Ocala, FL – The derby series returned to Hunter 1 on Friday during Week VII of the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series with 77 entries between the three classes: the $20,000 Golden Ocala 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby, the $15,000 UF Veterinary Hospital USHJA National 3′ Open Hunter Derby and the $15,000 USHJA National 3’ Jr/Am Hunter Derby. Course designer Tucker Williamson designed tracks with flowing bending lines and tight inside […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Canada’s Denielle Gallagher and Come Back De Massa were the unanimous winning choice for all five judges in the FEI Grand Prix for Freestyle CDI3* on Friday, February 14, at the World Equestrian Center (WEC) February Dressage show presented by Hampton Green Farms, at WEC – Ocala. The pair scored 68.326%, with a high of 70.217% from the judge at C, Thomas Lang.  […]Read More

Ocala, FL – The $65,000 Buckeye Nutrition Grand Prix CSI2* kicked off an exciting day of competition at World Equestrian Center – Ocala during Week VI of the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series. After an electrifying six-horse jump-off, it was Eve Jobs (USA) and her own Ingmar (Gaillard De La Pomme x Carthino Z) who delivered a thrilling last-to-go performance, claiming victory by mere hundredths […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Eighty-four horse-and-rider combinations rode into Hunter 1 for the sixth Hunter Derby Friday of the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series, vying for top honors in three feature classes: the $20,000 Golden Ocala 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby, the $15,000 UF Veterinary Hospital USHJA National 3′ Open Hunter Derby and the $15,000 USHJA National 3’ Jr/Am Hunter Derby. Course designer Lynn Mullins set windy and exciting tracks that allowed […]Read More

Ocala, FL – The final CDI class of the January Dressage CDI3*, presented by Hampton Green Farms, was the Intermediate II CDI2* on Sunday, February 2, 2025, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC). Emily Donaldson of Parkesburg, PA, rode her own Beaujolais 75, a 16-year-old American Hanoverian gelding, to victory. The impressive 16.3-hand chestnut is by Bugatti Hilltop out of Conflora, by Contucci CWS, […]Read More

Ocala, FL – The highlight class of the January Dressage CDI3*, presented by Hampton Green Farms on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) was the Grand Prix Freestyle CDI3*. Repeating their win from the day before were Denielle Gallagher (CAN) and Come Back de Massa, owned by Gallagher and Ellen Lazarus. It was a wonderful night for Gallagher and “Come […]Read More

Ocala, FL – The first World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) week of the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series welcomed the largest field yet to the WEC Stadium for three highly competitive derbies. The day began with the $15,000 UF Veterinary Hospital USHJA National 3’ Open Hunter Derby, followed by the $15,000 USHJA National 3’ Jr/Am Hunter Derby. For the first time at WEC – Ocala, […]Read More

Ocala, FL – The chilly weather didn’t deter the crowd at World Equestrian Center – Ocala from gathering for the highlight event of the week, the $120,000 Wheels Up Grand Prix CSI3*. Thirty-one elite horse-and-rider combinations from 13 nations vied for the top prize, but it was Olympian Beat Mändli (SUI) who emerged victorious aboard Grant Road Partners LLC’s Dijon Terdoorn Z (Diamant De Semilly […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Horses and riders alike found sanctuary in Indoor Arena 1 from the unusually frosty temperatures during the fourth Hunter Derby Friday of the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series. Eighty-five horse-and-rider combinations contested for top honors in three featured classes: the $20,000 Golden Ocala 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby, the $15,000 UF Veterinary Hospital USHJA National 3′ Open Hunter Derby and the $15,000 USHJA National 3’ Jr/Am Hunter Derby. […]Read More

Ocala, FL – Featured three-star competition began this morning in the WEC Grand Arena with the $62,500 Wheels Up Grand Prix Qualifier CSI3*. Aaron Vale (USA) and Thinkslikeahorse’s Gray’s Inn (Cannavaro x Oscar) secured the win, edging out the competition by just seven-tenths of a second.  FEI Level IV course designer Marina Azevedo (BRA) set a challenging track that saw nine of the 26 starters […]Read More