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A new $25,000 Thoroughbred Hunter Derby will debut at the Upperville Colt & Horse Show in June, replacing the recent Upperville Thoroughbred Hunter Classic. The Upperville, Virginia, show is the oldest in the U.S., since 1853, and attracts top hunter and jumper riders.ClipMyHorse.TV broadcasts from the Upperville show.

Mckayla Langmeier rode Jiselle NS to the only double clear round to claim the first Grand Prix of Wellington's 2026 Winter Equestrian Festival Sunday.Mckayla and the 12-year-old mare completed the course in 42.459 secs. to beat two other American women riders to make the jump off from the staring lineup of 21 combinations in the $75,000 class.

Jared Petersen and Zechariah won the 1.40m class by 0.345 seconds. Petersen and the Dutch Warmblood gelding edged out the only other clear jump-off round, leaving David Jennings, aboard the Italian Sport Horse gelding Presley Degli Assi, to finish as the runner-up in the first Grand Prix of 2026 at the HITS Ocala winter circuit - week one of the Post Time Premier.

Pablo Mejia Villa on the nine-year-old mare Caramia won the first of 13 weeks of Hermes 1.50-meter Championship Jumper Classic at Wellington's Winter Equestrian Festival Saturday.The Colombian rider and the horse he took over in the summer was double clear in a jump off time of 30.591 secs. for the pair's first victory.

Israel's Sydney Shulman Desiderio on Villamoura captures Wellington's Premiere WEF 1.40-meter open jumper Friday.Sydney and the 17-year-old mare completed the course in 62.461 secs., among the 17 combinations with no faults.USA team rider Lillie Keenan on Opium JW van de Moerhoeve TN was runner up on 63.964.

In a field of 23, Sharn Wordley, aboard the 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding Hagelin, emerged the winner of the first Welcome Prix of the winter circuit season at WEC Ocala on Thursday.William Simpson rode his own Chacco Blue Star to a second-place finish in the 1.45m class.The format was Table II.2b in class of international riders during week one of the Winter Spectacular.

Taking time to develop the nine-year-old Ribery paid off for Venezuela's Luis Fernando Larrazabel with victory in Wellington's Premiere Challenge Cup Thursday.Luis and the Canadian-owned gray mare topped the lineup of 10 rider and horse combinations the first of 13 weeks of the Winter Equestrian Festival.The Wellington-based rider and Ribery were double clear in a jump off time of 39.83 secs.

Three hunter/jumper shows started competition Wednesay, signalling the start of the winter circuit.WEF (Winter Equestrian Festival)Jumper classes include the $35,000 Adequan WEF Challenge Cup Premiere Round on Thursday, and the $25,000 Hermès 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic on Saturday. Also, Saturday Night Lights features the $75,000 Battles of the Sexes presented by LeMieux.