HARRY & SNOWMAN, a Benefit for Pregnant Mare Rescue

Please Join Us for an GREAT MOVIE & WONDERFUL ART Art: A collection of individually produced archival prints created directly from original watercolorists. Artists include Welsh Artist Alison Fennell, prints and giclees signed and numbered by American artist Rachel Parker, a signed print by Eric Sweet, a fine art print signed by Carol Walker and printed on archival paper with archival inks. Horse photography includes works from local celebrated artists Susan Hillyard and Karen Asherah. All art will be on display in the Mezzanine starting at 6:00 pm. Silent Auction from 6 to 7pm. Guests are invited to sip a glass of Hecker Pass wine and enjoy hors d'oeuvres with other members of the wider Pregnant Mare Rescue and horse communities. Cinema: Starting at 7:05 pm a short film sharing the joy of lives saved at the rescue. 7:20 pm a one-time only showing of HARRY & SNOWMAN, a feature length documentary that tells the remarkable life story of international show jumping legend Harry deLeyer, a Dutch immigrant whose career was launched by his famous show jumping horse Snowman. Snowman was an old Amish plow horse that Harry rescued off a truck that was bound for the meat and glue factory for only $80. Less than two years after he rescued Snowman, they rose to become the national show jumping champions and were the Cinderella story and media darlings of late 1950s and 1960s. The true heart of the film is not the remarkable rags-to-riches story of both Harry and Snowman, but the lasting and impactful relationship that is built between Harry, Snowman and the entire deLeyer family. Very few horse stories have been able to truly touch the hearts of a nation. Red Pollard and Seabiscuit did in the 1930s, Harry deLeyer and Snowman did it in the 1950s and then Ron Turcotte and Secretariat were the last to do it in the 1970s. HARRY & SNOWMAN is the first time that Harry's remarkable and heartfelt life story will be told by 86-year-old Harry himself.