Indoors Season Kicks Off with WEC Fall Series I & USHJA Young Pony Hunter Championships

A weekend of mild temperatures and beautiful blue skies set the perfect backdrop for the kickoff of the World Equestrian Center Fall Series. The action-packed weekend featured horse showing both indoors and outdoors, and even hosted the very first USHJA Young Pony Hunter Championships on Sunday. Events were aplenty, with exhibitors testing their true riding skills on the mechanical shark in the Paddock Club on […]

Kady Abramson Goes One-Two in the $25,000 World Equestrian Center Grand Prix Presented by Tribute Equine Nutrition

An enthusiastic crowd lined the Jumper ring, cheering loudly for riders in Saturday afternoon’s $25,000 Tribute Equine Nutrition Grand Prix (1.45 meter). An international field of twenty five entries attempted the twisting track with a first round time allowed of 75.96 seconds. The first round demanded tidy riding and 13 entries accomplished just that, advancing to the jump off. The most impressive time of the first […]

Horse Show Results – World Equestrian Center Winter Series of the Midwest – Winter Classic 16

We saw some terrific competition this week at the World Equestrian Center as The Winter Series of the Midwest continues on to its 17th consecutive week of Hunter / Jumper horse show action. Read on for horse show results from our feature classes during the World Equestrian Center Winter Classic 16 – April 18-22, 2018. Jumper action kicked off in the Sanctuary on Thursday, April […]

Winter Series of the Midwest – Week 1 Highlights

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 […]

Top Hunter Riders Compete During WEC Fall Series

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 ?  […]

World Equestrian Center / Kentucky Horse Shows LLC National Hunter Derby Series Winners Crowned

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 […]

Megan Bash and Pourkoipa Fontaine Claim Victory in the WEC $25,000 Grand Prix

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 […]

Life is Good & Kodachrome Top Hunters at the WEC Invitational Finale

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 […]

Douglas E. Boyd and Berkley III Win WEC Invitational Welcome Stake

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 […]