Capital Challenge Horse Show Celebrates 20 Years, continued...
say, since the beginning we have seen the most amazing quality of horses. Every horse that comes there is capable of placing; I think that is the basis of our success. We have so many good quality horses and that is what attracts the people. T ey don’t want to do it every week, but once a year they want to prove they’re the best of the best.” T rough the years, Kennedy had some innovative ideas to draw in the competitors. In addition to the regular lineup of hunter/jumper classes, the show began adding new equitation fi nals,
exciting new
hunter championships, and new divisions for the exhibition of young horses. T e divisions and
classes have evolved over the years,
and
what they have now are some of the nation’s most popular events. From the Developing Pro Rider Challenge
Molly Sewell was the Ariat National Adult Medal winner in 2001 and then went on to top the World Championship Hunter Rider Emerging Professional Challenge in 2010.
and Future Hunter divisions for young horses, to the ARIAT National Adult Medal Finals and THIS National Children’s Medal Finals, along with the World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Professional Finals,
Capital
Challenge boasts a strong schedule of prestigious classes. As the Capital Challenge Horse Show looks forward to its 20th year, the goal is now to keep the best of the best coming to Upper Marlboro each fall and to keep the competition fresh and original. Kennedy is not sure what the future will bring, but he plans stay ahead of the curve. “When we originally started
Rick Fancher and Osczar were the subjects of a painting by Michael Tang after they put in a perfect 100-point round in the 1997 Regular Working Hunter class.
a cookie cutter horse show. We didn’t want it to be just like the next week or the week before. We wanted ours to stand out and I think the hardest thing is to stay current and keep your ideas fresh. I think our horse show spearheaded a lot of change in the industry and now the most important thing is staying ahead of the curve and fresh with new ideas.”
the show, Billy and I decided that we wanted to do a show the way we thought it should be done,” Kennedy stated. “We didn’t want
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