World Equestrian Center – Ocala Announces 2025 Dressage Competition Calendar 

Ocala, FL – The 2025 dressage competition calendar, sponsored by Hampton Green Farm and Discover Dressage, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) is set to feature an impressive lineup of 11 shows including seven Fédération Equestre International (FEI)-rated events. The 2025 slate of FEI-rated competitions, which run alongside national US Equestrian (USEF)/United States Dressage Federation (USDF) shows, will include three CDI3* shows, two CDI4* […]Read More

WEC – Ocala to Host GAIG/USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships at Hampton Green Farms WEC September Dressage Show

August 20, 2024 – Ocala, FL – Dressage riders will have a special competition opportunity this September 18-22, 2024, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) when it hosts the 2024 Great American Insurance Group (GAIG)/USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships. The championships run concurrently with the Hampton Green Farms WEC September Dressage Show, which is a USEF/USDF Level 4 competition. The GAIG/USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships feature more than […]Read More

UF Professor Back From Paris After Serving as Veterinarian for Team Australia

By: UF Veterinary Hospital at WEC From his native Australia to Florida and next to Paris, Robin Bell, B.V.Sc., lives and breathes elite performance horses. As a clinical professor and equine sports medicine specialist at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Bell spends his days safeguarding the health and well-being of some of the world’s most exceptional equine competitors. He is one of […]Read More

Wilmington Sunday Spotlight: Avery Roper

Wilmington, Ohio – This week’s Wilmington Sunday Spotlight shines on junior rider Avery Roper. The 11-year-old athlete hailing from her family owned and operated Roper Farms in Hobart, Indiana, can be found in all three rings at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington with her string of horses and ponies. We caught up with the joyful, hard-working young rider to learn more about her riding journey, […]Read More

Sharn Wordley Closes Out the 2024 Summer Series With A Victory in the $75,000 UF Health Grand Prix

Ocala, FL – The 2024 Summer Series culminated in an electrifying showdown as 32 elite horse-and-rider combinations from nine nations competed for the final feature class win of the season in the $75,000 UF Health Grand Prix. The competition reached its pinnacle with a thrilling 12-horse jump-off, where the podium mirrored last week’s results, but this time, Sharn Wordley of New Zealand emerged victorious aboard […]Read More

Kelly Soleau-Millar & Fire Fly Race to Win the $30,000 GGT Footing Grand Prix of Summer III

Wilmington, Ohio – Featured competition concluded at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington (WEC) Summer III Saturday evening with the $30,000 GGT Footing Grand Prix. FEI Level III course designer Anderson Lima (BRA) designed an appropriate track for the field that saw seven horse-and-athlete combinations move onto the jump-off. Kelly Soleau-Millar (USA) and M. Michael Meller’s Fire Fly (Arezzo VDL x First Price G) ultimately ended […]Read More

Havens Schatt & Cruise Capture $20,000 GGT Footing USHJA National Open Hunter Derby Win at Summer III

Wilmington, Ohio – The $20,000 GGT Footing USHJA National Open Hunter Derby was the highlight event of the evening at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington Summer III as a field of 17 top horse-and-rider combinations vied for the lion’s share of prize money. Havens Schatt caught the ride on a longtime resident of Milestone Farm LLC, Caroline Moran’s Cruise (Levisto x Baronja), to ultimately take […]Read More

Lauren Schweppe and Cataumet Conquer the $12,500 Golden Ocala 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby 

Ocala, FL – The final Hunter Derby Friday of the 2024 Summer Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala lit up the WEC Stadium, offering hunter riders one last opportunity to fine-tune their skills ahead of the upcoming Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive Championships and the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship. Scott Alder designed the challenging courses for the three featured derbies: the$12,500 Golden […]Read More

Abrahamson Pilots Jazil Du Houssoit to Victory in the $10,000 CWD Welcome Stake of WEC – Wilmington Summer III

Wilmington, Ohio – Competitors were welcomed back to World Equestrian Center – Wilmington (WEC) this week for Summer III. Featured competition for the week began with the $10,000 CWD Welcome Stake, with tracks crafted by FEI Level III course designer Anderson Lima (BRA). Kady Abrahamson of Lexington, Kentucky, secured the win with her own Jazil Du Houssoit (Peppermill x Gerboise Du Houssoit). Abrahamson spoke on […]Read More

Will Simpson and Imar Lead the Way in the $24,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix

Ocala, FL – The final week of the 2024 Summer Series kicked off in style this morning with the $24,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix. Thirty-six athletes vied for top honors, but it was Will Simpson (USA) who claimed victory aboard Elizabeth Phillips’ Imar (Carrera VDL x Dumara). FEI Level II course designer Eric Hasbrouck set a challenging course, and 11 riders managed to navigate […]Read More