The World Equestrian Center Winter Classic horse show kicked off this week. It’s the first show in our 18-week Winter Series of the Midwest circuit and proved to be a week full of great sport and good fun. Ryan Michael Genn and Wilhelm Genn’s ‘Dante’s Inferno’ lit up the Sanctuary and captured the $25,000 WEC Grand Prix. David Q. Beisel went three out of four […]Read More
Our WEC Fall Series is a wrap! It was all about Hunters today in the Sanctuary as we welcomed some of the best riders in the country to vie for top honors. ?? Congratulations to our WEC Fall Series $40,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby winners Jeff Gogul & Arturo ? Havens Schatt and Caemlyn Z were victorious in our $30,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby ? […]Read More
In an unprecedented collaboration, the World Equestrian Center and Kentucky Horse Shows LLC partnered during the 2017 horse show season to present an 11-show USHJA National Hunter Derby Series and $30,000 Rider Bonus based on accumulated points. The series culminated on Sunday, October 29 at the World Equestrian Center Invitational with a $30,000 National Derby and a $30,000 Series Finale awards presentation, including leading rider bonuses awarded to a Pro, and Amateur and a […]Read More
Seventeen contenders turned out for the $25,000 WEC Grand Prix held Saturday night in the World Equestrian Center’s stunning new Sanctuary indoor arena. In the end it was ladies night as Megan Bash and her Pourkoipa Fontaine delivered two smooth, consistent rounds that earned them the win. During the first round of competition the time allowed of 88 did not seem to be a gating […]Read More
The World Equestrian Center’s new Sanctuary indoor was transformed overnight from a colorful Grand Prix show jumping stadium into a lush Fall countryside filled with beautifully decorated natural fences for the WEC Invitational $30,000 USHJA 3’ Hunter Derby and the $40,000 WEC 4’ Hunter Derby. Both Derby classes followed the same track that featured a stunning assortment of elements that incorporated birch trees, bamboo, logs […]Read More
The first annual World Equestrian Center Invitational horse show is well underway with tonight’s $15,000 Welcome Stake class kicking off an evening of great sport and family fun. The brand new Sanctuary arena was the setting for the class that featured 27 horse and rider combinations vying for the top prize. Douglas E. Boyd and Berkley III, a 10-year-old Dutch warmblood gelding, emerged victorious with […]Read More
