March/April 2024 Issue

The News East Coast Horse Owners Need To Know OUR st YEAR 99 - PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT 280 LANC., PA 17604 Vol. 31 No. 1 March/April 2024 (Continued on page 51) Inside... In Harrisburg, PA with World Class Shopping, Exciting Competitions, Family Entertainment, Top Clinicians and Theatre Equus Horse World Expo Celebrates 21 Years! The world of all things horses returns to the 25-acre climate-controlled Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA Febru- ary 29 to March 3. 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 of all breeds and types and leading equestrian clinicians and enter- tainers 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 interna- tional clinicians covering almost every topic of interest to horse owners and enthusiasts, com- petitions 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. Theatre Equus, AMusical Equine Revue , is a professionally choreographed and scripted show in which humans and horses part- ner to perform remarkable feats of daring and beauty. Theatre Equus is held the evenings of Fri., March 1 and Sat., March 2 in con- junction with the Expo and starts promptly at 8:30 pm. Geared to all ages, Theatre Equus is an Horse World Expo, held February 29 to March 3, features scores of clinicians teaching attendees about every aspect of horsemanship and care. Among them is Tina Ann Legno of Alivio Equestrian Academy ( tinalegno.com) , who provides long-lasting solutions to everyday problems using gymnastic exercises that make sense to the horse. Photo credit: Victoria Mannina PEC spring newsletter, Saddle Up Scholars tutor low income riders, perfect warmblood found in a kill pen, Chincoteagues & Swamp cancer, complete calendar of events, and much more! Photo credit: ©Michael Stylianos 2022