WELLINGTON, Florida, Feb. 27, 2026–My Vitality, the nine-year-old stallion that’s one of a string of prospective top horses being developed by Adrienne Lyle, won the Lövsta Future Challenge Friday to earn a start in the Global Dressage Festival winter-ending final.
Adrienne and the Dutch-bred My Vitality (Vivaldi x D-Day) in their first competition, at Intermediate II in Global’s centerpiece arena and before a panel of five international judges scored 71.265% in only their second national performance, both this month.
Canada’s Lindsay Kellock-Duckworth on the 11-year-old Kensington was awarded 69.206% to also qualify for the final.
“We had some big mistakes in there in the pirouettes, which has not been normally an issue with him,” Adrienne said of My Vitality. “So I think he just got a little bit impressed at the stadium and a little tight in his back. So it’s all still very green with him. Now we know our homework, to go home and work on.
“But I think he’s such a quality horse. I’m so excited about his future.
“We’re just going to stay in the rhythm of training and coming out and doing one class at a time and kind of feeling things out.”
My Vitality is one of at least four horses owned by Zen Elite Equestrian that could be prospects for Adrienne, a three-time Olympian including silver medal at Tokyo, for the U.S. team for the 2028 Los Angeles.
The others include Topgun that she competed in the horse’s first CDI, at Prix St. Georges, Friday; One Million and Don Machiavelli, that she has not yet competed, and Lars van de Hoenderheide that has been out of the show ring recovering from a fall in a paddock.
U.S. riders have well over two years to prepare horses for the Los Angeles Games as the host nation receives a starting place so does not have qualify through the World Championships in Aachen, Germany this summer or at the Pan American Games next year.
At this early stage, other team prospects include Marcus Orlob on Jane owned by Alice Tarjan and Christian Simonson, trained by Adrienne and qualified on the Zen-owned Indian Rock for the World Cup Final in Fort Worth, Texas in April.
Results:
| Rank | Competitor | Score | E | H | C | M | B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Adrienne Lyle (USA) My Vitality | 71.265% | 72.647 | 69.853 | 71.618 | 72.059 | 70.147 |
| 2. | Lindsay Kellock Duckworth (CAN) Kensington | 69.206% | 70.294 | 70.000 | 69.118 | 68.824 | 67.794 |
| 3. | Dawn White-O’Connor (USA) Leon | 67.324% | 65.000 | 67.500 | 66.324 | 67.353 | 70.441 |
| 4. | Erin Nichols (USA) Kind Pleasure | 65.618% | 66.912 | 64.412 | 63.971 | 65.882 | 66.912 |
