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Kate Shoemaker Caps Bittersweet Week with Plus-80% Freestyle Victory at Adequan® Global Dressage Festival

Kate Shoemaker Caps Bittersweet Week with Plus-80% Freestyle Victory at Adequan® Global Dressage Festival By Alice Collins for Wellington International  Week three of the 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, Florida, was a time of extreme highs and lows for para athlete Kate Shoemaker. She put in three outstanding performances inside the white boards on her nine-year-old Vitalis […]
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Keri Potter Puts in the Work to Win $40,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic

Keri Potter Puts in the Work to Win $40,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic Six months ago, Keri Potter received a call from U.S. Olympian Karl Cook asking if she would be interested in taking on a bit of project horse. On Sunday, January 26, Potter rode that horse, Kalimera van de Nethe Z to victory in the $40,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic […]
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Sharn Wordley and Mick Jagger Rock the $80,000 FarmVet Grand Prix During Week Two of the 2025 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit

Sharn Wordley and Mick Jagger Rock the $80,000 FarmVet Grand Prix During Week Two of the 2025 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit The Ocala January Festival, the second week of the 2025 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit at the newly renovated HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, delivered another unforgettable round of top-tier show jumping competition. Riders from across the globe […]
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Beat Mändli and Dijon Terdoorn Z Take Flight in the $120,000 Wheels Up Grand Prix CSI3*

Beat Mändli and Dijon Terdoorn Z Take Flight in the $120,000 Wheels Up Grand Prix CSI3* The chilly weather didn’t deter the crowd at World Equestrian Center – Ocala from gathering for the highlight event of the week, the $120,000 Wheels Up Grand Prix CSI3*. Thirty-one elite horse-and-rider combinations from 13 nations vied for the top prize, but it was Olympian Beat […]
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Green-with-Envy Loses to Sno-Balls in “Frost ‘n’ Furious” 2-on-2 Arena Open World Championship

Green-with-Envy Loses to Sno-Balls in “Frost ‘n’ Furious” 2-on-2 Arena Open World Championship The Sno-Balls were named world champions after winning the 2-on-2 Arena World Open Final on Sunday, December 29, in Wauconda, IL.  The title match was hosted by the Barrington Hills Polo Club in its 200’ x 60’ indoor arena in Wauconda, IL. Typically, polo played in an arena […]
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Jos Verlooy is Victorious in $200,000 CSI4* American Wild Horse Conservation Grand Prix

Jos Verlooy is Victorious in $200,000 CSI4* American Wild Horse Conservation Grand Prix There was no confusion as to Saturday night’s winner, as Jos Verlooy piloted FTS Killossery Konfusion to victory in the $200,000 CSI4* American Wild Horse Conservation Grand Prix by a margin of nearly three seconds on January 25 at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, CA. Course designer […]
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Jemma Heran and Total Recall Pass The Bar to Nail First CDI Win at 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival

Jemma Heran and Total Recall Pass The Bar to Nail First CDI Win at 2025 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival By Alice Collins for Wellington International  Australian athlete Jemma Heran and her own Total Recall won their first CDI class together since starting international competition in 2022, topping the CDI3* Grand Prix Special, sponsored by Donato Farms on Saturday, January 25. […]
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Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 Take Flight in $215,000 NetJets CSI4* Grand Prix

Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 Take Flight in $215,000 NetJets CSI4* Grand Prix Olympic champions Christian Kukuk and Checker 47 returned to familiar territory in Wellington International’s stadium during the Winter Equestrian Festival’s (WEF) ‘Saturday Night Lights’. Six months after jumping to Olympic gold in Paris, the 2024 Rolex Grand Prix winning duo came in the crowd favorite and topped […]
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Gunners Tinseltown Makes a Million

Gunners Tinseltown Makes a Million The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) announces Gunners Tinseltown as an NRHA Million Dollar Sire. The milestone solidifies the stallion’s impact on the sport as a competitor and sire. Gunners Tinseltown, a 2009 stallion bred, owned, and nominated by David Silva Sr., boasts an elite pedigree (Gunner x Miss Tinseltown), with both parents being NRHA […]