Live Oak International started as a small club-level driving tournament and now hosts the only combined driving & show jumping tournament on the continent.

In 1990, the Weber family was approached about hosting the marathon portion of a club-level driving competition which was being held at the Ocala Arabian Complex. The Weber family welcomed this invitation and the beautiful grounds of Live Oak Stud were first utilized as the grounds to host a competition. After observing the tournament at his family’s property, Chester C. Weber, world champion four-in-hand driver, first competed at LOI in 1995 in the Horse Pair Division. In 1997 when Weber graduated from university, he shifted his interests into the tournament and devoted his time to developing the combined driving sport in the United States. Now, Chester not only is one of the most exciting drivers to watch at Live Oak International, but he is also Co-President of the tournament alongside his sister, Juliet W. Reid, and his niece Chloe D. Reid.

While on a visit to the family-hosted tournament, Chloe brought up the excellent question of why the amazing venue with a world-class facility couldn’t host her equestrian discipline of choice, show jumping, as well as her uncles, combined driving. This comment ignited a lightbulb in Chester’s head and the rest is history. In 2012, Live Oak International expanded and added international show jumping to the program. Today, Live Oak International is the only combined driving and show jumping tournament in the United States.

The competition has grown throughout the years, and now regularly hosts the U.S. Equestrian Federation combined driving national championships as well as the final leg of the qualifier for the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League.

With the addition of show jumping to the LOI program, a ringside hospitality area was introduced. Owners, competitors, and sponsors every year enjoy three beautiful afternoons of ringside hospitality and world-class entertainment.

Live Oak International is unique in that it is held at Live Oak Stud. The venue offers a picturesque setting for world-class equestrian sport and the 5,000-acre property is home to hundreds of heads of cattle, as well as Live Oak Stud, an award-winning Thoroughbred breeding, training, and racing operation. Racing under white silks with red polka dots and black sleeves, homebreds from the program have enjoyed success in the form of Breeders’ Cup World Championships’ wins, Eclipse Awards, FTOBA awards, and multiple Grade One wins on the dirt and the turf. In 2018, Live Oak Stud celebrated 50 years of excellence.

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