The world of all things horses returns to the 25-acre climate-controlled Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA February 27 to March 2. Horse World Expo, the east coast’s largest and best-attended equestrian expo, features four days of non-stop education, entertainment and shopping. Scores of horses representing a large variety of breeds and types and leading equestrian clinicians and entertainers draw tens of thousands of horse enthusiasts from across the eastern United States and beyond.
Horse World Expo is two events in one. The Expo features regional, national and international clinicians covering almost every topic of interest to horse owners and enthusiasts, competitions and presentations by regional horses and riders and one-stop, unparalleled shopping with everything imaginable for horses, riders and horse lovers… all in one huge, heated building.
Temple Grandin, the renowned author, college professor, Keynote speaker at the 2025 Pennsylvania Farm Show and advocate for the humane treatment of animals, believes that animals—especially horses—have the power to transform lives. “Horses can help us to develop a sense of trust, empathy and compassion,” she wrote.
Indeed. Those special powers are in high demand as the world grows more unpredictable every day.
Kristen de Marco is a fan of horses and their remarkable healing powers. She believes horses can be guides, leading people to find their own special powers of forgiveness, strength and understanding. She recognized that horses also have the power to heal those who have experienced trauma. Her organization, Gateway HorseWorks, serves communities as diverse as inmates preparing to leave prison, victims of human trafficking, children in residential treatment, people in recovery and veterans. These often marginalized and vulnerable communities are the focus of Gateway HorseWorks, communities of individuals who would likely not have access to either horses or the innovative programs that de Marco and her team provide.
May 9, 2024 was an unseasonably hot spring day on the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. This is the day that 25-year-old mare, ShyAnne gave birth to a beautiful dark bay pinto colt by the stallion Ajax. The colt was a little premature and his legs were not quite right. Slowly, he scrambled to his feet.
Darcy Cole said she remembers being worried about him right from the start. She’d just left saltwater cowboys, Billy Reed and Ayden Hunter, who were treating a mare named Waterbaby. Darcy had called them after she realized the mare was colicking.
“They saved her life that day,” Darcy said.
Saly Glassman has been involved with horses for most of her life. Well, some might say that horses have been her life—along with her family, her community involvement and her enormously successful 40-year career at Merrill Lynch.
“I was already kind of thinking about what am I going to do? This offer (from her partners) to buy me out really gave me an opportunity to think about what I wanted to do next.” Glassman is the sort of person human resources folks used to call a “self-starter.” Meaning, she doesn’t wait around wondering what she should do. “It was very important to me to be my own boss,” she says, “having worked for a large institution for almost 40 years.”
A historic thoroughbred breeding farm outside Baltimore was selected as the future site of a new year-round training center, part of a $400 million plan to preserve and reenergize horse racing in the state of Maryland.
The announcement of the selection of Shamrock Farm by the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority late last year, solidified a key component of a sweeping plan to restore the storied Pimlico Racetrack, home to the Preakness Stakes.
“Our goal is to design and build one of the great equine training centers in the world,” said Gregory A. Cross, chairman of the MTROA, which was formed in 2023 to ensure the future of thoroughbred racing in the state. “A rigorous examination of many locations in the region showed that this site provides the best combination of size, cost and construction approval process. The collaborative decision to build at Shamrock Farm included input from Maryland’s horsemen and other key stakeholders. This project truly continues the path for our racing industry to thrive.”
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