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Wellington International
Phone: (561) 793-JUMP / (561) 793-5867
Horse Show Office: (561) 784-1115
info@wellingtoninternational.com
For Showgrounds Live, rider video services and live streaming support: support@showgroundslive.com
Press Inquiries
Email: press@wellingtoninternational.com
Wellington International Spectator Entrance
3400 Equestrian Club Drive
Wellington, FL 33414
Sponsorship Inquiries
Lenore Brown
Email: lbrown@wellingtoninternational.com
Marketing, PR and Advertising
Alicia McLaughlin
Email: amclaughlin@wellingtoninternational.com
Wellington International Competition
David Burton, Jr.
Email: dburton@wellingtoninternational.com
Great Charity Challenge
Anne Caroline Valtin
Email: acvaltin@wellingtoninternational.com
Plan An Event
Courtney Schintzius
Email: cschintzius@wellingtoninternational.com
Vendor Inquiries
Aurelia Tansey
Email: atansey@wellingtoninternational.com
VIP Hospitality
Kathleen LaMour
Email: klamour@wellingtoninternational.com
Wellington International FAQs
Bring the whole family! Kids will enjoy walking the grounds and seeing hundreds of beautiful horses up close. Wellington International is the perfect place to begin your love affair with the equestrian sport! Our Saturday Night Lights events are also great for children and feature activities such as face painting, circus performers, dance contests, t-shirt tosses, petting zoos, pony rides, free riders on the Venetian carousel and lively music!
For more information on Saturday Night Lights Grand Prix events, click here.
Come hungry! Our food vendors are open during our horse shows and boast a diverse range of affordable dining options. Whether you’ve planned a Saturday night out with the kids or lunch with friends, we have it all!
There are more than 40 weeks of horse shows at Wellington International. The Winter Equestrian Festival takes place for 13 weeks and the ESP Annual Series runs for 28 weeks.
Wellington International spans more than 111 acres.
There are 18 competition arenas.
There are over 400 permanent stalls at Wellington International.
The Global Equestrian Group purchased Wellington International in 2021.
You can visit Wellington International from October until April and view equestrian competitions Wednesday through Sunday from roughly 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. The competition moves to Equestrian Village (right across the street) from May through August.
The Great Charity Challenge is a charity event organized by Wellington International. The event has been running for over 13 years and has distributed over $19.4 million to 300 local Palm Beach County non-profit organizations.
Yes, our venue offers multiple locations to hold events. Please email events@wellingtoninternational to start planning!
Wellington International offers international hunter/jumper competitions and the National Polo Center offers polo competitions. Separate operating companies own each facility.
Winter Equestrian Festival FAQs
The 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival will run from January 3 through March 31.
The Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) came to Wellington in 1979 and is one of the world's largest and longest-running horse shows.
WEF awards more than $13 million in prize money each year.
Each year, approximately 34 countries are represented in FEI competition at WEF.
We host an average of 2,600 horses each week in competition at WEF.
We have more than 34,000 horses that compete during the WEF season.
The Winter Equestrian Festival contributes more than $300 million to the local Palm Beach County economy over the 13-week season.
During the day, our visitors can enjoy food options like our coffee vendors for breakfast and the Tiki Hut for lunch and dinner (during horse show competitions). On Saturday nights, we offer more than ten food vendor options that can satisfy every craving!
Yes! We have dozens of vendors during the Winter Equestrian Festival that offer clothing, jewelry, art and home goods. Vendors are around the International Arena and in our Vendor Village behind the Oasis Cafe. Stop by the Kingsland shop across from the Tiki Hut to pick up WEF-branded apparel.