Christian Kukuk & Checker 47. Photo ©Sportfot German Olympic champion Christian Kukuk won the Rolex Finale at Wellington International for the second consecutive year aboard Checker 47 during the final ‘Saturday Night Lights’ of the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) season. In front of a sold-out crowd of more than 10,000 fans, the pair repeated…
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Ashley Holzer & Liberty L. Photo ©susanjstickle.com After three jam-packed months of exciting competition that included seven CDI shows, on Sunday, March 30, the curtain came down on the final day of the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) season in Wellington, FL. This year, the one-of-a-kind dressage circuit boasted 1996 entries in the national…
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Abdel Saïd & Calvaro. Photo ©Sportfot The stakes were high for Abdel Saïd in the $62,500 Bainbridge CSI5* 1.50m Classic on Friday. Earning the win aboard Calvaro, owned by AS Trading BV, he punched his ticket for the Rolex US Equestrian Open to close out the final week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at…
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Kasey Perry-Glass & Heartbeat W.P. Photo ©susanjstickle.com Three female Olympians filled the podium in the Lövsta Stuteri CDI4* Grand Prix Freestyle on March 28, during the season’s final edition of the popular ‘Friday Night Stars’ gala evening. U.S. Olympic team bronze medalist from Rio 2016 Kasey Perry-Glass and Heartbeat W.P. logged their third international win…
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Ben Maher & Point Break. Photo ©Sportfot Timing was in Ben Maher’s (GBR) favor on Thursday of Rolex Finale Week at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). His ride on Pamela Wright and Charlotte Rossetter’s stallion Point Break was intentional and successful, swooping in to take the win in the $116,100 Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup Round…
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Marcus Orlob & Jane. Photo ©susanjstickle.com Jennifer Williams and Joppe K Claim CDI3* American athletes on Dutch Warmblood horses dominated both CDI Grand Prix classes on Thursday, March 27, on the opening day of week 12 at the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. It is the final week of the three-month…
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Santiago Arenas and Maba Indigo ©Sarah Sturgis for Natalie Suto Photography Mill Spring, NC – March 23, 2025 – Touring Tryon Stadium in a lightning-fast jump off round, Santiago Arenas (Fuquay Varina, NC) claimed the first Grand Prix win of Tryon International’s Welcome Series presented by Rug & Home. Aboard Maba Indigo (My Way x…
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Royal Windsor Horse Show, taking place from Thursday 15 May to Sunday 18 May, 2025, has announced an exciting addition to its renowned Castle Arena programme. Joining an already stellar lineup – including ‘Azerbaijan – Land of Fire,’ the Defender Shetland Pony Grand National, the DAKS Pony Club Mounted Games, and the Musical Drive of…
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Greg Crolick & Chappy. Photo ©Sportfot Four years ago, Greg Crolick was just getting to know his new partner Chappy when the pair won the USHJA International Hunter Derby on the grass derby field at Wellington International. Flash forward to the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF): they duplicated that win on Saturday of WEF 11…
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Alex Matz & Cashew CR. Photo ©Sportfot Twelve weeks of Hermès 1.50m competition came to a peak on Saturday evening in the $150,000 Hermès CSI4* 1.50m Championship Jumper Series Final during the penultimate week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at Wellington International. From a field bursting with international talent, Alex Matz (USA) sealed the…
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