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Evelyn Eger & Dancing Darkness. Photo ©susanjstickle.com Eight athletes represented seven different nations, with Eger emerging victorious on Connie Kang’s Hanoverian mare Dancing Darkness 4, who made her CDI debut in AGDF 8. The Dancier x Sandro Hit daughter — a graduate of the 2018 P.S.I. auction — scored 72.362% with a consistent, harmonious test …
Kevin Kohmann & Dünensee. Photo ©susanjstickle.com Kevin Kohmann (USA) pulled off the performance of a lifetime in the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle, sponsored by 3 Graces Dressage, on Friday, February 28, during “Friday Night Stars” at the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. Riding Dünensee to a new personal best …
Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén & Hyatt. Photo ©susanjstickle.com The second and final set of individual medals was awarded in the Starpoint Dancesport FEI Nations Cup CDIO3* Grand Prix Special on Saturday of week seven at the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. After leading the Swedish team to bronze on Thursday in the opening …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
After three thrilling months of competition including seven CDI shows, the curtain came down on the final day of action of the 2024 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) 2024 season in Wellington, FL on Sunday, March 31. This year, the largest dressage circuit in the world boasted 2000 entries in the national rings and 550 …
Saturday of the last CDI of the Wellington winter season gave team USA much to be excited about. In the CDI3* Grand Prix Special, sponsored by Beatrice Marienau Dressage, Olympic team silver medalist Adrienne Lyle (USA) opted to ride Lars Van De Hoenderheide — with whom she finished second in the qualifying grand prix, just …
Much-anticipated appearances by new horse-and-rider combinations — spearheaded by Endel Ots and Zen Elite’s Bohemian — were the flavor of the day on Thursday, March 28. It marked the opening day of week 12 — the final CDI of the 2024 season of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. In the CDI3* …