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About Us
The Early Years
Marshal Steve's Pony Rides started 30 years ago back in 1974
when the owner, Steve Marshall, purchased six ponies with tack,
tent, pony wheel and an old school bus converted to carry
everything from place to place. But Steve's experience with
horses and ponies started much earlier, when at the age of 5
years old, he started spending his free time at a local riding
stable in Southern New Jersey, not far from Atlantic City. By
the age of 13, Steve was working for Bob Jones, owner of "Bob
Jones Animal Attractions", and was working in the "Animal World"
a zoo on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. At age 14, Mr. Jones
sent Steve to work his first fair, during Christmas break, in
the Coliseum in New York City, caring for hundred's of animals
at the 1st in-door county fair. After graduating from high
school Steve went on to run petting zoo's and pony rides for Mr.
Jones in some of the largest malls on the east coast and
traveled around the United States and Canada with "Goliath" the
Worlds Largest Horse. While he was still employed working around
the country, Steve Marshall purchased his first pony wheel from
a gentleman in Cherokee, North Carolina. And that is how Marshal
Steve's Pony Rides began.
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Fairs & Corporate Events
Since the 70's, Marshal Steve's Pony Rides has worked fairs in
Memphis, TN - Mid South Fair; Charleston, SC - Sumter County
Fair; Topsfield, MA - Topsfield Fair; Bloomsburg, PA -
Bloomsburg Fair,; Wrightstown, PA - Middletown Grange Fair-; New
Brunswick, NJ - Daisy Festival; New Jersey Festival of
Ballooning; and Maryland Festival of Ballooning just to name a
few. Marshal Steve's has also provided pony rides for corporate
promotions and picnics from Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick,
NJ and Pepsico in Purchase, NY to our most recent event with
Hanover Food in York, PA.
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30 Years & Loving It
While working hundreds of festivals and church carnivals over
the years and some 30 years later, Steve Marshall is still hands
on with the work he does and loves it all. Along with his wife,
Terri and their 3 children, Jessica; Stevie and the youngest
"Marshall" Dillon, they still enjoy the outdoors and the smiles
on the children's faces as they ride one of the finest pony ride
operations in the U.S.A.
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