Ron Southern, Spruce Meadows Founder, Dies at Age 85

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Ron Southern, founder and co-chairman of Spruce Meadows, one of the world's premier horse shows in Calgary, Alberta, and  an international businessman died Thursday at his home at the age of 85 Read More

Maree Tomkinson & Diamantina Win Boneo, Australia CDI3* Grand Prix With Best Score in 4 Years

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BONEO, Australia, Jan. 22, 2016--Maree Tomkinson and Diamantina 4 won the CDI3* Grand Prix Friday with only their second score above 70 per cent in four years of Big Tour competitions and put themselves in contention to make the squad from which Australia's team will be selected for the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Read More

Family Seeking to Tear Down Global Show Grounds Large Contributor to Wellington Election Campaigns

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 21, 2016--In two contested elections that could tip the balance of power in Wellington, the family and business associates that want the Adequan Global Dressage Festival show grounds torn down have made the largest donations mostly from out of state to the re-election campaigns of candidates that have reversed and blocked development of the horse show grounds Read More

Mark Bellissimo Announces Purchase of Wanderers Club By Wellington Equestrian Partners

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 20, 2016--Mark Bellissimo announced Wednesday the purchase by Wellington Equestrian Partners of The Wanderers Club, a private golf, tennis and dining facility near Palm Beach International Equestrian Center that hosts the Adequan Global Dressage Festival and the Winter Equestrian Festival Read More

Full Grand Prix Teams As Well As Mixed Big & Small Tour Pairs, More Prize Money for Global Nations Cup

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 20, 2016--Full Grand Prix teams in addition to squads including Small Tour combinations and separate Big and Small Tour individual titles along with more prize money are features of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival Nations Cup scheduled for the end of March Read More

Spain Assures Wellington’s Global Scores Will Count Toward Olympic Selection

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 19, 2016--The results of Spanish riders in Florida will count in the selection procedures for the country's Olympic team, the Spanish federation advised the organizers of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival that welcomed the assurance Read More

Europeans Take Biggest Share of Prize Money 1st Week of Global Dressage Festival

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 18, 2016--Sweden's six-time Olympian Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén was the biggest prize money winner in the first of seven weeks of the Adequan Global Dressage Dressage Festival with European riders taking the biggest share, according to standings compiled by dressage-news.com Read More

Canada’s Chris Von Martels Debuts Divertimento In Florida National Grand Prix

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WELLINGTON, Florida, Jan. 17, 2016--Chris Von Martels rode Divertimento in an Adequan Global Dressage Festival national Grand Prix Sunday, the first competition for the Canadian rider and the 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding that may be a contender for an Olympic start Read More
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