The 2025 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions got underway Monday with the first tests for entries in the Intermediaire I and Adequan/USEF U.S. Para Dressage National Championships. All entries in the three divisions passed the inspection on Sunday afternoon after being presented to the veterinary panel in the Grand Prix Arena at HITS Chicago at Lamplight Equestrian Center.

Photo – Jojoba de Massa and Sabine Schut-Kery. (©Leslie Potter/US Equestrian)

USEF Intermediaire I Dressage National Championship

The first class of the show came in with 13 entries strong on Monday morning as the Intermediare I contenders completed their FEI Prix St. Georges test. Coming in around the midpoint of the order, Jojoba de Massa, a 2014 Portuguese Sporthorse stallion owned by Four Winds Farm and ridden by Sabine Schut-Kery (Thousand Oaks, CA) moved into the lead with an average score of 72.235% and stayed there for the rest of the class.

Vincent, a 2017 Oldenburg gelding owned and shown by Elizabeth Bortuzzo (Frenchtown, N.J.), co-owned by Mark Paul, earned second place with a 70.647%. C. Cadeau, a 2016 Danish Warmblood gelding owned by the Elvis Syndicate LLC and ridden by Lauren Spreiser, clinched third place with a 70.235 %

The Intermediaire I championship will continue on Tuesday with the FEI Intermediate I tests beginning at 9:00 a.m. CT/10:00 a.m. ET.

Results

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