The 46th annual Fox River Valley Pony Club Horse Trials will take place starting this Friday through Sunday at the Barrington Hills Park District Riding Center located at 361 Bateman Rd. Check-in for participants in the trials begins today, June 23rd, at noon, and the entire Riding Center has been reserved by the Pony Club for the horse trial events.
This event has drawn as many as 1,000 spectators and participants in the past. For complete information, including the schedule of this year’s events, click here.
The Observer neglects to mention that parking for the 1,000 or so spectators is provided by Oakwood Farms, LLC, one of the primary beneficiaries of the controversial commercial horse boarding text amendment passed in 2015 and that the main contact for the Fox River Valley Pony Club was the chair of the Barrington Hills Zoning Board that approved that amendment: http://foxrivervalleyponyclub.weebly.com/
Could this be a conflict of interest ?