The board of directors and show management teams for the Pennsylvania National Horse Show and Washington International Horse Show (District of Columbia), presented by Mars Equestrian, have made the difficult decision to cancel their previously announced 2020 events scheduled to be held in Tampa, Florida.
As multiple issues have evolved resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, WIHS found it impossible to successfully host the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Washington for 2020. While key partners including Longines and Mars Equestrian made every effort to support WIHS during this extremely challenging year in the newly proposed Tampa venue, as the event drew closer the barriers and risks were insurmountable. PNHS simultaneously determined staging their qualifying hunter/jumper competition as planned was also not viable.
At this time, plans are being made to relocate the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals, the Neue Schule/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships and the WIHS Championship Finals, pending approval from the U.S. Equestrian Federation.
The event organizers and USEF are quickly coming together to evaluate options to move the USEF and WIHS year-end junior championship finals to a viable location pending final USEF approval including:
• Platinum Performance/USEF Show Jumping Talent Search Finals-East
• Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals
• Neue Schule/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships
• WIHS Equitation Finals and WIHS Pony Equitation Finals
• WIHS Children’s and Adult Hunter and Jumper Finals
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A decision will be announced on the final location no later than Wednesday, Aug. 19.
WIHS will host the Regional Washington International Horse Show at Morven Park, Leesburg, Virginia, pending USEF approval and U.S. Hunter Jumper Association approval for Zone 3 Finals. The prize list for this event will be issued in the coming weeks.
PNHS and WIHS are both dedicated to providing the safest and highest-quality competition environment for dedicated members, exhibitors, and their families. All events will be spectator free. The show organizers will continuously monitor the COVID-19 status and will adjust or amend shows based on the guidance from federal, state, and other public health officials.
Qualifying criteria, detailed schedules, and prize lists will be updated in the coming week.
