Equestrian Season Preview Plans And Preparations Underway For An Exciting 2021 Winter Equestrian Festival With the vast changes across the world in 2020, planning and preparing for the 2021 Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center has been a complicated and fluid process. Working closely with the Village of Wellington, Palm Beach County and State of Florida officials, with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention and the national governing body for equestrian sport, U.S. Equestrian, Equestrian Sport Productions was able to start back with competition at the Equestrian Village show grounds in June after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of the final two weeks of the 2020 WEF. The 42nd Winter Equestrian Festi-
Ashlee Bond and Donatello 141 won the $401,000 Douglas Elliman Real Estate Grand Prix CSI5* at the 2020 WEF. PHOTO BY SPORTFOT
val has expanded to include 13 weeks of competition starting on Jan. 6 and running through April 4 with world-renowned hunter, jumper and equitation competition. Twelve of the 13 weeks will feature FEI-sanctioned competition, welcoming some of the most talented and highestranked show jumpers in the world.
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