Maurer serves as credentials and awards chair at Charity Fair Horse Show

Fallbrook’s Adele Maurer served as the credentials and awards chair for the 2014 Charity Fair Horse Show which took place June 11-14 in Del Mar and was part of the San Diego County Fair.

“I take great pride in being able to be a part of this show,” Maurer said. “The Charity Fair Horse Show is really a special horse show.”

The horse show was open to all breeds, although mostly saddlebreds and Morgans comprised the nearly 300 horses who participated. “It was a big success,” Maurer said.

“There were a lot of out-of-state exhibitors,” Maurer said. “They traveled a long way to get there.”

The horse show is a fundraiser for the Helen Woodward Animal Center and for the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation. The Helen Woodward Animal Center brought animals for adoption, and many were taken by the horse show attendees. “It works out well for everyone,” Maurer said.

Maurer is an official at the Charity Fair Horse Show on an annual basis. “I’m lucky enough to do that for probably about the last 15 years or so,” she said.

Maurer has lived in Fallbrook for 25 years. She is originally from what is now called Rancho Cucamonga. “I grew up with horses,” she said.

She took an absence from the equestrian world after her marriage and worked in a local dentist’s office. “I just missed the horses. I got back into working with horse shows,” Maurer said.

Initially she worked at weekend horse shows. Maurer was then asked to officiate in weekday horse shows, so she returned to equestrian life. “It was a good choice for me,” she said.

Maurer is now an official at approximately 25 horse shows annually. She is normally a steward at horse shows, but her knowledge of the local equestrian community made her more suitable for the credentials chair role at the Charity Fair Horse Show. “At the beginning of the show I was just making sure everybody had their credentials,” she said.

“I know the people as they walk in the door,” Maurer said. “It just kind of worked out that suddenly I’m in credentials and awards.”

Her awards duties include presentation of trophies closer to the end of the show.

“It never disappoints,” Maurer said of the Charity Fair Horse Show. “It’s just a beautiful show.”