Ocala, FL – World Equestrian Center – Ocala set the scene for day two of the 2025 Orange Blossom Classic, featuring top competition across several highlighted classes. The spotlight was on the $4,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Open & Limited Hunter Under Saddle, the $4,000 NSBA Maturity Non-Pro Open & Limited Non-Pro Western Pleasure, as well as Senior Ranch Riding & NSBA.
Early Thursday morning at WEC – Ocala, 16 riders stepped into the WEC Grand Arena to kick off the day with the $4,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Open & Limited Hunter Under Saddle. Keith Miller took top honors aboard the 2022 stallion The Company You Keep (All Time Fancy x In Good Company), owned by Madeleine Bayless.
In the NSBA 3-Year-Old Limited Hunter Under Saddle, Rebekah Kazakevicius piloted Al Right All Right (Allocate Your Assets x IE Malibu Barbie), owned by Cindy Kazakevicius, to claim the limited title.
$4,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Open Hunter Under Saddle Top 3 Results:
1 The Company You Keep, Keith Miller, Madeleine Bayless
2 If I Were A Boy, Katie Cochran, Morgan Miller
3 Im Al About The Best, Dawn Baker, Sara Jackson-Vance
Nineteen entries came forward for the $4,000 NSBA Maturity Non-Pro Open & Limited Non-Pro Western Pleasure in the WEC Grand Arena. London Liner earned top honors aboard The Perfect Illusion, a 2019 mare by The Lopin Machine x A Certain Illusion, owned by Lorren and Barry Tarp.
In the NSBA Maturity Limited Non-Pro Western Pleasure, Michelle Montieth took the top spot with The Lopin Illusion (The Lopin Machine x A Certain Illusion), owned by MNM Stoneridge LLC.
$4,000 NSBA Maturity Non-Pro Open Western Pleasure Top 3 Results:
1 The Perfect Illusion, London Liner, Lorren and Barry Tarp
2 Forever Twisted, Nancy Wilkerson Ditty, Ditty Up LLC
3 Hay Girl Hayy, Jordan Macan, Jordan Macan
Senior Ranch Riding & NSBA closed out the day in the Florida Coast Equipment Jumper 2 arena. Twenty-three horse-and-rider combinations took on the pattern, which included side-passes over a log, spins in both directions, and stretches of extended trot and lope. Ultimately, Steve Meadows topped the class aboard The Half Time Show, a seven-year-old gelding by Yellow Jersey x Hang With Juice owned by Kara Ann Bennett.
Senior Ranch Riding & NSBA Top 3 Results:
1 The Half Time Show, Steve Meadows, Kara Ann Bennett
2 Lets Double Down, Clayton Jerrell, Wendy K McConnell
3 Best Jac, Bradley S Hill, Karen Shedlauskas