Ireland’s Kevin McCarthy and Catch A Star HSS raced to the win in this evening’s thrilling $5,000 Welcome Stake 1.35 m sponsored by CWD. Each horse and rider pair were on their “A game” tonight, with all of the 8 entries that made it to the jump off jumping double clear. This evening’s course, designed by Keith J. Bollotte, saw entries attempting 14 efforts in a […]
What. A . Show. Last week’s World Equestrian Center Invitational saw outstanding talent in every ring with record-breaking entry counts in several of the featured classes. We spent the entire weekend celebrating Halloween. From pumpkin carving challenges, to themed braiding contests, to Trick-or-Treating, to a Halloween party, we certainly got into the spirit. All were invited to carve pumpkins in the Paddock Club on Friday, […]
The Sanctuary was the site of tonight’s World Equestrian Center $50,000 Grand Prix presented by Kristi’s Canvas with thirty two horse and rider combinations contesting the 1.45m track. Steve Stephens and Nick Granat shared course design responsibilities for the class and while they described the course as bigger than the Welcome but not quite as technical, they agreed that all the horses and riders handled […]
The sold out WEC Invitational $15,000 Welcome Stake 1.35 m signified the commencement of our featured classes this evening in the Sanctuary Arena with a record 43 International entries. The 1.35m track was built by Steve Stephens and Nick Granat . “This is a difficult group to build for because there is a mixed level of horses in this Welcome class tonight,” said course designer Nick […]
