Winter Equestrian Festival
Winter Equestrian Festival takes place Early Jan - late Mar 2027 (dates TBC) in Wellington, Florida, USA. The dress code is Smart resort equestrian: cotton or linen sundresses, chinos and polo shirts, panama hats, and flat shoes for grass and sand footing. Typical cost ranges from 1200 to 3500 EUR per person.
A twelve-week winter circuit of international show jumping and dressage at Wellington International, pulling the world's top riders to Palm Beach every January through March. Competition runs from young-horse classes up to five-star grand prix under Saturday night lights. The surrounding scene of private barns, brunches and Palm Beach dinners is as much the draw as the sport.
- When
- Early Jan - late Mar 2027 (dates TBC)
- Where
- Wellington, Florida, USA
- Dress code
- Smart resort equestrian: cotton or linen sundresses, chinos and polo shirts, panama hats, and flat shoes for grass and sand footing
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 1200 to 3500 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 18 - 26C, warm, dry and sunny
- When to book
- Most competition weeks are free to walk into and need no advance booking. Only the Saturday Night Lights grand prix tables and the FEI weeks require reservations, which open a few weeks ahead through Wellington International. Book Palm Beach hotels by October, as the whole area fills for the winter season.
- Getting there
- PBI (West Palm Beach), around 30 min to Wellington; MIA is roughly 1 h 30 m away
- Where to stay
- The Colony Palm Beach, The Brazilian Court, The Ben West Palm
- Official site
- https://wellingtoninternational.com
How to attend
General admission to most competition days is free and you can simply walk in. Saturday Night Lights grand prix evenings carry a modest general-admission charge, usually under 30 euros, with ringside tables reserved through Wellington International from a few hundred euros. Week-by-week schedules and prize lists are published on the official site in the autumn, and the FEI weeks in February and March draw the strongest fields.
General admission is free and there is nothing to buy in advance - you simply walk in; ringside tables and Saturday Night Lights hospitality are arranged directly with Wellington International.
Insider tip
Saturday Night Lights is the week's social centrepiece and general admission is cheap, so take a lawn or berm ticket rather than a table and spend the difference on the Palm Beach hotel.
Get inside Winter Equestrian Festival
Booking matters here: most competition weeks are free to walk into and need no advance booking. Only the Saturday Night Lights grand prix tables and the FEI weeks require reservations, which open a few weeks ahead through Wellington International. Book Palm Beach hotels by October, as the whole area fills for the winter season. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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