World Equestrian Center – Ocala Winter Spectacular Week VIII Highlights

Week VIII of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series brought another exhilarating week of equestrian sport. Peter Petschenig (AUT) and Brooke Peterson’s Ennebel Van Het Posthuijs galloped to victory in the $75,000 Alltech Grand Prix, while Adam Sklansky captured the $20,000 C. Jarvis Insurance Welcome Prix aboard Hakini. Read on for additional highlights from hunter derby Friday, our jumper classics and the $10,000 Buckeye Nutrition […]Read More

What’s Happening at WEC – Ohio Winter Classic 12

Spring is in the air! We welcome you to World Equestrian Center ‘Winter in the Midwest’ Winter Classic 12. Check out what’s happening from amazing vendors to feature class action, the relaxing day spa, restaurants and other amenities to experience this week at the Midwest’s premier indoor show facility.  Our 2021 Year-End Championship awards are in! Stop by the horse show office in the Sanctuary […]Read More

What’s Happening this Week at WEC-Ocala

World Equestrian Center – Ocala is showcasing a week full of equestrian events including Week IX of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series. This week will also feature the event, Horsemanship Simplified: Celebrating 40 years of natural horsemanship. Week IX of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series will host the $75,000 CaptiveOne Advisors Grand Prix at 7pm on Saturday, March 5 in the WEC Grand […]Read More

Unconventional Breeds Carry Tyra Vernon to Top Level Wins at WEC – Ocala Dressage XIII

Ocala, Fla. – March 1, 2022 – The third dressage show of the season at World Equestrian Center – Ocala on February 25-27, 2022, featured an action-packed national schedule at all levels, from USEF Training Level up to Grand Prix, with GAIG/USDF Regional Championship qualifying opportunities. Ocala-based Tyra Vernon of Big Rock Equestrian Center worked hard at the Dressage XIII show, which was sponsored by Hampton Green Farm […]Read More

Ocala Sunday Spotlight: AdultAmmyStrong creator, Sarah Mahoney

This week’s Ocala Sunday Spotlight shines on Sarah Mahoney, the creator of the popular AdultAmmyStrong Blog. Sarah is from Moyock, North Carolina, where she works remotely for equestrian advertising agency EQ Media. She spends her spare time with her four-year-old Hanoverian mare, Quessel IF. We caught up with Sarah to ask her about AdultAmmyStrong and her adorable young mare. WEC: Tell us a bit about […]Read More

Santiago Lambre’s Hot Streak Continues in the $15,000 WEC Ocala 1.45m Jumper Classic

Ocala, FL – Feature class action for Week VIII of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series closed today with the $15,000 WEC Ocala 1.45m Jumper Classic. FEI Level II course designer Colm Quinn (IRL) created the winding tracks that allowed five entries to navigate clear first rounds, but it was Santiago Lambre and his new mount All In Horses Cava (Cadensky x Licara) that stole […]Read More

Peter Petschenig & Ennebel Van Het Posthuijs Are Uncatchable in the $75,000 Alltech Grand Prix

Ocala, FL – An international field of athletes representing eight countries gathered this evening to contest the $75,000 Alltech Grand Prix with a full house of spectators adding to the electric atmosphere under the lights. FEI Level II course designer Colm Quinn (IRL) built the complex tracks that featured three double combinations and a new brick wall fence that caught out several competitors throughout the […]Read More

Richard Rinehart Snags the $10,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix Win Aboard Vincent

Ocala, FL – Fifty-one up and coming horse-and-rider combinations took to the WEC Grand Arena this afternoon to contest the $10,000 Buckeye Nutrition Futures Prix. FEI Level II course designer Colm Quinn (IRL) designed the open tracks that allowed nearly half of the class to create a clear first round. The jump-off was fierce as 23 entries galloped for the fastest time, but it was […]Read More

Meg Howard-Fuleky and News For You take Home the Blue in today’s $10,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby 3’ Open

Wilmington, OH – Twenty-four elegant hunters took to the R+L Arena for the $10,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby 3’ Open competing in two rounds over a lovely course of natural fences designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky. The competition was fierce heading into the handy round, but it was Meg Howard-Fuleky and Lissa Guyton’s News For You (I Am Moerhoeve’s Star x Boule De […]Read More

Samantha Schaefer & In The Know Prove Unstoppable in $20,000 WEC Ocala 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby

Ocala, FL – One hundred stunning hunters came out for Hunter Derby Friday to contest the $20,000 WEC Ocala 3’6” Hunter Derby, $15,000 WEC Ocala 3’ Open Hunter Derby and $15,000 WEC Ocala 3’ Jr/Am Hunter Derby. Canadian course designer Peter Grant created the flowing tracks that featured a hay bale combination and a stunning hedge wall option. Competition was fierce with scores soaring into […]Read More