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Farewell Top Hats–Lars Petersen Last Rider to Compete in Top Hat Before International Ban

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December 11, 2020
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The top hat is out of dressage with former Denmark Olympian Lars Petersen on Friday becoming the last rider in the world to compete in an international event with the traditional headwear….

FEI Puts Off Decision on Ocala World Equestrian Center International Event Approvals to Mid-December

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November 26, 2020
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The FEI has put off for three weeks a decision on whether to accept a US federation request to withdraw approval of international jumping events from the newly built World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida. The events for 2021 are…

Steffen Peters & Suppenkasper in Early Lead in USA Olympic Team Selection Standings, Anna Buffini & Newly Acquired Davinia la Bouce

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November 17, 2020
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Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper got a head start for a place on America’s team at the delayed Tokyo Olympics going to the top of new standings based on results from the first competition for the four-time Olympian since the coronavirus…

Bianca Tota & Cadento V Win Wellington’s Global Dressage Fall Festival CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle for 2nd Straight Victory on Personal Best Score

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November 14, 2020
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WELLINGTON, Florida, Nov. 14, 2020–Bianca Tota and Cadento V won the Global Fall Dressage CDI3* Grand Prix Freestyle Saturday for the second straight victory and another personal best score. Bianca and the 14-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding scored 73.190% for the…

Bianca Tota & Cadento V Claim First International Victory with Win at Global Dressage Fall Festival CDI3* Grand Prix

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November 13, 2020
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Bianca Tota posted her first ever international victory when she rode Cadento V to a personal best score to win the CDI3* Grand Prix at the Global Dressage Fall Festival in Wellington, Florida….

First International Dressage Show at Wellington Since Last CDI in World Before Coronavirus Lockdown Mid-March

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November 12, 2020
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WELLINGTON, Florida, Nov. 12, 2020–The first international dressage show in the United States since mid-March began Thursday at the same Global Dressage Festival grounds that saw the last CDI in the world before the coronavirus lockdown. The CDI3* is being…

Preparations Nearing Completion for Wellington’s CDI Lineup Expanded to Nine Weeks Beginning Next Month

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October 20, 2020
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With the experience of 15 weeks of competitions at the show grounds that host the Global Dressage Festival since the return of equestrian sport, organizers are preparing for the winter circuit that’s starting earlier to extend the lineup to nine…

Juan Matute Guimon’s “Emotional” Return to Competition in Spanish Championships

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October 16, 2020
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MADRID, Oct. 16, 2020–Most important for Juan Matute Guimon’s ride on Quantico in the Spanish Championships Friday was that he was able to compete again after only five months since surgery to repair a brain disorder….

Ocala’s World Equestrian Center, Amazing Horse Show “City” of Disneyland Style with Touch of Gucci

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October 5, 2020
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OCALA, Florida, Oct. 5, 2020–The World Equestrian Center opening in three months is an amazing horse show city of a size unmatched anywhere that the family building it is taking a leaf out of the customer-friendly culture of Disney World…

21 CDIs for USA in 2021, Includes 3 at New World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida

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September 16, 2020
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Twenty-one international dressage events have been set for the United States in 2021, including three at the newly constructed World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida just four hours from the lineup of seven events at Wellington’s Adequan Global Dressage Festival…