May 2023 Issue

Brenda Carpenter Photography The News East Coast Horse Owners Need To Know OUR TH YEAR 199 - PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT 280 LANC., PA 17604 Vol. 30 No. 4 May 2023 (Continued on page 7) Inside... Known as the place “Where Champions Meet,” the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair heralds in their 127th year of world class competition, May 25th to June 4th, 2023, at the historic Devon Show Grounds. The oldest and largest outdoor multi-breed horse show in North America, this year once again brings together elite equestrians from varied disciplines in one extraordinary 11-day event. Hunters, Equitation, Jumpers, Saddlebreds, Roadsters, Carriage Driving and Coaching alike will all have their chance to compete for a spot in the famed winner’s circle in the Dixon Oval. From its humble beginnings in 1896, the first Devon Horse Show was a one-day event with approximately thirty classes. The fenced-in show ring was con- structed on grass and the judges and officials sat in a gazebo in the center of the ring. Today, the Devon Horse Show boasts impressive competition rings featuring hundreds of riders competing in over 300 classes with prize monies totaling close to $1 MILLION . Elite open jumper athletes will have the opportunity to vie in multiple classes for prizes and awards totaling over $487,000. These highly accomplished equestrians World Class Competition Highlights Devon Horse Show, “Where Champions Meet” compete each night starting Tues- day, May 30 in the $38,700 Jet Run Welcome Stake, followed by the $38,700 Main Line Challenge, the $226,000 Sapphire Grand Prix of Devon, the $38,700 Devon In- ternational Speed Stake, and the $145,100 Idle Dice Open Stake- -a new Grand Prix class with jumps in both the Dixon Oval and “The King of Devon,” McLain Ward and Contagious won the 2022 Devon Horse Show’s signature event, the $250,000 Sapphire Grand Prix. It was Ward’s twelfth victory in the class. He and many other FEI level riders are expected to compete at the 2023 Devon Horse Show, May 25-June 4 in Devon, PA. Photo credit: Emma Miller, Phelps Media Group Numbers of horses, riders continue to decrease … pg. 32 Lots of crossover between ‘chasing and eventing … pg. 17 …and much more! Stunning farms in our Real Estate Showcase… pgs. 14-16