There are lots of amazing amateurs at WEF, and we hit up the medium amateur-owner jumpers and the a/o hunters this week to see some of the talent:

Tarantel'La and Emily d'Alessandro

Cardinos and Isabella Pinheiro

Carolus Van't Ongereet and Sophie Morner

Mac Arthur Park and Lynn Walsh

Superman and John Ingram

Sambalino and Becky Gochman

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 Shot some lovely hunters in the Performance Hunter 3'3" and 3'6" classes this week. Check out these beautiful horses!

Surf's Up and Hayley Barnhill, owned by Reid Patton

another one of Surf's Up - we couldn't decide which was better, so we thought we'd post both! :)

Superman and Lexey Hall, owned by John and Stephanie Ingram

So Ho and Laena Romond, owned by Heritage Farm

Eastwood and Brian Walker, owned by Steeple Chase Farm

Sportin Life and Ben Guanciale, owned by Lindsay Wolf

another lovely shot of Sportin Life

Castle Rock and Louise Serio, owned by Bryan Baldwin

and another of Castle Rock

Pretty, pretty hunters! :)

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Sometimes the best entertainment at the showgrounds isn't in the ring... check out this determined doggie at WEF, who was dead-convinced something really, really important was at the top of this palm tree. The lovely chestnut and his groom in the background also got a kick out of it!

lol!!

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A nice selection of handsome jumpers from WEF week 4:

Maker's Mark and Maggie McAlary - now there's some awesome alliteration in those names!

Laurel Tinney and Epic, owned by Nancy Murphy

Windsor T and Julia Segalot

Vadoctro and Rebecca Whittaker, owned by Missy Clark

Soprano and David Oliynyk, owned by Andrew Vaziri

Williams and Robert Jornayvaz

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We shot a great sequence of Lauren Tisbo and her 2005 Hanoverian stallion Sting Van De Withoeve on course at WEF:

intensely focused on the course

flying over the water

smiles and a pat for a good effort!

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we again want to reiterate to our users to be cautious in your online dealings. Over the years, we've occasionally been notified of scammers sending email inquiries to our sellers. There seems to be a recent increase in these fraudulent emails. Our response is always the same: Please be careful in your online dealings, and if you receive a message or inquiry that doesn't seem legit, it probably isn't.

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We're always suckers here at Bigeq for adorable ponies - and there are plenty of those at WEF as usual. So for all the other pony hunter lovers out there, we present some of these cuties from last week's show for your enjoyment! :)

Elite Honeybee and Kelly Jo Coughlin in the children's pony hunters

Clementine Talmage and Cloudy Bay in the children's pony hunters.

Newsflash and Madison Goetzmann, medium pony hunters

True Love and Lindsay Levine, medium pony hunters

Cleverist and Daisy Farish, medium pony hunters

My Boy and Addison Piper, medium pony hunters

Woodland's Stevie Ray and Mimi Gochman in the medium pony hunters

Enchanted Forest and Meredith Darst, medium pony hunters

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We spotted a pre-green class this week... and saw a host of beautiful bevy of bay hunters that will surely be future winners in the junior, amateur and professional hunter divisions!

Jackson and Havens Schatt, owned by Caroline Moran

Per Se and Holly Orlando, owned by Iron Horse Farm - putting his best foot forward. ;)

... and both feet forward - in lovely form!

Noblige and Denise Monopoli, owned by DK-USA Sporthorse, LLC.

Noblige again

and lastly, Santana and Brittany Sutton, owned by Irving Goldman

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There's a host of beautiful grays competing in the upper level jumpers... so we gathered a little collection of photographs from WEF weeks 1 and 2 for your enjoyment. :)

So... enjoy!

Laura Kraut and Azzaro Van't Hagen Hof

Bull Run's La Bamba

Bull Run's La Bamba and Kristen Vanderveen

CC Top and Marilyn Little-Meredith

Swagger and Debbie Stephens

Zilverstar VDL and Candice King

Marlo and Darragh Kenny

Valentia and Laura Chapot

and one more of Valentia and Laura

So it seems that Wellington's gone gray! Bravo to all the grooms who keep these horses sparklingly clean for the show ring - we're sure it's not an easy task!

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More sights from WEF week one...

Along with the rest of the horse community, we would like to send our best wishes to McLain Ward for a speedy recovery after his recent fall and knee injury. This photo was taken in the $6000 Spy Coast Farm 1.40m on 1/13/12, a class he won on Esplanade 7, the day before.

Not sure who this CUTIE is, but he rocked the leadline class. :)

The competition was really fierce in the leadline - going across the boundaries of equestrian disciplines - English vs. Western! We think they're equally adorable. :)

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