Source: Jennifer Heaslip, BLUERIDGE NOW, 9/24/18


Unofficial numbers show the World Equestrian Games at Tryon International Equestrian Center drew a little more than 200,000 people, organizers said Sunday before the final two events, jumping and driving, brought the two-week event to a close.
The games were originally forecast to bring 500,000 people to the region. “No doubt this has been an extraordinary two weeks … we’ve had our challenges along the way,” said FEI President Ingmar De Vos.

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