Olivia Sweetnam & Efendi. Photo ©Sportfot Rising equitation stars took to the International Arena at Wellington International on Thursday evening for the coveted WEF Equitation Championship, presented by Arion Sellier, during the KASK-sponsored Week 11 of the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). As Wellington International gears up for Rolex Finale week of the winter season,…
Simon McCarthy and Narcotique v/h Dingenshof © Sportfot Simon McCarthy (IRL) and Narcotique v/h Dingenshof sealed the deal in the $32,000 ArthramidVet CSI3* Grand Prix Qualifier on Friday during the ESP Pre-Charity week at Florida’s Wellington International. The stage was set for a competitive race to the finish with 16 horses moving forward to the…
Marie Hecart & Vahinee © Cassidy Klein ESP November kicked off on an exciting note with the $10,000 Bainbridge Companies 1.40m Open Stake in the International Ring. Designed by Jasen Shelley (USA), the course hosted 18 horse-and-rider pairs, with 10 successfully moving on to the immediate jump-off. Luis Fernando Larrazabal (VEN) and Quick Chick 3,…
Luis Fernando Larrazabal & Baroness © Sportfot The 2024 ESP October horse show got underway on Friday with the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby, sponsored by Pilates Rocks, on the Derby Annex field. Keri Kampsen (USA) delivered an impressive performance with Check Please, co-owned by Keri Kampsen and Lexy Reed, claiming victory with a score…
Jennifer Bliss and Flight ©Anne Gittins Photography. Wellington, FL – May 14, 2022 – The fifth and final week of the ESP Spring Series held its featured class for hunter competitors on the grass Derby Annex at Equestrian Village on Friday. Jennifer Bliss and Flight captured their second consecutive win in the $2,500 USHJA National…
Jennifer Bliss and Flight ©Anne Gittins Photography. Wellington, FL – May 7, 2022 – The Spring IV week of the ESP Spring Series saw hunters compete on the grass Derby Annex field of Equestrian Village throughout the week. The week’s feature class for hunter competitors took place on Friday, with Jennifer Bliss of Wellington, FL…
Tiffany Morrissey with Copernicus K. © Sportfot. Wellington, FL – February 25, 2022 – Week 7 of the 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), sponsored by Lugano Diamonds, featured top hunter and jumper competition at two facilities on Thursday, February 25. Hunter riders took their turn on the grass Derby Field at Equestrian Village in the…
Lexington, Ky. – Aug 1, 2021 – Competition at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show came to a conclusion Sunday evening with the featured hunter class of the week, the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby. A total of 41 junior, amateur, and professional athletes took to the derby ring in hopes of claiming World Championship Hunter…
David O’Brien and La Belle SCF. Lexington, Ky. – Aug. 18, 2019 – The final day of the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show at the Kentucky Horse Park concluded with the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix, sponsored by Audi of Lexington. Despite high temperatures, 28 horse-and-rider pairs contested Ken Krome’s course attempting to walk away with…
Gisele Beardsley O’Grady and Januar ©TIEC. Mill Spring, NC – August 12, 2019 – Friday’s $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby awarded Gisele Beardsley O’Grady (Tryon, NC) the winner cooler and ribbons for her efforts aboard Ginny Barnette’s Januar, earning a two-round score of 172 to take the win. In second, Allen Nabors Jr. (Odessa, FL)…
