Our new scoreboard welcomes competitors in the beautiful Sanctuary arena. Our very first WEC Fall Classic is underway now at the World Equestrian Center and we are thrilled to welcome back so many familiar faces among the riders here this week. We are also enjoying the opportunity to get to know riders from all over the country who are new to our facility. A lot […]Read More
WILMINGTON, Ohio – October 13, 2016 – Stabling at the World Equestrian Center will be FREE for all Hunter / Jumper horse shows, December 2016-April 2017 thanks to electronic veterinary records pioneer, eVet. Overwhelming response to the recent announcement of FREE stabling at the World Equestrian Center Fall Classic October 19-23 and the World Equestrian Center Invitational October 26-30, 2016 sponsored by eVet, has convinced […]Read More
For Immediate Release Entries Close October 14! Book Your FREE Stalls & Your Stay Now for the Inaugural WEC Fall Classic and WEC Invitational WILMINGTON, Ohio – October 4, 2016 – Entries are pouring in for the World Equestrian Center Fall Classic (October 19-23) and the World Equestrian Center Invitational (October 26-30, 2016). Both horse shows are USEF “AA” Premier Hunter – Jumper 4 and […]Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The World Equestrian Center and eVet Partner to Offer FREE Horse Show Stabling Exhibitors at the Inaugural Fall Classic and World Equestrian Center Invitational Will Receive All Stalls FREE for both Events, Courtesy of Electronic Vet WILMINGTON, Ohio – September 24, 2016 –In an unprecedented act of generosity, the World Equestrian Center,in partnership with new sponsor eVet,will offer exhibitors FREE stabling at […]Read More
WILMINGTON, Ohio – May 2, 2016 – The management of the newly branded World Equestrian Center today unveiled their detailed plan for the development of the largest, state of the art indoor / outdoor equestrian sports venue in the world. Formerly the site of Roberts Arena, the World Equestrian Center (WEC) is situated on hundreds of acres of pristine land in Southwest Ohio featuring beautiful […]Read More
The Buckeye Classic and The Little Buckeye equestrian shows are coming to World Equestrian Center (WEC). Organizers of the quarter horse events recently announced they will hold the shows at the Wilmington, Ohio facility, the largest indoor equestrian arena in the United States. The Ohio Amateur Quarter Horse Association, a division of the Ohio Quarter Horse Association, sponsors the annual equestrian shows. Next year’s shows […]Read More
WILMINGTON, OHIO, AUGUST 18, 2015 – World Equestrian Center (WEC) recently completed a series of expansions and additions, making the Wilmington, Ohio facility the largest indoor arena in the United States. WEC assistant manager Dawn Martin said the expansion is a prelude to even further growth and an exciting future. “There’s no other place in the world like WEC to have a horse show.” Six months in the […]Read More
The roaring black-and-white images of unseemly automotive contraptions tear as some unworldly wildfire across the flickering screens of ancient cinematic shorts. The moving marvels, showcasing strange excitement from the human passengers, set a piece of Americana on display. This was becoming a love affair of sorts; this was man and machine, ripping along the landscape with an uncanny velocity. Older generations were appalled. This new-fangled […]Read More
The weeklong US Pony Finals – one of the premier events in the equine industry – concluded Aug. 9 at the Kentucky Horse Park. World Equestrian Center (WEC), the largest indoor equine arena in the United States, was one of the sponsors of the finals. The United States Equestrian Federation hosts the 56-year-old finals that began as a challenge from the British National Pony Society. […]Read More
What is it that draws people to the pony? How does that beautiful bond form between the Equus ferus caballus and the Homo sapien? One: a small horse generally with thicker manes, shorter legs, wider barrels and thicker necks; the other: a bipedal mammal whose name in Latin means “man who knows.” Perhaps it has instinctual origins – reaching back thousands of years when both […]Read More
