Equine Blog

Anna Marek and Fayvel Top Four-Star Dressage Grand Prix at World Equestrian Center – Ocala Ocala (WEC) hosted its third international dressage competition of the year, the WEC March Dressage CDI4* presented by Hampton Green Farms, with opening competition on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Hometown hero Anna Marek of Dunnellon, FL, piloted Cynthia Davila’s Fayvel to victory in the Grand Prix CDI4* […]

Kenny, Ward Open Five-Star Week with Wins at Wellington International Irish Olympian Darragh Kenny has come a long way in a short time with his new mount Zero K. Since welcoming the mare into his string in December, he has stepped her up into five-star grand prix ranks. Together they claimed their biggest win yet on Thursday at the Winter […]

HITS Announces 2025 HITS Vermont New Show Management HITS is pleased to announce the addition of Bill Worthington to the management team for the 2025 HITS Vermont Summer Festival, taking place in scenic Manchester, Vermont, over six weeks from July to August. With experience in all aspects of the horse show industry, Worthington’s history as a rider, trainer, show manager, […]

Mariano Maggi Masters $30,000 Marshall & Sterling 1.40m Open Classic In a tight race right down to the finish, Mariano Maggi and Quantico 23 closed out Desert Circuit 8, presented by Adequan, with a win in the $30,000 Marshall + Sterling 1.40m Open Classic on Sunday, March 2. Fourteen horses from the original 40-horse starting field navigated the first-round, Marina Azevedo-designed course without […]

Jennifer Padovani and Moreno ES Command Don Little Masters, Presented by Rushy Marsh Farm Young horses with amateur riders is not a common combination but one that Jennifer Padovani and Moreno ES are making work in winning fashion. The pair jumped to a WEF 8 championship in the Don Little Masters, presented by Rushy March Farm, in the International Area […]

Arturo Parada Vallejo Brings a Win Home for Mexico in CSIO4* Grand Prix, Presented by JTWG, Inc. Arturo Parada Vallejo (MEX) had a great day Sunday to wrap up his time in Wellington, winning the $200,000 CSIO4* Grand Prix, presented by JTWG, Inc., aboard Fellow van’t Moerven during Nations Cup Week at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Highlighted by 12 […]

Zoe Brown Makes it Two in a Row in $30,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic Zoe Brown has found the FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic Series offered throughout Desert Circuit to be a place where Bling VD Duvelshoeve Z really excels, and that certainly proved to be the case on Sunday, February 23. Brown and “Bling” topped a field of 39 entries to ride […]

Kent Farrington is on Fire, Winning $200,000 MARS Equestrian Grand Prix CSI4* Aboard Toulayna Some of the world’s biggest stars were out to compete for top honors on Saturday night at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) for the highlight event of the week, the $200,000 MARS Equestrian Grand Prix CSI4*. Crowds filled the WEC Grand Arena once again to watch a […]