horse show
noun
: an exhibition of horses that usually includes competition in riding, driving, and jumping
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Throughout the week, the fair will feature horse shows, which Casey says are usually popular with crowds.
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Foil and his family were eating at a Mexican restaurant in Fort Worth after a horse show last month when a buddy sent him Bieber’s video and asked: Is that you?
—Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2025
The event kicks off July 25 with an 8 a.m. horse inspection and check-in followed by a horse show.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
The centennial was celebrated with a play, a parade, races, a horse show, a whiskers contest, a women's costume contest, a hog calling contest, square dancing, a watermelon eating contest and crowning of Miss Pea Ridge on Aug. 4-5, 1950.
—Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Foil and his family were eating at a Mexican restaurant in Fort Worth after a horse show last month when a buddy sent him Bieber’s video and asked: Is that you?
—Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2025
The event kicks off July 25 with an 8 a.m. horse inspection and check-in followed by a horse show.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
The centennial was celebrated with a play, a parade, races, a horse show, a whiskers contest, a women's costume contest, a hog calling contest, square dancing, a watermelon eating contest and crowning of Miss Pea Ridge on Aug. 4-5, 1950.
—Annette Beard, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025
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“Horse show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horse%20show. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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