Ben Maher Wins Again! Maher and Quiet Easy 4 Top $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic at FTI WEF 5
Monday, February 11 2013
Wellington, FL – February 10, 2013 – Week five of the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Adequan® , concluded on Sunday afternoon with a win for Olympic gold medalist Ben Maher of Great Britain aboard his young mount Quiet Easy 4 in the $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic. Maher has been a dominant force in Wellington over the last two weeks with back to back grand prix wins, including last night’s $82,000 Adequan CSI 2* Grand Prix. He can now add a 1.50m victory to his tally for the winter
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Wellie World – I Will Miss You!
Saturday, February 09 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan I will miss you Wellington! Beautiful cakes and a beautiful sun set at the WEF VIP tent! Yum! Today I pack up my bags and head north, leaving Wellington, Florida behind. It has been a whirlwind week that has been nothing short of fantastic.
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Artist Virginia Fifield at the Winter Equestrian Festival
Tuesday, February 05 2013
Equestrian artist Virginia Fifield shows us some of her work and discusses the techniques involved creating them.
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Beautiful Weather But No Horses In Sight…Not Yet!
Friday, February 01 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan We watched the Florida sunrise – now we are looking for horses! The sunrise on Ormand Beach, Florida this morning I am headed to Wellington and the Winter Equestrian Festival today – and will kick off my week by attending the “Who Rein’s Supreme?” event supporting the Equestrian Aid Foundation which is tonight at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. Sidelines Magazine is the media sponsor for the event – and it will be fun a great evening!! The event is sold out, which is great news for the Equestrian Aid Foundation! I can’t wait to see all the reiners
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Polo Player Laura Wilson discusses Arena Polo
Tuesday, January 29 2013
We caught up with Canadian polo player Laura Wilson at Polo West in Wellington, Florida to catch some of the action and get brought up to speed on the finer points of Arena Polo.
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The Great Charity Challenge founders Mark and Katherine Bellissimo
Monday, January 28 2013
Mark and Katherine Bellissimo share how the Great Charity Challenge at the Winter Equestrian Festival was born and how quickly it has grown.
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World Dressage Masters with Mason Phelps
Sunday, January 27 2013
World renowned Equestrian and Philanthropist Mason Phelps takes a minute of his day at the World Dressage Masters in Wellington, FL to chat with Sidelines TV
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Lots of Great Things Are Happening At Sidelines!
Saturday, January 26 2013
By Jan Westmark-Allan All kinds of wonderful things are happening with Sidelines – let me catch you up! We have started Sidelines TV with producer Robert Jordan! Pretty exciting. Check out his interview with Joseph Der of Der Dau Custom Boots and his interview with Nona Garson, the Olympic show jumper who is in Wellington for the season.
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Wilcox and Prudent Find Success on Florida Dressage and Jumper Circuits on January 24
Friday, January 25 2013
Wilcox and Prudent Find Success on Florida Dressage and Jumper Circuits on January 24 By Kim MacMillan, MacMillan Photography & Media Services The action in Florida is heating up! We hopped back and forth between the opening day of the World Dressage Masters at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach and the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) held at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington to catch the up and coming horses at each venue. In the international ring at the Winter Equestrian Festival veteran international jumper rider Katie Monahan-Prudent and Michael Smith’s V were victorious in Thursday’s $33,000 Ruby et Violette WEF Challenge Cup Round 3 during the third week of competition
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Ward and Super Trooper de Ness Earn Second Victory of the Week in $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic
Tuesday, January 22 2013
Wellington, FL – January 20, 2013 – The second week of competition at the 2013 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF), sponsored by Wellington Equestrian Realty , concluded on Sunday with a win for McLain Ward (USA) and Super Trooper de Ness in the $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic. Competing on a beautiful afternoon at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), the pair earned their second victory of the week, winning over Ben Maher (GBR) aboard Jane Clark’s Cella and Pablo Barrios (VEN) and ZL Group, Inc.’s Zara Leandra. Week three of the FTI WEF runs Wednesday, January 23, through Sunday, January 27
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