Hunter/Jumper

Colter Shows Up and Shows Out for Equine Tack & Nutritionals 3’9” Green Hunter Title No stranger to the hunter podium, Wellington’s own Scott Stewart and Colter, owned by Sophie Gochman, took home the top tricolor in the Equine Tack & Nutritionals 3’9” Green Hunter division on Thursday during opening week of the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Stewart and […]

Todd Minikus and Kiekeboe Spirit Have What It Takes in Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup Premiere Round Todd Minikus (USA) started his jump-off in the $35,000 Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup Premiere Round on Thursday with a top-five finish as his only goal. Kiekeboe Spirit, however, had other plans. The nine-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Darius x Game Boy), owned by the Spirit […]

Sharn Wordley Goes First and Gets First in $25,000 Horseflight Grand Prix  As the clouds parted and the wind swept the soggy remnants of the previous day’s torrential downpour from the showgrounds at HITS Post Time Farm, just under thirty combinations geared up for the week’s finale event. The Ocala Holiday Classic hosted a slew of jumper, equitation, and hunter […]

Kim Barone and Enjoy Seal the Deal in the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby, presented by Platinum Performance The future of U.S. show jumping looked bright as junior equitation riders took center stage at Wellington International Wednesday for the WIHS Jumper Phase during ESP Holiday I Equitation. Rising to the occasion in the WIHS Jumper Phase was USA’s Caroline Olsen […]

Helios Clinches the Win in $571,000CAD Major League Show Jumping Team Competition Last season, Team Helios stood atop the podium as the winners of the 2022 Major League Show Jumping (MLSJ) season. Though their odds of winning a second season title in a row weren’t high, they still made sure they had the last word, winning the final leg of […]

Rene Dittmer’s Luck Runs Strong in $226,000 Holiday & Horses CSI4* Grand Prix, Sponsored by Keyflow Feeds USA USA’s Ashley Vogel picked up a win on the opening day of ESP Holiday and Horses in the $6,000 Bainbridge Companies Holiday & Horses Opener 1.40m. Besting the field of twenty-eight horse-and-rider athletes, Vogel was the quickest double-clear with a time of 20.52 seconds […]

Karl Cook Becomes Master Chef in Inaugural $1 Million CSI5* Coachella Cup Grand Prix Karl Cook (USA) was looking to make history at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP). Fate almost stepped in the way of him etching his name as the very first on the Coachella Cup, a new Waterford trophy presented to the winner of the inaugural $1 Million […]

Michael Tokaruk & Fenway Turn Heads in the $15,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby, Sponsored by Bainbridge Companies Wellington International welcomed hunter riders back Friday morning for the $10,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby, sponsored by 4Ever Young. Riding Sara Hogan’s Sandstone, USA’s Geoffrey Hesslink stood at the top of the scorecard with a final score of 184. “Sandstone’s been owned by Sara […]

Savannah Jenkins Opens Desert Holiday with a Win in $5,000 Barnwalkers Welcome Speed Savannah Jenkins has finally found the specific ride she needs for her mount Kainville VDS. It was the ride that landed her the win in an 83-horse field in Wednesday’s $5,000 BarnWalkers Welcome Speed to kick off Desert Holiday 1, presented by Brown Advisory. Jenkins had the […]