEF Junior Jumper National Championship at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Sofia Cady Captures USEF Junior Jumper National Championship at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Harrisburg, PA – Coming into Saturday night’s third and final phase of the USEF Junior Jumper National Championship at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Sofia Cady felt that she had little to no shot at a podium finish. However, as the rails fell for each of the top five, a clear round from Cady and […]

Ariana Marnell and Babylon are Best Junior Hunters at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Ariana Marnell and Babylon are Best Junior Hunters at Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Harrisburg, PA – Prior to this week, Ariana Marnell’s Babylon had earned a Grand Hunter Championship at all but one of the four major indoor final horse shows. On Friday, October 13, Marnell and Babylon clinched what had previously alluded them: the Grand Junior Hunter Championship at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, PA. […]