Six Countries from Four Continents Enter Teams for Wellington’s CDIO3* Nations Cup

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German team celebrating 2022 Nations Cup victory in Wellington, Florida, for second straight year. © 2022 SusanJStickle.com

WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 15, 2023–Six countries from four continents have entered teams for the Global Dressage Festival CDIO3* Nations Cup next week to kick off the 2023 trans Atlantic series of seven events.

Argentina, Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden and the United States will compete in the event of mixed Big and Small Tour combinations Feb. 22-26. The only dressage Nations Cup in the United States was first held in Wellington in 2013. Grand Prix-level riders and horses get a 1.5% bonus, a format designed to develop dressage.

Germany with the only all-Grand Prix team is seeking to make a hattrick of victories, having won the event in 2021 and 2022. This year’s squad includes German team rider Frederic Wandres on Hot Hit OLD and includes two rookies at Big Tour Anna-Christina Abbelen on Sam Donnerhall and Felicitas Hendricks on Drombusch as well as veteran Michael Klimke on Harmony’s Sanrino RHP.

Susan Dutta of Wellington, Florida and Don Design DC is the sole Big Tour combination for Team USA with Charlotte Jorst of Reno, Nevada on Zhaplin Langholt, Anna Marek of Dunnellon, Florida on Duvel and Christian Simonson of Wellington on Son of a Lady at Small Tour.

Some top American Grand Prix riders are in a close battle for a start at the World Cup Final in Omaha with the final qualifier scheduled for the week following the Nations Cup, so skipped this event.

Susan Dutta and Don Design DC named to USA Nations Cup team. © 2023 Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

The Nations Cup lineup:

ARGENTINA
Diane Amendolara and Cosmico, 14-year-old Hanoverian gelding – PSG
Micaela Mabragaña and Bradley Cooper, 12-year-old Hanoverian stallion – PSG
(3rd rider unknown)

AUSTRALIA
Hope Beerling and Uno Elando, 10-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding – PSG
Jemma Herran and Saphira Royal, 14-year-old Rhinelander mare – GP
Sally Lofting and Quinlan CF, 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding – PSG

CANADA
Ariana Chia and Fiderflame, 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding – GP
Vanessa Creech-Terauds and Daniel L, 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding – PSG
Shannon Dueck and Angelika MW, eight-year-old Oldenburg mare – PSG
Evi Strasser and Deja Vu Tyme, 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding – GP

GERMANY
Frederic Wandres and Hot Hit OLD, 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding – GP
Anna-Christina Abbelen and Sam Donnerhall, 16-year-old Oldenburg gelding – GP
Felicitas Hendricks and Drombusch, 12-year-old Oldenburg gelding – GP
Michael Klimke and Harmony’s Sanrino RHP, 14-year-old Oldenburg stallion – GP

SWEDEN
Caroline Darcourt and Lord Django, 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding – GP
Christina Devine and Slaebaekgaard’s Santino, 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding – PSG
Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén and Devanto, 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding – GP

UNITED STATES
Susan Dutta of Wellington, Florida and Don Design DC, 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding – GP
Charlotte Jorst of Reno, Nevada and Zhaplin Langholt, 10-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding – PSG
Anna Marek of Dunnellon, Florida and Duvel, 15-year-old KWPN gelding – PSG
Christian Simonson of Wellington and Son of a Lady, 12-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding – PSG

The schedule after Wellington:

Compiègne, France May 4-7
Pilisjaszfalu, Hungary June 7-11
Rotterdam, Netherlands June 22-25
Aachen, Germany June 27-July 2
Knokke, Belgium July 5-9
Falsterbo, Sweden July 12-16