A Scarecrow, Bugs Bunny And A Trio Of Chappell Roans Descend On The Wheeler Ring At Devon

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A Scarecrow, Bugs Bunny And A Trio Of Chappell Roans Descend On The Wheeler Ring At Devon

PUBLISHED

May 24, 2025
9:20 pm

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Mollie Bailey

Devon, Pa.—May 24

On the first Saturday of the Devon Horse Show hordes of spectators head to the storied show grounds to check out the fair, watch beautiful horses and line up for plates of tea sandwiches. While the leadline draws huge crowds with its cute factor, and hunter afficionados fawn over the junior hunters in the Dixon Oval, the hardest time to get a spot on the rail is over at the Wheeler Ring for the pony hunt teams. Longtime devotees and new horse show fans alike all flock to the ring to watch costumed ponies and riders canter in teams of three, all attempting to take the final fence simultaneously.

Each team dispatches an assistant or two to “bribe” the judges with baskets of gifts before taking off around the arena. Check out some of our favorite photos from the event.

Carsyn Korotkin guided Deja Blue, AKA Glinda The Good Witch to sixth in the medium division for team Wicked. Mollie Bailey Photos

Cisy Zhou from the Dallas Cowponies celebrated a great round.

Empire Strikes Blue and Logan Baras of team Sponge Bob Square Pants contributed to a second place finish in the medium division.

Dressed as Maui as part of the Moana team, Colin Shippam and Farewell galloped to fourth in the medium division.

Fly Eagles Fly, the team represented by Reese Rosinski, Chayse Patrick and Brooke Barket won the large pony division.

The riders from all three divisions posed with their ribbons.

Cece Henes and High Tops, of the Royal Rascals team, celebrated a great round in the medium division.

Team Neverland, who finished second in the small pony hunter division, included Jasper Bloomberg on Rico Suave.

Lilly Ward, dressed as her father McLain Ward as part of the small pony Team USA squad, celebrated a great round on Celebration.

The Looney Tunes team of (from left) On Your Mark and Finley Baras, Super Sport and Luca Endzweig and Friend Request and Ella Endzweig won the medium division after hitting the final fence nearly in unison.

Rendezblue and Madeline Orne earned fourth in the small pony division along with the rest of their team of Minions.

Orchard Hills Firefly and Hilton Wescott represented the medium Team USA squad.

Posh Ever So Clever and Anna Frear rode on the Mufasa team, earning third in the medium division.

Three small pony riders, including Preshy McGhee and Onboard, dressed as Chappell Roan as team Pink Pony Club.

Super Sport and Bugs Bunny, AKA Luca Endzweig, helped their team win the medium division.

The small pony Team USA squad of (from left) Annie Cooper as Karl Cook, Lacey Powers as Laura Kraut and Lilly Ward as McLain Ward won their division.

Small pony team Wizard of Oz included Sports Center and Erin Rosinski.

Won Wish Cesalie Kincaid helped team Shrek finish second in the large pony division.

Representatives from the the medium Team USA squad were perfectly attired as they delivered the bribes.

The Chronicle has a pair of reporters at Devon bringing you photos, stories from the competition and more at coth.com. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss a thing. You can see a full report from the entire competition in the June 20 issue of The Chronicle of the Horse magazine.

Important Links: Devon Horse Show website / Detailed schedule / Results and orders of go / All the Chronicle’s coverage

Updated
May 24, 2025
9:20 pm

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