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From January through March, 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.

From January through March, our visitors can enjoy dozens of food options, like our coffee vendors for breakfast and the Tiki Hut for lunch and dinner (during horse show competitions). Check out our food vendors here. 

Please note: We do not allow outside food or beverages during Saturday Night Lights. 

There are more than 40 weeks of horse shows hosted by Wellington International. The Winter Equestrian Festival takes place for 13 weeks and the ESP Annual Series runs for 28 weeks at Equestrian Village. 

Wellington International spans more than 111 acres. 

There are 18 competition arenas. 

There are over 561 permanent stalls at Wellington International. 

You can visit Wellington International from October through 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 September.  

The Great Charity Challenge is a charity event organized by Wellington International. The event has been running for over 15 years and has distributed over $20 million to 340 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.

The 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival will run from January 1 through March 30.

During the day, our visitors can enjoy dozens of food options, like our coffee vendors for breakfast and the Tiki Hut for lunch and dinner (during horse show competitions). Check out our food vendors here. 

Please note: We do not allow outside food or beverages during Saturday Night Lights. 

Yes! We have more than 90 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 Wellington International Shop across from the Tiki Hut to pick up WEF-branded apparel. 

WEF awards more than $15 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. 

The Winter Equestrian Festival contributes more than $400 million to the local Palm Beach County economy over the 13-week season. 

The Winter Equestrian Festival started in 1976, two years after the Wellington International (formerly the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center) showgrounds were established.