All Gold for the Girls – Hunter Holloway & Pepita Con Spita Top the $100,000 IDA Development Grand Prix

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

Jelmer Hoekstra & Harold Prove Uncatchable in the $15,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix at WEC – Ocala

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

Easy Win for Daniel Geitner & Easy Money in the $20,000 Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby at WEC – Ocala

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

James Bond HX is Samantha Schaefer’s Secret Weapon in $24,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix at WEC – Ocala

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

Florida Youth Dressage Championships Are Back on Track at World Equestrian Center – Ocala

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

World Equestrian Center – Wilmington Winter Classic #5 Highlights

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

World Equestrian Center – Ocala 2023 Winter Spectacular Show Series Week II Highlights

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

Santiago Lambre & Chacco Blue II Steal the $15,000 Taylor Harris Insurance Services 1.45m Jumper Classic Victory

Ocala, FL – National show jumping competition during week II of the 2023 Winter Spectacular Show Series closed this afternoon with the $15,000 Taylor Harris Insurance Services 1.45m Jumper Classic. Twenty elite show jumpers set out to challenge an intricate track built by FEI Level III course designer Ben Townley (GBR), but it was Santiago Lambre (BRA) and his own Chacco Blue II who galloped […]Read More

Ocala Sunday Spotlight: Katalena Prusso

Ocala, FL – This week’s Ocala Sunday Spotlight shines on 15-year-old Katalena Prusso of Woodstock, Georgia. This talented young equestrian is seen in every ring; hunters, jumpers and equitation. Not only does Prusso dominate the hunter ring, but she just competed in her first ever grand prix last Saturday during the $100,000 Coors Light Grand Prix. We caught up with the up-and-coming athlete to learn […]Read More

Aaron Vale & I Adermie R 4 Capture $100,000 Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Grand Prix Win at WEC – Ocala

Ocala, FL – The $100,000 Coca-Cola Beverages Florida Grand Prix was the highlight event of week II during the 2023 Winter Spectacular Show Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala. Chilly temperatures couldn’t freeze out the crowd or competition as the stands were packed to watch a strong field of the world’s best compete for the lion’s share of the prize money under the lights […]Read More