Wilmington, Ohio – This week’s Wilmington Sunday Spotlight shines on the 14-year-old rider of David Beisel Stables, Aiden Clark. Aiden spends most of his time in Wilmington between showing at World Equestrian Center (WEC) and studying at WEC’s Dragonfly Academy. The young rider is a friendly face around the facility and is always piloting new projects around each ring. We caught up with Aiden to […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – Devin Milan (USA) continued her hot streak at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington Spring Forward in the $30,000 Grand Prix sponsored by Tribute Equine Nutrition. The stands in the Standlee Sanctuary were full of eager exhibitors as they saw five competitive horse-and-athlete combinations advance to the jump-off over Michael Pegg’s (CAN) tracks. Out of four double clear efforts, Milan proved unbeatable once […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – A field of the most competitive hunter riders at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington met at the R+L Arena for the $15,000 USHJA National Open Hunter Derby of Winter Spring Forward. In the end, Kelsey Epperson proved unbeatable with Pamella Kissman’s Incredible (El Salvador x Budine), scoring their second win in a row. Epperson piloted four horses around Joe Carnicom’s (USA) tracks […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – The 2024 Winter in the Midwest Series has proved successful for young professional Devin Milan (USA), who scored her fourth featured win of the circuit in the $10,000 Welcome Stake at Winter Spring Forward. Piloting Garo Kazan’s top jumper mounts, Milan has secured the win in at least one feature class during of each of her trips to World Equestrian Center – […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – The 2024 Winter in the Midwest series at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington continues Wednesday, March 6 with Winter Spring Forward. Competition will run through Sunday, March 10 and will feature USEF Premier/Level 4 Jumper competition including the $10,000 Welcome Stake, two $15,000 USHJA National Hunter Derbies, the $10,000 Dechra Futures Prix, and the $30,000 Tribute Grand Prix. After Hours Family Fun […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – Winter Classic 12 at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington featured top hunter/jumper competition from Wednesday, February 28 to Sunday, March 3. Nicole Loochtan was back on top in the $30,000 Grand Prix. Michael Janson scored his second one-two finish in the $10,000 Futures Prix. Kelsey Epperson secured her third $15,000 USHJA National Open Hunter Derby win, while Izzy Beisel switched gears to […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – This week’s Wilmington Sunday Spotlight shines on Katie Finley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The young rider training out of Houdini Farms has spent a majority of her junior career building her resume at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington with her horses Co-Pilot and Quality Street. Recently, Katie has dedicated her riding to her late barn-mate, Taylor Orlowski, and honors her with purple braids […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – The $30,000 Grand Prix of Winter Classic 12 saw a head-to-head jump-off between two of the winningest open jumper riders at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington, Nicole Loochtan (USA) and Izzy Beisel (USA). Despite never having jumped at the 1.40m level, Joe Carnicom’s (USA) challenging tracks were no match for Loochtan’s nine-year-old KWPN gelding, Kupardie (Cidane x Akupardie). Not only was Birdie’s […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – Bobby Murphy (USA) set the tracks that welcomed top horse-and-rider combinations for Hunter Derby Friday in the R+L Arena at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington Winter Classic 12, though it was Kelsey Epperson that secured the highest scores of the day to land her third derby win of the 2024 Winter in the Midwest Series. Referring to her strict per-derby routine of […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – The $10,000 Welcome Stake kicked off featured competition at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington Winter Classic 12, where none could best Michael Janson (USA) as he secured both first and second place honors with Ringo Star PS (Cicero Z x Hivita) and Caveman Z (Carthargo Z x Amelia Z), respectively. First in the ring with his tried-and-true 16-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding, Caveman […]Read More