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Global Dressage Forum North America Treats Participants to Two-Day Educational Event

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Ingrid Klimke demonstrates training the young horse. Photo by Susan J. Stickle

Wellington, FL – January 29, 2013 – The second day of the Global Dressage Forum North America (GDFNA) was packed with lectures, demonstrations and interactive panel discussions presented by a “Who’s who” of dressage clinicians, experts, judges, riders and competitors. The GDFNA, held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center January 28-29, was presented by DressageClinic.com and Wellington Classic Dressage.

Tuesday’s clinicians included Stefan Stammer, Bo Jena, Ingrid Klimke, Dr. Hilary Clayton and Wolfram Wittig. Dressage superstars Anne Gribbons, Kathy Connelly, Betsy Steiner, Leslie Reid, Jan Ebling, Felicitas von Neumann-Cosel, Christoph Hess, Stephen Clarke, Wim Ernes, Gary Rockwell, Lendon Gray and Sue Blinks were featured panelists.

“I’m honored to be part of the first annual GDFNA and to welcome so many top international riders, trainers and panelists,” said Noreen O’Sullivan, Managing Partner of Wellington Classic Dressage.

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Global Dressage Forum North America Kicks Off Two-Day Educational Experience

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Steffen Peters kicks off the teaching portion of the clinic. Photos by Susan Stickle

Wellington, FL – January 28, 2013 − The Global Dressage Forum North America (GDFNA) launched the first day of the premier educational dressage experience in at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in Palm Beach County, presented by Wellington Classic Dressage and DressageClinic.com.

Andreas Stano, Executive Director and Founder of the GDFNA and DressageClinic.com, welcomed top international professionals from the U.K., Germany, Holland, Denmark and Canada, as well as spectators from as far away as Canada, Europe and New Zealand.

The program began with George Williams, president of the United States Dressage Federation, outlining the issues facing dressage in the U.S. today. “We need to protect dressage for the future,” Williams said, “and we must make it sustainable.”

He emphasized the importance of supporting the highest level of the sport and the key aspect education plays in the future.

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2013 Global Dressage Forum North America: Dressage’s Most Significant Educational Experience

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Wellington, FL – December 1, 2012 – The 2013 Global Dressage Forum North America (GDFNA), the world’s largest and most important educational symposium for international dressage, will be held January 28-29 at the Palm Beach County Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, FL.

Dressage trainers, riders, officials and serious dressage enthusiasts from around the globe will gather at this first annual event immediately following the CDI5* World Dressage Masters/Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CDI3*.

The Global Dressage Forum North America (GDFNA) will feature the world’s top dressage educators presenting training demonstrations by international and Olympic champions, revealing an in-depth insight into what makes their methods so successful.

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Global Dressage Forum North America to Honor Klaus Balkenhol for Lifetime Achievement

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Klaus Balkenhol to be honored by Global Dressage Forum North America. Photo by Carole MacDonald

Wellington, FL – November 21, 2013 – The Global Dressage Forum North America (GDFNA)** will present their Lifetime Achievement Award to Klaus Balkenhol of Germany at the GDFNA to be held at the Jim Brandon Center in West Palm Beach, FL, on January 28-29, 2013.

Balkenhol is one of the world’s foremost educators in dressage and the author of several dressage books. He is a German Olympic champion, winning a team gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and he also coached the U.S. Olympic Team to various international arenas.

Balkenhol has confirmed he will attend the GDFNA to accept the award in person and U.S. Olympic Team rider Steffen Peters will present the award.

The GDFNA Lifetime Dressage Achievement Award will be presented on the second day of the program immediately before the training demonstration by German international trainer, Wolfram Wittig.

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Global Dressage Forum North America Announces Star-Studded Line-up for January’s Event

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Noreen O'Sullivan, Wellington Classic Dressage

Wellington, FL – October 26, 2012 – Wellington Classic Dressage and DressageClinic.com will welcome an all-star cast of clinicians, lecturers and panelists to the first annual Global Dressage Forum North America (GDFNA) January 28-29, 2013, at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in West Palm Beach, FL.

Dressage trainers, riders, officials and serious dressage enthusiasts from around North America will gather at this first annual educational festival, immediately following the CDI5* World Dressage Masters/Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CDI3*.

Andreas Stano, the Executive Director and founder of DressageClinic.com, is also the creator and founder of the Global Dressage Forum North America. Stano and Florida organizer, Noreen O’Sullivan, Managing Partner of Wellington Classic Dressage, are putting together what is expected to be the highest profile educational gathering ever held in the U.S. and Canada. This dynamic duo will present a program schedule featuring top international dressage professionals from the U.K., Germany, Holland, Denmark and Canada.

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