Volunteers light up the show
“Within a matter of hours, we build a little city.” Portuguese Bend Horseshow Chair Vall Light and Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital President Anne Clark. Photo by Chris Stillians CMS Design Portraiture This year the Portuguese Bend National Horse Show will be celebrating 55 years of tradition, marking more than half a century of bringing the community together on a fall weekend in September. Although the event hasn’t always been in the same place, this year will mark a milestone and a new footing for the program. Ernie Howlett Park Equestrian Center, where the event has taken place since the early ‘90s, has received a makeover courtesy of Rolling Hills Estates park development funds. Fences have been rebuilt and the turf has been redesigned and covered with a state-of-the-art Olympic footing made of recycled pieces of canvas from old tennis shoes. “The new arenas make it a better, safer environment,” said Horse Show Chairman Vall Light. The nationally ranked event is expected to attract competitors from across the country and up to 5,000 competitors and will raise money for the Peninsula Committee Children’s Hospital. Proceeds from the horse show benefit the Associates…
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