Equine Blog

Girls Take It To The Wire in Battle of the Sexes, Presented by LeMieux The opening “Saturday Night Lights” event of the 2026 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) started off with a redemption win for the girl’s team in the $75,000 Battle of the Sexes, presented by LeMieux, under the sparkling lights of Wellington International. Breaking a three-year win streak for the […]

World No. 1 Kent Farrington Opens 2026 With a Win in the $75,000 Adequan National Grand Prix Packed grandstands set the scene for the first Grand Prix of the 2026 Winter Spectacular Show Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC). The $75,000 Adequan National Grand Prix welcomed 28 elite horse-and-rider combinations, but the spotlight belonged to World No. 1 Kent Farrington […]

Monarch and Jamie Sailor Shine in $40,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic Jamie Sailor and Monarch made their last class of 2025 a memorable one as they jumped to victory in the $40,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic on December 14, to close out Desert Holiday 2 at Desert International Horse Park. Olaf Petersen Jr. designed the track for the Sunday morning class, and […]

Lauren Balcomb & Verdini D’houtveld Z Cap 2025 with $75,000 AdventHealth Grand Prix Victory The final Grand Prix of 2025 delivered a fitting conclusion to the year, with packed stands, an electric atmosphere, and top horse-and-rider combinations vying for the final victory in the $75,000 AdventHealth Grand Prix. Horses jumped in stellar form on Saturday night, producing one of the largest and […]

Callie Schott and Garant Go All Out to Win $340,000 Go Rentals CSI5* Grand Prix In an exciting Desert Holiday CSI5* finale, Callie Schott and Garant kicked it into overdrive to win the $340,000 Go Rentals CSI5* Grand Prix on Saturday, December 13, at Desert International Horse Park. “I told myself that I was just going to try to go and not […]

Morgan Ward and Qornet vd Bisschop Make a Winning Debut in the $24,500 FarmVet Grand Prix During HITS Ocala Holiday Classic The grounds of HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, came back to life during the week of December 8-14, 2025, as competition officially kicked off the venue’s Holiday Series. Local competitors and long-distance travelers alike returned to the […]

Lauren Balcomb & Verdini D’houtveld Z Cap 2025 with $75,000 AdventHealth Grand Prix Victory The final Grand Prix of 2025 delivered a fitting conclusion to the year, with packed stands, an electric atmosphere, and top horse-and-rider combinations vying for the final victory in the $75,000 AdventHealth Grand Prix. Horses jumped in stellar form on Saturday night, producing one of the largest and […]