Horse Expos celebrate all things equine with a weekend-long schedule of clinicians, demonstrations, competitions, and – of course – shopping. Expos draw as many as 30 thousand spectators and participants. It’s a massive undertaking with plans for the next expo starting a few days after the current one wraps up.

What’s involved in planning, scheduling, and executing such an event. In this episode of “Conversations Beyond the Barn,” host Fran Severn gets the ‘behind the scenes’ view from Denise Parsons, the founder and president of Horse World Expo. Held early March in Harrisburg, PA, it draws horse lovers from throughout the mid-Atlantic to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. Tickets, parking passes, and schedules are available on the website at: www.worldhorseexpo.com

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Welcome to the preview of Riders of a Certain Age presents Conversations Beyond the Barn. With more than 20 years of experience and experiences in and around the horse world, host Fran Severn has met dozens of fascinating people. Not just the trainers, competitors, and equine businesspeople, but those who are involved with horses in unusual, unexpected ways.

Each week, she’ll share a conversation with one of them. Get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to put on an equine expo; how mini horses are used in equine therapy; the life of a professional horse show photographer; meet the artist behind Fergus the Horse; learn about animal communication; and much more.

Conversations Beyond the Barn airs every Tuesday on your favorite podcast platform and on the YouTube Channel “Riders of a Certain Age.” Click to subscribe. And please consider supporting the podcast through Buy Me A Coffee.