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The future of U.S. show jumping took to the International Arena at Wellington International on Thursday evening for the coveted WEF Equitation Championship, presented by NetJets, during the IDA Development-sponsored Week 11 of the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). As Wellington International gears up for its final week of the winter season, kicking off on …
Loxahatchee Groves, FL (March 19, 2024) – W. Tonix Hero and John Angus answered the call this past week, galloping to the win in both of The Ridge’s highly contested money classes, the $5,000 1.30m Rising Star Classic and $15,000 1.40m Grand Prix. Filling the void left by Mark and Daniel Bluman, who started The …
Rising talent soaked up the spotlight on the Sunday afternoon, the final day of Horseware Ireland sponsored Week 10 at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL. The BrainJuice Under 25 Grand Prix Series concluded competition in the International Arena with the highly anticipated $50,000 BrainJuice Under 25 Grand Prix Series Final after four …
World Cup success is nothing new for Daniel Coyle (IRL), but he reached another milestone Sunday at the Live Oak International (USA) when he topped the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Ocala aboard his exciting new mount, Incredible. “I’ve had a really, really good experience with the World Cup already, but I think this is …
March 17, 2024 – Ocala, FL – One final full day of jumper action kicked off early on Sunday morning as the atmosphere buzzed at HITS Post Time Farm. Jumper competition was fuller and fiercer than ever throughout the winter circuit’s ninth week as athletes flocked in from around the country in preparation for the …
Week 10 provided the last qualifying opportunities in the two prestigious developing horse classes, the Lövsta Future Challenge Intermediate II Future Challenge and the Buffalo Wild Wings Prix St. Georges Future Challenge at the 2024 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. The qualifiers — and the final — are designed to offer riders …
Wellington, FL (3/16/24) — Celebrating a momentous achievement, the 15th Annual Great Charity Challenge, sponsored by Fidelity Investments® (GCC), has triumphantly donated over $2 million to over 60 nonprofits and 12 schools in Palm Beach County. On the evening of February 3, 2024, at Wellington International in Wellington, FL, it was a remarkable gathering that …
U.S. Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward won his second feature of the week in the $215,000 Horseware Ireland CSI4* Grand Prix during the Winter Equestrian Festival’s (WEF) ‘Saturday Night Lights’ at Wellington International. Ward led the victory gallop aboard Contagious, the 15-year-old Rhinelander gelding owned by Beechwood Stables that also carried him to team …
A decision on the fate of the TRNP horses is expected as early as April. In their previous calls for comments, the National Park Service received tens of thousands of responses asking them to not only keep the beloved wild horses in the park, but to maintain a genetically viable herd of over 150. In …
In an Irish clean sweep of the 2024 young horse finals at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on Friday, Philip McGuane piloted the Evergate Stables owned My Lady van de Krekel to win the featured $25,000 Lövsta Stuteri 7-Year-Old Developing Jumper Series Final. The Lövsta Future Challenge is a well-established Swedish concept for talent development …