Wayne Equestrian Center

We had a fantastic last show of the NIHJA season at Finals! We are so proud of how hard everyone has worked this season and all that has been accomplished!

Paige and Rocket had some of their best trips of the year and stayed in the ribbons in a competitive beginner adult class! They also had a great trip in the hunters masquerade!

Amber and Petey had great trips including winning a trip in the long stirrup eq and champing the division!

Bella and Imagine That had fantastic trips in the limit adults to stay in the ribbons! They also had fun playing in the puddle jumpers!

Arturo and Emily had a fantastic weekend, staying in the ribbons in the modified eq as well as ending 14th in the derby out of 55+ entries! This pair also won the children’s mini medal final!

Anne and Delfina had a great weekend grabbing ribbons in the novice and the limit adults! They also had a great trip in the adult mini medal final!

Anne and Estrellita had one of their best weekends in the modifieds! This pair also had a beautiful trip in the derby!

Lisa and Indy had a great weekend in the jumpers, including getting 8th in the jumper class out of a huge class!

Lauren and Irish exit had a great time in the long stirrup eq grabbing some great ribbons on the flat! Tam also rode Poppy to great ribbons in the long stirrup hunters!

Mary and her mare RF Cordessa joined us this weekend and had some great trips in the jumpers!

Tommy and The Diplomat ended their season with some of their best rounds including one of their fastest jumps offs!

Big congratulations to Emily and OnCourse Riding Academys, Arturo on their first place finish in the Children’s Mini Medal at NIHJA Finals! We are so proud of all of your hard work this season!

Way to go Emily and Arturo! 🥇🎉

Congratulations on the 2026 Children’s Mini Medal winner Emily Guzman!

Great riding Wayne Equestrian Center!

We’re all settled in at Lamplight for NIHJA Finals and ready for a great first day of showing! Good luck everyone!

Thank you to the Mundall family for the delicious cookies!

We had our first IEA show of the year this weekend! We couldn’t be more proud of our riders and not only how well they rode, but how supportive and positive they were! We had riders move up a division this weekend, some first horse shows and some picked right back up where they left off!

A big congratulations to all of our riders this weekend:
Lyla H, Kenley O, Lindsey K, Lola C, Mimi C, Victoria A, Johanna T, Julia B, Alyssa B, Katherine B, Emily G, and Eliana M!

Some highlights include:

Lyla H winning the sportsmanship award Saturday

High school team being champion on Sunday!

Poptart winning horse of the show on Saturday!

Kenley O winning all her classes and being high point rider both days!

How Mr. Whiskers feels about rainy days 🌧️😴

Way to go Emily and Arturo! 🎉🥳

🏆 2’6–3’0 Equitation Classic Winner! 🏆

Congratulations to Emily Guzman and Arturo of Wayne Equestrian Center on their win in the 2’6–3’0 Equitation Classic at the Pingree Oaks NIHJA Show!

Emily and Arturo delivered a polished round to rise to the top and take home the Classic win. Congratulations to this talented pair! 🐴✨

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Team WEC had another phenomenal show weekend at the Pingree Oaks NIHJA show at Tower Hill!

Lauren and Irish Exit were reserve champion in the long stirrup equitation as well as having great trips in the puddle hunters, including winning the warm up!

Amber and Petey also had a great weekend in the long stirrup hunters and eq earning great ribbons!

Addi and Major had great trips in the beginner hunters and eq including a 2nd place in the hunters undersaddle! They also had a lovely trip in the mini medal!

Katherine and Willet were 2nd in their limit equitation and earned top ribbons in their hunter over fences!

Emily and Arturo had a great weekend earning champion in their equitation division, winning the eq classic and ending reserve champion in the maiden hunters!

Bella and Imagine That joined us for equitation day and had great trips in the limit adults, including a 2nd in the over fences!

Krista and Junebug joined us again this weekend and had a blast in the jumper ring!

Tommy rode Champ for his first NIHJA show and was champion in the schooling Hunter including winning the undersaddle out of 14! He also jumped around his first derby, we are so excited to keep developing this young horse!

Tommy and The Diplpmat had great trips in the jumpers this weekend, including multiple class wins!

Kelly got back in the ring this weekend with Irish Exit for a 2nd place in the schooling hunter under saddle! She also had great ribbons in the training hunters with Arturo!

We had a fantastic weekend at Fields and Fences for their PTS show!

Sadie and Mimi were Champion in the Long Stirrup equitation as well as great trips in the hunters!

Jackie and Ozette made their show debut laying down some fantastic trips and getting a third in the undersaddle!

Khaliyah and Rocket laid down great trips in the Beginners to stay in the ribbons, including a fantastic trip in the equitation!

Lindsey and Petey also laid down great trips in the Beginners including winning an over fences, and ending Champion in the hunters!

Lyla and Billy had a great weekend ending Reserve Champion in both the hunters and the equitation and a fourth in the Medal!

Tommy took Ozette around her first 2’ courses in the show ring, winning both over fences to end Champion!

Krista and her mustang Junebug joined us this weekend and had a blast in the jumpers earning top ribbons!

We’re so proud of everyone’s hard work this season and can’t wait for finals!

Hey WEC peeps! If anyone is looking for a saddle, Antares has a sale going on this Labor Day weekend reach out to me and I will hook you up with our representative. Great deal on semi customs! This weekend only.