Laura Kraut and Woodstock O are in brilliant form at WEF. What a beautiful jumper.

We have about thirty more photos on our Facebook page, plus an album featuring Big Star and Nick Skelton winning the Sunday grand prix. Please go here to see them! Enjoy!

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There must be something about chestnut horses named after precious stones. We love Sapphire, of course, and now have a new favorite in the beautiful "Emerald", ridden by Dutch rider Harrie Smolders. The Belgian Warmblood stallion (Diamant de Semilly x Carthago) is just lovely to watch, and had a nice round today in the 1.45m FEI class at WEF.

For some more pictures of Emerald, as well as some of class winner Rodrigo Pessoa on HH Palouchin, please visit our Facebook page:

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Here's a nice photo of Scott Stewart and Dedication, owned by Fashion Farm. The pair showed in the second-year green hunters at WEF.

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Check out these pint-sized ponies and riders from the small/medium children's pony hunter division at WEF V.

SO. CUTE.

:)

Prince Monticello and Chloe Peebles

Caroline Philipson learning her course...

... then riding it on Satin

Aalsmeer Ambush and Ava Stearns

Go For The Gold and Natalie Jayne

Brooke Geddes

Justamere's Little Diamond and Eleanor Waugh

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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 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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