Ashlee Bond & Donatello 141. Photo © Sportfot Ashlee Bond (ISR) made a plan for the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) to have her top mount Donatello 141 peak just in time for the Rolex Grand Prix. That plan is on track after a WEF 7 victory in the $116,100 Adequan® CSI5* WEF Challenge Cup…
Evelyn Eger & Tabledance 3. Photo ©susanjstickle.com The Starpoint Dancesport FEI Nations Cup CDIO3* Grand Prix was the feature competition on Thursday, February 20, to open proceedings in week seven of the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL, hosted by Wellington International. Five countries lined out for the Nations Cup CDIO3* Grand…
Luis Fernando Larrazabal & Belle de Muze. Photo © Sportfot Luis Fernando Larrazabal (VEN) ended Week 6 with a win and opened the Lugano-sponsored Week 7 with a win at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), kicking off the second of four total CSI5* competitions throughout the 13-week series at Wellington International. Aboard Belle de Muze,…
Nanna Skodborg Merrald (DEN) and Blue Hors Zepter © FEI/Stefan Lafrenz Nanna Skodborg Merrald brought a sense of déjà vu to Neumünster (GER), clinching the FEI Dressage World Cup™ qualifier victory with Blue Hors Zepter, just as she did two years ago. It was a thrilling showdown with Isabel Freese (NOR) and Total Hope OLD….
Cian O’Connor (IRL) and Bentley de Sury © FEI/Shannon Brinkman As Cian O’Connor (IRL) watched the jump-off unfold in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Ocala, he found himself inspired by his Irish teammates. “When there’s so many Irish in the jump-off, and I knew they’d go so hard, it kind of motivated me a…
Liza Towell Boyd & Ondine D’Orleans. Photo © Sportfot World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Week at the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) came to a celebrated peak at Wellington International on Saturday evening. The country’s best hunter combinations went head-to-head in the $150,000 WCHR Peter Wetherill Palm Beach Hunter Spectacular with a win for Liza…
Patricia Griffith & Divine Romance. Photo © Sportfot Patricia Griffith opened World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) Week at the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) with a champion tricolor in Section A of the Equine Tack & Nutritionals 3’6” Green Hunter division on Thursday. An impressive hunter lineup took to the International Arena at Wellington International…
Marilyn Little & Olympic van de Noordheuevel. Photo © Sportfot Marilyn Little (USA) received a special delivery a week prior to taking a big victory on the final day of Week 5 at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Olympic van de Noordheuevel, owned by Tal Milstein Stables, stepped off a plane into the winner’s circle…
Belinda Trussell & Quincy. Photo ©susanjstickle.com Canadian riders showcased their up-and-coming horsepower by taking two of the top three places in the Buffalo Wild Wings Future Challenge Prix St. Georges qualifier on Sunday, February 9, the closing day of action during week five of the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL. Of…
Maria Gabriela Brugal Gasso (DOM) and J’adore Flamenco © FEI/Rodrigo Cecena Saturday was a career day for Maria Gabriela Brugal Gasso (DOM), as the 27-year-old rider recorded her first career World Cup victory in unconventional fashion. Producing the only clear round of the competition, she rode her longtime partner J’adore Flamenco to the top of…
