Wellington, FL - Week two of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival has begun, and the main class in the International Arena today was the $8,000G&C Farm 1.45m Jumpers. Matt Williams (AUS) and Bolero van't Heike, owned by Matt Williams, took the win in the class. The second week of the FTI WEF runs through Sunday, January 22, and is sponsored by Wellington Equestrian Realty. The 2012 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of competition that conclude on April 1, 2012, and...

Wellington, FL - January 17, 2012 - The PRO DerbyCross Team Competition will be live streamed on the USEF Network presented by Smartpak on January 20 at 7 PM. Film production is being provided by CatchRide. "We are very happy to team up with the USEF Network presented by Smartpak , who will be hosting the live stream broadcast," said Samantha Lendl, Executive Director of the Professional Riders Organization. "DerbyCross is so much fun and we hope that this allows people all over the world to...

Boston, MA - On Saturday, January 21, from 4:30 until 6:00, author Jeff Papows, PhD will sign copies of his critically acclaimed book Unbridled Passion: Show Jumping's Greatest Horses and Riders (Acanthus Publishing, 2011) in the Tiki Hut on the grounds of the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. A portion of the book sale proceeds will be donated to the Children's Wish Foundation International, Inc. The book signing, jointly sponsored by Equestrian Sports...

Debbie Kelly and Sheldon Cooper Win Camping World Adult Amateur Hunter 51+ Championship Wellington, FL - January 15, 2012 - The FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival concluded competition for week one today. In the International Arena, the $25,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic was the main event. Nick Skelton (GBR) continued his solid week of success and capped it with a win on Unique, owned by Beverley Widdowson. Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Wannahave, owned by The Wannahave...

Spandau and Schaefer Raposa Garner Marley Goodman Small Junior Hunter 16-17 Championship Wellington, FL - The FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) hosted its first "Saturday Night Lights" event this evening with the $30,000 Surpass Grand Prix. Olympic gold medalist Beezie Madden (USA) and new mount Simon, owned by Abigail Wexner, took home the blue ribbon. Nick Skelton (GBR) and Beverley Widdowson's Unique finished second, while Cian O'Connor (IRL) rode Blue Loyd, owned...

Wellington, FL - Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) is pleased to announce that the USEF Network presented by Smartpak plans to offer free live streaming video of the main events during this year's 12-week circuit at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF). Week one of the FTI WEF, sponsored by Surpass, is currently underway and will feature the $30,000 Surpass Grand Prix on Saturday, January 14. Part of the "Saturday Night Lights" Series, the $30,000 Surpass Grand Prix will...