Dressage-News

Sept. 26, 2024

A lineup of 20 dressage competitions on both the east and west coasts has  been named by the US federation as qualifiers in 2025 for the newly created US Open of Olympic equestrian disciplines with a quarter million dollars in prize money for each final in the years leading to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Eleven of the dressage qualifiers are in Florida, eight in Wellington/West Palm Beach and three at Terra Nova in Myakka City near Sarasota. Five are in Southern California with one each in Lexington, Virginia, Sherwood, Oregon, Quakertown and Devon in Pennsylvania.

The final will be staged at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California.

The lineup:

Jan. 2-5 DESERT DRESSAGE IV Thermal, California CDI-W & CDI3*
Jan. 8-12 GLOBAL DRESSAGE FESTIVAL I Wellington, Florida CDI-W & CDI3*
Jan. 16-19 GOLD COAST OPENER West Palm Beach, Florida CDI3*
Jan. 22-26 GLOBAL DRESSAGE FESTIVAL 3 Wellington CDI4* & CDI3*
Feb. 5-9 GLOBAL DRESSAGE FESTIVAL 5 Wellington CDI-W & CDI3*
Feb. 13-16 DEL MAR DRESSAGE OPENER Del Mar, California CDI-W & CDI3*
Feb. 19-23 GLOBAL DRESSAGE FESTIVAL 7 Wellington CDI3*
Feb. 26-Mar 2 PALM BEACH DRESSAGE DERBY Wellington CDI-W & CDI3*
Mar. 11-16 GLOBAL DRESSAGE FESTIVAL 10 Wellington CDI5* & CDI3*
Mar. 20-23 DEL MAR DRESSAGE AFFAIRE Del Mar CDI3*
Mar. 26-30 GLOBAL DRESSAGE FESTIVAL 12 Wellington CDI4* & CDI3*
April 3-6 TERRA NOVA DRESSAGE I Myakka City, Florida CDI4* & CDI3*
April 10-13 DEL MAR NATIONAL HORSE SHOW Del Mar CDI4* & CDI3*
May 1-4 TERRANOVA DRESSAGE 3 Myakka City CDI3*
May 15-18 MID-ATLANTIC DRESSAGE FESTIVAL Lexington, Virginia CDI3*
May 31-June 1 GINNY RATTNER MEMORIAL DRESSAGE Sherwood, Oegon CDI3*
June 19-22 DRESSAGE AT RHYTHM & BLUES CDI Quakertown, Pennsylvania CDI3*
Sept. 23-28 DRESSAGE AT DEVON Devon, Pennsylvania [CDI-W] & CDI3*
Oct. 16-19 TERRA NOVA DRESSAGE II Myakka City [CDI-W] & CDI3*
Nov. 13-16 DESERT DRESSAGE II Thermal [CDI-W] & CDI3*