Ocala, FL – Bud Lyon of Whitesboro, Texas, scored a hat trick at The Championship Show 2024, taking home three featured class wins in Ranch Riding. Tonight, Lyon finished off his successful trip to World Equestrian Center – Ocala with a tie for first in the $35,000 Open Ranch Riding Challenge. Lyon competed tonight in the WEC Grand Arena alongside 29 other top-tier professionals. He […]Read More
Ocala, FL – Wednesday, September 11 featured two highly anticipated Ranch Riding events: the $20,000 Non Pro Ranch Riding Challenge and the $50,000 NSBA Senior Ranch Riding & AQHA L2/L3. On Wednesday evening, thirty-four horse-and-rider combinations competed in Indoor Arena 5 for the $20,000 Non Pro Ranch Riding Challenge. By the end of the night, it was local rider Madison Hayden Rafacz who dominated the […]Read More
Ocala, FL – Circuit stall reservations are now open for World Equestrian Center – Ocala’s (WEC) 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series, taking place from January 1 to March 23, 2025. A World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) week will take place on January 28-February 2, 2025 and a second WCHR week will be added to the Series at a later date, pending approval. Full payments for […]Read More
Ocala, FL – Thirty-three horse-and-rider combinations gathered at UF Health Indoor Arena 2 to compete for top honors in the $40,000 NSBA Limited Rider Senior Trail and AQHA L2 Senior Trail. Judd Paul emerged victorious aboard Emma Brown’s Ur Ride Has Arrived, a 2017 gelding by Batt Man x Ms Poison Ivy. It was Paul’s first time competing with the stylish gelding. “He’s owned by […]Read More
Ocala, FL – The $50,000 NSBA Junior Trail & $5,000 Limited Rider Junior Trail Bonuses and L2/L3 AQHA was the highly anticipated featured class on day four of The Championship Show 2024. Twenty-six horse-and-rider pairs tackled an intricate course designed by Tim Kimura, but it was Blake Weis aboard Dark Ladie, owned by Mary Alice Nielson, who came out on top, claiming the lion’s share […]Read More
Ocala, FL – Sunday, September 8 brought top-tier action to World Equestrian Center – Ocala for The Championship Show 2024. Today’s featured classes highlighted the $35,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Trail & $3,000 Limited Rider Bonuses. The $35,000 NSBA 3-Year-Old Trail featured a competitive field of top horse-and-rider teams, with ten entries taking on a technical pattern designed by Tim Kimura. In the end, StillRockinTheHouse, ridden by […]Read More
Ocala, FL – Entries and stall reservations are open for the 2024 November and December Show Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala. The Premier Hunter/Level 6 Jumper competition, sanctioned by US Equestrian (USEF) will host two weeks of shows from November 6-17 and two-weeks of shows from December 3-15. The first week of December will be highlighted by an Fédération Equestre International (FEI) CSI3* […]Read More
August 26, 2024 – Ocala, FL – World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) hosted back-to-back US Equestrian (USEF)/U.S. Dressage Federation (USDF)-rated dressage shows presented by Hampton Green Farms and Discover Dressage on August 23-25, 2024, giving dressage riders from Training Level to FEI Grand Prix extra qualifying opportunities for the 2024 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Championships, which take place for Region 3 at WEC – Ocala on September 18-22. […]Read More
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
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
