Jessica Mendoza & In the Air. © Sportfot A week ago, British show jumping athlete Jessica Mendoza was on a horseback safari in Africa, admiring elephants and other wildlife from the comfort of the saddle. This week, she switched gears for week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and rode to a win in…
Julien Epaillard (FRA) and Donatello d’Auge ©FEI/Martin Dokupil Julien Epaillard (FRA) with Donatello d’Auge blazed a trail that none of his fellow competitors could match as they produced an unbeatable time of 39.52 from first draw of the eight athletes qualified for the jump-off to win the 10th leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World…
Darragh Kenny & Chaccossini. Photo © Sportfot Darragh Kenny (IRL) has wasted no time getting to know Chaccossini. The pair scored their second FEI victory Sunday in just their third show together, topping the $32,000 Hermès CSI3* 1.50m Classic to close week one of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Kenny pilots the 2012 Hanoverian gelding…
Nayel Nassar & ESI Ali. Photo © Sportfot Claiming his first-ever ‘Saturday Night Lights’ victory at Wellington International, Egyptian Olympian Nayel Nassar topped the $140,000 Southern Arches CSI3* Grand Prix riding ESI Ali during week one of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). “This one feels great,” said a beaming Nassar after his win. “It’s always…
Susan Pape & Harmony’s Eclectisch. Photo ©susanjstickle.com Great Britain’s Susan Pape and Harmony’s Eclectisch made it two for two in the opening week of the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL, topping the CDI3* Grand Prix Special, sponsored by Havensafe Farm, with 69.021%. Locally-based Kevin Kohmann (USA) was runner-up riding Diamante Farms’…
Frederic Wandres & Bluetooth OLD competing at AGDF in 2024. Photo ©susanjstickle.com The Adequan® Global Dressage Festival is proud to host a Masterclass with German Olympic team gold medalist Frederic Wandres on March 12, generously presented by Hof Kasselmann. Applications for participating horse and rider combinations are now being accepted. The Frederic Wandres Masterclass will…
Felicitas Hendricks & Drombusch OLD. Photo ©susanjstickle.com The first ‘Friday Night Stars’ evening of freestyle competition at the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL brought impressive performances and scores in the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle, sponsored Palm Beach Equine Clinic. On an unusually cold evening during Lloyd Landkamer Memorial week,…
Roberto Teran Tafur & Santana. Photo © Sportfot Roberto Teran Tafur (COL) exited the International Arena following his second FEI win of the week Friday with the words, “When you’re on, you’re just on.” The Olympian topped the podium yet again during week one of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), this time aboard Santana in…
Roberto Teran Tafur & Iron Maiden. Photo © Sportfot Colombian Olympian Roberto Teran Tafur clinched his first international victory of the 2025 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in the $32,000 Adequan® CSI3* WEF Challenge Cup Round 1 on Thursday of WEF 1. The group of riders who stepped out to challenge course designer Nick Granat’s (USA)…
Adrienne Lyle & Helix. Photo ©susanjstickle.com U.S. team rider for the 2024 Paris Olympics Adrienne Lyle emphatically opened her 2025 account on day one of opening week — Lloyd Landkamer memorial week — of this year’s Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, Florida. She topped the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix, sponsored by Palm…
