Steffen Peters and Rosamunde
Wellington, Fla. — Feb. 8, 2017 — The jog inspection held on Wednesday morning in anticipation of Adequan Global Dressage Festival’s (AGDF) fifth week of CDI competition sponsored by Diamante Farms was met with enthusiastic horses and riders from all over the globe. Olympians and world-class riders such as Steffen Peters, Laura Graves, Tinne Vilhemson-Silfven and Lisa Wilcox will ride up the centerline in this week’s CDI Grand Prix 3* and 5* competition.
All but two passed the inspection this morning, one of which was Denmark’s Mikala Gundersen and her 17-year-old Danish Warmblood mare, My Lady, who has held for reinspection. Judith Sloan and her 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding, Dustin, who are entered in the small tour CDI for Adult Amateurs, was also held for reinspection. After being presented in the jog for the second time, it was determined that My Lady and Dustin will be inspected again on Thursday, February 9 at 7:30 a.m.
Mikala Gundersen and My Lady
Canadian rider Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu will be competing in the Grand Prix CDI5* this week on her 12-year-old KWPN gelding All In. The pair placed third in the CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle during the first week of AGDF. She will ride a newly designed freestyle featuring a new pattern and new music during Friday night’s freestyle under the lights.
“Wellington is pretty special,” she said. “This is my ninth year coming here, and every year there is something different or something new. Friday night is so fun competing under the lights and having that atmosphere. It’s really a great time.
“We are just working on getting all the movements together for the Grand Prix and getting more secure in that,” Fraser-Beaulieu continued. “I’ve been getting higher scores in that each time I’ve been going out, so I am just aiming to have a clean test and really focus on the piaffe passage.”
Brittany Fraser Beaulieu and All In
The Grand Prix CDI5* class will include 18 combinations, some of which are the United States’ top pairs such as Laura Graves and Verdades, Steffen Peters and Rosamunde, Kasey Perry-Glass and Goerklintgaards Dublet, Tuny Page and Woodstock, and Shelly Francis and Doktor. Peters is making his first appearance of the 2017 AGDF aboard the 10-year-old Rhinelander mare Rosamunde. The pair showed in CDI3* competitions in Wellington the last two years, but this year will be their first CDI5* together.
With a total of 27 combinations, the CDI3* Grand Prix kicked off on Wednesday at 1 p.m. with qualified riders moving onto either the Grand Prix Special on Thursday at 10:45 a.m. or the Grand Prix Freestyle on Friday at 3:45 p.m.
The CDI5* Grand Prix will begin on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The 5* Grand Prix Special will take place on Friday at 2:15 p.m. and the highlight of the week, the Grand Prix Freestyle will start at 7:00 p.m.
CDI3* Grand Prix Order of Go
1:00 Devon Kane/USA/Destiny
1:08 Jill Irving/CAN/Arthur
1:17 Karen Lipp/USA/Whitney
1:25 Leah Wilkins/CAN/Fabian JS
1:34 Christopher Hickey/USA/Ronaldo
1:42 Anna Marek/USA/Dee Clair
2:06 Devon Kane/USA/Sir Galanto
2:14 Dawn White O’Connor/USA/Aristo
2:23 Holger Bechtloff/USA/Clapton JP
2:31 Franziska Seidl/SUI/Sigalia
2:40 Michael Klimke/GER/Royal Dancer 33
2:48 Ellesse Tzinberg/PHI/Triviant 2
2:57 Chase Hickok/USA/Sagacious HF
3:05 Susan Pape/GBR/Harmonys Don Noblesse
3:14 Liz Steacie/CAN/Callahan
3:22 Kim Gentry/AUS/Leonardo
3:31 Dawn White-O’Connor/USA/Legolas 92
3:55 Adrienne Pot/USA/Something Special
4:03 Barbara Bertschinger/SUI/Rubin Cortes OLD
4:12 Lauren Sprieser/USA/Ellegria
4:20 PJ Rizvi/USA/Breaking Dawn
4:29 Kathy Priest/USA/Wild Dancer
4:37 Charlotte Jorst/USA/Kastel’s Nintendo
4:46 Evi Strasser/CAN/Renaissance Tyme
4:54 Olivia LaGoy-Weltz/USA/Lonoir
5:03 Megan Lane/CAN/San Dor
5:11 Juan Matute Guimon/ESP Quantico Ymas
CDI5* Grand Prix Order of Go
2:30 Maria Florencia Manfredi/ARG/Bandurria Kacero
2:39 Jan Ebeling/USA/FRH Rassolini
2:48 Katie Poag/USA/Zonnekoning
2:57 Jill Irving/CAN/Degas 12
3:06 Katherine Bateson Chandler/USA/Alcazar
3:15 Jacqueline Brooks/CAN/D Niro
3:24 Juan Matute Guimon/ESP/Don Diego Ymas
3:33 Susan Pape/GBR/Harmony’s Fiorano
3:42 Shelly Francis/USA/Doktor
4:06 Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu/CAN/All In
4:15 Megan Lane/CAN/Caravella
4:24 Lisa Wilcox/USA/Galant
4:33 Tuny Page/USA/Woodstock
4:42 Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven/SWE/Paridon Magi
4:51 Steffen Peters/USA/Rosamunde
5:00 Kasey Perry-Glass/USA/Goerklintgaards Dublet
5:09 Mikala Munter Gundersen/DEN/My Lady
5:18 Laura Graves/USA/Verdades
Tuny Page and Woodstock
Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven and Paridon Magi
Laura Graves and Verdades
Susan Pape and Harmony’s Don Noblesse
Jan Ebeling and FRH Rassolini
Franziska Seidl and Sigalia
Chase Hickok and Sagacious HF
Liz Steacie and Callahan
Adrienne Lyle and Horizon
Kasey Perry-Glass and Goerklintgaards Dublet
Barbara Bertschinger and Rubin Cortes OLD