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A bumper 21 combinations lined up to contest the CDI3* Grand Prix, sponsored by Mission Control, on opening day of action during Week 8 at the 2024 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. Flags of three nations adorned the podium, with the 27-year-old Australian rider Jemma Heran capturing the class with a new …
Calling all wild horse and burro advocates! ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIESOur wild horses and burros need our help. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Forest Service (FS), and National Park Services (NPS) continue their attacks on wild equine families through cruel helicopter roundups and bait/water traps. Submitting comments to these organizations to protect our wild horses and …
Competition during the Lugano Diamonds-sponsored Week 7 of the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) culminated in the $62,500 Ethel M Chocolates CSI2* Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon with a win from Laura Chapot (USA). Chapot and her longtime partner, the Laura and Mary Chapot-owned 19-year-old Oldenburg gelding, Chandon Blue (Chacco-Blue x Landcapitol), were one of …
Kate Kyros (AUS) rounded out Nations Cup week with a gold medal on Sunday, the final day of competition during week seven of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. An emotional Kyros landed the CDIO Under-25 Grand Prix Freestyle, and with it the Nations Cup individual gold. She rode her mother Heather’s …
Swedish superstars Henrik von Eckermann and Peder Fredricson had to settle for the minor placings when young Dutchman, 24-year-old Lars Kersten, stole the show at the fourteenth and final leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League in Gothenburg (SWE). Kersten, who is trained by his father, Pieter, set the standard …
Winning was a matter of fractions for Germany’s Richard Vogel and United Touch S in the $385,000 Lugano Diamonds CSI5* Grand Prix during ‘Saturday Night Lights’ at Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on February 24. Under the glittering lights of Wellington International in front of a packed International Arena, four athletes advanced to the …
The second and final set of individual medals was awarded in the Stillpoint Farm FEI Nations Cup CDIO3* Grand Prix Special on Saturday of week 7 at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, Florida. The on-form American rider Kevin Kohmann was overcome with emotion to stand atop the podium bedecked with the gold …
Hunter riders took to the grass derby field at Equestrian Village to compete in Friday’s $10,000 NetJets USHJA National Hunter Derby, held in a hunt-n-go format. The day showcased professional, junior, and amateur riders during the Lugano Diamonds-sponsored Week 7 at Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). The hunt-n-go format consolidates two rounds into one …
Germany’s 23-year-old prodigy Felicitas Hendricks extended her unbeaten run of tests on Drombusch OLD to six when she claimed the individual gold medal in the Stillpoint Farm FEI Nations Cup CDIO3* Grand Prix Freestyle. Sweden’s seven-time Olympic legend Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén claimed silver on Devanto, with Frederic Wandres (GER) picking up the bronze riding Total …
British Olympic champion Ben Maher was able to stake his claim on the week 7 round of the Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup riding Dallas Vegas Batilly at Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). The Lugano Diamonds-sponsored week brought both five-star and two-star competition back to the International Arena. Fifty riders took to the two-round course …