More than 200 equestrians from the disciplines of show jumping, hunters, dressage, and polo gathered at the Winter Equestrian Festival Welcome Party held on Wednesday evening, January 25, following the first day of competition at the 34th annual Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. (Read on…)
Green Cove Springs, FL – Sixteen year old Henry Pfeiffer of Temperance, Michigan riding Elton a 9-year-old Warm Blood gelding for owners Fox Meadow Farm won the Jacksonville Winter A – Z $15,000 Open Welcome presented by the Outback Steakhouse. (Read on…)
The 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival awarded its first hunter championships today and the competition in the professional divisions was as tough as ever. (Read on…)
An afternoon long, area wide power failure could not stop Leslie Howard of Westport, Connecticut from electrifying the Thursday afternoon crowd at the 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. (Read on…)
Happy New Year. The 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival is beginning, and it is going to the biggest and best one yet. It’s pretty unbelievable how many horses and people there are running around, but I think it will make for a very interesting couple of months. In addition to WEF, I will be traveling for one week to the Ocala Winter Circuit, so I will get to see more new hunters and get pictures and interviews for you all there.
“This is the place to be,” was a remark reiterated by members of the elite panel of participants in this year’s Winter Equestrian Festival as they met with the media today to provide preview commentary and answer questions on the horse show, which opens tomorrow, Wednesday, January 24, and runs through March 19 in Wellington, Florida. (Read on…)
The 2006 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) returns to Wellington and the best hunters in the nation will compete starting tomorrow. The nine week circuit begins on January 25 in Wellington, Florida and continues through April 1. The last two weeks of the Festival will be held at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center in Tampa, FL. (Read on…)
Lexington, KY – Following a star-studded performance that warmed our hearts at the Athens Olympic Games more than a year ago, U.S. Show Jumpers Chris Kappler, Beezie Madden, McLain Ward and Peter Wylde will finally be awarded their Olympic Gold medals at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 5th, just before the Gold Coast Jumper Classic Grand Prix at Circuit Finale in Wellington, Florida. In addition, Chris Kappler will be officially awarded the Individual Silver. (Read on…)
(Gladstone, NJ) – Stand-out coaches George Morris and Kim Severson will share recognition as United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) 2005 Coaches of the Year, as part of the Coaching Recognition Program, developed by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). Both will go on to become candidates for the USOC 2005 Coach of the Year.
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