Jacob Pope & Highway FBH. Photo © Sportfot Jacob Pope (USA) wasn’t short of good luck charms on Sunday with his parents and barn family supporting him ringside. Highlighting the final day of Week 3 at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), presented by NetJets, Pope topped the $62,500 Florida Coast Equipment CSI2* Grand Prix with…
Christian Kukuk & Checker 47. Photo © Sportfot Olympic champions Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 returned to familiar territory in Wellington International’s stadium during the Winter Equestrian Festival’s (WEF) ‘Saturday Night Lights’. Six months after jumping to Olympic gold in Paris, the 2024 Rolex Grand Prix winning duo came in the crowd favorite and topped…
Conor O’Regan’s goal (IRL) for the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) season was to slowly build Manchester up to a competitive level, but the Delshore Horses-owned gelding had other plans. The duo earned an early season win in the $32,000 Florida Coast Equipment CSI2* Qualifier on Friday of WEF 3 from an impressive field of…
Henrik von Eckermann & Glamour Girl. Photo © Sportfot World no. 1 Henrik von Eckermann (SWE) and Glamour Girl are leaning on their experience together and proving to be unstoppable in Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup action, topping the $62,500 Adequan® CSI4* WEF Challenge Cup Round 3 yet again during Week 3 of the Winter Equestrian Festival….
Richard Vogel & Cydello. Photo © Sportfot 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…
Tony Stormanns & Donjon d’Asschaut. Photo © Sportfot From the time he was 11, Tony Stormanns (GER) would sit ringside at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and dream about competing in the International Arena. During ‘Saturday Night Lights’ of WEF 2, the 17-year-old made that dream come true in winning fashion in the $50,000 Palm…
Jessica Mendoza & In the Air. © Sportfot A week ago, British show jumping athlete Jessica Mendoza was on a horseback safari in Africa, admiring elephants and other wildlife from the comfort of the saddle. This week, she switched gears for week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and rode to a win in…
Darragh Kenny & Chaccossini. Photo © Sportfot Darragh Kenny (IRL) has wasted no time getting to know Chaccossini. The pair scored their second FEI victory Sunday in just their third show together, topping the $32,000 Hermès CSI3* 1.50m Classic to close week one of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Kenny pilots the 2012 Hanoverian gelding…
Nayel Nassar & ESI Ali. Photo © Sportfot Claiming his first-ever ‘Saturday Night Lights’ victory at Wellington International, Egyptian Olympian Nayel Nassar topped the $140,000 Southern Arches CSI3* Grand Prix riding ESI Ali during week one of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). “This one feels great,” said a beaming Nassar after his win. “It’s always…
Roberto Teran Tafur & Santana. Photo © Sportfot Roberto Teran Tafur (COL) exited the International Arena following his second FEI win of the week Friday with the words, “When you’re on, you’re just on.” The Olympian topped the podium yet again during week one of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), this time aboard Santana in…
