Sixteen Combinations from 7 Nation Enter Wellington CDI5* Mar. 13-15–6 from USA, 4 from Germany

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Frederic Wandres on Bluetooth OLD winner of the Wellington CDI5* in 2022 and 2023 © Ken Braddick/DRESSAGE-NEWS.com

WELLINGTON, Florida, Mar. 6, 2024–Sixteen horse and rider combinations from seven nation are entered in the top rated Global Dressage Festival CDI5* to be staged at the main Wellington International show grounds the nights of Mar. 13 and 15. Six are from the United States and four from Germany.

Among the Americans are Kevin Kohmann of Wellington on Dünensee and Anna Marek of the Ocala community of Dunnellon on Fayvel, both heading to the World Cup Final in Saudi Arabia next month, as well as Erin Nichols, the youngest rider in the competition at 21 and just four months at senior Grand Prix.

Germany’s Frederic Wandres, ranked seventh in the world, will ride Bluetooth OLD, the horse on which he won the event in 2022 and 2023, as well as compatriot Felicitas Hendricks, on her Drombusch OLD, the 24-year-old reigning European Under-25 champion and undefeated in six Big Tour starts at Global so far this winter.

The $150,000 CDI5* is the sole top ranked dressage competition in the Americas, with the Grand Prix, Freestyle and Special all held under lights in the International Arena at Wellington International.

The lineup:

USA
Jan Ebeling, 66, of Wellington on Jubi’s Tenacity, 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding
Ashley Holzer, 61 years old of Wellington on Hansel, 11-year-old KWPN gelding
Kevin Kohmann, 36, of Wellington on Dünensee, 15-year-old Hanoverian gelding
Anna Marek, 35, of Dunnellon, Florida on Fayvel, 14-year-old KWPN gelding
Erin Nichols, 21, of Yorba Linda, California on Elian Royale, 15-year-old KWPN gelding
Jennifer Williams, 44, of Olympia, Washington, on Joppe K, 10-year-old KWPN gelding

GERMANY
Anna-Christina Abbelen, 28, on Sam Donnerhall, 17-year-old Oldenburg gelding
Felicitas Hendricks, 24, on Drombusch OLD, 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding
Michael Klimke, 55, on Domino, 12-year-old Westfalen mare
Frederic Wandres, 37, on Bluetooth OLD, 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding

CANADA
Camille Carier Bergeron, 24, on Finnländerin, 14-year-old Rhinelander mare
Naïma Moreira Laliberté, 28, on Statesman, 17-year-old Hanoverian gelding

MEXICO
Monica Burssens, 38, on Elfentanz, 16-year-old Oldenburg mare

PORTUGAL
Maria Pais Do Amaral, 37, on Hot Hit OLD Campline, 14-year-old Oldenburg gelding

SPAIN
Pablo Gómez Molina, 30, on Ulises de Ymas, 14-year-old P.R.E. gelding

SWEDEN
Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, 57, on Devanto, 15-year-old Holsteiner gelding