Scott Stewart leads the list of hunter riders with qualified horses for the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair

Details: April 16, 2024; By SARA CAVANAGH

DEVON, Pa.--The list of riders who have qualified for this year's Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, May 22 to June 2, is now available on the Devon website, and while there is no list of Open Jumpers yet available, many of the Devon fans' favorite riders are qualified in junior and hunter divisions.

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McLain Ward is a fan favorite, and while he is one of the 10 short listed riders for the Paris Olympics, he has in the past returned from competing in Europe to ride at Devon.

Ward also has two great interests in early competitions at Devon, as his daughter Lilly is competing in Small Pony Hunters on Ward's Celebration over Junior Weekend and Baylee McKeever, daughter of Lee McKeever, Ward's right hand man, and whom Ward trains, is competing in Amateur Jumpers 1.40/1.45m Jumpers.

Jimmy Torano of Mohrsville, Pa., has top jumpers that may compete at Devon, but he also has Laskano, an International Hunter Derby repeat winner, competing in High Performance Hunters.

The Hunter Derby will be held at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 30.

Torano's son JJ will ride Laskano in Large Junior Hunter, rider 15 and under, as well as Caster, and JJ also has Sports Illustrated in Large Pony.

Scott Stewart of Flemington, N.J., has been Devon Leading Hunter rider many times ,but he was beaten last year by Nick Haness, and Stwart has numerous entries qualified for this year's show to try to regain the title..

STEWART has Nottingham in High Performance Hunter as well as High Performance Conformation Hunters.

Also in High Performance Conformation, Stewart has California Love and Jordon.

In Green Conformation, he has Stylus, Cleverly and Cerulean Blue, in Green Hunter 3'6", he has Cerulean Blue and Cleverly, and in Green Hunter 3'9" he has Colter, Daydream and Ever After.

Californian Haness also has a number of qualified horses, including last year's Devon Grand Hunter Champion,, McQueen, in High Performance Conformation Hunter.

Christina Serio of Kennett Square, Pa., has Clementina Brown's Hyacinth qualified in High Performance Hunters.

Hyacinth is also wait listed in Amateur Owner Hunter 3'6", rider over 35, to be ridden by Brown.