Wins for Nick Haness, Stella Buckingham, Kyle King and Zoe Brown at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California.

The ninth week of the 2020 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) saw a second major win for Kristen VanderVeen (USA) and Bull Run’s Faustino de Tili.

Ashlee Bond (ISR) recorded her first career five-star grand prix victory riding Donatello 141 in the $401,000 Douglas Elliman Real Estate at WEF.

Chester Weber impressed at Live Oak with a thrilling win in the Four-in-Hand Marathon, while Germany’s Andre Thieme and Cellisto took the Longines CSI3*.

As the eventing community looks to swiftly expedite changes following yet another cross-country fatality, industry experts have met to look for answers.

The annual event, which was slated for April 6-7, 2020, in Lausanne (SUI), has been moved to online-only because of in-transit risk to participants.

Chester Weber took home the win on day one at the 30th Live Oak International, a step in the right direction for a record 17th National title.

Spencer Smith won the $137,000 Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup Round 9 CSI5* riding Theodore Manciais, edging his coach, Eric Lamaze, into 3rd spot.

Equestrian Canada has named the athletes who will represent the red and white in the CDIO 3* and CDIO-U25 Nations Cup taking place March 11-15 at AGDF.

In Wednesday’s highlight class, the best was saved for last as Vanderveen and Faustino de Tili were the final of 60 to navigate the two-phase course.