Week two of the WEC summer horse shows kicks off today with a full schedule of thrilling equestrian sport. The week is filled with feature classes that include nine hunter derbies, a welcome stake, a futures prix and a grand prix. Use this as your helpful guide throughout the week for everything from where to eat, to what to do. We thank our exhibitors for […]Read More
This week’s Sunday Spotlight is Grace York, a working student at Just a Folly Farm in Oxford, Michigan. Grace has an affinity for sassy ponies and has allowed her passion to inspire her current career choice. This week at the World Equestrian Center Summer I show, Grace showed an adorable pony named Boca’s Suave to top placings in the 2′ Hunters. Grace took time to […]Read More
This afternoon brought plenty of thrilling equestrian sport to the Sanctuary Arena at World Equestrian Center for the $25,000 WEC Grand Prix and the $7,500 Futures Prix 1.30m sponsored by Voltaire Design. Both classes featured courses designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky, and multiple double clear rounds in each class meant speed was the determining factor for top placings, making for exciting head-to-head competition in […]Read More
Exhibitors enjoyed another warm, sunny day today in southwest Ohio at World Equestrian Center, making for the perfect backdrop for the afternoon’s $10,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby. Forty entries tried their hand at a stunning derby course designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky, but it was David Beisel of David Beisel Stables in Goshen, Ohio, and Lori Taylor’s MTM Bentley (Bonaparte Z x Hot […]Read More
The World Equestrian Center summer horse shows kicked off this afternoon with a spectacular one-two finish by Ryan Genn in the $5,000 Welcome Stake 1.35m sponsored by CWD Sellier. Genn of Rheinland Farm in Lebanon, Ohio bested a field of thirteen, setting the pace early on in the class on Wilhelm Genn’s Dante’s Inferno (Diardo), then returning aboard Wilhelm Genn’s VDL Gerinus T (Arezzo VDL […]Read More
Horse shows are back and we are thrilled to welcome exhibitors back to World Equestrian Center. And we extend a warm welcome to all of our World Championship Hunter Rider members at WEC this week. Things are looking a little different with new protocols in place to help stop the spread of COVID-19, but we are more than happy to do our part to ensure […]Read More
This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on junior Gabi Phlegar. Gabi rides at Sugar Run Farm in Plain City, Ohio, with trainer Jen Nadalin focusing on Equitation and jumpers. Though she has just started in the jumper ring, Gabi has already fallen in love, both with the discipline and her jumper lease, Fil. Gabi took time this week to chat with us about her pony career, […]Read More
Thank you to the National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) for featuring World Equestrian Center in the July 2020 issue of The Way To Go magazine. A passion for horses has driven the Roberts family for more than 40 years. Mary Roberts introduced her family to horses early in life, and with her husband Larry, the family’s interest grew over time. “We rode in 4-H all […]Read More
This week brings a special edition of the Sunday Spotlight, focusing on an incredible grey mare called Carlton Cafe, or as she is fondly know in the barn, Misty. Misty is a 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse owned by Jill and Trevor Gaffney of Freestyling Farms in Batavia, Ohio. We have watched the fiery mare blaze around grand prix courses at World Equestrian Center, typically winning […]Read More
This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on amateur Emily Kowalchik. Emily celebrated her 29th birthday on Friday and is looking forward to a year filled with quality time with her new horse, Grant. She took the time this week to chat with us about Grant, her freshly-found goals and her budding career in marketing and real estate. WEC: How did you get into riding? Emily: I am the […]Read More
