Palm Beach Winter Equestrian Festival Schedule

Palm Beach County plays host to the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), International Polo, World Dressage Masters, and Wellington Classic Dressage. The WEF is the world's largest and longest running equestrian competition, hosting 5,000 horses and 2,800 riders from 49 states and 30 countries.

Winter Equeatrian Festival January 12, 2013 - March 30, 2013

International Polo Season January 3, 2013 - April 21, 2013

World Dressage Masters January 23, 2013 -January 27, 2013

Global Dressage Festival January 31- April 14, 2013

South Florida equestrian show venues include Wellington, International Polo Club Palm Beach, PBIEC, Jim Brandon Equestian Center, Equestrian Estates Horse Park, Ronald Regan Equestrian Center at Tropical Park, Plantation Equestrian Center, and Parkland Equestrian Center.

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We now have a great Facebook page!

Now in addition to our blog, we have created a Facebook page that will inform all horse lovers in South Florida of upcoming events, news and informative articles!  Please visit South Florida Horse Connection on Facebook and like our page and then pass it on to all of your friends.

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February 15, 2013 a special treat for all Horse enthusiasts in South Florida

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Deepening Your Connection To Horses

Get ready South Florida for a fundraising event like no other!  Deepening Your Connection To Horses features Dutch Clinician Piet Nibblelink.  Piet has trained under world renowned Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling of Denmark.  He has also studied Classical Dressage with Brent Banderup of Denmark.  He is a level II Centered Riding Instructor as well.  Piet runs a center in the Netherlands that emphasizes human to horse communication.  He strives to guide his students towards harmony with their horses.  In Piet's view, this can only be achieved by truly knowing oneself, one's state of mind and through one's body language.  It is only then that one can become aware of the unconscious process that continuously influences the horse.

Having attended one of Piet's clinics in Maine, I was truly impressed by his approach to the American version of Natural Horsemanship.  Our clinicians here in the US use tools for their trade, where Piet only does things at liberty.  It is an incredible experience to see the connection he has to horses and we are now really going to put him to the test with a couple of the rescue horses from the South Florida SPCA.   

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