Pennsylvania National Horse Show Celebrates Eighty Years, Oct. 8–18
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- July 31, 2026
- By Staff Writers
HARRISBURG, Pa.--For eight decades, the road through indoor season has run through Harrisburg, Pa.
This Oct. 8-18, the Pennsylvania National Horse Show marks 80 years in the state’s capitol, welcoming the country's top hunters, jumpers and equitation riders to the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex for 11 days of championship competition, entertainment and tradition.
Founded in 1946, the Pennsylvania National is the longest-running indoor horse show of its kind in the United States and holds US Equestrian's prestigious Heritage Competition designation.
For generations of riders — including many from the Delaware Valley — a trip to the historic Harrisburg Coliseum has represented the culmination of a season's work.
Championship Competition at Every Level
This year’s PNHS competition schedule is once again chockful of championships and prestigious finals.
Junior Weekend brings the nation's best young riders to town for one of the most coveted titles in equitation, the USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final — to be held on Sunday, Oct. 11 — and for the Turnham Green/USEF Junior Jumper National Championships – running Thursday, Oct. 8 through Saturday, Oct. 10.
During Champions Week, open jumper competition builds through the $30,000 Commonwealth Classic on Friday, Oct. 16 — the centerpiece of the show's popular Team Night — before culminating in the $100,000 Grand Prix de Penn National on Saturday, Oct. 17.
