Wilmington, Ohio – Featured competition for the 2025 Winter in the Midwest Series came to a close Saturday evening with the $30,000 Shires Equestrian Grand Prix of Winter Classic 17. Bobby Murphy designed the course that saw six horse-and-rider combinations move onto the jump-off. It was a foot race to the finish, but Sarah Meier and her own Nightshade SCF were uncatchable. The first-round track […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – The final Hunter Derby Friday of the 2025 Winter in the Midwest series concluded with a field of 15 horse-and-rider combinations in the $15,000 Hagyard USHJA National Open Hunter Derby of Winter Classic 17. Michael Pegg designed the flowing track that Melissa Donnelly mastered to claim the win aboard West Lake. Her win with West Lake marked her second derby win in […]Read More

Wilmington, OHIO – April 2, 2025 – Entries and stall reservations are now open for the 2025 World Equestrian Center – Wilmington (WEC) Summer Series. Summer I and II will run from July 9 through July 20, 2025. Summer III will run from August 6 through August 10, 2025. WEC offers classes for everyone from cross rails to grand prix, including newly added hunter derby […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – This week’s Wilmington Sunday Spotlight shines on Lissy Naber. The young professional riding for Peg Seals out of Freedom Farm has debuted many young hunters around WEC – Wilmington this winter, and just stepped up to her first grand prix with her own, Miss Cloe Z, jumping a double clear effort for a fourth place finish. We caught up with Lissy to […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – Lisa Goldman-Smolen (USA) was back to her winning ways in the Standlee Sanctuary Saturday evening at WEC – Wilmington like she never left. This past October, Goldman-Smolen jumped in her final class at the Fall Classic Series before adding a baby girl to her family and returned to Winter Classic 16 for the first time since, working her way right back to […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) week welcomed top hunter athletes to the R+L Arena at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington all week during Winter Classic 16. A group of 19 of those horse-and-rider combinations met for the $15,000 USHJA National Open Hunt-N-Go Derby where Melissa Donnelly and Lily Lutgen’s Keeper (Cascarillo x Nigel) ultimately rose to the top. Joe Carnicom crafted the […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – This week’s Wilmington Sunday Spotlight shines on Zara Dow. The seven-year-old rider can be found on many ponies at her family farm, Crailin Stables, in Ontario, Canada, and at both WEC venues. We sat down with Zara after her win in the Walk Trot Equitation Ground Rails to learn more about two of her ponies, Petunia and Mr. Toffee, and her favorite […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – It was another victorious day for Richard Rinehart, claiming the win in the $30,000 OSU Galbreath Equine Center Grand Prix at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington Winter Classic 15 aboard The Diamant Rose Z. Rinehart felt that Michael Pegg (CAN) set properly for the class, ultimately with a jump-off ending in a footrace between Rinehart and Izzy Beisel. “Mike set a very […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Hot off a victory in Wednesday’s Lugano Grand Prix Qualifier, Nicola Philippaerts (BEL) and Derby de Riverland returned to the winner’s circle following the $120,000 Winning Round CSIO5*-LLN at the Longines League of Nations™ Ocala at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) on Friday, March 21, in Ocala, FL. The Winning Round format sees the top 10 athletes advance to an all-deciding […]Read More

Wilmington, Ohio – Erika Heintschel-Githens dominated the $15,000 Shoo-fly USHJA National Open Hunter Derby, scoring the win by nearly 12 total points aboard Naytraders LLC’s Apache 289. The duo has had a standout winter circuit at WEC – Wilmington, securing top results in the R+L Arena to kick off their partnership. “He is a young horse that we just got a couple of months ago. […]Read More