Easter Horse Show Photos

Oak Ridge Easter Weekend Horse Show

Friday-Saturday, April 2-3 | Steeple Hill Farm, Summerfield

Photos courtesy of Jim Stevenson and by Patti Stokes/NWO

As a child, Isaac Bennett, chairman of Oak Ridge Horse Show Association, spent many Easter weekends at the Oak Ridge horse show, a community tradition that lasted 67 years before it was paused indefinitely in 2013. Bennett and a small group of volunteers worked in partnership with Steeple Hill Farm owner Renee Weidel to bring the show back this year and couldn’t be happier with the results.

“On Saturday evening, we almost ran out of parking,” Bennett said after the show. “It was really successful! We didn’t have anyone get injured, no fights, no arrests – you would have thought we’d done this 20 times. I had someone tell me, ‘You all must have 200 people running this thing, because it’s so well-run.’ I wanted to say, ‘Man, there are about seven of us!’ but I just said ‘thank you!’” On behalf of the Oak Ridge Horse Show Association Board, Bennett expressed his gratitude to all the sponsors, participants and spectators who made the show’s return such a success. Proceeds from the show will be donated to HorseFriends Therapeutic Riding Program, Rockingham County FFA and several other non-profits. Isaac Bennett (top, middle), chairman of Oak Ridge Horse Show Association, with his three sons, Greyson (upper left), 6, Brayden (right), 7, and Wyatt (bottom left), 8.

The Easter weekend horse show included several classes of equine competitions, a draft horse pull (lower right), mutton busting (above right), and rodeo events sanctioned by the Southern Extreme Bull Riding Association (SEBRA).