Welcome to the third week of the World Equestrian Center ‘Winter in the Midwest’ 2020 Circuit. Several holiday events are happening this week where you can flex your creativity and stretch your imagination. Read about the details here or find a copy of the newsletter posted around the facility. This marks the final 2019 horse show for WEC, but we’re eager to see you back the […]Read More

There were plenty of holiday festivities to accompany thrilling equestrian sport for the second week of Winter in the Midwest 2020 at World Equestrian Center. Santa paid a special visit to Vendor Village on Saturday, taking photos with exhibitors, spectators, horses and dogs. Santa even brought an adorable plush Sandy Bottoms for each person who told him what they wanted for Christmas. On Saturday we […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight falls on the show team of Greg Kuti’s Chor-Be Farm in King City, Ontario. The World Equestrian Center Winter Classic 2 marked the four students’ first show experience outside of their home country of Canada. Greg is a certified Equine Canada Level III Coach, recognized Hunter/Jumper judge and senior course designer and has competed successfully at the World Cup and Grand […]Read More

Spectators packed the Sanctuary Arena grandstands this evening for exciting jumper action in the $25,000 World Equestrian Center Grand Prix and the $7,500 Futures Prix 1.30m sponsored by Voltaire Design. More than fifty horse and rider combinations competed between the two classes. Only five pairs made it to the Grand Prix jump off while the Futures Prix saw tight competition with less than one second […]Read More

Twenty stunning hunters took to the R+L Arena this afternoon for the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby. The course for the class was designed by Thomas Hern, Jr. of Plymouth, Massachusetts and featured sinuous bending lines, four high options and plentiful festive holiday decor. Several entries scored high into the eighties and the nineties, but it was Taylor Willever and Barbara Brungess’s Cornetto (Cayton x […]Read More

The Winter in the Midwest Winter Classic 2 kicked off at World Equestrian Center with a fantastic first and third place finish by Nicole Loochtan in the $5,000 Welcome Stake 1.35m sponsored by CWD Sellier. Twenty three entries contested the track designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky that featured a triple combination, a vertical to vertial double and several forward bending lines. Murphy’s holiday themed […]Read More

Welcome to the second week of the World Equestrian Center ‘Winter in the Midwest’ 2020 circuit. You’ll hear the jovial tones of “Ho! Ho! Ho!” as Santa joins us in Vendor Village this week. Many returning artisans will also be on-site, offering products perfect for holiday shoppers. Between showing, shopping and our holiday-focused after hours events, there’s plenty of fun to be had this week […]Read More

The Sunday Spotlight usually focuses on Junior or Amateur riders, but this week, one Professional rider stood out to us and we could not resist sharing his story. Detroit-based Garo Kazan, 72 is originally from Istanbul, Turkey and emigrated to America in 1970. Although Garo has produced plenty of top-performing horses in his lifetime, in the last 10 years he has taken a ten year […]Read More

Twenty-four horse and rider combinations took to the Sanctuary tonight to vy for the win in the first WEC $25,000 Grand Prix of the Winter in the Midwest circuit. Designed by Tom Hern of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the winding 1.40m course was set with long bending lines, plenty of rollbacks, a liverpool across the short side of the ring and a daunting triple combination. A total […]Read More

Tonight nearly forty stunning hunters took to the R+L Arena to contest the $10,000 USHJA National Open and Non Pro Hunter Derbies. The spacious ring recently underwent a magical holiday transformation, turning into a candy cane forest with giant peppermint jumps, towering Christmas trees and giant presents galore. It was a magical night for our two class winners too, as they earned identical scores of […]Read More