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Week 10 provided the last qualifying opportunities in the two prestigious developing horse classes, the Lövsta Future Challenge Intermediate II Future Challenge and the Buffalo Wild Wings Prix St. Georges Future Challenge at the 2024 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. The qualifiers — and the final — are designed to offer riders …
Wellington, FL (3/16/24) — Celebrating a momentous achievement, the 15th Annual Great Charity Challenge, sponsored by Fidelity Investments® (GCC), has triumphantly donated over $2 million to over 60 nonprofits and 12 schools in Palm Beach County. On the evening of February 3, 2024, at Wellington International in Wellington, FL, it was a remarkable gathering that …
U.S. Olympic team gold medalist McLain Ward won his second feature of the week in the $215,000 Horseware Ireland CSI4* Grand Prix during the Winter Equestrian Festival’s (WEF) ‘Saturday Night Lights’ at Wellington International. Ward led the victory gallop aboard Contagious, the 15-year-old Rhinelander gelding owned by Beechwood Stables that also carried him to team …
A decision on the fate of the TRNP horses is expected as early as April. In their previous calls for comments, the National Park Service received tens of thousands of responses asking them to not only keep the beloved wild horses in the park, but to maintain a genetically viable herd of over 150. In …
In an Irish clean sweep of the 2024 young horse finals at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on Friday, Philip McGuane piloted the Evergate Stables owned My Lady van de Krekel to win the featured $25,000 Lövsta Stuteri 7-Year-Old Developing Jumper Series Final. The Lövsta Future Challenge is a well-established Swedish concept for talent development …
Germany’s Felicitas Hendricks emerged victorious during “Friday Night Stars” in the penultimate week of CDI action at the 2024 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. The Douglas Elliman Real Estate CDI5* Grand Prix Freestyle and the Havensafe Farm CDI5* Grand Prix Special took place in the International Arena at Wellington International — permanent …
A high quality five-star grand prix class set the stage for top-drawer action on Wednesday, with winners Frederic Wandres (GER) and Bluetooth OLD making their 76.196% season debut to much acclaim in the CDI5* FEI Grand Prix, sponsored by Douglas Elliman Real Estate. It was a German one-two, with the 23-year-old Felicitas Hendricks piloting Drombusch …
Loxahatchee Groves (March 11, 2024) – With three official days of competition completed, The Ridge’s March Madness Verijet Grand Prize is already being hotly contested. All three major prize money classes held in March were won by a Bluman, and while their exceptional performances have set the tone for the month, it’s still anyone’s game …
Geneva, 11 March 2024 – The Rolex Grand Prix at The Dutch Masters – the opening Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping Major of 2024 – was won by Willem Greve from the Netherlands riding Highway TN N.O.P., with Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann finishing second and Dutchman Harrie Smolders in third. In total, 37 riders, …
The Dutch Masters – the first Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping Major of the calendar year – culminated with the show’s pinnacle class, the Rolex Grand Prix. The Major, which was the final of the four shows within the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the initiative, did …