Opens the 2023 Season with a BANG!

By Elisha Bradburn

Get back into the full swing of all things “Horse” with Horse Expo Canada this April 28-30, 2023 at Westerner Park in Red Deer, Alberta.

Horse Expo brings that awe and inspiration we all need this spring to get us and our horses back into action after a long, cold winter!

This year Horse Expo will offer many of the same favourite events from last year, including the Trainer’s Showdown, world-renown clinician presentations, an expansive trade show including an art show, as well as a scavenger hunt for the young horse lovers.

The Expo will also add some fun new additions to the excitement this year, such as VIP tickets which will include a ‘meet and greet’ with the trainers, clinicians, judges and hosts of the Trainer’s Showdown, along with tasty drinks and snacks to make for an exciting Friday night!

You will not want to miss what Horse Expo owners Marg and Ryan have in store for us for 2023 with confirmed Trainers Wylene Wilson (Extreme Wylene), Jason Irwin and Dustin Sippola for the always riveting Trainer’s Showdown. You will want to be sure to follow along all three days of the Showdown as each trainer brings along an unstarted colt from barely halter trained the first day, to going through an impressive obstacle course at the Grand Finale on Day 3.

Also on the docket this year are some amazing clinicians that are sure to enlighten, educate and entertain with their impressive skills and knowledge that have built themselves reputations worldwide. These clinicians include Canada’s own favourites Jonathan Field, Jason Irwin, Bronwyn Irwin, Marci Powell, Jim Greendyk, Jill Barron and many more you can track on the website at HorseExpo.ca.

Also on the website are all the juicy details that are being updated frequently so you have the latest scoop on all the festivities Horse Expo Canada promises to bring this spring!

T ickets can be purchased on the website. Buy early to avoid missing out on the limited VIP tickets available for a Horse Expo experience you will not forget.

So friends, giddy up, grab a pal, and come on down to the Premier Multi-discipline Equestrian Event for 3 fun-packed days that will leave you all warmed up for your 2023 season!

Iwas born and raised in Kelowna BC, and have been involved with horses in one way or another since my early teens. I’ve worked in barns and tack stores, I’ve coached riders, and started young horses under saddle. After working in the veterinary field I finally realized that being a veterinarian was my ultimate calling.

I attended the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, and graduated in 2021. From there I completed an internship at Delaney Veterinary Services, a busy equine referral hospital just outside of Edmonton Alberta. After that it just made sense for me to move back home and start up my own practice here in the beautiful Okanagan Valley.

My practice is strictly equine (including donkeys and minis), offering reproductive services, dentistry, wellness care, medical care from eye problems to diarrhea and everything in between, lameness