Jacob Pope & Highway FBH. Photo © Sportfot Jacob Pope (USA) wasn’t short of good luck charms on Sunday with his parents and barn family supporting him ringside. Highlighting the final day of Week 3 at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), presented by NetJets, Pope topped the $62,500 Florida Coast Equipment CSI2* Grand Prix with…
Kate Shoemaker & Vianne. Photo ©susanjstickle.com 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…
Marc Houtzager (NED) and Sterrehof’s Dante © FEI / Leanjo de Koster In front of a sell-out partisan crowd, Dutchman Marc Houtzager aboard his long-term partner, the 17-year-old Sterrehof’s Dante, delivered two faultless performances to win the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup leg in Amsterdam (NED). It was a case of déjà vu for Houtzager…
Christian Kukuk & Checker 47. Photo © Sportfot Olympic champions Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 returned to familiar territory in Wellington International’s stadium during the Winter Equestrian Festival’s (WEF) ‘Saturday Night Lights’. Six months after jumping to Olympic gold in Paris, the 2024 Rolex Grand Prix winning duo came in the crowd favorite and topped…
Jemma Heran & Total Recall. Photo ©susanjstickle.com Australian athlete Jemma Heran and her own Total Recall won their first CDI class together since starting international competition in 2022, topping the CDI3* Grand Prix Special, sponsored by Donato Farms on Saturday, January 25. Last to go in the class of 10 starters, Heran coaxed a 69.021%…
Charlotte Fry (GBR) and Glamourdale © FEI / Leanjo de Koster An exceptional field gathered for the eighth FEI Dressage World Cup™ qualifier in Amsterdam, where the audience offered their first standing ovation even before the first break. Reigning World Champions Charlotte Fry and Glamourdale claimed victory with an impressive 89.840%, but the competition was…
Conor O’Regan’s goal (IRL) for the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) season was to slowly build Manchester up to a competitive level, but the Delshore Horses-owned gelding had other plans. The duo earned an early season win in the $32,000 Florida Coast Equipment CSI2* Qualifier on Friday of WEF 3 from an impressive field of…
Anna Marek & Fire Fly. Photo ©susanjstickle.com As temperatures dipped to 47°F and spectators bundled up for the unusually long cold spell this week in Wellington, FL, Anna Marek and Fire Fly turned the heat on to claim the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle, sponsored by Douglas Elliman Real Estate. They logged 77.755% for…
Henrik von Eckermann & Glamour Girl. Photo © Sportfot World no. 1 Henrik von Eckermann (SWE) and Glamour Girl are leaning on their experience together and proving to be unstoppable in Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup action, topping the $62,500 Adequan® CSI4* WEF Challenge Cup Round 3 yet again during Week 3 of the Winter Equestrian Festival….
Felicitas Hendricks & Drombusch OLD. Photo ©susanjstickle.com 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…
