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join the WIHS management team, “Why? Because I have a very strong desire to see the long traditions of the show con- tinue for years to come. An International horse show held in an urban environment in our nation’s capital is of course a logistical nightmare of unbelievable proportions. However it is a little piece of our sport that we must fight to preserve. It will always be easier to find a piece of land out in the country that has few of the inherent complications and costs of put- ting on an event in a metropolitan environment. However, the more we take our sport away from the people (for the sake of expedience), the more we lose our connection with them.” It is clear that when the first horse enters the Verizon Center arena on October 25, 2011, the staff behind the scenes will be ready to ensure that the experience for competitors and their supporters will be one they will never forget. It will be one more year to add
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to the record books of victories won, new memories to record and traditions that continue at the 53rd Washington International Horse Show.
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that we have of its kind where we actually show in a cosmo- politan atmosphere. With the National Horse Show going to Kentucky, which is a fabulous venue, you are still not on the streets of a major city competing in a venue like Verizon Cen- ter. It doesn’t suit all horses for sure but it is exciting. You have to school them differently – you have to have ones that are easy to prepare, but it is so worth it because the atmosphere at Washington is unlike any other horse show we compete in.” “It is significant that so many West Coast Riders are now in- cluding an East Coast tour on their late summer-fall schedule,” added Tony Hitchcock, Chief Operating Officer of Washing- ton International and Senior Vice President of HITS. “Some come as early as the Hampton Classic and continue to HITS for the Pfizer Million and Diamond Mills jumping and hunter classes and then finish with the East Coast indoor circuit – Capital Challenge, Harrisburg and Washington”, he said. Perhaps Ridland said it best when asked why he agreed to
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