Pin Oak Stables were right off Fournace I think in the middle of what is now the Gallariea Area.
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Pin Oak Stables was where Home Depot is now at 610 and 59. I can still see it in my mind's eye. My mom used to work at the Community Chest (United Way) and some of her friends who still worked there would give her tickets sometimes. I remember getting to and from the grandstands was usually a muddy affair. They later moved the "Pin Oak Charity Horse Show" to the Astrohall, but it wasn't the same and didn't last. I'm not sure it would have lasted anyway. It belonged to another time.
I realize that I am 2.5 years late in answering this but the Pin Oak Charity horse show did continue and is still in exhistance today. While I agree with the fact that it is hardly the social evenf of the year as it was back then, it is still a wonderful show that raises quite a bit of money for charities. It is held each Spring at the Great South West Equestrian Center in Katy Texas.
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Pin Oak Stables was where Home Depot is now at 610 and 59. I can still see it in my mind's eye. My mom used to work at the Community Chest (United Way) and some of her friends who still worked there would give her tickets sometimes. I remember getting to and from the grandstands was usually a muddy affair. They later moved the "Pin Oak Charity Horse Show" to the Astrohall, but it wasn't the same and didn't last. I'm not sure it would have lasted anyway. It belonged to another time.
I realize that I am 2.5 years late in answering this but the Pin Oak Charity horse show did continue and is still in exhistance today. While I agree with the fact that it is hardly the social evenf of the year as it was back then, it is still a wonderful show that raises quite a bit of money for charities. It is held each Spring at the Great South West Equestrian Center in Katy Texas.