World Equestrian Center Applauds 2021 Year-End Award Winners

World Equestrian Center is pleased to recognize our exhibitors with year-end championship awards earned via NSBA points accrued during the 2021 hunter/jumper competition season. Awards were given in more than 75 divisions with championship prizes and ribbons awarded up to 8th place. Exhibitors could earn points toward year-end championships for showing at the Ohio venue, the Ocala venue and an additional championship for Overall winners. […]Read More

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

Sunday Spotlight: Georgia Keogh

This week’s Sunday Spotlight shines on Georgia Keogh of Versailles, Kentucky. Georgia is an amateur/owner rider and competes with her horse Discreet. She is a WEC regular and can be found riding at home at Scheffelridge Farm under the guidance of Nori Scheffel. We caught up with Georgia to chat about her riding career, her horses and her advice for new riders.  How did you […]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

Charlotte Clark and Kinsella take Triumph in WEC Wilmington’s $30,000 Grand Prix

Wilmington, OH – An excited crowd gathered to watch as eight lightning-fast entries galloped their way through the Sanctuary Arena to vie for a $30,000 Grand Prix win on a course designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky. Five entries went double clear on the twisting track, making time the determining factor for the top of the leaderboard. While each horse-and-rider combination delivered masterful  performances, […]Read More