Geñay Vaughn and Ashley Holzer Claim Grand Prix Wins on Opening Day of AGDF 5
By Alice Collins for Wellington International
Wellington, Fla.—February 5, 2026—A total of 27 grand prix combinations went down centerline on opening day of Week five at the 2026 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in the day’s two top-level classes. Unusually chilly and blustery conditions allowed a single plus-70% score to be enough to claim the honors in each class. Geñay Vaughn (USA) led the way in the Coastal Steel Structures CDI4* Grand Prix riding Gino, while fellow U.S. athlete Ashley Holzer secured the winner’s blanket in the Modon CDI3* Grand Prix with 70.261% on Hawtins San Floriana.
In the headline CDI4* class, female U.S. riders filled the top four spots. Below Vaughn on the leaderboard, locally based Devon Kane took second on her family’s Diamante Farms’ 14-year-old Vivaldi gelding, Vamos. The 68.717% was their highest score in this test in their three years at the CDI level, eclipsing their previous top score by 0.043 percentage points. Katherine Bateson Chandler rode another 14-year-old—her own and Jennifer Huber’s Connaisseur daughter Haute Couture—into third place with 68.391%.
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