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

This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on 17-year-old Olivia Saldivar. Olivia comes from a horse-centric family, sharing her passion with both her mom and her sister. Her days at their home farm in Indiana are filled with stall cleaning and riding from sun up to sun down. With lofty goals in the jumper ring, Olivia sought the help of Ohio-based trainer Charlotte Clark, and now serves […]Read More

Week 12 of ‘Winter in the Midwest’ at World Equestrian Center saw plenty of thrilling equestrian sport and family-friendly fun. Friday brought a Sip & Shop in Vendor Village while Saturday brought out everyone’s creative side with a Paint & Sip party in the Paddock Club. In-ring action included three competitive feature jumper classes and two outstanding feature hunter classes. Thursday saw 16 entries in the […]Read More

Week 11 of ‘Winter in the Midwest’ at World Equestrian Center brought more thrilling equestrian sport and plenty of family-friendly fun. The after-hours highlight of the week was the horseless horse show in the Sanctuary Arena on Saturday night after the Grand Prix where over 30 entries gathered for a jumper-style class on foot. Feature classes took place Thursday through Saturday and brought several exciting […]Read More

We kicked off the New Year last week with thrilling equestrian sport during week four of ‘Winter in the Midwest 2020’ at World Equestrian Center. Victories were celebrated by many entries as they checked their first win of the year off of their 2020 resolutions list. With great sport came great fun in the form of a dog race in the Sanctuary Arena after the […]Read More

This week’s Sunday Spotlight lands on Jessica Jude. Jessica caught the horse bug early on in life and hasn’t let go since. She recently made the switch into the jumper ring after spending many successful years in the hunters and has big dreams of one day competing in a Futures Prix. Jessica and her horse train with Charlotte Clark of Kendalwood Farm and have been […]Read More

In this issue we seek inspiration and we’re finding it everywhere – in the people that innovate in our sport, in riders that take the leap to become professionals and in those who balance work, family and horses with aplomb! Read about Tom MacGuinness, founder of the iconic Horseware Ireland brand and creator of the award-winning Rambo horse blanket in our new Inspirations column. Tom […]Read More

The first two weeks of the World Equestrian Center Spring / Summer Series wrapped up on Sunday and provided great sport and good fun to kick off the five-show-long series. This past week exhibitors and spectators alike enjoyed plenty of exciting events including a delicious dinner and entertainment from the Roaming Pig Band in the Paddock Club on Friday, an informational Cadets Horsemanship Clinic about […]Read More

Week 18 signaled the bittersweet end of the 2019 Winter Series of the Midwest at World Equestrian Center. Exhibitors enjoyed a fun-filled week of delicious food and fantastic events from Circuit Champion presentations to an End of Circuit exhibitor party. David Beisel of David Beisel Stables in Goshen, Ohio was honored with our annual Outstanding Parent Award recognizing his extraordinary sportsmanship and incredible horse show […]Read More

Week 16 of the 2019 Winter Series of the Midwest hosted fantastic horse show action, accompanied by plenty of fun events for exhibitors and spectators alike. On Friday, the Paddock Club featured The Buskin Blue Band during a delicious dinner of prime rib and catfish. We celebrated Easter a week early with a braiding contest on Saturday and a massive Easter egg hunt in the […]Read More