Horse Shows by the Bay Hosts “Taste of Traverse City” Party and Silent Auction to Benefit the Equestrian Aid Foundation

The “Taste of Traverse City” party featured popular dishes from Traverse City’s favorite local restaurants, including Cafe Habana, Blue Tractor Cook Shop, Northpeak Brewery, and Bowers Harbor Inn. Hand-crafted artisan Jolly Pumpkin micro-beers and award-winning wine from long-time horse show partner Bowers Harbor Vineyards were also available.

Party goers had the opportunity to bid on premium silent auction items featuring everything from designer accessories to shopping sprees for their horse, offered by trusted top-name companies. Premier silent auction items were generously donated by FarmVet, EquiFit, Five Star, Essex, Hadfield, Badgley Mischka, Barnes and Noble, ThinLine, Ariat, Antares, Frederico’s Design Jewelers and more.

“Events like this are what set Horse Shows by the Bay apart from the others,” said EAF President R. Scot Evans. “This horse show is in a beautiful setting where the horses are happy and healthy and the competition is great. The town provides unique opportunities outside of the horse show and at the end of the day people can go to a nice restaurant and enjoy the town. These are the events that you look forward to, and there are fewer and fewer places like this.”

“It is a rare thing that we get to come together and have a special event to celebrate equestrian sports, and from our point of view that is something that is really important,” Evans added.

“The Equestrian Aid Foundation plays a very significant role in the equestrian community and we think that it is important to raise awareness and support for what they do,” said horse show co-owner Alex Rheinheimer. “This event is an opportunity to bring people together in an intimate setting to celebrate and raise money for a good cause.”

The Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival is one of the country’s top month-long equestrian sporting events. The shows bring some of the best horses and riders from all over the country to northern Michigan for competition in the disciplines of hunters, jumpers, equitation, polo and dressage. Set in the heart of the scenic vacation-destination of Traverse City, MI Horse Shows by the Bay runs from July 8-August 2, 2009 at the Flintfields Horse Park.

For more information on the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival, please visit www.horseshowsbythebay.com.

For more information on the Equestrian Aid Foundation, please visit www.equestrianaidfoundation.org.

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