World Equestrian Center Announces Expanded Dressage Competition Schedule at Ocala, Florida for 2025

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World Equestrian Center at Ocala, Florida.

Aug. 21, 2024

The World Equestrian Center announced its 2025 dressage competition schedule at Ocala, Florida increasing the number of international events to seven, including for the first time four around the intense winter circuit that has been dominated by Wellington’s Global Dressage Festival of seven CDIs.

The WEC schedule for 2025 includes two CDI4* competitions for the first time, three CDI3*s and two World Cup events to be staged late in 2025 to qualify for the finals of both dressage and jumping in Fort Worth, Texas in April 2026.

WEC this year added a new dressage area, including an indoor arena, to its massive horse show facilities, plus opened a second hotel, significantly increased retail shopping and expanded permanent services such as a University of Florida veterinary hospital.

The proposed international schedule for late 2024 through 2025–with next year’s calendar still to be approved by the FEI (International Equestrian Federation)–essentially extends what used to be a Florida circuit centered on three months of winter competitions to 17 events spread over eight months at Ocala’s WEC, Wellington’s Global and TerraNova on Florida’s west coast.

Events scheduled in Florida for late 2024 include:

Oct. 17-20 CDI-W World Cup, TerraNova, Myakka City
Nov. 13-17 CDI3* at WEC, Ocala
Dec. 11-15 CDI-W World Cup at WEC, Ocala

The WEC schedule of events, sponsored by Hampton Green Farm and Discover Dressage, is a big increase from the five CDIs for this year and 2023 and three in 2022 and its inaugural year of 2021.

2025 lineup at World Equestrian Center, Ocala:
Jan. 29-Feb. 2 CDI3*
Feb. 12-16 CDI3*
Mar. 5-9 CDI4*
April 9-13 CDI4*
May 21-25 CDI3*
Nov. 12-16 CDI-W World Cup
Dec. 10-14 CDI-W World Cup

2025 Global Dressage Festival, Wellington
Jan. 8-12 CDI-W World Cup
Jan. 22-26 CDI4*
Feb. 5-9 CDI-W World Cup
Feb. 19-23 CDIO3* Nations Cup
Feb. 26-Mar. 2 Palm Beach Derby CDI-W World Cup
Mar. 12-16 CDI5* at Wellington International
Mar. 26-30 CDI4*

2025 TerraNova, Myakka City
April 3-6 CDI-W World Cup
May 1-4 CDI-W World Cup

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CDIs listed in order by date beginning late 2024 with venue added:
Oct. 17-20 CDI-W World Cup, TerraNova, Myakka City
Nov. 13-17 CDI3* WEC, Ocala
Dec. 11-15 CDI-W World Cup, WEC, Ocala
Jan. 8-12 CDI-W World Cup GDF, Wellington
Jan. 22-26 CDI4*, GDF, Wellington
Jan. 29-Feb. 2 CDI3*, WEC, Ocala
Feb. 5-9 CDI-W World Cup, GDF, Wellington
Feb. 12-16 CDI3*, WEC, Ocala
Feb. 19-23 CDIO3* Nations Cup, GDF, Wellington
Feb. 26-Mar. 2 Palm Beach Derby CDI-W World Cup, GDF, Wellington
Mar. 5-9 CDI4*, WEC Ocala
Mar. 12-16 CDI5* at Wellington International, GDF, Wellington
Mar. 26-30 CDI4*, GDF, Wellington
April 3-6 CDI-W World Cup, TerraNova, Myakka City
April 9-13 CDI4*, WEC, Ocala
May 1-4 CDI-W World Cup, TerraNova, Myakka City
May 21-25 CDI3*, WEC, Ocala
Nov. 12-16 CDI-W World Cup, WEC, Ocala
Dec. 10-14 CDI-W World Cup, WEC, Ocala