Week VI of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series wrapped up with the $75,000 Adequan Grand Prix this morning in the WEC Stadium. An international field of forty-five competitors vied for the win over tracks built by FEI Level III course designer, Joey Rycroft (CAN). Sixteen entries found success over Rycroft’s first track and eleven delivered double clear rounds, but it was Santiago Lambre (BRA) […]Read More

Ocala, FL – The 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series showcased the WEC Premier Equitation Cup Championship where 82 talented junior athletes took to the WEC Grand Arena to contest a traditional three-phase equitation format competition. Skylar Wireman, a highly decorated junior equitation rider out of Bonsall, California, and Heritage Farm’s Charisma (Stakkato x Cassini I) emerged victorious, leaving the class with a brand new 2021 Ford […]Read More

The WEC Stadium played host to 32 horse-and-rider combinations who gathered to contest the $10,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix over tracks built by FEI Level III course designer, Joey Rycroft (CAN). Six entries delivered clean first rounds and three jumped double clear, but it was Guido Klatte (GER) and Guido Klatte International Horse Transport’s Van Halen Z (Vigo D Arsouilles Stx x Cismet Z) that […]Read More

Week VI of the 2022 Winter Spectacular showcased World Equestrian Center – Ocala’s largest derby Friday to date with more than 130 stunning hunters contesting the $20,000 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby, $15,000 WEC Ocala 3’ Open Hunter Derby, and $15,000 WEC Ocala 3’ Jr/ Am Hunter Derby. Fifty-eight pairs showed under the lights in the WEC Grand Arena this evening over an outstanding course built by […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Week VI of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series kicked off with the $20,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix. Competition was held in the WEC Stadium where 30 horse-and-rider combinations vied for the win over tracks built by FEI Level III course designer, Joey Rycroft (CAN). Eleven entries navigated a clear first round and six jumped double clear, but it was Thomas McDermott (AUS) […]Read More

World Equestrian Center – Ocala is hosting a full slate of fun, family-friendly events this week including the Brick City Anime Festival, Grandview World Nights Draft show, World Equestrian Center – Ocala’s first ever fashion show and Week VI of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series. Week VI of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series is showcasing the Premier Equitation Cup Championship on Saturday, February […]Read More

World Equestrian Center – Ocala hosted another exhilarating week of equestrian sport during Week V of the Winter Spectacular Show Series. Peter Petschenig (AUT) and Wannabe CS captured the $75,000 Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Grand Prix win, while Jordan Coyle (IRL) and Ballyoskill Big Bucks took top honors in the $20,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix. Read on for additional highlights from hunter derby Friday, our […]Read More

OCALA, Florida – February 8, 2022– World Equestrian Center – Ocala is pleased to welcome Antarès Sellier France as an official sponsor of the 12-week 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series. Antarès Sellier France has been a dedicated sponsor of World Equestrian Center at the Wilmington facility. Exhibitors and guests will be able to visit Antarès Sellier France in vendor row during the 12-week NSBA sanctioned […]Read More

Week V’s World Equestrian Center – Ocala’s Sunday Spotlight shines on junior rider, Reilly Gogul of Wilmington, Ohio. Gogul’s love for riding started at an early age. Both of Gogul’s parents have been in the industry for a very long time, her father Jeff Gogul is a renowned professional while her mother is an amateur. At just 16-years-old, Gogul has enjoyed a successful junior career […]Read More

Week V of the World Equestrian Center – Ocala 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series closed out with fifteen horse-and-rider combinations vying for the win in the $15,000 WEC Ocala 1.45m Jumper Classic. Five entries managed clear first rounds over the track designed by Peter Grant (CAN). But it was Derek Petersen and his own Zechariah 3:9 (Zirocco Blue x Katrina) who prevailed to take the […]Read More