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The Capital Challenge Horse Show, continued... Soldiering On


decision to decrease the number of horses al- lowed at the facility.” Kennedy reported that his team had only


four weeks to pack up everything from Mary- land and get set up in Ohio. “Just pulling off the show last year was a huge feat,” he said. “I don’t know how we pulled it off. It’s a testament to how good our staff is.” Te pandemic also forced the cancellation


of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, which moved the North American League Jumper Finals to Capital Challenge in Ohio. “Te NAL finals [people] seem to like us so they will be part of this year’s show too,” Kennedy stated.


Te pandemic has not finished wreaking hav-


oc for 2021, as Kennedy is finding his normal supply chain crunched. “Rippeon Equipment has been part of the show nearly since day one and they supply our tractors for the show but they are having a hard time finding anything for us to use,” Kennedy explained. “Tractors are in short supply and we are having a hard time finding any to rent either.” Te ongoing pandemic is not going to slow Kennedy and his team down, however, as they put the finishing touches on the set up of this year’s show.


One of the reasons PGEC is so well-suited for a horse show this large is because of the number of rings they have available. Kennedy reports that during Equitation Weekend, there will be three competition rings going at once as well as two warm up areas. “Te covered arena is primarily used for under saddle classes that weekend and then warm up for less busy days,” he said. Another key asset of PEGC is the number of


permanent stalls and the ample room for tem- porary stabling. “We have used Brandywine Tent Company since the beginning,” Kennedy ex- plained, adding that around 1,000 horses and po- nies are stabled on the grounds during the show. Vendors have been invited back to PGEC


this year with nearly 100% of the show’s pre- pandemic vendors returning for 2021. “We will have vendors set up outside and inside and ev- eryone is to follow the county’s COVID proto- cols,” Kennedy stated. Tese protocols include limiting the number of customers in booths and wearing face masks when indoors. “Plus there is all the standard stuff about self moni- toring temperatures and such,” he added. Even though this year’s show is shaping up to be business as usual, Kennedy is surprised at how big the show has become during the pandemic. “I’m shocked… with everything that is going on


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in the world this year… it is just crazy how many people want to come to the show,” he said while getting a bit choked up. “I’m super grateful that [the riders] like us. Not sure what it is about this show… but I’m just so very grateful.”


Many local riders came up the ranks through the Capital Challenge Horse Show, like Sa- mantha Schaefer, shown here winning the WCHR Pony Hunter Challege in 2002 aboard Halcyon Hawthorne. Schaefer moved on to the hunter horse divisions and now com- petes as a professional. Also pictured is Nancy Amling, who presented the Foxlair’s Poker Perpetual Trophy to Schaefer, and ringmaster Albert Sabrasula.


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