03/01/2026
WEC VII Recap
Our first week in FL went from 🥶 ➡️ 🥵
The horses *loved* napping in their huge stalls at WEC while acclimating to not wearing blankets and enjoying warm bubble baths 🛁
🌴 Paige Violin & Bavaro
▫️Low Children’s Hunter: 7th & 8th o/f (out of 28 horses)
▫️12-14 Eq: 4th o/f & 4th in the flat (out of 19 riders)
▫️$3500 WEC 2’6” Child Derby: 8th place
▫️$1250 Low Child Hunter Classic: 12th place
🌴 Lila White & CMS Calimero
▫️ Low Children’s Hunter: 7th & 4th o/f (out of 28 horses)
▫️ $3500 WEC 2’6” Child Derby: 12th place
▫️ $1250 Low Child Hunter Classic: 5th place (score of 81!)
🌴 Cora Cotman-Jenkins & Nemolino
▫️scores of 79 & 76 in their Adult Hunter 18-35 debut. We are so proud of this pair’s ability to step back up into the ring together after Cora has been away at school and Nemo has been wintering with his second mom, Susan at home. They were just out of the ribbons!
🌴 Courtney Cole & Incredible M
▫️Middle Adult Hunters: 5th place o/f
This was, by far, one of the most competitive Middle Adult sections we have seen in a long time! Courtney and Harold dusted off the cobwebs and put in some great rounds!
🌴 Courtney Cole & Jento VL
▫️Low Adult Hunter: 4th (out of 21)
▫️Low Adult Eq: 8th (out of 30)
▫️$3500 WEC 2’6” Adult Derby: 11th place
It was so fun watching Courtney take over the reins on her daughter, Zoe’s, horse for the week. This was her first time ever showing Jento and we think she did a pretty great job tuning him up for Zoe’s turn the following week!
🌴 Eva Golden & Amor de Tortuga
▫️ Lg. Child Pony Hunter: 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 5th o/f
▫️Children Pony Eq: 6th, 7th, 7th o/f
▫️ $1,000 Child Pony Hunter Classic: 6th place (score of 81!)
▫️ $3500 WEC 2’6” Child Derby: 11th place
🌴 Kate LaVerde & Hytime
This pair had some solid rounds in a super competitive 3’3” A/O division, scoring a 76 in both their classic AND in the $15,000 USHJA National Jr/Am Derby. Kate also got to *finally* meet her newest acquisition, Monticello, who has been under the careful training and care of our friends, Frank Perla & Brooke Farr 💙
Of course, thank you JR Hudson for transporting our horses safely to the show, Kim Clookey & team for their beautiful braids, and Julia McRoberts for her top notch grooming & care of the horses.
Week VIII Results next ➡️