Countdown to the 2024 Winter Spectacular Show Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala

Ocala, FL – The countdown to the 2024 Winter Spectacular Show Series has begun, with less than one week until the excitement kicks off! From January 3 to March 24, 2024, spectators and exhibitors can immerse themselves in 12 consecutive weeks of top-tier hunter/jumper competition. Anticipate an unparalleled circuit this year, featuring additions to both the schedule and facilities. Among these enhancements are a sixth climate-controlled […]Read More

Top Junior Riders Agree: WEC Premier Equitation Cup Championship Is the Place To Be

Ocala, FL – Top junior equitation riders from across the country are currently competing in classes to qualify for the 2024 World Equestrian Center (WEC) Premier Equitation Cup Championship, which will take place at WEC – Ocala on February 10, 2024. This can’t-miss event is on everyone’s calendar as the first big equitation championship of the year, and riders are showcased in the WEC Grand […]Read More

World Equestrian Center – Ocala 2023 December Show Series Week II Highlights

Ocala, FL– The final week of hunter/jumper competition in 2023 came to an exhilarating close. In the grand finale of 2023, Luis Sabino Goncalves (POR) and Scoop De Septon Z took the win in the $150,000 Florida Coast Equipment Grand Prix CSI3* and stood atop the podium. Josh Dolan and Something Blue scored their third $12,500 Golden Ocala 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby win, and Alvaro Enrique […]Read More

World Equestrian Center – Wilmington Winter Classic 3 Highlights

Wilmington, Ohio – Winter Classic 3 concluded competition for 2023 Sunday, December 17 at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington. Sarah Meier (USA) and Nightshade SCF (Baldev x Olisina) earned their first career grand prix win together in 30,000 Grand Prix Saturday evening, while Rokeechobee STB Gino H x Massima Van’t Spieveld) won the $10,000 Futures Prix with Sam Pegg (CAN). Melissa Donnelly (USA) swept the […]Read More

Alvaro Enrique Tejada Arriola and Jellyton Pb Win the $50,000 Florida Coast Equipment National Grand Prix

Ocala, FL – The 2023 show season came to an exhilarating close this afternoon as 23 star-studded athletes took to the WEC Grand Arena to contest the $50,000 Florida Coast Equipment National Grand Prix. Catsy Cruz (MEX) set the final tracks of the year, where only four riders managed to answer all of the questions in the first round to battle it out over the […]Read More

Wilmington Sunday Spotlight: Sylvia Martin

Wilmington, Ohio – This week’s Wilmington Sunday Spotlight shines on 10-year-old rider, Sylvia Martin. The young rider of Mattawan, Michigan, fulfilled her dream of showing at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington with her seven-year-old Quarter Horse mare, Blueberry Muffin, in the Crossrail division at Winter Classic 1. Sylvia started selling homemade crafts, cookies, artwork, and beanie babies over the summer to save money for her […]Read More

Melissa Donnelly Wins WEC Professional Medal at WEC – Wilmington Winter Classic 3

Wilmington, Ohio – The final feature class of Winter Classic 3 at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington called all professional athletes to the R+L Arena to switch disciplines for the evening over Bobby Murphy’s (USA) technical equitation track. The WEC Professional Medal 3’ offered professional athletes an opportunity to apply their well-practiced skills in one of the most competitive disciplines for junior and amateur riders. […]Read More

Sarah Meier & Nightshade SCF Conquer the $30,000 Grand Prix at WEC – Wilmington Winter Classic 3

Wilmington, Ohio – Joe Carnicom (USA) set a challenging track for a field of 15 athletes in the $30,000 Grand Prix during WEC – Wilmington Winter Classic 3. In the end of a four horse jump-off, it was Sarah Meier (USA) and her own Nightshade SCF (Baldev x Olisina) that came out on top for a well-deserved win. The professional athlete of Lexington, Kentucky, has […]Read More

Maya Denis and Callypso De La Hamente Z Top the $15,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix

Ocala, FL – On Friday afternoon, 34 skilled athletes competed for the top prize of $15,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix, navigating tracks designed by Catsy Cruz of Mexico. At the end of the competition, it was Maya Denis (MEX) who clinched the victory aboard her own Callypso De La Hamente Z (Chelssini Z x Vesta De Greenbay), clocking a time more than two seconds ahead […]Read More

$1,500 Christmas Sweater Hunt Teams Class Kicked Off the Holiday Season at WEC – Wilmington Winter Classic 3

Wilmington, Ohio – Riders and trainers alike were in the holiday spirit Friday evening of Winter Classic 3 at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington for the $1,500 Christmas Sweater Hunt Team class! A total of six pairs followed each other around Bobby Murphy’s traditional hunter course over obstacles resembling candy canes and Christmas trees, and met at jumps two, six and nine to jump in […]Read More