Winter Equestrian Festival Continues To Boast Impressive Sponsorship Portfolio
The Winter Equestrian Festival has revolutionized equestrian sport in South Florida, bringing major brands and business to support the largest and longest-running horse show in the world, while providing riders the opportunity to compete in some of the sport’s biggest classes. A major component of the continued success of the Winter Equestrian Festival is its dedicated sponsors.
Sponsorship at the Winter Equestrian Festival helps give businesses, partners, corporations and brands a platform to deliver their messaging and products to the forefront of a collective audience for an entire 12 weeks. The opportunity is grand, but better is the benefit of sponsorship for the exhibitors, riders and athletes competing at the show.
Without the continued and dedicated efforts of sponsors, class sizes and numbers would decrease and the stature of classes at the competition would also falter. Yet, over the past 10 years, sponsorship at PBIEC has nearly tripled, welcoming nearly 60 sponsors for 2018.
“Sponsorship is a key component of the success and growth of equestrian sport, not just here at WEF, but around the world,” said Katherine Bellissimo, chief marketing officer and director of sponsorship for PBIEC. “Our sponsors and their continued support make the WEF season possible. They provide competitors with the opportunity to compete at a variety of levels and feel a sense of importance and grandeur. We are incredibly thankful to our sponsors and their dedication to our sport.”
The Winter Equestrian Festival thanks the following sponsors for their support: Adequan, Alessandro Albanese, Animal Medical Center, Animo, Antares, Bainbridge Companies, Business Development Board, Brazilian Court, Bruno Delgrange, Camping World, Captive One, Cargill, Champion Equine Insurance, Crown Family, Dever, Discover the Palm Beaches, Douglas Elliman, Dover Saddlery, Dutta Corp, Equine Tack & Nutritionals, Equinimity, Everglades Farm Equipment, FarmVet, Fidelity Investments, Gold Coast Feed, Griffis Residential, Gut Einhaus, Hampton Inn, Hermès, Hollow Creek Farm, Horseware Ireland, Hunt LTD, Karina Brez Jewelry, Keyes Art Gallery, Lugano Diamonds, Marshall & Sterling, Martha Jolicoeur, Maria Mendelsohn, Net Jets, Nutrena, Omega Alpha, Osphos, Palm Beach Equine Clinic, Palm Beach International Academy, Palm Beach Sports Commission, Pegasus Builders, Perfect Products, Platinum Performance, Rolex, Rose Hill Farm, Rosenbaum, Rushy Marsh Farm, Solic, Sotheby’s, Sportfot, Spy Coast Farm, Triple Crown Custom, UHealth Miami, Vita Flex, Voltaire and Wellington Equestrian Realty.
The 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival began on Wednesday, Jan. 10 and continues through Sunday, April 1. WEF features 12 weeks of top international show jumping, hunter and equitation competition at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. The event features 11 weeks of FEI competition, concluding with the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI 5* on Saturday, March 31.
To learn more about WEF sponsorships, visit www.pbiec.com or contact Whitney Stahl at wstahl@equestriansport.com.
