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International action for the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) 2023 season in Wellington, Florida wrapped up on Sunday, March 26. The grand champions were crowned in both the Lövsta Future Challenge Young Horse Grand Prix Series and the Buffalo Wild Wings Future Challenge Young Horse Prix St. Georges Series. These classes aim to identify and …
Twelve weeks of 1.50m competition came to a peak on Saturday evening in the $146,000 CaptiveOne Advisors CSI4* 1.50m Series Final during the penultimate week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at Wellington International. From a field bursting with talent and international accolades, U.S. Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward sealed the deal with Quimi …
It was an epic and unforgettable day for 30-year-old French rider Morgan Barbançon, who capped a sensational first Wellington season of her career with wins in both the Dutta Corp CDI4* Grand Prix Special and the Beatrice Marienau Dressage CDI3* Grand Prix Special. They were the two showcase classes of the penultimate day of week …
The future of U.S. show jumping took to the International Arena at Wellington International on Friday evening for the coveted WEF Equitation Championship, presented by NetJets. As the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) gears up for its final week kicking off on March 29, all eyes were on junior riders as 43 qualified rising stars took …
The final Friday Night Stars freestyle under lights of the 2023 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) — the Douglas Elliman Real Estate CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle — was a rainbow podium of flags. France’s Morgan Barbançon rode her own 17-year-old Bolero to the top of the scoreboard with an assured 76.4% test to a medley …
A trip across the ocean is continuing to prove fruitful for France’s Morgan Barbançon at the 2023 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF). In Thursday afternoon’s qualifying event for ‘Friday Night Stars’ Grand Prix Freestyle, the Douglas Elliman Real Estate CDI4* Grand Prix saw Barbançon boast the top two scores in the stadium at Equestrian Village. …
Anticipation is building for the FEI Vaulting World Cup™ Final, taking place outside Europe for the first time in Omaha, USA, from 6-8April. Joining the World’s best in Jumping and Dressage for an epic week of competition, the top ranked Vaulters will aim to ‘go large’ stateside to take home the title of Champion. Qualifying …
At the age of 51, and partnering the lovely 10-year-old mare Cassina Dior, Phillip Steiner will be a happy man when representing New Zealand at the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final 2023 in Omaha, USA in two weeks’ time. His is a story of horsemanship and hard graft, of opportunities grasped and firm friendships …
For the accomplished pair of Andre Thieme (GER) and DSP Chakaria, the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Ocala (USA) title had been elusive. The 2021 individual European Champions, who base in Ocala each winter, finished second in Ocala in 2020 and third in 2022. Sunday at Live Oak Stud, they secured their long-awaited and much-deserved …
U.S. Olympic team silver medalist Kent Farrington has found yet another leading lady in Toulayna with a win in the $226,000 Horseware Ireland CSI4* Grand Prix under the glow of ‘Saturday Night Lights’. Befitting of St. Patrick’s Day week, the event highlighted Week 10 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at Wellington International in Wellington, …