February 12, 2025 – Ocala, FL – Competition at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) for the first five-star event of the 2025 season began on Wednesday, February 12, during the Winter Spectacular Show Series. The week culminates with the $300,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Ocala on Saturday evening, February 15. Nina Mallevaey (FRA) and My Clementine, owned by Rein Family LLC and Tara […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Another stunning day set the scene for top Jumping competition at World Equestrian Center – Ocala. The $200,000 LeMieux Grand Prix CSI4* was the highlight event on Sunday, drawing spectators and exhibitors to watch a competitive international field battle for the top prize. In a nail-biting, four-horse jump-off, Olympian Andre Thieme (GER) and his very own Paule S (Perigueux x Sir Shutterfly) […]Read More

Ocala, FL  – A packed crowd gathered to witness 75 of the nation’s top junior athletes compete in the 2025 WEC Premier Equitation Cup Championship powered by Gary Yeomans Ford. The prestigious competition featured a traditional three-phase equitation format, with the possibility of a work-off. Courses were designed by 12-time Maclay Finals course designer Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky. Fourteen-year-old JJ Torano of Wellington, Florida, […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Canada’s Carly Campbell Cooper and John Jamieson’s Qornet VD Bisschop (Cornet Obolensky x Kashmir Van Schuttershof) rose to the top in the $32,000 Buckeye Nutrition Grand Prix Qualifier CSI2*, besting a competitive field of 34 horse-and-rider combinations representing 13 nations.   Ken Krome’s course challenged competitors with a tight time allowed, catching several riders off guard. Rails fell throughout the track, but eight […]Read More

Ocala, FL – The $117,000 LeMieux Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4* brought 40 top international athletes from 13 nations to the WEC Grand Arena, all vying for top honors. In the end, it was Aaron Vale (USA) and Thinkslikeahorse’s Gray’s Inn (Cannavaro x Oscar) who secured their second Grand Prix Qualifier win of the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series, taking home the lion’s share of the […]Read More

The Florida Youth Dressage Championships (FYDC), one of the largest competitions for youth riders in Florida, will return for its third year at World Equestrian Center – Ocala. These championships, held March 6-9, 2025, promise to continue its tradition of welcoming camaraderie, sportsmanship and education for young dressage riders. Since its creation in 2013 by Lendon Gray and Hampton Green Farm, the FYDC has played […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Another beautiful, sunny Florida day set the scene for the final international event of Week V of the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series, the $65,000 Budweiser Grand Prix CSI2*. Twenty-four horse-and-rider combinations from 10 different nations vied for the win, but it was Olympian Eduardo Menezes (BRA) who piloted his longtime partner, Calypso Des Matis (Padock Du Plessis Hn x Tresor De […]Read More

Ocala, FL – World Equestrian Center – Ocala celebrated 250 years of the United States Marine Corps with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, setting the stage for an unforgettable night of tribute and top sport at the $200,000 Armed Services Grand Prix CSI4*, presented by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. The night kicked off with parachuters soaring into the arena, a special appearance by the […]Read More

Ocala, FL – International competition kicked off early this morning in the WEC Grand Arena, with the spotlight on the $32,000 Budweiser Grand Prix Qualifier CSI2*. Thirty-two elite horse-and-rider combinations from 11 nations battled for top honors, but it was Alise Oken (USA), last to go, who stole the show aboard her brand-new partner, Lady Lex (Entertainer x Eldorado V/d Zeshoek), owned by Hi Hopes […]Read More

January 31, 2025 – Ocala, FL – The first dressage show of 2025 at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) began on Friday, January 31, at the January Dressage CDI3*, presented by Hampton Green Farms. The highlight class was the Grand Prix for Freestyle CDI3*, led by Denielle Gallagher (CAN) and Come Back de Massa, owned by Gallagher and Ellen Lazarus. Gallagher, of Morriston, FL, and […]Read More