This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on 27-year-old electrical engineer and budding amateur rider Alexa Lee. Alexa caught our eye on Instagram when she tagged us in a post of herself smiling ear to ear, leading her horse back to the ingate of the Sanctuary Arena with the caption, “Even when you fall you gotta keep smiling because you still won the class.” Alexa took the […]Read More
This week’s Sunday Spotlight shines on junior Caroline Berg. Caroline has had an amazing year of riding. Despite the pandemic, Caroline and her handsome bay gelding Full Count, or Colt, have qualified for each of the finals that they had hoped for. Caroline took the time this week to chat with us about the upcoming finals, her love for Colt and her riding goals. WEC: How […]Read More
This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on Mala Levin of Chicago, Illinois. World Equestrian Center played host to the Arabian Horse Association’s Region 13 Championship this week and Mala found great success in her divisions, even taking a Regional Championship title. Mala took time out of her busy show schedule to chat with us about Arabian classes, her two special horses and her big win. WEC: How […]Read More
A week of slightly cooler temperatures and sunny skies set the perfect backdrop for the final show of the World Equestrian Center summer series. The week we hosted plenty of thrilling equestrian sport with three feature jumper classes and two hunter derbies. Top placings in the jumpers were separated by just tenths of a second while scores in the hunters soared high into the 80s […]Read More
This week brings a special edition of the Sunday Spotlight as we chat with equestrian fashion mogul Charles Ancona who made his way to World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio for the first time this week. Charles took the time to sit down with us and tell us about his background in the fabrication of sportswear, his iconic equestrian line and some exciting up-and-coming projects […]Read More
Nearly 50 entries filled the Sanctuary Arena this afternoon for the $25,000 WEC Grand Prix and the $7,500 Futures Prix 1.30m sponsored by Voltaire Design. Competition was fierce with nearly one-third of the entries advancing to the jump-off in both classes, and top finishers separated by just fractions of a second. $25,000 WEC Grand Prix The course for this afternoon’s $25,000 WEC Grand Prix was designed […]Read More
Another unseasonably cool but warmly welcomed sunny day in southwestern Ohio set the perfect scene for this afternoon’s $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby in the outdoor complex at World Equestrian Center. Thirty-one entries contested a beautifully decorated course designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky, that featured several bending lines, a two-stride and a stunning carriage island. The course also featured a zigzag group of […]Read More
Today’s drop in temperatures and sunny blue skies set the perfect backdrop for the start of the final horse show of the World Equestrian Center summer series. Feature class action kicked off in the Sanctuary Arena this afternoon with 21 entries vying for the win in the $5,000 Welcome Stake 1.35m sponsored by CWD Sellier. Competition was tight with the top four placings separated by […]Read More
Week three of the WEC summer horse shows kicked off today with a full schedule of thrilling equestrian sport. The week is filled with feature classes that include two hunter derbies, a welcome stake, a futures prix and a grand prix. Use this as your helpful guide throughout the week for everything from where to eat, to what to do. We thank our exhibitors for […]Read More
This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on student, groom and passionate horsewoman Layne Turner. Layne hauls from Paris, Kentucky. She is a student at Eastern Kentucky University and spends all of the time she can at horse shows grooming for her best friend, Charlotte Clark of Kendalwood Farm. Layne’s sense of humor combines perfectly with her impeccable grooming skills, and you can often find her ringside […]Read More
