Katelyn Hess is a local equestrian who trains horses in Wellington. But it may surprise you that the show ring isn’t the only ring that she gets in to compete as an athlete. She came back recently from a...
Wellington International recently shared the results of a survey on the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), which generated an impressive $403.6 million in economic impact for Palm Beach County, a 14 percent increase from 2023’s contributions of $351.7 million.
As...
The Wellington Historical Society invites the community to join in an evening of polo lore at the National Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Oct. 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Champagne and Chukkers features guest speakers...
Wellington residents and professional polo players Hope Arellano and Nicolas “Nico” Escobar were instrumental in Team USA’s victory over Team France in the Paris Games Polo Challenge.
Honoring the opening match of the fourth Olympic Polo Tournament at the 1924...
A development company founded by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner and billionaire Frank McCourt is pitching 40 luxury homes in the heart of Wellington’s horse country, clustered around equestrian amenities.
To turn into reality, though, the Isla Carroll project might...
The United States Polo Association (USPA) and the National Polo Center-Wellington (NPC) recently announced the 2025 NPC winter season schedule, highlighted by the prestigious Gauntlet of Polo, the NPC 16-Goal Championship, the U.S. Open Women’s Polo Championship and National...
Kids Cancer Foundation families spent a special afternoon with Polo for Life at polo player Brandon Phillips’ polo barn on Sunday, May 26. The families got to meet Phillips’ horses, and they received their own Polo for Life team...
Families from the Kids Cancer Foundation attended the Memorial Day Polo Match at the Grand Champions Polo Club on Sunday, May 26. The children had the opportunity to meet professional polo players Nic Roldan and Grant Ganzi during the...
It is no small achievement to become the Official Dressage Saddle of the U.S. Equestrian Federation, which fields the nation’s Olympic, Pan American and World Equestrian Games squads. The ongoing respect for what goes into attaining and maintaining equestrian...
Wellington-based charity the Human-Animal Alliance recently announced its sponsorship of two mini rescue ponies, Rocky and River, at Tomorrow’s Rainbow, a place for children, teens and families healing from the death of a loved one.
“Sponsorship such as this is...
The Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors nearly put its Equestrian Trails Advisory Committee out to pasture at its Wednesday, April 17 meeting, but a last-minute restructuring of leadership saved the group for now.
ITID Vice President Patricia Farrell...
For the past decade, Wellington-based local business owners and sisters Sarah and Katie Hoog have been transforming their passion for horses into what has become one of the equestrian businesses that contributed to a record GDP increase for Palm...
