Adequan Global Dressage Festival Hosts Wellington Nations Cup CDIO/CDI3* in Final Week of Competition

The teams for this year's Wellington Nations Cup Photo: SusanJStickle.com

The final show of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) began Thursday at The Stadium of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. The grand finale of the AGDF is the Wellington Nations Cup CDIO/CDI3* presented by Stillpoint Farm, which will run April 11-14, 2013. The FEI Prix St. Georges CDIO 3* and the FEI Grand Prix CDIO 3* will be hosted Friday at 8:30 am and 2:55 pm, respectively. These classes are what will determine this year's Nations Cup team results. 

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Entries have boomed for the AGDF's final weekend, fostering highly competitive CDI and National classes. Spectators will not want to miss the high-caliber international competition to be seen throughout the weekend as ten teams representing various countries compete for their nation's glory. The Wellington Nations Cup is the only non-championship Nations Cup held in the Western Hemisphere and is the first-ever to have teams comprised of both Grand Prix and Prix St. Georges horses. The inaugural competition held last year was wildly successful and 2013 is sure to be another thrilling presentation of international competition at its finest.

The FEI Intermediaire-I Freestyle CDIO 3* will see its competitors on Saturday beginning at approximately 3:45 pm. Their competition continues into the evening session at 7:30 pm. The FEI Grand Prix Freestyle CDIO 3* will begin Saturday evening at 8:30 pm following the end of the I-1 Freestyle. Competition will wrap up on Sunday beginning with the FEI Intermediaire-I CDIO3* at approximately 8:00 am and concluding with the FEI Grand Prix Special CDIO 3* at approximately 2:00 pm.

Wellington Dressage Nations Cup Teams in Team Draw Order

Team Argentina (Mixed)

Chicago, Heidi Gaian (USA)

Wasmut, Micaela Mabragana (ARG)

Wadamur, Susan Jaccoma (USA)

Rifallino, Olivia LaGoy-Weltz (USA) 

Team USA (2)

Van the Man, Cesar Parra

Currency DC, Susan Dutta

Witness Hilltop, Christopher Hickey

Wyatt Star, Justin Hardin

Team Colombia

First Fisherman, Mauricio Sanchez

Maybach, Raul Corchuelo

Vinho Dos Pinhais, Carmen Franco

Farewell IV, Marco Bernal

Team Europe

Zephyr, Kevin Kohmann (GER)

For My Love, Katharina Stumpf (AUS)

Chicco Roslev, Lars Petersen (DEN)

My Lady, Mikala Munter Gundersen (DEN)

Team Canada (1)

Don Kontes, David Marcus

Action Tyme, Evi Strasser

Dio Mio, Christilot Boylen

All In, Brittany Fraser

Team Canada (2)

De La Rosa, Lee Tubman

Lumiere, Maya Markowski

Hunter Douglas Rhapsody, Lindsay Kellock

Team Australia

Cadenza, Ilse Schwarz

Von Primaire, Kelly Layne

Tolstoy, Nicholas Fyffe

Reel Adventure, Kristy Truebenbach Lund

Team Venezuela

Wilbur, Irina Moleiro De Muro

Revenge, Alejandro Gomez

Alpha's Why Not, Patricia Ferrando

Darius, Alida Coburn

Team Spain

Klouseau, Carlos Munoz

Don Diego, Juan Matute

Gasper, Juan Matute, Jr.

Califa XV, Paula Matute 

Team USA (1)

Paragon, Heather Blitz

Doktor, Shelly Francis

Her Highness O, Caroline Roffman

Rosmarin, Kimberly Herslow

For more information, results, and ride times, please visit http://www.dressageshowinfo.com/FLTimesResults.html

The Matute Family - Juan Jr., Maria, Paula, and Juan - shown here with Michelle Hundt of ShowChic, won the Best Turnout Award at the FEI jog Photo: SusanJStickle.com