Kevin Kohmann’s Tactics and Erin Nichols’ Bridle Switch Garner Grand Prix Wins to Open AGDF 10
By Alice Collins for Wellington International
Wellington, Fla. – March 12, 2026—Two Grand Prix classes featured 24 big tour horses down centerline on the first day of Week 10 at the 2026 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, FL, with U.S. riders emerging victorious in both. Kevin Kohmann headed up the Lövsta Stuteri World Cup™ Grand Prix, riding Dünensee to 70.022%. Erin Nichols and Elian Royale claimed the blue ribbon with a new personal best in a tight contest in the Adequan® CDI3* Grand Prix.
This week, Kohmann is on a mission to qualify for his third straight FEI World Cup™ Final on the 17-year-old Dancier gelding Dünensee, and winning the qualifying grand prix puts him in pole position. Friday evening’s freestyle is the last FEI World Cup™ qualifier of the North American League. Three riders qualify through to the Final in Texas in April, and Kohmann currently lies in fourth.
To move into third above Geñay Vaughn and clinch qualification, he must finish as the top North American rider with a score above 73.85%, which is well within reach. U.S. athlete Christian Simonson on Indian Rock and Canadian rider Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu on Jaccardo have already qualified for the final.
“I just wanted to go clean, so there was lots of conservative riding in there,” explained Kohmann. “Tomorrow we have the freestyle, and we’re good in that. I’m really looking forward to it. It’s kind of important this time, so we better pull it together. But I can rely on this horse, and I think we have a good chance of making it for the third time, which would be amazing.”
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