Lauren Tisbo of Wellington scored a top-three finish in the $175,000 Nexen Cup Derby held Sunday, June 10 during the CSI5* Spruce Meadows National Tournament in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
With a well-deserved reputation for being one of the toughest derby...
The Horse Tales Literacy Project gave children the opportunity to watch books come to life with a summer camp event held Friday, June 22 at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. After reading Walter Farley books Little Black, A Pony...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
It was that time again. The signs appeared on the tack shop bulletin boards. Announcements and reminders popped up on the local horsey web sites. Then, finally, the day itself arrives, and those familiar hot pink...
Wellington is in the running to play host to the 2018 World Equestrian Games. The village was named last week with four other communities around the world as a contender to host the event.
Held every four years, the World...
JustWorld International recently launched a new campaign aimed at making it even easier for supporters to get involved and to choose exactly which programs they would like their donations to fund.
JustWorld International is a not-for-profit humanitarian organization which funds...
A total of 42 youths age 7 and older enjoyed Agu-cation Camp June 11-15 at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Field trip locations included a sugarcane research center, rice mill, dairy farm, fruit and vegetable farms, mango farm and more....
Decisions on two controversial items that could affect the future of Wellington’s equestrian community were postponed at Tuesday’s meeting of the Wellington Village Council.
Council members were set to hear arguments concerning the commercial equestrian arena designation at the controversial...
The Wellington Village Council voted unanimously Tuesday to implement new practices regarding the management of manure and other livestock waste.
The changes will help Wellington meet federal Environmental Protection Agency water quality standards.
The changes will govern how farm owners manage...
Things were jumping on a recent Thursday night at the Players Club in Wellington, as the first “Girls Night Out” event was held in the western communities.
Girls Night Out, which will be held on a monthly basis, is designed...
TAILS FROM THE TRAILS
Melissa Hornung loves to play polo, and she plays well.
Originally from New Jersey, her family moved to upstate New York when she was 10, a year after she started riding. Her mother used to bring her...
Wellington voters could have the chance as early as this summer to decide whether to make the village’s charter require a unanimous vote by the Wellington Village Council for changes to land development regulations on properties in or around...
The Wellington Village Council voted Tuesday, May 22 not to extend a condition of approval for the Equestrian Village master plan — putting in jeopardy the parts of the project approved in February by the previous council.
Council members tabled...
