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McLain Ward racked up his second win of the week at the WEC Ocala Winter Spectacular III. This time, it was aboard Le Louvre 5, an 11-year-old Westphalian gelding, in the $32,000 1.45 meter Winning Round class. He earned the blue ribbon in the $32,000 CSI2* Speed class earlier this week, also a 1.45 meter class, with a different horse - I Know.

Seventeen horse-and-rider combinations returned to the ring to close out the day in the $20,000 Golden Ocala 3’6”–3’9” Hunter Derby, where Daniel Geitner delivered a confident and composed performance to take the win aboard Lynn Seithel’s Walk The Moon.

Equestrian Events, Inc. (EEI) has appointed Vanessa Coleman as the non-profit organization's CEO, effective immediately.

California native Skylar Wireman and the 12-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding Tornado won the $30,000 FarmVet Open Classic during week 2 of the Desert Circuit at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California.“We’re preparing this week before he’ll jump the CSI5* grand prix again next week,” said Wireman.

By nearly a full second, Lisa Goldman-Smolen rode Romeo B to victory in the 1.40-meter Alliant Private Client Cup at the HITS Ocala January Classic I. Hayley Waters Wear and Over Lux immediately followed Goldman-Smolen in the arena, trying to catch her time, yet finished in second. The two women were the only ones to finish the jump-off in under 40 seconds.

As reported by equnews.com, on December 30, a U.S. court ordered Canadian show jumper and Olympic champion Eric Lamaze to pay damages, costs, and fees totaling more than $1.6 million.The court ruled in favor of former investor and family friend Lorna Guthrie. The legal dispute centered on the sale of the top mare Nikka VD Bisschop and dragged on for around two years.