Equine Blog

Daniel Coyle Flies to the Top in the $100,000 Wheels Up Grand Prix World Equestrian Center – Ocala was brimming with spectator and exhibitors alike to watch the $100,000 Wheels Up Grand Prix. Thirty of the world’s best athletes representing nine different nations vied for the winning title over tracks built by FEI Level IV course designer, Leopoldo Palacios (VEN). Daniel Coyle […]

Gregory Wathelet Gets Another Win in $25,000 Marshall & Sterling 1.45m Open Classic Gregory Wathelet has now topped the Sunday 1.40m two weeks in a row on two promising young horses. On Sunday of Desert Circuit 4, presented by Whittier Trust, Wathelet took the win in the $25,000 Marshall & Sterling 1.40m Open Classic aboard Kristalic, an entry owned by […]

Conor Swail Just Keeps Winning at Desert Circuit 4 As if anyone hadn’t heard Conor Swail’s (IRL) name enough yet during the first portion of Desert Circuit, he cranked out another win on Sunday of Desert Circuit 4, presented by Whittier Trust, in the $32,000 San Marcos Training CSI4* 1.45m Classic. This time the win came aboard Vital Chance de […]

Conor Swail and Count Me In Continue Winning Streak in $182,000 Whittier Trust CSI4* Grand Prix It’s not often that Conor Swail (IRL) isn’t the favorite in a CSI4* Grand Prix. But nearly a year ago, his top horse Count Me In, who took him to FEI World Cup Finals, to the Dublin Horse Show, and to Aachen, had a […]

Obi Wan and Aaron Vale Become Masters in $75,000 CWD Grand Prix The sun shone bright over the Grand Prix arena at HITS Post Time Farm to set a stunning stage for the $75,000 CWD Grand Prix. The event was the premiere feature of the third week of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit, which hosts premiere hunter, jumper, and equitation […]

Mindful Defies Odds in USHJA International Hunter Derby Presented by BluCreeq Spirits Competition in the International Ring at Wellington International drew to a close on Friday afternoon during WEF 4 with a total of 50 top hunter combinations taking to the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, presented by BluCreeq Spirits. Over an efficient hunt-and-go format course designed by Andy Christiansen, […]

Paul O’Shea and Imerald Van’t Voorhof Top $215,000 MARS Equestrian CSI4* Grand Prix The Irish flag flew for Paul O’Shea and Imerald van’t Voorhof after they won the $215,000 MARS Equestrian CSI4* Grand Prix on the grass derby field at Equestrain Village Saturday afternoon during Week 4 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). WEF hosts 12 weeks of FEI competition […]