A Full Day of Champions Honored During WCHR Week at 2022 WEF

Wellington, FL - February 17, 2022 - The second day of competition on Thursday, February 17, during week 6 at the 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) brought back a full line-up of top hunter classes during the circuit’s first World Champion Hunter Rider (WCHR) week. A variety of hunters were crowned champions in the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) as well as across multiple other rings. IDA Development is this week’s sponsor, which also features FEI three-star level jumper classes on the Derby Field at Equestrian Village.

“Saturday Night Lights” for WEF 6 features the USHJA/WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular in the International Arena at 6:30 p.m.

The E.R. Mische Grand Hunter Ring began with the High Performance Hunter division sponsored by Antares Sellier France. The championship ribbon, cooler, and trophy went to Private I, a 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Kelly Sims and ridden by Michael Britt-Leon, of Alpharetta, GA. The pair earned a first and second on Wednesday in the International Arena, were second on Thursday, and ended on a total of 22 points with a division high score of 92.