WELLINGTON, Fla. —

The Winter Equestrian Festival, the largest and longest-running equestrian festival in the world is in a league of its own.

And you don't have to be an equestrian expert to appreciate the skill, beauty and pageantry of what is a premier sporting event, right in our backyard.

 

"There's no place like it in the world really," Canadian Erynn Ballard said.

 

The leading female rider in the world has been coming to Wellington since the mid-1990s, and, she said, the combination of weather, training grounds and competition makes the Winter Equestrian Festival the gold standard.

"It sets you up for everywhere you want to go. You ride against the best riders in the world against the fastest horses."

 

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