Plus-80% Personal Best Hands World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle to Adrienne Lyle and Helix in AGDF 5

Adrienne Lyle & Helix. Photo ©susanjstickle.com In a beautiful display of riding, Adrienne Lyle (USA) pulled off a huge new personal best of 80.325% on Friday, February 7, in the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle, sponsored by The Dutta Corp, on her Paris 2024 Olympic partner, Helix. With it, she booked a starting place …

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Kate Shoemaker Caps Bittersweet Week with Plus-80% Freestyle Victory at AGDF

Week three of the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, Florida was a time of extreme highs and lows for para-athlete Kate Shoemaker. She put in three outstanding performances inside the white boards on her nine-year-old Vitalis mare, Vianne — culminating in a plus-80% freestyle victory in the CPEDI3* FEI Para Grand Prix …

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Felicitas Hendricks Tops World Cup Grand Prix to Kick Off AGDF 3

Horses who traveled to Florida for the winter season did not have to acclimate to the weather on Thursday, January 23, as the opening day of week three at the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington brought unusually low temperatures in the mid-50s and a chilly wind. None of that fazed 23-year-old German …

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LA Fires: Can Saving Wild Horses Help Reduce Loss of Life and Economic Losses?

By: William E. Simpson II The devastating grass and brush fueled wildfires in Los Angeles we are all witnessing may be just a glimpse of the upcoming summer in the western United States, unless we start doing something new and cost-effective. Funding and doing more of what hasn’t worked is a guarantee for failure. And …

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Richard Vogel and Cydello Claim Repeat Win in $140k WeatherTech CSI3* Grand Prix

Exactly one year ago, Cydello claimed his first grand prix victory with Richard Vogel (GER) on the derby field at Wellington International, and the duo repeated history, taking the win again Sunday in the $140,000 WeatherTech CSI3* Grand Prix to wrap up Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival. Out of a field of stellar …

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Belgium Rides High into Longines League of Nations 2025

Belgium has officially secured its place in the Longines League of Nations 2025 series, finishing sixth in the 2024 rankings with 12,128 points, just shy of Germany’s 12,311. With a legacy of success and a dynamic team of athletes and horses, Belgium is poised to make an impact on the global stage as they compete …

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Hof Kasselmann to Present Frederic Wandres Masterclass at AGDF

The Adequan® Global Dressage Festival is proud to host a Masterclass with German Olympic team gold medalist Frederic Wandres on March 12, generously presented by Hof Kasselmann. Applications for participating horse and rider combinations are now being accepted. The Frederic Wandres Masterclass will take place in the International Stadium at Equestrian Village — home of …

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Lilly Ward Captures $1,500 USHJA Pony Hunt & Go Derby at WEF

In the $1,500 USHJA Pony Hunt & Go Derby on Friday afternoon, it was pony superstar Lilly Ward of Brewster, NY who took home top call aboard Woodlands Corduroy, owned by her father and six-time U.S. Olympian McLain Ward. With a score of 175, Lilly convincingly took the top spot and embarked on what she …

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Laura Mollrich Becomes First Para Rider to Earn Dressage Foundation’s Century Club Award

Wellington, Fla. — December 5, 2024 – The United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA) proudly announces that Laura Mollrich, of Laguna Beach, California, has become the first para-dressage rider inducted into The Dressage Foundation’s prestigious Century Club. This honor celebrates horse and rider pairs whose combined ages total 100 years or more, marking a significant milestone …

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Oppose BLM’s Plan for Wild Horses in Nevada’s Pancake Complex

In July 2024, we called on you to speak out against the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Management Evaluation Report for the Pancake Complex in Eastern Nevada. The report outlined several troubling management proposals, including the castration of 138 stallions to create a “non-reproducing” component of the herd. Together, with your support, we strongly opposed …

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