60 Years
of the
Washington International Horse Show October 23-28 • Capital One Arena • Washington, DC
Cup™ Washington for the President’s Cup. Sunday’s show wraps up with more ponies
and the WIHS Regional Pony Hunter Finals and WIHS Regional Hunter Finals.
For 59 years, the world has fl ocked to the D.C.
metropolitan area for the Washington Interna- tional Horse Show (WIHS), and this year’s 60th Anniversary show is no exception! T e entire U.S. World Equestrian Games Team has sent early entries and international riders from around the globe have entered as well, so the 2018 WIHS is shaping up to be one for the record books.
On With the Show Held at the Capital One Arena in Washing-
ton, DC, October 23 through October 28, WIHS highlights include returning favorites such as Saturday’s President’s Cup and the Puissance on Friday’s Military Night. Barn Night is back on T ursday evening, along with Kids Day on Sat- urday. Plus, let’s not forget the second leg of the WIHS Shetland Pony Steeplechase Champion- ship on T ursday and Saturday evenings! T e show kicks off Tuesday morning with
top professional, amateur-owner and young riders in hunter classes. Both the $10,000 WIHS Childrens’ Hunter Championship and Adult Hunter Championship are contested that fi rst day. Wednesday morning is the big Meet &
Greet with the Mounted Police in front of the Hotel Monaco as the jumper classes get underway with the $10,000 WIHS Childrens’ Jumper Championship and $10,000 WIHS Adult Amateur Jumper Championship. T ursday hosts Small Junior and Large Ju- nior Hunter classes during the day and the big $35,000 International Jumper Accumulator Costume Class in the evening. For the full list of Barn Night festivities, scan the QR Code here with your phone. T e Hunter Phase of the Lindsay Maxwell
Charitable Fund WIHS Equitation Finals takes place during the day on Friday. T e eve- ning’s performances salute the military with the 7th annual WIHS Military Night. T e ever-popular $25,000 International Jumper Puissance takes place that evening as well as the $50,000 International Jumper Speed Final and special exhibitions. While ponies take over the ring on Saturday morning, junior spectators take over the main concourse and area in front of the Hotel Monaco for the annual WIHS Kids’ Day. More details can be found by scanning the QR Code here. T at evening, is the main event–the $135,000 Longines FEI Jumping World
www.equiery.com | 800-244-9580 A Bit of WIHS History
With approximately 500 competitors contest- ing for top honors each year, WIHS has always seemed to be the show for top local, national and international riders. Although spectator at- tendance was low its fi rst year, the fi rst WIHS board, led by Major General W.H. Adendroth as president, knew this sort of show had a place on the show calendar. From its fi rst show in 1958 at the D.C. Armory, its popularity for both spectators and competitors rapidly grew. T e showcase of those early years was the an- nual International Cup in which jumper teams from diff erent countries would compete for top honors, with Presidents and First Ladies often presenting the trophies. At times it may have
seemed that many spectators came to see who was watching from the stands just as much as they wanted to see who was in the ring. Notable guests have included Presidents John
F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Gerald R. Ford. Celebrities such as William Shatner, Bruce Springsteen, John Cleese, and Christo- pher Reeve have also been seen at the show. Shatner even showed a few times in the Sad- dlebred classes. One year, Zsa Zsa Gabor rode into the main arena on her Tennessee Walking Horse stallion Silver Fox. Now-famous horses, and one Olympic medal winning pony, have made appearances at WIHS through the years. Stroller, the 14.2- hand British pony won the Fault-and-Out for International Jumpers in 1967 before going on to win an individual Silver Medal at the 1968 Olympics with Marion Coakes for Mexico. Rodeny Jenkins’ famed Idle Dice made his fi rst continued...
Celebrating 60 Years of Washington International Memories
“I have two very fond and special memories of com- peting at the WIHS in the Adult Jumpers. The fi rst was winning the WIHS Adult Jumper Championship in 2005 with Maizy Toltien, and the other was win- ning the WIHS Adult Jumper Championship in 2012 with Rioletto. Showing at WIHS is the experience of a lifetime! I was also lucky enough to compete at the 50th Anniversary show.” – Ericka Houlihan
More Washington
International Horse Show memories from Equiery
readers throughout this issue and on
equiery.com!
Karen Kandra of Woodbine rode Dark Scarf to fi nish sev- enth out of 78 riders in the Field Hunters Over Fences class at the 1976 WIHS Hunt Night.
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