Wilmington, Ohio – Competition during Winter in the Midwest Series 2023 Winter Classic #6 at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington concluded with thrilling wins in both the hunter and jumper rings. Nicole Loochtan dominated the $30,000 Grand Prix aboard It’s Me Du Bosquetiau while Kathleen Caya earned first and second place honors with her two mounts in the $15,000 USHJA National Open 3’ Hunter Derby. […]Read More
January 24, 2023 – Ocala, Fla. – The Dressage VIII and Dressage VIIII shows on January 19-22, 2023, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala ran classes from Training Level to FEI Grand Prix. The show is an official qualifying competition for the 2023 Great American/USDF Regional Championships and was sponsored by Hampton Green Farm and Discover Dressage. The shows were the first rated dressage shows of […]Read More
Ocala, FL – Feature competition wrapped up this afternoon during week III of the 2023 Winter Spectacular Show Series. A top-level field consisting of 15 horse-and-rider combinations set out to challenge the closing tracks built by Anderson Lima (BRA) in the $15,000 Taylor Harris Insurance Services 1.45m Jumper Classic. Harold Chopping and the Rein Family LLC’s Quadrant 3 (Quadros x O-Carlotta) emerged victorious at the […]Read More
Ocala, FL – An international field of thirty athletes gathered to contest the $100,000 IDA Development Grand Prix at World Equestrian Center – Ocala during week III of the 2023 Winter Spectacular Show Series. FEI Level III course designer Anderson Lima (BRA) built the elaborate tracks, where the ladies dominated the jump-off and Hunter Holloway (USA) galloped away with victory aboard Hays Investment Corporation’s Pepita […]Read More
Ocala, FL – Feature competition resumed this afternoon during week III of the 2023 Winter Spectacular Show Series as 28 starters contested FEI Level III course designer Anderson Lima’s (BRA) first round track in the $15,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix with the hopes of qualifying for the immediate jump-off. Jelmer Hoekstra (NED) and Eyckenhoeve Sales LLC’s Harold (Dallas VDL x Wajomien) started early in the […]Read More
Ocala, FL – A picturesque sunny Florida day set the stage for the third Hunter Derby Friday of the 2023 Winter Spectacular Show Series. Nearly 100 magnificent horse-and-rider combinations set out to challenge the elegant tracks built by Tucker Williams (USA) in the $20,000 Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby, $15,000 UF Veterinary Hospital 3’ Open Hunter Derby and $15,000 WEC Ocala […]Read More
Ocala, FL – Elite show jumping competition resumed this afternoon as a field of the world’s best contested the $24,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix. FEI Level III course designer Anderson Lima (BRA) built the opening tracks for 22 starters representing seven different nations, but it was Samantha Schaefer (USA) and her new partner James Bond HX (Douglas x Trezebees) owned by Bonne Chance LLC […]Read More
Ocala, Fla. – January 19, 2023 – Discover Dressage, along with World Equestrian Center (WEC), is pleased to announce that the 2023 Florida Youth Dressage Championships (FYDC) will be held March 8-12 at World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, during the WEC Dressage I and II competitions. Riders must enter by the closing date of March 1, 2023. The Florida Youth Dressage Championships hosts riders […]Read More
Wilmington, Ohio – Winter Classic #5 of the Winter in the Midwest Series at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington culminated with exciting wins for 15-year-old Rebecca Gutstein who notched her first big win in the $30,000 WEC Grand Prix and for Jason Berry who earned his second consecutive win in the $15,000 USHJA National Open 3’ Hunter Derby. Gutstein of Glencoe, Illinois, bested a field […]Read More
Ocala, FL – The 12-week 2023 Winter Spectacular Show Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala hosted yet another exhilarating week of US Equestrian sanctioned hunter/jumper sport. The week opened up with Olympic Gold Medalist Will Simpson securing the $24,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix victory aboard the speedy Whoop De Doo. Amanda Steege and Lafitte De Muze returned to WEC – Ocala in top […]Read More
