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The tenth and final leg of the North American League at Del Mar in California (USA) brought the 2023/2024 FEI Dressage World Cup™ qualifying season to a close. A total of four Leagues took place over the last twelve months across Western Europe, Central Europe, North America, and the Pacific, with athletes battling for a …
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 …
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 …
German dressage legend, Isabell Werth, posted her second victory of the season at the eleventh and last leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League in ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Taking maximum points with Emilio on home ground in Stuttgart last November, she did it again when the pair were runners-up to compatriot …
The Dutch Masters, one of the four shows that makes up the sport’s ultimate prize, the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, returns from 7-10 March with a packed schedule of sport and entertainment. This iconic show, which was first staged in 1967, attracts the world’s finest horse and rider combinations to the impressive Brabanthallen …
An ecstatic Camille Carier Bergeron punched the air in delight at the end of her test in the Mission Control Grand Prix Special CDI3* during Week 8 of the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. She was right to celebrate as her score of 71.511%, with Finnländerin, shot to the top of the …
Kevin Kohmann (USA) rode to the top of the leaderboard in Friday night’s Piaffe Lounge FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle during Week 8 and with it booked his place in the World Cup™ Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in April. The 35-year-old Kohmann, who is enjoying a sterling season with Dünensee, captured the winner’s …
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 …
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 …