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Liza Towell Boyd & Ondine D’Orleans. Photo © Sportfot World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Week at the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) came to a celebrated peak at Wellington International on Saturday evening. The country’s best hunter combinations went head-to-head in the $150,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular with a win for Liza …
Patricia Griffith & Divine Romance. Photo © Sportfot Patricia Griffith opened World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Week at the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) with a champion tricolor in Section A of the Equine Tack & Nutritionals 3’6” Green Hunter division on Thursday. An impressive hunter lineup took to the International Arena at Wellington International …
Exactly one year ago, Cydello claimed his first grand prix victory with Richard Vogel (GER) on the derby field at Wellington International, and the duo repeated history, taking the win again Sunday in the $140,000 WeatherTech CSI3* Grand Prix to wrap up Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival. Out of a field of stellar …
In the $1,500 USHJA Pony Hunt & Go Derby on Friday afternoon, it was pony superstar Lilly Ward of Brewster, NY who took home top call aboard Woodlands Corduroy, owned by her father and six-time U.S. Olympian McLain Ward. With a score of 175, Lilly convincingly took the top spot and embarked on what she …
The final week of the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) came to a close on Sunday with a victory for USA’s Eve Jobs and her own High Point VDL (Tinka’s Boy x Indoctro) in the $62,500 Vogel CSI2* Grand Prix in the main arena at Wellington International. Thirteen weeks of exceptional jumper, hunter, and equitation …
Germany’s Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 clinched a win in the $500,000 Rolex CSI5* Grand Prix during the finale ‘Saturday Night Lights’ of the Winter Equestrian Festival’s (WEF) 2024 season on March 30. From final draw, Kukuk made his Wellington debut a winning one in the last of a 12-week run of FEI competition in …
Seventeen of the world’s top-30 show jumping athletes have converged at Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) for the 12th and final week of international competition in Wellington, FL. The $117,000 Adequan® CSI5* WEF Challenge Cup Round 12 kicked off the Rolex-sponsored finale week on Thursday with a win for an on-fire Irish contingent. Conor …
Lillie Keenan (USA) went two-for-two during Week 11 at the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Sunday’s $200,000 IDA Development CSI4* Grand Prix, presented by Barnwalkers, after also winning Friday’s qualifier at Wellington International in Wellington, FL. Keenan, 27, and Agana van het Gerendal Z, a 13-year-old Zangersheide stallion (Aganix du Seigneur x Topas) owned …
Twelve weeks of 1.50m competition came to a peak on Saturday evening in the $150,000 Hermès CSI4* 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Final during the penultimate week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at Wellington International. From a field bursting with talent and international accolades, Ireland’s Jordan Coyle sealed the deal with For Gold from a …
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 …