Twenty seven stunning hunters took to the R+L Arena tonight to contest the first $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby of 2020. The course for tonight’s class was designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky and emulated the hunt field with flowing forward lines, plentiful cedar brush and even a charming chicken coop-flanked fence. Tonight’s Derby saw fierce competition with a cutoff score of 80.5 for […]Read More
We are kicking off 2020 with a bang at World Equestrian Center with the continuation of our ‘Winter in the Midwest’ circuit, encompassing sixteen more weeks of of AA rated horse shows through the end of April. Jumper highlights include a weekly $5,000 Welcome Stake, $7,500 Futures Prix and $25,000 Grand Prix. Hunter highlights feature a weekly $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby and $2,000 Non […]Read More
Nearly forty jumpers went dashing through the show this afternoon to vie for top honors in the $25,000 World Equestrian Center Grand Prix and the $7,500 Futures Prix 1.30m sponsored by Voltaire Design. Competition was fierce with both classes seeing multiple double clear rounds, making a blistering pace and dramatic inside turns the name of the game for the victors in both classes. $25,000 World […]Read More
Holiday decor was appropriately present in the R+L Arena this afternoon for our final $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby of 2019. Eighteen stunning hunters contested the 3′ track with 3’5″ option fences. Competition was stiff with scores reaching high into the eighties and nineties, but it was Brandon Gibson and Select Sport Horses’ Spectrum Z (Hos D’O x Anemone Granette) that earned the top spot […]Read More
Twenty entries took to the Sanctuary Arena tonight as we welcomed in week three of ‘Winter in the Midwest’ at World Equestrian Center with the $5,000 Welcome Stake 1.35m sponsored by CWD Sellier. Horse and rider pairs contested a track designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky that featured fourteen jumping efforts including two combinations and forward-riding lines. Six entries managed double clear rounds, but […]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
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
