Hunter/Jumper

Shane Sweetnam Sweeps the Competition in Adequan® WEF Challenge Round 10 Sweeping the competition under the rug, Irish Olympian Shane Sweetnam and Coriaan van Klapscheut Z secured their second international victory of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) season after winning the $116,100 Adequan® CSI4* WEF Challenge Cup Round 10 at Wellington International on Thursday. Hosting 12 consecutive weeks of international competition, WEF […]

Conor Swail and Theo 160 Get a Wire-to-Wire Win in $32,000 CSI4* 1.45m Speed While many see being the first in the order of go as a disadvantage, that is certainly not the case for Conor Swail and Theo 160. The notably fast duo was the first in the ring for the $32,000 Legacy Hunters & Jumpers CSI4* 1.45m Speed on Wednesday, […]

Aaron Vale and Helios du Moulin Take the Win in the $120,000 Alltech Grand Prix CSI3* The highlight event of Week X of the 2026 Winter Spectacular Show Series at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) brought 38 horse-and-rider combinations representing 14 nations to the WEC Grand Arena to contest the $120,000 Alltech Grand Prix CSI3*. After a challenging track and an […]

Karrie Rufer and Stern Dei Folletti Steal the Show Again in $40,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic Karrie Rufer has had the kind of winter circuit many riders only dream of. On Sunday, March 8, Rufer picked up her seventh headlining victory of the season at Desert International Horse Park, further lengthening her front-runner position in the 2026 Desert Circuit Leading Jumper […]

Colombian Anthem Plays for Mark Bluman and Ubiluc in Hermès 1.50m Classic The third five-star week of the 2026 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) ended on a win for Colombia’s Mark Bluman riding Ubiluc in the $62,500 Hermès CSI5* 1.50m Classic on Sunday afternoon to close out Week 9. WEF hosts 12 weeks of FEI competition—four of which are five-stars—running through […]

Nicole Bourgeois and Mc Queen Crowned Winners of $49,900 Meadow Grove Farm USHJA International Hunter Derby For the second time this winter season, Nicole Bourgeois and Mc Queen are going home from Desert International Horse Park with a USHJA International Hunter Derby victory. This time, the pair topped a 45-horse field to win the $49,900 Meadow Grove Farm USHJA International Hunter Derby […]

Jelmer Hoekstra and J’Espère Capture $60,000 Core Specialty Insurance Grand Prix Victory Sunshine and top show jumping sport set the stage for an exciting Saturday on March 7 in the Grand Prix Ring at HITS Post Time Farm as the Ocala Winter Finals welcomed elite horse-and-rider combinations for the featured event, the $60,000 Core Specialty Insurance Grand Prix. The popular […]

Zazou Hoffman and Bloom du Plessis Get Milestone Win in $117,000 Marshall+Sterling CSI3* Grand Prix Zazou Hoffman and Bloom du Plessis celebrated a major milestone moment on March 7, at Desert International Horse Park, as the pair earned their first FEI victory as a partnership. They rode away with the win in the $117,000 Marshall+Sterling CSI3* Grand Prix on Saturday morning to […]

Darragh Kenny and Eddy Blue Conquer $500,000 Bainbridge Companies CSI5* in First WEF Grand Prix Victory Irish Olympian Darragh Kenny and his European Championships mount Eddy Blue had never won a grand prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) until this week. Under the shine of Saturday Night Lights at Wellington International during Week 9, the pair broke that maiden […]

Jumping Nations Cup Victory for U.S. as USET Foundation and US Equestrian Reception Fuels Team Spirit Under the lights of the main arena at Wellington International, the U.S. Jumping Team marked their eleventh win as a team in the FEI Jumping Nations Cup Wellington CSIO4* in the event’s longstanding history. The team jumped to a final two round total of zero faults to take a nail-biting […]