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%.

(Photo: Kevin Kohmann & Dünensee are presented as winners of the Lövsta Stuteri World Cup™ Grand Prix. Photo ©Centre Line Media)

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.

Watch the winning performance:

“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.”

The trip to Texas would carry special meaning, as Kohmann rides Dünensee for Diamante Farms, which is owned by his wife, Devon Kane, and her family, who hailed from Texas before relocating to Florida.

Kohmann has a solid, trusting partnership with the horse, but the big occasions can still occasionally provide challenges. He shared that when “Dunee” gets tense he becomes strong in the hand, and Kohmann has to fight the instinct to pull back.

A Pulling Contest

“When he pulls and I pull, it just becomes a pulling contest,” he revealed. “It sounds stupid, but it’s true. So, I pet him a lot. That’s how I make myself let go, and when I do that, he relaxes. You’ll see that tomorrow.

The top four riders in the class represented four different countries, with German Olympic team gold medalist Frederic Wandres coming in second of the nine starters. He rode the youngest horse in the field, Hof Kasselmann’s 10-year-old gelding Verrenberg (Vilancio x Johnson), to 69.478%.

Caroline Darcourt (SWE) scooped third with her 67.565% ride on class sponsor Lövsta Stuteri’s 16-year-old Stalypso gelding, Lord Django. In an unusual result, Spain’s Pablo Gómez Molino and Ashley Holzer (USA) tied for fourth, both scoring 67.065%.

Click HERE for full results from the Lövsta Stuteri World Cup™ Grand Prix.