Winter Equestrian Festival

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Erynn Ballard Comes Seventh in $372,000 Suncast® CSI 5* Grand Prix at WEF

Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Fibonacci 17 were the winners in Saturday night’s $372,000 Suncast® CSI 5* Grand Prix in week seven of the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Jumping under the lights of the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), Michaels-Beerbaum and the 10-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding (For Feeling x Corland) […]
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Chris Sorensen Second in $50,000 Equestrian Sotheby’s Jumper Derby at WEF

The $50,000 Equestrian Sotheby’s Jumper Derby highlighted week six of the Winter Equestrian Festival, sponsored by Salamander Hotels & Resorts, which concluded on Sunday at The Stadium at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Course designer Richard Jeffery (GBR) saw 16 entries jump his course a win for Adam Prudent (FRA) aboard Patrick Flin […]
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McLain Ward Wins $85,0000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic

Week four of the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival, sponsored by Fidelity Investments®, concluded on Sunday with the $85,000 Suncast® 1.50M Championship Jumper Classic featured in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). The class saw a win for McLain Ward (USA) and Double H Farm’s HH Carlos Z in a very […]
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Eric Lamaze Scores Fourth WEF Challenge Cup Win

Canada’s Eric Lamaze is on a winning streak, and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. For the fourth consecutive week, the 2008 Olympic Gold medalist claimed victory in the Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Held each Thursday, Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, won the first […]
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Eric Lamaze Wins Third Consecutive WEF Challenge Cup

For an unprecedented third week in a row, 2008 Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, scored victory in the $34,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Series at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Having won the first two events in the 12-week WEF Challenge Cup Series riding Rosana du Park, owned […]
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Canadians Dominate First Weeks of WEF

The 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) concluded its second week of competition on Sunday with a win for Ireland’s Conor Swail and Martha Louise, owned by Canadians Susan and Ariel Grange, in the $34,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic. Following a successful year with several wins at Spruce Meadows, Martha Louise had a long break […]
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Todd Minikus Wins $30,000 WEF 1 Grand Prix at WEF

Week one of the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) concluded on Sunday with the $30,000 WEF 1 Grand Prix held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. In a 22-horse jump-off with some of the fastest riders in the world, USA’s Todd Minikus came out on top aboard Carl Brem’s Cordonos. Ireland’s […]
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Eric Lamaze Wins $25,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 1 at WEF

The 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) hosted it second day of competition on Thursday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, with the second win of the circuit for Canadian Olympic gold medalist Eric Lamaze. After winning the first class of the circuit in Wednesday’s 1.45m speed class with Check Picobello […]