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…
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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….
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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…
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A family of wild horses calmly grazes wildfire fuels even as the Klamathon Fire approached. Photo: William Simpson By: William E. Simpson II The devastating grass and brush fueled wildfires in Los Angeles we are all witnessing may be just a glimpse of the upcoming summer in the western United States, unless we start doing…
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Richard Vogel & Cydello. Photo © Sportfot Exactly one year ago, Cydello claimed his first grand prix victory with Richard Vogel (GER) on the derby field at Wellington International, and the duo repeated history, taking the win again Sunday in the $140,000 WeatherTech CSI3* Grand Prix to wrap up Week 2 of the Winter Equestrian…
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Willem Greve (NED) and Highway TN N.O.P. © FEI / Leanjo de Koster Willem Greve and the wonderful 13-year-old stallion Highway TN N.O.P. took victory in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup of Leipzig (GER) with a sensational jump-off round that proved impossible to beat. Finishing top of the podium here remarkably marks Greve’s first…
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Bram Chardon (NED) © FEI / Leanjo de Koster Reigning FEI Driving World Cup™ champion Bram Chardon (NED) timed his series-best performance perfectly as he won the eighth and last qualifying leg of the 2024-25 series in Leipzig (GER), beating his father Ijsbrand who was second. It was 1-2-3 for the Dutch drivers as Koos…
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Tony Stormanns & Donjon d’Asschaut. Photo © Sportfot From the time he was 11, Tony Stormanns (GER) would sit ringside at the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and dream about competing in the International Arena. During ‘Saturday Night Lights’ of WEF 2, the 17-year-old made that dream come true in winning fashion in the $50,000 Palm…
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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…
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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…
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