February 23, 2020 – Wellington, FL – U.S. show jumping athlete Kristen Vanderveen claimed the Martha Jolicoeur Leading Lady Rider title on Saturday, February 23, during week seven of the 12-week Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL.
February 19, 2020 – Ocala, Florida – Join the thousands of exhibitors who have already reserved their stalls at World Equestrian Center Ocala in advance of the opening schedule that includes 12 weeks of hunter/jumper horse shows beginning January 5, 2021 and ending March 28, 2021. Prize money for the weekly events is proposed to top $400,000 per week with overall circuit money and prizes projected to reach nearly $5 million dollars. Stalls are priced at $250 per week or $2,500 for 12 weeks.
February 18, 2020 – Wellington, FL – When two-year-old Quarter Horse filly Peachy decided to jump out of her paddock for a night-time stroll this past November, she got herself into some creative “young horse” trouble. After tipping over a garbage can containing bailing wire, she became entangled in the wire and her attempts to kick free resulted in the wire penetrating the wall of her right hind hoof and looped through the sole. The more the filly kicked, the deeper the wire went until it pierced the opposite side of the hoof wall and protruded out the other side.
February 15, 2020 – Wellington, FL – Canada’s Vanessa Mannix won a career-first Martha Jolicoeur Leading Lady Rider Award on Friday, February 14, during week six of the 12-week Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL.
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