The talented Royal Dutch Warmblood gelding Uno won the 2012 ASPCA Maclay National Championship and USEF Talent Search Finals—East with Jacob Pope and the 2010 WIHS Equitation Championship with Lillie Keenan.

After a one-year hiatus, the WEF Equitation Championship returns to the International Arena Friday, March 26, 2021 as the most prestigious equitation event of Wellington, FL's 13-week circuit.

The uniquely formatted class, a three-round event in which riders compete without the guidance of a trainer, is open only to riders that have won a 3'6" equitation class during the Winter Equestrian Festival, Holiday and Horses and Holiday Finale competitions between November 2020 and March 2021. With many of the country's major operations in Wellington for the winter season, the WEF Equitation Championship frequently provides an early foreshadowing of results to come later in the year, in the division's major indoor equitation finals.

Heritage returns to the WEF Equitation Championship in 2021 with seven qualified riders, who share their thoughts on the competition's meaning, challenges and how they're preparing.

Over the course of the last three decades, Heritage Farm has established itself as a go-to training destination for children of professionals in the sport, boasting a long line of successful professional collaborations.

“I didn’t realize at the onset that I was going to play a role in this, but I realized that the time spent for riders at Heritage was time well spent to basically guarantee them entrance into these colleges. For riders winning the finals, they were highly touted and had the pick of the litter [in selecting a school], but there were other riders that have used riding at Heritage to open those doors. I realize our role in that now.”

Following February’s National Signing Day, Heritage Farm’s perfect recruitment rate remained intact. Learn more about some of our former and current collegiate stars.