This week’s Sunday Spotlight falls on junior rider Sam Karp of Flint Hill, Virginia. Sam competed in her first rated show with her horse Van Gogh at World Equestrian Center this summer, taking top honors in the Children’s Derby. She took time to chat with us this week about how she got her start in riding, her horse and her love of ice hockey. WEC: How […]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

The World Equestrian Center Spring and Summer Series kicked off this week with plenty of thrilling equestrian sport in our outdoor show complex. Exhibitors enjoyed a Memorial Day themed painting party on Friday along with a delicious dinner of pulled pork and brisket in the Paddock Club, an informative Cadets Horsemanship Clinic with The Infused Equestrian Saturday morning, a dog adoption with the Wilmington Area […]Read More

$25,000 World Equestrian Center Grand Prix An eager crowd filled the grandstands in the Sanctuary Arena tonight to watch the $25,000 World Equestrian Center Grand Prix.  Twenty four horse and rider combinations contested the 1.40m track, designed by Bobby Murphy of Lexington, Kentucky. At the close of the first round, seven pairs would go clear to advance to the jump off while Nicole E. Loochtan and […]Read More

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 […]Read More

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 […]Read More