Entries and Stall Reservations are Now Open for the 2024 Midwest Indoors Series at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington

Wilmington, OHIO – August 22, 2024 – Entries and stall reservations are now open for World Equestrian Center – Wilmington’s 2024 Midwest Indoors Series featuring three weeks of US Equestrian (USEF) rated hunter/jumper competition beginning November 6 through November 24. Midwest Indoors will offer more than $600,000 in prize money and awards, featuring a weekly $30,000 Grand Prix, $10,000 Futures Prix, two $15,000 USHJA National […]Read More

What’s Happening this Week at World Equestrian Center – Ocala

Ocala, FL – National dressage competition returns to Indoor Arena 6 at World Equestrian Center – Ocala August 23-25. View ride times and results. Note, all times and dates are subject to change. Please refer to the WEC Calendar for updates.  The Labor Day Barrel Blast is just around the corner! Practice exhibitions take place August 28-29, but the real action begins August 30 to […]Read More

World Equestrian Center – Ocala Announces 2025 Dressage Competition Calendar 

Ocala, FL – The 2025 dressage competition calendar, sponsored by Hampton Green Farm and Discover Dressage, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) is set to feature an impressive lineup of 11 shows including seven Fédération Equestre International (FEI)-rated events. The 2025 slate of FEI-rated competitions, which run alongside national US Equestrian (USEF)/United States Dressage Federation (USDF) shows, will include three CDI3* shows, two CDI4* […]Read More

WEC – Ocala to Host GAIG/USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships at Hampton Green Farms WEC September Dressage Show

August 20, 2024 – Ocala, FL – Dressage riders will have a special competition opportunity this September 18-22, 2024, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) when it hosts the 2024 Great American Insurance Group (GAIG)/USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships. The championships run concurrently with the Hampton Green Farms WEC September Dressage Show, which is a USEF/USDF Level 4 competition. The GAIG/USDF Region 3 Dressage Championships feature more than […]Read More

UF Professor Back From Paris After Serving as Veterinarian for Team Australia

By: UF Veterinary Hospital at WEC From his native Australia to Florida and next to Paris, Robin Bell, B.V.Sc., lives and breathes elite performance horses. As a clinical professor and equine sports medicine specialist at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Bell spends his days safeguarding the health and well-being of some of the world’s most exceptional equine competitors. He is one of […]Read More

Wilmington Sunday Spotlight: Avery Roper

Wilmington, Ohio – This week’s Wilmington Sunday Spotlight shines on junior rider Avery Roper. The 11-year-old athlete hailing from her family owned and operated Roper Farms in Hobart, Indiana, can be found in all three rings at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington with her string of horses and ponies. We caught up with the joyful, hard-working young rider to learn more about her riding journey, […]Read More

Sharn Wordley Closes Out the 2024 Summer Series With A Victory in the $75,000 UF Health Grand Prix

Ocala, FL – The 2024 Summer Series culminated in an electrifying showdown as 32 elite horse-and-rider combinations from nine nations competed for the final feature class win of the season in the $75,000 UF Health Grand Prix. The competition reached its pinnacle with a thrilling 12-horse jump-off, where the podium mirrored last week’s results, but this time, Sharn Wordley of New Zealand emerged victorious aboard […]Read More

Kelly Soleau-Millar & Fire Fly Race to Win the $30,000 GGT Footing Grand Prix of Summer III

Wilmington, Ohio – Featured competition concluded at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington (WEC) Summer III Saturday evening with the $30,000 GGT Footing Grand Prix. FEI Level III course designer Anderson Lima (BRA) designed an appropriate track for the field that saw seven horse-and-athlete combinations move onto the jump-off. Kelly Soleau-Millar (USA) and M. Michael Meller’s Fire Fly (Arezzo VDL x First Price G) ultimately ended […]Read More

Havens Schatt & Cruise Capture $20,000 GGT Footing USHJA National Open Hunter Derby Win at Summer III

Wilmington, Ohio – The $20,000 GGT Footing USHJA National Open Hunter Derby was the highlight event of the evening at World Equestrian Center – Wilmington Summer III as a field of 17 top horse-and-rider combinations vied for the lion’s share of prize money. Havens Schatt caught the ride on a longtime resident of Milestone Farm LLC, Caroline Moran’s Cruise (Levisto x Baronja), to ultimately take […]Read More

UF Health Celebrates New Location at World Equestrian Center

Provided by UF Health Ocala, FL — UF Health officials and World Equestrian Center leaders on Wednesday celebrated the completion of a new 10,000-square-foot medical facility that continues the system’s push to expand its nationally recognized health care services for people living in or visiting the Marion County area. The location features eight exam rooms, two procedure rooms, a retail pharmacy, and X-ray imaging. “We are excited to […]Read More