This week’s Sunday Spotlight feature is Amateur Jumper rider Raquel Scharyj. Raquel is living the true working Amateur life, flawlessly balancing her dream job, her engagement (congratulations!) and her two horses Calvin and Artiflex. She took some time to sit and chat with us this week about everything from riding, to work, to her special horse show companion: her Mom. How did you get into […]Read More
With St. Patrick’s Day just hours away, the luck of the Irish (along with some serious talent) brought an incredible win for Charlotte Clark and her Irish Sport Horse, Kinsella (Capitalist x Jerpoint Mist) in the $25,000 WEC Grand Prix. The pair were unstoppable, jumping the fastest clear rounds in both the first round and the jump off. This evening also saw a fantastic win […]Read More
Tonight’s $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby saw a fantastic win for the second consecutive week by Jennifer Nadalin and Daniela Casline’s Stellar (Quintender x Carmen). Twenty seven entries contested tonight’s class, but Nadalin and Stellar proved themselves unbeatable with their brilliant performance for the second week in a row. With five of her six mounts placing in the top ten, Nadalin could not have been more […]Read More
This afternoon’s $5,000 Welcome Stake 1.35 m sponsored by CWD Sellier saw thrilling equestrian sport with eight entries making it to the jump off and six entries jumping double clear. Though there was plenty of fierce competition, Katia Manuel-Adams and Manuel Show Stables’ ERP van www.olland.biz (Amadeus x T’olga) captured the win near the end of the class by a little over a half of a second, an […]Read More
This week’s Featured Find at World Equestrian Center is Riders Boutique, a mobile and online boutique for the equestrian lifestyle, currently located in Vendor Village. Riders Boutique offers equestrians a myriad of top-of-the-line products for both horse and rider, including stunning show clothing, eye catching schooling attire, gorgeous bridles, essential bits and plenty of fun accessories to accompany any outfit. According to Riders Boutique, they […]Read More
Week 11 of the Winter Series of the Midwest featured plenty of fun in and out of the show ring. This week went to the ladies, with women winning every feature class of the week. That’s some serious #girlpower if we do say so ourselves! Exhibitors enjoyed the Busking Blue Band playing in the Paddock Club on Friday night and a delicious dinner, a dog adoption […]Read More
This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on Samantha Eckhout, an Amateur rider who started her riding career about two and a half years ago. We are all too aware that starting in equestrian sports as an adult can be extremely intimidating. However, Samantha has a fantastic sense of humor about her experiences starting as an adult; while her deep love for horses, riding and her barn […]Read More
This afternoon saw plenty of exciting Jumper action in the Sanctuary Arena as entries competed in the $25,000 WEC Grand Prix and the $7,500 Futures Prix 1.30 m sponsored by Voltaire Design. The ladies stole the show for the third time this week, with Lauren DiTallo taking the win in the Grand Prix aboard Scott Durchslag’s Zero Gravity (Verdi x Releva) and Brooke Cudmore taking the blue in […]Read More
Tonight’s $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby saw sixteen stunning Hunters contest for their share of the win over a course designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky. Competition was stiff with half of the top twelve entries scoring into the eighties in the first round, but Jennifer Nadalin prevailed for the second week in a row and the third time this Winter Series. Nadalin had […]Read More
This afternoon saw thrilling Jumper competition in the Sanctuary Arena as entries contested for the win in the $5,000 Welcome Stake 1.35 m sponsored by CWD Sellier. Several entries delivered fantastic rounds, but in the end Brooke Cudmore and Lauren DiTallo went head to head in a battle for first place. The ladies both rode double clear rounds and just fractions of a second determined the winner […]Read More
