Sweden’s Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén & Don Auriello Win Wellington World Cup Grand Prix

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 17--Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén on Don Auriello competed for the first time at the new Global Dressage Festival on Friday and in their first competition in three months posted a solid victory in the World Cup Grand Prix on the 10-year-old gelding that has become her top horse Read More

Florida’s 2nd Global Dressage Festival Competition Opens with 360 Rides

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 15--The Global Dressage Festival's second World Cup event opens Thursday with 100 rides in CDI competition and 260 in national classes that launches a new phase in dressage competitions in North America Read More

Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center Grosses Record $530,000 at Annual Fundraiser

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 15--The Vinceremos Therapeutic Riding Center raised a record of at least $530,000 from the 25th annual auction and dinner that will help launch a second phase of construction at the facility in neighboring Loxahatchee Read More

Top Freestyle Competitions Decimated in USA by Focus on Olympic Team Competition

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Grand Prix musical freestyle competition that has been promoted and marketed for more than a quarter century to popularize dressage has been decimated in the United States this year despite record prize money because of U.S. Olympic selection requirements and international rules that restrict how horses compete Read More

Sweden’s Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén Wins Again in Florida

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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Feb. 12--Sweden’s Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén won again Sunday, riding Divertimento to an easy victory in the Olympic Grand Prix Special at the Wellington Spring Classic CDI3* Read More

Betsy Juliano Wins On Big Tyme in 1st Competition

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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Feb. 11–Betsy Juliano won on Big Tyme on Saturday, the first time out for the amateur rider who bought the U.S. Pan American Games team gold and individual bronze medal mount less than three months ago. In the Prix St. Georges for adult amateurs, the pair scored 66.184 per cent for the Read More

Danes Dominate Florida CDN Grand Prix

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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Feb. 11--Danish Olympian Lars Petersen rode Gredstedgårds Casmir and Mariett in his Grand Prix debut on both horses Saturday, filling the top two places in the Wellington Spring Classic CDN the day after his father died in Denmark Read More

Germany’s Anja Plönzke to Compete in Florida in March

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Germany's Anja Plönzke, a three-time competitor in the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach, is returning to Florida for several weeks to ride in three CDIs including the only CDI5* in North America this year, a $125,000 (€95,000) event scheduled for the new Global Dressage Festival grounds at the end of March Read More

Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén & Divertimento Post Personal Best in Easy Florida CDI3* Grand Prix Victory

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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Feb. 10--Fresh from a Bahamas vacation and a U.S. immigration scare, Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén rode Divertimento to a personal best score Friday to give the pair an easy victory in the Grand Prix at the Wellington Spring Challenge CDI3* Read More