The Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard will be presenting its annual fund raising horse show for the all-volunteer troop coming on Sunday, July 25. The show will begin at 8 am – rain or shine.

The show is a rated show, English and Western, and is open to all. The Connecticut Horse Show Association, the Connecticut Morgan Horse Association, the Arabian Horse Club of Connecticut, the Connecticut Hunter and Jumper Association and the American Saddle Horse Association rate this year’s horse show.

Driving Classes are available again this year.

Admission is free, with improved parking for participants. There will be a small fee for spectator parking. Those riders who have not as yet entered may contact show secretary Pamela King at (203) 758-8602 for prize list and entry information. For additional information contact CPT George Marks at: (203) 371- 5122.

A food tent will be set up on the grounds for all. Area merchants and horse related vendors will also be on hand. Representatives from The Barnyard located on Route 7 in Brookfield will exhibit some of their horse related barns and other local craftsman will be on hand as well.

New this year will be an exhibition of available foals and mares up for adoption sponsored by the Equine Angels Rescue Sanctuary (EARS) headed by Frank Weller of New Milford. Information about adoption of rescued horses will be available as well as some horses on display. (EARS) has rescued many horses over the years from slaughter, many of them Mares, which have been used in the production of the drug PREMARIN.

For more information regarding (EARS) or on adopting a rescued foal or mare, please contact Frank Weller at (203)-733-3576 or go to www.foalrescue.com.

The show is a fund raising event for the Troop. The 2nd Company Governor’s Horse Guard is an all-volunteer state militia unit originally chartered in 1808. A non-profit organization, the Horse Guard relies on it’s own fund raising efforts.

In addition to it’s efforts, the Horse Guard supports the community by hosting fund raising for St. Jude’s Children’s Cancer Research Hospital, local Food Banks, The United Pegasus Foundation for Premarin Foal Rescue as well as it’s own Special Needs riding program called “Saddle up for Life” which serves the special needs adults of Southbury Training School. A new therapeutic riding program for disabled veterans has also begun.

Also, the Troop participates in mounted patrols of state forests and parks. The Horse Guard needs your support in order to continue to exist.